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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2005 - 2009 Utility Patent Grants,
By Calendar Year of Grant
With Patent Counts Based on Primary Patent Classification

- Explanation of Data -

Rank Ordered Listing of Organizations Receiving 5 or More Utility Patents During the Period
Having Primary Classification In

Class 359, Optical: Systems and Elements

( technology class is determined by the primary classification assigned to the patent- see 'Explanation of Data' )
( patent ownership is determined by the first-named assignee listed on a patent )

The following table displays first-named assignees and counts of their associated patents, as distributed by the year of patent grant.
First-Named Assignee 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 101 157 124 101 96 579
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 119 128 97 105 71 520
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 54 91 75 47 44 311
SONY CORPORATION 53 70 45 48 57 273
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.) 35 42 41 34 57 209
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 38 51 44 39 35 207
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 28 42 30 42 54 196
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 32 49 41 26 40 188
FUJITSU LIMITED 48 55 24 38 22 187
NIKON CORPORATION 29 34 35 30 31 159
PENTAX CORPORATION 63 41 38 5 0 147
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 31 35 30 19 26 141
CARL ZEISS SMT AG 19 27 31 32 30 139
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 21 23 26 32 18 120
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 22 30 24 29 13 118
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 1 6 13 33 46 99
KONICA MINOLTA OPTO, INC 4 11 27 26 31 99
IDC, LLC 1 9 15 31 30 86
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 13 28 26 17 1 85
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 6 13 13 27 21 80
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO. LTD 12 19 20 10 17 78
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 5 9 16 20 23 73
ASIA OPTICAL CO., INC. 2 11 14 17 21 65
DONNELLY CORPORATION 9 7 14 15 17 62
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 18 22 11 11 0 62
LEICA MICROSYSTEMS CMS GMBH 0 12 14 19 16 61
GENTEX CORPORATION 14 12 7 15 12 60
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 19 13 11 11 4 58
OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP. 0 0 4 25 27 56
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 8 9 8 14 15 54
INTEL CORPORATION 16 12 13 4 7 52
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 17 12 8 6 9 52
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 19 21 9 0 0 49
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 0 22 13 13 48
RAYTHEON COMPANY 11 12 5 8 12 48
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 7 8 12 10 11 48
HITACHI, LTD 15 8 4 12 8 47
REFLECTIVITY, INC. 20 25 2 0 0 47
SIPIX IMAGING, INC. 16 7 12 4 8 47
E INK CORPORATION 7 9 12 8 9 45
ASML HOLDING N.V. 1 13 9 12 9 44
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 11 14 9 5 5 44
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 6 38 44
CARL ZEISS JENA GMBH 8 14 13 6 1 42
LEICA MICROSYSTEMS (SCHWEIZ) AG 7 10 6 5 14 42
NITTO DENKO CORPORATION 10 9 8 5 8 40
CORNING INCORPORATED 11 10 4 7 7 39
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 8 6 4 11 10 39
BOEING COMPANY 9 6 7 11 5 38
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 5 9 9 4 11 38
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 10 7 6 7 7 37
JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION 7 12 6 5 6 36
NIPPON SHEET GLASS CO., LTD. 12 7 7 5 5 36
MIRADIA INC. 0 7 9 11 8 35
XEROX CORPORATION 1 7 5 17 5 35
ANGSTROM INC. 3 5 6 8 12 34
FINISAR CORPORATION 11 15 4 2 2 34
HOYA CORPORATION 2 1 0 13 17 33
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 19 5 8 1 0 33
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 16 8 4 4 0 32
SILICON LIGHT MACHINES INC. 11 10 6 2 3 32
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 14 7 6 2 2 31
ALCATEL 3 12 5 10 0 30
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 8 11 4 4 3 30
KONICA MINOLTA PHOTO IMAGING, INC. 1 4 9 11 4 29
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 5 5 7 8 4 29
ASML NETHERLANDS B.V. 5 5 3 8 7 28
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 8 4 5 8 28
ENPLAS CORPORATION 0 6 7 7 7 27
LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD. 1 2 8 11 5 27
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 4 5 5 7 6 27
INPHASE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 7 3 5 3 8 26
KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC. 2 3 5 9 7 26
QUALCOMM MEMS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 10 15 26
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 8 10 1 4 3 26
TDK CORPORATION 3 4 5 5 8 25
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 5 5 4 7 24
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 1 1 3 6 13 24
INFOCUS CORPORATION 1 7 6 6 4 24
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 7 7 3 4 3 24
MICROVISION, INC. 2 3 5 6 8 24
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 6 3 4 9 24
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 6 3 7 4 3 23
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 3 9 9 1 23
NEC CORPORATION 4 9 2 4 4 23
PIONEER CORPORATION 6 7 7 3 0 23
SAMSUNG TECHWIN CO., LTD. 3 7 5 5 3 23
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 4 0 7 5 6 22
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 5 7 6 2 1 21
CARL ZEISS MICROIMAGING GMBH 0 0 2 6 13 21
SPATIAL PHOTONICS, INC. 0 0 3 13 5 21
YOUNG OPTICS INC. 1 1 2 9 8 21
CARL ZEISS STIFTUNG 7 4 7 2 0 20
COHERENT, INC. 1 4 5 6 3 19
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 3 7 5 2 2 19
JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY 1 3 5 5 5 19
MICRONIC LASER SYSTEMS AB 5 8 2 2 2 19
NIDEC COPAL CORPORATION 3 5 4 3 4 19
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 4 4 3 5 3 19
SCHEFENACKER VISION SYSTEMS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD. 6 4 7 2 0 19
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 6 5 4 2 2 19
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 1 3 3 5 7 19
TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO K.K. 4 9 2 2 2 19
AVANEX CORPORATION 11 4 2 0 1 18
ICHIKOH INDUSTRIES LIMITED 3 5 1 6 3 18
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 6 3 4 4 1 18
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 5 6 5 1 18
TAMRON CO., LTD. 2 3 2 3 8 18
AT&T CORP. 0 2 4 6 5 17
CHEETAH OMNI, LLC 10 3 1 2 1 17
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 4 2 3 2 6 17
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 3 3 5 4 2 17
LANG-MEKRA NORTH AMERICA, LLC 3 3 4 4 3 17
LEICA MICROSYSTEMS HEIDELBERG GMBH 13 4 0 0 0 17
MAGNA DONNELLY MIRRORS NORTH AMERICA LLC 0 3 9 5 0 17
MURAKAMI CORPORATION 6 4 3 2 2 17
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA 4 6 0 2 5 17
AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION 4 4 1 5 2 16
BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION 0 0 3 3 10 16
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 1 1 7 5 16
CARL-ZEISS AG 2 2 5 4 2 15
CIENA CORPORATION 3 4 1 4 3 15
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 4 2 3 4 2 15
KLA-TENCOR TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 3 1 6 1 4 15
NITTOH KOGAKU K.K. 2 3 4 5 1 15
PRIME VIEW INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD., 6 6 1 0 2 15
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 2 2 3 3 5 15
AU OPTRONICS CORP. 2 3 3 6 0 14
BOOKHAM TECHNOLOGY PLC 1 3 6 2 2 14
DAEWOO ELECTRONICS COMPANY, LTD. 5 4 2 2 1 14
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 2 3 2 3 4 14
SANDIA CORPORATION 4 3 5 2 0 14
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES FIBER IP(SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 5 6 1 1 13
GENIE LENS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 0 0 5 4 4 13
IMRA AMERICA, INC. 0 1 2 4 6 13
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 4 2 6 0 1 13
OVD KINEGRAM AG 7 3 2 0 1 13
PIXTRONIX, INC. 0 0 3 5 5 13
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 3 1 3 2 3 12
DENSO CORPORATION 4 1 3 1 3 12
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON 2 5 0 5 0 12
KONICA CORPORATION 7 4 1 0 0 12
LEICA MICROSYSTEMS WETZLAR GMBH 5 7 0 0 0 12
NOKIA CORPORATION 6 0 3 1 2 12
OPLINK COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 7 3 1 1 0 12
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 2 4 2 0 4 12
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 3 2 4 2 1 12
ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LTD. 0 4 0 3 4 11
BRIGHT VIEW TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 1 4 4 11
FDK CORPORATION 3 4 1 2 1 11
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. 1 0 3 4 3 11
MINEBEA KABUSHIKI-KAISHA (MINEBEA CO., LTD) 3 3 3 1 1 11
PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO INC. 1 1 2 5 2 11
QINETIQ LIMITED 3 2 4 2 0 11
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 2 3 2 2 2 11
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 4 5 1 0 1 11
YAZAKI CORP. 4 1 1 0 5 11
E-PIN OPTICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0 0 3 3 4 10
ELECTRO SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 7 1 1 1 10
HC PHOTONICS CORPORATION. 1 0 1 4 4 10
LEICA CAMERA AG 1 6 1 1 1 10
LIGHTMASTER SYSTEMS, INC. 3 5 0 2 0 10
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 3 2 1 2 2 10
SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE 2 4 3 0 1 10
SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 2 1 4 1 2 10
TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD. 1 3 1 0 5 10
YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORP. 0 2 2 4 2 10
ZEBRA IMAGING, INC. 3 1 4 0 2 10
ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. 0 0 0 1 8 9
LG CHEMICAL LTD. 1 0 2 2 4 9
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 1 5 0 0 3 9
PRODISC TECHNOLOGY INC. 3 2 1 3 0 9
PRODUCTION RESOURCE GROUP L.L.C. 2 1 2 1 3 9
RELIANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 4 2 3 9
RIKEN CORPORATION 3 2 1 2 1 9
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 1 4 2 1 1 9
TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY 1 1 3 3 1 9
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 1 2 1 1 3 8
CORVIS CORPORATION 2 5 1 0 0 8
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. 1 2 2 1 2 8
GENERAL PHOTONICS CORPORATION 1 2 2 2 1 8
GENIUS ELECTRONIC OPTICAL CO., LTD. 0 0 0 6 2 8
HITACHI MAXELL, LTD. 1 1 0 5 1 8
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 6 0 1 1 8
KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION 0 1 0 2 5 8
MEADE INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 1 2 3 2 0 8
NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION 0 2 2 1 3 8
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 4 2 1 0 1 8
REFLEXITE CORPORATION 2 0 1 3 2 8
SCHOTT AG 1 1 0 6 0 8
SEARETE LLC 1 0 3 2 2 8
SIIMPEL CORPORATION 1 0 0 4 3 8
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 2 4 2 0 0 8
THALES 2 0 2 0 4 8
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, THE REGENTS OF 1 3 2 2 0 8
VARIOPTIC S.A. 0 0 1 1 6 8
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 2 2 2 1 1 8
XRADIA, INC. 3 1 1 3 0 8
XTERA COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 6 1 1 0 0 8
ACULIGHT CORPORATION 0 0 2 5 0 7
ALLIANCE FIBER OPTICS PRODUCTS, INC. 3 0 2 2 0 7
ARISAWA MFG. CO., LTD. 1 1 3 1 1 7
CORETRONIC CORPORATION 1 2 1 3 0 7
DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG 3 2 0 2 0 7
DMETRIX, INC. 2 3 1 1 0 7
ECLIPSE ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 3 0 2 7
HENTZE-LISSOTSCHENKO PATENTVERWALTUNGS GMBH & CO. KG 0 5 1 0 1 7
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3 3 1 0 0 7
MIRROR LITE COMPANY 0 3 3 0 1 7
NEC VIEWTECHNOLOGY, LTD. 3 2 0 2 0 7
NGK INSULATORS LTD. 2 1 1 2 1 7
OPTICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES 1 0 3 1 2 7
PTS CORPORATION 3 4 0 0 0 7
SILICON QUEST KABUSHIKI-KAISHA 0 0 1 1 5 7
SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED 1 1 1 2 2 7
TECHNION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION, LTD. 2 1 1 1 2 7
TESA SCRIBOS GMBH 1 2 3 1 0 7
UNI-PIXEL DISPLAYS, INC. 0 3 2 0 2 7
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE 0 2 3 1 1 7
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA 4 1 2 0 0 7
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 0 2 3 1 1 7
WAVIEN, INC. 0 5 0 1 1 7
XINETICS, INC. 1 0 4 1 1 7
ADVANCED NUMICRO SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 2 1 3 6
ALCES TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 3 1 1 6
AUBURN UNIVERSITY 1 2 0 0 3 6
BEN Q CORPORATION 2 2 2 0 0 6
CARL ZEISS SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES AG 3 2 1 0 0 6
CARL ZEISS SURGICAL GMBH 0 0 2 1 3 6
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 3 0 0 0 6
COLORLINK, INC. 2 3 0 1 0 6
CYTYC CORPORATION 0 0 1 3 2 6
GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GMBH 1 3 0 2 0 6
HITACHI VIA MECHANICS LTD. 1 3 0 1 1 6
IMATION CORP. 2 4 0 0 0 6
KURARAY CO., LTD. 0 4 0 1 1 6
LG. PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD. 1 4 1 0 0 6
LIGHT PRESCRIPTIONS INNOVATORS, LLC. 2 3 1 0 0 6
MERLIN TECHNOLOGY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 0 1 2 0 3 6
MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 0 0 3 3 6
MOTOROLA, INC. 0 2 2 0 2 6
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 0 1 2 2 1 6
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY 0 2 1 3 0 6
NIKON VISION CO., LTD. 0 2 2 0 2 6
OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. 0 0 1 1 4 6
OPTWARE CORPORATION 1 4 0 0 1 6
PANAVISION INTERNATIONAL, L.P. 0 3 3 0 0 6
PIRELLI & C. S.P.A. 0 3 2 1 0 6
ROSCO, INC. 2 1 1 1 1 6
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 0 5 1 0 0 6
TELEDYNE LICENSING, LLC 0 0 4 2 0 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 0 3 1 1 1 6
VISIOCORP PATENTS S.A.R.L. 0 0 0 2 4 6
XYZ IMAGING INC. 1 2 1 2 0 6
ADVANTEST CORP. 1 2 0 0 2 5
AMBIT CORP 0 1 1 1 2 5
ASTIC SIGNAL DEFENSES L.L.C. 2 0 2 1 0 5
BLUE RIDGE INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTS COMPANY 2 2 1 0 0 5
BRILLIANT FILM LLC 0 0 1 0 4 5
CARL ZEISS LASER OPTICS GMBH 0 1 1 1 2 5
CIDRA CORPORATION 3 2 0 0 0 5
COLLINEAR CORPORATION 0 1 3 1 0 5
DE LA RUE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1 1 1 1 1 5
DIGITAL OPTICS CORPORATION 3 1 1 0 0 5
ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'OPTIQUE 3 0 1 0 1 5
EUV LLC 1 2 2 0 0 5
EXAJOULE LLC 3 1 0 0 1 5
FLEXTRONICS AP, LLC 0 0 0 1 4 5
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 0 5
GUARDIAN INDUSTRIES CORPORATION 1 0 0 1 3 5
HENSOLDT AG 1 2 0 1 1 5
HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 1 1 1 1 5
HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD. 0 1 0 3 1 5
JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 2 0 1 0 5
JDS UNIPHASE INC. 5 0 0 0 0 5
KARL STORZ GMBH & CO. KG 1 1 0 0 3 5
LIGHTWAVE ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 4 1 0 0 0 5
LUMUS, LTD. 0 1 0 3 1 5
MCI (MIRROR CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL) NETHERLANDS B.V. 0 0 0 1 4 5
MEMS OPTICAL, INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
MILESTONE CO., LTD. 0 3 0 1 1 5
MITUTOYO CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 2 5
NANOOPTO CORPORATION 1 3 1 0 0 5
NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY 1 1 1 2 0 5
NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY 0 1 1 0 3 5
OPNEXT JAPAN, INC. 2 3 0 0 0 5
PIVOTAL DECISIONS LLC. 0 0 0 5 0 5
PREMIER IMAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 0 3 1 0 5
REAL D 0 0 0 0 5 5
RICOH PRINTING SYSTEMS, LTD. 0 1 2 2 0 5
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 0 0 2 2 1 5
SAGE ELECTROCHROMICS, INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
SANTUR CORPORATION 4 0 0 1 0 5
TILL I. D. GMBH 1 0 0 2 2 5
TRANSITIONS OPTICAL, INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER 1 2 0 1 1 5


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