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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 381, Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices

( 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
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 52 70 56 42 47 267
SIEMENS AUDIOLOGISCHE TECHNIK GMBH 7 15 21 16 20 79
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 15 32 13 14 2 76
PHONAK AG 5 17 17 17 15 71
PIONEER CORPORATION 9 17 12 16 12 66
SONY CORPORATION 12 14 14 11 11 62
HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INC. 3 15 12 19 10 59
YAMAHA CORPORATION 2 8 5 10 15 40
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 10 13 4 5 6 38
OTICON A/S 1 6 6 9 10 32
BOSE CORPORATION 2 5 7 10 7 31
KABUSHIKI KAISHA AUDIO-TECHNICA 2 5 2 6 16 31
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 0 10 9 3 8 30
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 4 26 30
PLANTRONICS INC 2 7 6 6 3 24
MOTOROLA, INC. 1 10 4 2 5 22
NEW TRANSDUCERS LIMITED 6 6 5 1 4 22
KNOWLES ELECTRONICS, LLC 0 7 6 7 1 21
CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 5 2 9 2 1 19
CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 4 5 4 3 2 18
ETYMOTIC RESEARCH, INC. 1 6 6 1 4 18
INSOUND MEDICAL, INC. 3 1 5 5 4 18
AMERICAN TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 3 6 3 2 17
GN RESOUND AS 5 3 3 3 3 17
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 3 2 9 2 16
ALPINE ELECTRONICS INC. 3 3 2 2 5 15
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 3 4 3 2 2 14
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 3 4 3 3 1 14
SIEMENS VDO AUTOMOTIVE, INC. 6 7 1 0 0 14
SONION NEDERLAND B.V. 1 4 6 2 1 14
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 0 3 2 2 7 14
DOLBY LABORATORIES INC. 2 2 2 1 6 13
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 4 1 3 2 13
STEP TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 4 4 1 2 13
WIDEX A/S 2 4 2 2 3 13
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 1 7 2 0 2 12
HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GMBH 0 3 6 3 0 12
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 2 5 1 1 2 11
STARKEY LABS, INC. 0 0 5 4 2 11
ADAPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 2 5 1 0 10
AKG ACOUSTICS GMBH 2 3 2 1 2 10
NOKIA CORPORATION 2 3 0 5 0 10
SENNHEISER ELECTRONIC GMBH & CO. KG 1 1 4 2 2 10
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 3 2 0 3 2 10
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 2 2 3 1 2 10
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. 1 0 1 4 3 9
FUJITSU LIMITED 0 6 1 2 0 9
FUJITSU TEN LIMITED 1 5 2 0 1 9
SARNOFF CORPORATION 1 5 1 1 1 9
SONIONMICROTRONIC NEDERLAND B.V. 2 5 1 1 0 9
STAR MICRONICS CO., LTD. 4 1 0 3 1 9
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 0 3 0 2 3 8
BERNAFON AG 1 1 0 1 5 8
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 1 1 1 0 5 8
GENTEX CORPORATION 1 3 1 2 1 8
INTEL CORPORATION 0 1 3 1 3 8
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 4 2 0 2 0 8
PEAVEY ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 1 5 2 0 8
LOGITECH EUROPE S.A. 1 1 1 3 1 7
OTOLOGICS LLC. 1 0 1 3 2 7
SRS LABS, INC. 0 2 1 0 4 7
ADVANCED BIONICS CORPORATION 1 3 2 0 0 6
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 0 3 0 0 6
FORTEMEDIA, INC. 0 0 2 0 4 6
GENNUM CORPORATION 1 2 3 0 0 6
GN RESOUND NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION 0 4 2 0 0 6
HOSIDEN CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 2 6
LEAR CORPORATION 0 3 2 0 1 6
MICRO EAR TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 1 3 0 6
NEC CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 1 6
PSS BELGIUM, N.V. 0 0 3 1 2 6
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 0 0 3 3 0 6
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 1 2 1 2 0 6
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 1 3 1 0 1 6
SIEMENS HEARING INSTRUMENTS, INC. 0 2 2 1 1 6
SONY DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 0 2 2 2 0 6
SOUND DESIGN TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 0 0 0 6 0 6
TEMCO JAPAN CO., LTD. 2 2 1 0 1 6
AMI SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 3 0 0 2 5
BRITANNIA INVESTMENT CORPORATION 1 2 2 0 0 5
BSE CO., LTD. 0 0 3 1 1 5
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 5 5
MITEL NETWORKS CORPORATION 1 0 1 1 2 5
MULTI SERVICE CORPORATION 1 1 1 1 1 5
NAMIKI SEIMITSU HOUSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 1 1 0 3 5
PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORPORATION 1 3 1 0 0 5
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 0 0 0 1 4 5
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 3 0 0 0 5
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 2 1 0 1 5
TAIWAN CAROL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 1 1 2 1 0 5
ULTIMATE EARS, LLC 0 0 3 1 1 5


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