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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 340, Communications: Electrical

( 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 308 394 309 346 268 1625
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 16 34 18 55 67 190
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 19 40 35 57 38 189
DENSO CORPORATION 18 19 34 38 39 148
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 21 19 18 15 16 89
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 12 20 24 11 16 83
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 16 22 19 12 14 83
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 21 20 7 12 9 69
HITACHI, LTD 10 11 16 17 15 69
LEAR CORPORATION 11 22 13 11 12 69
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 16 22 18 9 0 65
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 9 22 15 10 3 59
MOTOROLA, INC. 12 18 7 7 14 58
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 12 17 9 5 13 56
FUJITSU LIMITED 1 5 12 21 16 55
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 21 6 7 13 51
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 15 15 6 8 3 47
SENSORMATIC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 6 14 10 4 13 47
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 12 8 9 12 5 46
SONY CORPORATION 9 8 14 4 9 44
BOEING COMPANY 4 10 6 10 12 42
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 10 15 8 3 5 41
CHECKPOINT SYSTEMS, INC. 2 7 3 10 17 39
INTEL CORPORATION 5 4 7 14 9 39
DONNELLY CORPORATION 7 8 6 10 7 38
OMRON CORPORATION 5 14 8 6 5 38
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 4 15 9 7 2 37
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 3 5 7 8 14 37
AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION 1 6 14 4 11 36
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 7 7 8 5 9 36
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 7 14 3 6 5 35
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3 5 5 13 8 34
CURRENT TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 1 3 15 9 5 33
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 8 9 7 5 4 33
IMPINJ, INC. 0 3 10 13 6 32
NOKIA CORPORATION 1 9 9 8 5 32
CHAMBERLAIN GROUP, INC. 3 8 9 6 5 31
INTERMEC IP CORP. 5 8 6 4 8 31
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 3 5 10 4 8 30
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 6 12 2 3 4 27
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 2 5 6 9 4 26
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 9 0 4 7 26
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 11 8 4 0 26
SIEMENS VDO AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION 13 9 3 1 0 26
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 5 5 4 7 25
NEC CORPORATION 5 3 8 3 6 25
FUJITSU TEN LIMITED 6 8 3 4 3 24
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE 5 10 4 3 1 23
HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC. 5 7 2 6 3 23
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 2 3 5 12 23
PACIFIC INDUSTRIAL CO. LTD. 9 5 5 2 1 22
TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO K.K. 3 8 6 4 1 22
AT&T CORP. 5 5 2 8 1 21
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 3 6 5 3 4 21
SAVI TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 5 6 8 21
YAZAKI CORP. 2 3 6 7 3 21
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG 4 3 2 3 8 20
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 9 10 1 0 0 20
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 9 6 4 1 0 20
AIRBUS FRANCE 5 3 6 2 3 19
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. 1 4 2 7 5 19
RAYTHEON COMPANY 3 6 0 7 3 19
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 6 7 3 2 19
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 5 6 4 4 0 19
ALIEN TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 0 8 2 6 18
BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED 6 3 3 4 2 18
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC. 0 0 3 7 8 18
ITRON, INC. 0 3 4 7 4 18
MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A. 4 11 1 1 1 18
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 6 3 3 2 17
ELSTER ELECTRICITY, LLC 2 5 6 1 3 17
INTELLISERV, INC. 1 6 9 1 0 17
NCR CORPORATION 2 5 1 6 3 17
XEROX CORPORATION 3 2 6 4 2 17
FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 10 3 1 1 16
INGRID, INC. 0 10 2 0 4 16
OPTEX CO., LTD. 5 6 5 0 0 16
SIMPLEXGRINNELL LP 1 3 4 4 4 16
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 0 0 0 15 15
ATMEL GERMANY GMBH 2 4 3 4 2 15
OMEGA PATENTS, L.L.C. 5 5 1 1 3 15
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 0 3 1 3 8 15
ACCU-SORT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 1 13 14
CATERPILLAR INC. 1 4 6 1 2 14
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 2 6 3 2 14
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 2 4 1 5 2 14
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 5 1 4 4 0 14
NISSAN TECHNICAL CENTER NORTH AMERICA, INC. 0 4 0 4 6 14
VISIBLE ASSETS INC. 0 1 5 2 6 14
WAYNE-DALTON CORPORATION 2 1 8 3 0 14
COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 0 1 0 5 7 13
GOODYEAR TIRE + RUBBER COMPANY 4 3 3 1 2 13
INNOVALARM CORPORATION 0 3 2 2 6 13
QUALCOMM, INC. 1 3 1 3 5 13
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 3 7 0 1 2 13
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 3 0 1 8 12
INTELLIMATS, LLC. 3 4 1 2 2 12
LEGALVIEW ASSETS, LIMITED 0 3 0 1 8 12
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 0 4 2 4 2 12
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 1 6 5 12
UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS, INC. 2 5 3 1 1 12
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 3 2 1 1 12
911 EMERGENCY PRODUCTS, INC. 2 5 0 2 2 11
ALPINE ELECTRONICS INC. 1 3 1 3 3 11
B & G PLASTICS, INC. 3 3 2 3 0 11
BROADCOM CORPORATION 1 3 1 2 4 11
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 5 0 3 1 11
DAIMLER AG 0 0 0 4 7 11
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 1 1 3 5 11
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 5 1 0 2 11
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 0 0 4 3 4 11
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY 3 4 2 1 1 11
KEYSTONE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, LLC 0 0 0 2 9 11
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 3 2 3 1 11
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD. 0 2 1 2 6 11
TIME DOMAIN CORPORATION 3 3 1 2 2 11
ZIH CORPORATION 1 1 1 4 4 11
EATON CORPORATION 1 1 2 2 4 10
GE SECURITY, INC. 0 3 0 5 2 10
HARRIS CORP. 2 2 0 2 4 10
KEY CONTROL HOLDING, INC. 0 4 2 3 1 10
MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION 1 3 0 4 2 10
MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 3 6 1 0 10
ROSEMOUNT INC. 0 2 4 1 3 10
SE-KURE CONTROLS, INC. 2 2 3 2 1 10
TERAHOP NETWORKS, INC. 0 0 0 5 5 10
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 0 0 1 6 2 9
GENTEX CORPORATION 3 1 1 3 1 9
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 0 5 4 9
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 3 2 1 1 2 9
INTERNATIONAL TRUCK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPANY L.L.C. 1 0 3 4 1 9
KOITO MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED 2 2 0 4 1 9
MAPLE CHASE COMPANY 1 3 2 3 0 9
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 7 9
PIONEER CORPORATION 3 3 0 1 2 9
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 5 1 0 1 2 9
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 0 2 2 0 5 9
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 0 3 0 3 3 9
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 0 2 2 1 4 9
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 0 1 3 1 4 9
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 2 4 3 0 0 9
VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 0 2 3 2 9
WALTER KIDDE PORTABLE EQUIPMENT, INC. 1 1 1 3 3 9
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 3 2 1 2 8
AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC. 0 2 4 2 0 8
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC. 0 0 1 7 0 8
AUDIOVOX CORPORATION 0 3 0 5 0 8
AVANTE INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 1 4 2 8
BED-CHECK CORPORATION 2 3 0 2 1 8
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 3 2 2 0 8
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 2 3 0 2 1 8
CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS US, INC. 0 0 0 3 5 8
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 2 0 4 0 2 8
EDWARDS SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 4 2 0 0 8
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 1 2 2 1 8
MEDTRONIC MINIMED INC. 2 2 1 2 1 8
NAVTEQ NORTH AMERICA, LLC. 2 2 2 1 1 8
RADIO SYSTEMS CORP. 2 1 0 2 3 8
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 0 0 1 3 4 8
SPECTRUM TRACKING SYSTEMS, INC. 0 3 3 1 1 8
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 0 4 4 0 0 8
SPX CORPORATION 0 2 1 1 4 8
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 2 2 0 2 2 8
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 2 1 1 2 2 8
ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES GMBH 1 2 2 1 1 7
AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 1 2 0 2 2 7
ARBITRON INC. 1 0 0 5 1 7
BLACK & DECKER INC. 0 1 1 5 0 7
BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE NORTH AMERICAN TIRE, LLC 2 2 1 0 2 7
COMMERCEGUARD AB 0 0 1 3 3 7
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION 2 3 2 0 0 7
EM MICROELECTRONIC-MARIN SA 1 3 1 0 2 7
FORD MOTOR COMPANY 2 3 0 1 1 7
INVENTEC CORPORATION 2 0 1 4 0 7
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 1 3 1 1 1 7
LUTRON ELECTRONICS COMPANY, INC. 0 0 1 2 4 7
MARK IV INDUSTRIES CORP. 0 0 2 4 1 7
MEDTRONIC INC. 1 2 2 0 2 7
MICRO ENHANCED TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 1 1 1 2 7
NATTEL GROUP, INC. 0 3 1 1 2 7
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 0 0 3 3 7
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 1 2 0 1 3 7
NXP B.V. 0 0 1 2 4 7
RF CODE, INC. 0 3 1 1 2 7
ROBELIGHT, LLC 0 0 0 3 4 7
SCHRADER-BRIDGEPORT INTERNATIONAL, INC. 4 1 0 2 0 7
SECURE CARE PRODUCTS, INC. 0 2 1 3 1 7
SHELL OIL COMPANY 1 1 4 0 1 7
SIEMENS BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES AG 1 4 0 2 0 7
SOMFY 0 5 0 1 1 7
TC LICENSE LTD. 0 0 1 1 5 7
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC. 0 0 1 3 3 7
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH 0 2 1 1 3 7
UT-BATTELLE, LLC 2 2 0 2 1 7
YAMAHA CORPORATION 3 1 1 1 1 7
YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD. 0 2 1 3 1 7
AISIN AW CO., LTD. 0 0 2 2 2 6
ALPHA SECURITY PRODUCTS, INC. 0 1 5 0 0 6
AMERICAN CALCAR INC. 1 1 1 1 2 6
AMERICAN POWER CONVERSION CORPORATION 2 2 0 2 0 6
AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 2 1 1 1 6
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 1 1 1 3 6
CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC. 0 1 1 2 2 6
DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 1 1 2 6
DMATEK LTD. 1 3 0 1 1 6
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 1 3 1 1 0 6
ELESYS NORTH AMERICA, INC. 0 3 0 2 1 6
GLOBAL TRAFFIC TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 0 0 1 3 2 6
INVUE SECURITY PRODUCTS INC. 0 0 0 2 4 6
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 0 2 2 2 0 6
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD. 3 1 0 2 0 6
NEOLOGY, INC. 0 4 0 1 1 6
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 1 1 4 0 0 6
PRINTRONIX, INC. 0 0 3 2 1 6
PROXIMITIES, INC. 0 2 2 2 0 6
RANCO INCORPORATED OF DELAWARE 0 2 2 1 1 6
ROBERTSHAW CONTROLS COMPANY 0 0 3 2 1 6
ROYAL THOUGHTS L.L.C. 4 2 0 0 0 6
SHIMANO INC. 1 4 0 0 1 6
SIEMENS BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 0 2 2 6
SIN ETKE TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD 1 2 0 2 1 6
SIRIT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 1 3 1 1 6
SMARTGUARD, LLC 0 0 2 1 3 6
TRIANGLE SOFTWARE LLC 0 1 2 1 2 6
TRW INC. 4 2 0 0 0 6
ZILOG, INC. 1 3 1 0 1 6
ADVICS CO., LTD. 2 1 1 1 0 5
ALCATEL 1 3 0 0 1 5
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 0 0 1 0 4 5
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. 0 0 0 1 4 5
AWAREPOINT CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 3 5
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 1 3 0 1 0 5
BEN Q CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 0 5
BLUE CLOVER DESIGN, LLC 1 0 1 2 1 5
BOSCH SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBH 1 1 1 2 0 5
CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION 1 1 3 0 0 5
CALYPSO MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 2 1 0 1 5
CHANDLER SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO., OHG 0 1 2 2 0 5
DEUTSCHE POST A G 0 1 1 1 2 5
DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC 1 0 3 1 0 5
ECOLAB INC. 3 1 0 1 0 5
EMS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
ENDRESS + HAUSER GMBH + CO. 1 1 0 2 1 5
EXPRO NORTH SEA LIMITED 0 2 0 2 1 5
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 1 4 0 0 5
GARMIN INTERNATIONAL, INC 3 0 0 1 1 5
GLAXO GROUP LIMITED 0 3 1 0 1 5
GUARDIAN INDUSTRIES CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 5 5
HARROW PRODUCTS, INC. 1 2 0 0 2 5
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 1 1 0 2 1 5
HUNT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 1 3 0 5
HYUNDAI AUTONET CO., LTD. 0 0 2 2 1 5
JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 2 1 1 1 0 5
LANDIS & GYR, INC. 1 3 0 1 0 5
LANG-MEKRA NORTH AMERICA, LLC 0 4 0 1 0 5
M & FC HOLDING, LLC 0 3 1 1 0 5
M.E.P. CAD, INC. 2 1 2 0 0 5
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 1 1 1 1 5
QUINTELL OF OHIO, LLC 2 1 1 0 1 5
R. F. TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 2 2 0 5
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 0 1 2 1 1 5
SAAB AKTIEBOLAG 1 1 1 1 1 5
SENSYS NETWORKS, INC. 0 0 0 5 0 5
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 0 0 2 3 0 5
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 0 3 0 1 1 5
THALES 0 1 1 0 3 5
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED 1 2 0 2 0 5
USER-CENTRIC IP, L.P. 0 1 2 1 1 5
WEATHERFORD CANADA PARTNERSHIP 0 1 2 0 2 5


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