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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 324, Electricity: Measuring and Testing

( 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 76 97 77 74 64 388
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 48 51 55 59 75 288
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 46 64 61 59 47 277
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 33 44 36 63 46 222
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 42 42 51 24 13 172
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 40 60 33 14 10 157
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 17 28 37 36 30 148
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 19 25 29 35 31 139
ADVANTEST CORP. 11 26 26 37 32 132
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 26 24 30 28 17 125
HITACHI, LTD 19 23 27 20 18 107
INTEL CORPORATION 20 25 24 22 14 105
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 27 25 19 15 17 103
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 30 21 17 17 17 102
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 11 19 20 19 31 100
CASCADE MICROTECH, INC. 12 14 18 25 28 97
DENSO CORPORATION 9 25 27 22 12 95
BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED 13 13 21 26 20 93
FORM FACTOR, INC. 15 15 22 16 23 91
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC 29 16 14 12 20 91
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 12 23 15 14 18 82
FUJITSU LIMITED 14 14 20 17 10 75
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 20 14 19 16 1 70
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 12 16 12 12 18 70
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 17 19 10 5 7 58
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 14 11 13 10 7 55
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 11 14 10 8 8 51
TERADYNE, INC. 12 9 5 6 12 44
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 15 10 10 6 2 43
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 6 6 8 10 12 42
MERLIN TECHNOLOGY, INC. 11 10 6 8 6 41
FONAR CORPORATION 8 7 6 11 7 39
XILINX, INC. 10 8 6 6 6 36
BOEING COMPANY 9 4 11 3 8 35
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 5 6 4 14 34
CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORPORATION 10 12 4 5 3 34
TEKTRONIX INC. 6 3 11 9 5 34
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 10 5 6 6 6 33
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 11 12 5 2 2 32
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 8 9 5 4 5 31
VARIAN, INC. 5 11 3 6 6 31
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 2 6 8 13 30
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 10 7 7 4 2 30
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 9 6 9 5 29
HITACHI MEDICAL CORPORATION 4 4 5 6 10 29
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 10 9 3 3 4 29
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 2 6 8 6 6 28
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 3 12 7 5 1 28
EATON CORPORATION 2 10 10 4 1 27
NXP B.V. 0 0 7 7 13 27
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 5 5 3 8 5 26
MIDTRONICS, INC. 9 8 0 3 6 26
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 4 9 8 2 2 25
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 2 3 9 10 24
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 4 8 3 4 5 24
BROADCOM CORPORATION 5 7 2 7 2 23
TDK CORPORATION 1 5 4 8 5 23
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 15 3 0 2 2 22
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 5 4 6 4 22
LECROY CORPORATION 3 3 8 4 4 22
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 13 2 4 1 1 21
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 3 4 6 3 4 20
BRUKER BIOSPIN AG 2 3 2 7 6 20
BRUKER BIOSPIN GMBH 1 2 7 6 4 20
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 1 7 6 2 3 19
HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 1 4 5 4 5 19
ALLEGRO MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 1 3 4 5 5 18
OHT INC. 10 5 2 1 0 18
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 3 6 2 2 5 18
SONY CORPORATION 2 5 3 4 4 18
TRANSMETA CORPORATION 5 3 5 5 0 18
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 0 2 9 4 2 17
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 6 3 2 3 3 17
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 4 7 3 2 0 16
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 1 2 1 6 6 16
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 5 5 3 2 1 16
JENTEK SENSORS, INC. 1 5 4 3 3 16
KLA-TENCOR TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 2 7 2 3 2 16
MIRAE CORPORATION 5 0 5 2 4 16
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 3 7 4 2 0 16
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 13 16
VERIGY PTE LTD 0 0 4 8 4 16
KEITHLEY INSTRUMENTS, INC. 1 0 4 4 6 15
NEC CORPORATION 4 3 2 2 4 15
NTN CORPORATION 5 2 2 0 6 15
SIEMENS VDO AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION 3 3 7 2 0 15
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 3 5 2 3 2 15
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION 1 3 3 5 3 15
ESAOTE, S.P.A 4 3 0 4 3 14
GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION 2 1 1 4 6 14
JOHN FLUKE MFG. CO., INC. 1 1 5 4 3 14
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY 3 8 2 0 1 14
SOLID STATE MEASUREMENTS, INC. 5 2 5 2 0 14
SUSS MICROTEC TEST SYSTEMS GMBH 1 3 4 2 4 14
SYNAPTICS, INC. 0 0 4 5 5 14
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 4 3 1 3 14
JEOL LTD. 1 3 2 6 1 13
JSR CORPORATION 2 4 2 3 2 13
KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIHON MICRONICS 0 1 0 3 9 13
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 1 2 1 9 0 13
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 0 4 3 1 5 13
YAMAHA CORPORATION 0 3 3 3 4 13
AEHR TEST SYSTEMS, INC. 3 4 1 1 3 12
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 3 0 3 3 3 12
ELSTER ELECTRICITY, LLC 3 1 5 2 1 12
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 3 4 0 5 0 12
INAPAC TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 6 4 0 12
INVIVO CORPORATION 0 3 7 1 1 12
LG. PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD. 1 3 5 3 0 12
OMRON CORPORATION 2 3 5 2 0 12
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 1 4 1 3 12
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 3 3 4 1 12
YAZAKI CORP. 0 4 2 3 3 12
CATERPILLAR INC. 2 2 2 2 3 11
CELADON SYSTEMS, INC. 3 2 3 1 2 11
ELPIDA MEMORY, INC. 1 1 3 3 3 11
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 1 1 2 3 4 11
INSTITUT FRANCAIS DU PETROLE 4 3 1 3 0 11
NHK SPRING CO., LTD. 2 5 2 2 0 11
SEEKTECH, INC. 0 0 4 3 4 11
SHELL OIL COMPANY 3 0 0 4 4 11
SNAP-ON INCORPORATED 6 4 1 0 0 11
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2 4 1 0 4 11
ANRITSU COMPANY 3 4 1 0 2 10
AU OPTRONICS CORP. 2 1 1 4 2 10
ELECTRO SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 1 2 2 5 10
ELECTROGLAS, INC. 1 2 2 5 0 10
ENDRESS + HAUSER GMBH + CO. 4 4 0 1 1 10
FINISAR CORPORATION 1 2 2 3 2 10
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC. 0 0 0 3 7 10
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 4 3 2 1 0 10
INTEST CORPORATION 0 2 5 0 3 10
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 3 1 4 2 0 10
LANDIS & GYR, INC. 3 3 1 2 1 10
MINEBEA KABUSHIKI-KAISHA (MINEBEA CO., LTD) 1 4 5 0 0 10
QUALITAU, INC. 0 3 0 2 5 10
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 1 0 3 2 4 10
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 5 1 2 1 1 10
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 3 4 0 2 1 10
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 2 0 0 2 5 9
ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC. 1 3 3 1 1 9
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 3 1 2 0 3 9
CHROMA ATE INC. 0 0 0 1 8 9
CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS US, INC. 0 0 0 6 3 9
DELTA DESIGN INC. 1 1 1 2 4 9
FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH 2 1 2 0 4 9
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. 1 2 2 2 2 9
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 0 3 2 1 3 9
INVENTEC CORPORATION 0 2 2 3 2 9
JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GMBH 0 2 4 3 0 9
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 3 1 2 2 1 9
NITTA CORPORATION 5 3 0 1 0 9
PASS + SEYMOUR, INC. 2 3 1 1 2 9
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 0 2 2 2 3 9
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 1 3 1 2 2 9
SV PROBE PTE., LTD. 0 0 5 1 3 9
TOUCHDOWN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 2 4 3 9
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, THE REGENTS OF 2 1 1 2 3 9
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION 0 0 4 1 4 9
YIELDBOOST TECH, INC. 4 5 0 0 0 9
ADVANCED INQUIRY SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 3 5 8
ALTERA CORPORATION 1 2 1 2 2 8
AT&T CORP. 2 2 1 3 0 8
ATMEL GERMANY GMBH 2 1 1 1 3 8
BENTLY NEVADA CORPORATION 8 0 0 0 0 8
CARDIOMEMS, INC. 0 0 1 3 4 8
DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR GMBH 5 1 1 0 1 8
FAB SOLUTIONS, INC. 6 2 0 0 0 8
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORP. 0 1 1 3 3 8
KJT ENTERPRISES, INC. 3 2 1 1 1 8
MICRO-EPSILON MESSTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG 1 1 2 1 3 8
MJC PROBE INC. 1 3 0 3 1 8
NOKIA CORPORATION 2 0 3 1 2 8
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 2 1 4 1 0 8
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SA 2 2 2 1 1 8
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 6 1 1 0 0 8
SIEMENS POWER GENERATION, INC. 0 3 4 1 0 8
SPX CORPORATION 3 1 2 0 2 8
STERIS INC. 7 1 0 0 0 8
STONERIDGE CONTROL DEVICES, INC. 0 2 1 4 1 8
UNISYS CORPORATION 7 0 0 1 0 8
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 2 2 3 1 0 8
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 2 3 0 1 2 8
VERIS INDUSTRIES, LLC 1 0 5 1 1 8
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 4 1 0 0 8
WENTWORTH LABORATORIES, INC. 3 1 2 1 1 8
XYTRANS, INC. 0 3 5 0 0 8
ABB TECHNOLOGY AG 4 1 0 1 1 7
AVO MULTI-AMP CORPORATION 2 2 1 2 0 7
BOC GROUP, INC. 1 5 1 0 0 7
BRUKER BIOSPIN CORP. 3 1 2 1 0 7
FIELDMETRICS INC. 0 2 4 1 0 7
INTEMATIX CORPORATION 1 2 4 0 0 7
LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 0 0 2 5 7
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 3 1 1 1 1 7
MEDRAD, INC. 2 3 1 0 1 7
MICRONAS GMBH 2 3 1 0 1 7
MITUTOYO CORPORATION 0 2 2 3 0 7
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 2 1 1 0 3 7
NSK LIMITED 1 2 1 0 3 7
PATHFINDER ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 1 0 0 5 1 7
ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO., KG 2 3 1 0 1 7
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 3 1 2 0 1 7
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 2 1 2 0 2 7
UNIVERSITATSKLINIKUM FREIBURG 2 2 1 2 0 7
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA 1 3 2 1 0 7
WELLS-CTI, LLC 0 3 2 1 1 7
YOKOWO CO., LTD. 1 2 1 2 1 7
ASEA BROWN BOVERI AB 1 3 2 0 0 6
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 3 3 0 0 0 6
BALLUFF GMBH 2 2 2 0 0 6
C.R.F. SOCIETA CONSORTILE PER AZIONI 0 0 2 2 2 6
CELERITY RESEARCH, INC. 3 2 1 0 0 6
DONGBU ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 1 1 1 3 6
DOTY SCIENTIFIC, INC. 0 1 4 0 1 6
ELECTROMAGNETIC GEOSERVICES AS 0 2 1 2 1 6
FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 0 0 0 0 6 6
GENESIS TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 5 1 0 0 0 6
INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORPORATION 2 1 1 2 0 6
JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY 0 2 1 2 1 6
KEY SAFETY SYSTEMS, INC. 3 0 1 0 2 6
KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION 1 0 1 1 3 6
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2 1 0 1 2 6
MICRO-PROBE, INC. 0 1 1 3 1 6
MICROFABRICA INC. 0 0 2 0 4 6
NANONEXUS, INC. 0 3 0 2 1 6
NIHON DENSHIZAIRYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 1 3 0 0 6
QINETIQ LIMITED 1 0 1 2 2 6
RAYTHEON COMPANY 1 1 1 0 3 6
SCHWEITZER ENGINEERING LABORATORIES, INC. 0 1 1 2 2 6
SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL (SHANGHAI) CORPORATION 0 1 0 1 4 6
SRI INTERNATIONAL 1 2 2 1 0 6
STAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 2 1 2 6
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 1 0 2 2 1 6
TOKYO SEIMITSU CO., LTD. 0 3 0 1 2 6
VB AUTOBATTERIE GMBH & CO. KGAA 1 3 1 1 0 6
YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORP. 1 2 1 1 1 6
ZIRCON CORPORATION 2 3 1 0 0 6
ABB RESEARCH LTD. 3 1 0 0 1 5
ASYLUM RESEARCH CORP. 0 1 3 1 0 5
ATG TEST SYSTEMS GMBH & CO. KG 0 2 2 1 0 5
AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS LABORATORY, INC. 0 1 2 1 1 5
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 0 3 1 1 5
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY 0 3 2 0 0 5
CHIPMOS TECHNOLOGIES (BERMUDA) LTD. 2 2 0 1 0 5
COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 0 0 0 0 5 5
EBARA CORPORATION 0 2 1 1 1 5
EMC CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 1 5
ENDICOTT INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 1 0 2 5
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 1 1 1 2 5
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 1 2 1 1 0 5
HITACHI MEDICAL SYSTEMS AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
I F M ELECTRONIC GMBH 1 1 1 1 1 5
IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC 3 1 0 0 1 5
INFINITUM SOLUTIONS, INC. 2 0 1 0 2 5
INTERCONNECT DEVICES, INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
INVENSYS SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 2 1 0 5
JTEKT CORPORATION 0 0 2 3 0 5
LG CHEMICAL LTD. 0 0 0 1 4 5
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 1 2 2 0 5
MAGIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH 2 1 2 0 0 5
MOTOROLA, INC. 1 2 2 0 0 5
NAN YA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 1 0 2 0 5
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 0 0 2 1 2 5
PANASONIC EV ENERGY CO., LTD. 1 0 1 1 2 5
PHICOM CORPORATION 0 1 1 0 3 5
POWER MEASUREMENT LTD. 0 0 2 2 1 5
POWERCHIP SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 1 0 3 1 0 5
PRUFTECHNIK DIETER BUSCH AG 0 0 1 2 2 5
QC SOLUTIONS, INC. 3 1 0 1 0 5
QRSCIENCES PTY. LTD. 0 1 3 1 0 5
RADIODETECTION LIMITED 2 0 2 1 0 5
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 1 2 1 1 0 5
SHIMADZU CORPORATION 1 1 3 0 0 5
SIMMONDS PRECISION PRODUCTS, INC. 0 1 2 2 0 5
STATOIL ASA 3 2 0 0 0 5
TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD. 1 1 0 3 0 5
TEMIC AUTOMOTIVE OF NORTH AMERICA, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
TOSHIBA AMERICA MRI, INC. 1 3 1 0 0 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES 1 1 2 1 0 5
UNIVERSITY OF BASEL 0 2 1 1 1 5
UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND 0 2 1 2 0 5
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS 0 1 1 2 1 5
UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH 0 0 2 2 1 5
WHITE S ELECTRONICS, INC. 2 2 0 1 0 5


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