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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 439, Electrical Connectors

( 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
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 178 226 161 252 320 1137
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 159 205 167 143 117 791
SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. 80 105 83 53 58 379
TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 53 76 59 60 95 343
YAZAKI CORP. 61 59 67 86 67 340
MOLEX INCORPORATED 56 67 39 44 21 227
FCI AMERICAS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 28 30 45 54 33 190
JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY LTD. 49 38 36 26 26 175
CHENG UEI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 12 31 22 44 47 156
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 19 24 26 53 31 153
JAPAN SOLDERLESS TERMINAL MFG. CO., LTD. 28 48 21 21 15 133
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 20 22 22 22 13 99
INTEL CORPORATION 23 20 19 18 16 96
TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP, K.K. 19 31 25 12 9 96
HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 12 27 15 24 15 93
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 15 14 23 22 12 86
JOHN MEZZALINGUA ASSOCIATES, INC. 5 21 21 23 11 81
LOTES CO., LTD. 0 9 30 25 16 80
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 27 18 10 12 11 78
FCI 6 20 17 13 10 66
PANDUIT CORPORATION 5 9 14 13 22 63
FUJITSU LIMITED 4 15 8 14 11 52
DDK LTD. 7 10 8 12 14 51
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. 14 14 5 10 7 50
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 3 12 10 13 9 47
AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 8 19 7 7 5 46
ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC. 1 7 12 7 18 45
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 7 13 9 5 10 44
TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP GMBH 10 16 6 3 9 44
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 7 5 5 20 6 43
TAI-SOL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 8 9 11 11 4 43
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 12 8 7 9 5 41
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 12 4 8 7 10 41
THOMAS & BETTS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 6 7 7 7 14 41
YAMAICHI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 14 5 9 4 9 41
AMPHENOL CORPORATION 5 8 6 8 12 39
FINISAR CORPORATION 6 7 8 10 8 39
FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED 5 9 5 9 10 38
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 12 12 14 38
HOSIDEN CORPORATION 6 7 10 10 5 38
CORNING GILBERT INC. 4 13 7 7 6 37
WEIDMULLER INTERFACE GMBH & CO. KG 2 6 7 11 11 37
COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 3 5 6 9 11 34
SUPER TALENT ELECTRONICS, INC. 1 12 5 7 9 34
ENPLAS CORPORATION 13 7 3 6 4 33
LEAR CORPORATION 3 13 7 6 4 33
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 8 5 5 8 5 31
COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 3 13 15 31
SONY CORPORATION 2 8 8 6 7 31
DENSO CORPORATION 5 3 4 8 9 29
HUBBELL INCORPORATED 2 7 7 6 7 29
LEVITON MANUFACTURING CO. INC. 5 6 8 5 5 29
ADC GMBH 0 4 5 7 12 28
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD. 1 7 8 8 3 27
YAZAKI NORTH AMERICA, INC. 3 10 5 3 6 27
ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC. 1 4 6 5 10 26
SPEED TECH CORP. 10 6 2 5 3 26
ANDREW CORPORATION 10 5 3 4 3 25
FORM FACTOR, INC. 4 6 2 8 5 25
INVENTEC CORPORATION 1 3 6 12 3 25
JST CORPORATION 2 5 6 9 3 25
BEN Q CORPORATION 10 12 1 1 0 24
PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG 2 4 7 6 5 24
BOEING COMPANY 4 6 6 2 4 22
MEDTRONIC INC. 4 1 5 4 8 22
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5 9 3 3 2 22
SMK CORPORATION 3 9 4 3 3 22
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 2 2 5 8 5 22
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 1 1 3 6 10 21
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 5 4 3 7 21
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 1 5 6 6 3 21
MOTOROLA, INC. 4 6 2 7 2 21
TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO K.K. 2 6 4 5 4 21
ERNI ELECTRONICS GMBH 2 2 5 4 7 20
ORTRONICS INC. 5 2 3 2 8 20
EATON CORPORATION 3 2 6 3 5 19
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 2 2 6 5 4 19
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 10 6 1 1 1 19
JESS-LINK PRODUCTS CO., LTD. 4 3 6 2 4 19
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 4 4 3 1 6 18
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 6 2 3 3 4 18
P-TWO INDUSTRIES INC. 6 1 3 3 5 18
SAMTEC, INC. 2 5 3 5 3 18
NEC CORPORATION 8 4 3 2 0 17
RADIALL 2 3 4 4 4 17
SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 0 0 9 7 1 17
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 1 2 7 4 16
MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 7 4 2 1 16
PENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 6 6 4 0 0 16
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 4 0 4 3 4 15
HARTING ELECTRIC GMBH & CO. KG 2 2 4 7 0 15
HITACHI, LTD 0 3 3 4 5 15
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 3 1 3 5 3 15
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 3 4 5 3 0 15
NEOCONIX, INC. 2 5 1 4 3 15
OSRAM SYLVANIA INC. 4 4 3 3 1 15
POWERTECH INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 2 1 2 4 6 15
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 2 1 1 4 7 15
AMPHENOL-TUCHEL ELECTRONICS GMBH 6 2 5 0 1 14
EMC CORPORATION 0 4 5 2 3 14
HOMAC MFG. COMPANY 1 9 3 1 0 14
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 3 5 4 2 14
TRIBOTEK, INC. 3 9 2 0 0 14
YAZAKI EUROPE LTD. 1 5 3 5 0 14
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 3 2 3 1 13
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 5 2 3 2 13
HARTING ELECTRONICS GMBH & CO. KG 2 4 1 2 4 13
HITACHI CABLE, LTD. 2 4 1 2 4 13
OMRON CORPORATION 2 1 0 2 8 13
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 3 1 3 4 2 13
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 4 5 0 2 2 13
CINCH CONNECTORS, INC. 4 2 1 2 3 12
L & K PRECISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 5 7 0 0 0 12
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 4 2 1 1 12
SIEMENS ENERGY & AUTOMATION, INC. 0 1 1 4 6 12
YOKOWO CO., LTD. 1 2 3 2 4 12
ADVANTEST CORP. 2 3 2 3 1 11
ALCOA FUJIKURA LTD. 5 2 2 2 0 11
AMERICAN POWER CONVERSION CORPORATION 2 2 2 3 2 11
ANDERSON POWER PRODUCTS 4 5 2 0 0 11
AU OPTRONICS CORP. 0 5 4 0 2 11
COMMSCOPE SOLUTIONS PROPERTIES, LLC 1 2 8 0 0 11
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 1 4 1 2 3 11
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 0 3 3 3 2 11
SUPER LINK ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 4 3 1 3 0 11
SURTEC INDUSTRIES INC. 2 3 1 3 2 11
BELKIN INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 1 6 3 10
CHANT SINCERE CO., LTD. 0 5 0 4 1 10
FUJIKURA LTD. 3 1 2 2 2 10
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC. 0 1 2 2 5 10
GRYPHICS, INC. 2 2 3 2 1 10
HIRSCHMANN AUTOMOTIVE GMBH 0 0 3 3 4 10
PROTECTCONNECT, INC. 4 5 0 1 0 10
ROSENBERGER HOCHFREQUENZTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG 0 0 2 3 5 10
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 0 2 3 2 3 10
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 5 2 3 0 0 10
TOPOWER COMPUTER INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 0 4 4 2 0 10
ADVANCED INTERCONNECTIONS CORPORATION 1 3 2 3 0 9
ANTAYA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 2 1 3 2 1 9
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 0 2 3 1 3 9
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 2 0 1 4 2 9
HONDA TSUSHIN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 2 2 1 2 9
INSERT ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. 2 1 3 2 1 9
JSR CORPORATION 0 1 4 3 1 9
K.S. TERMINALS INC. 0 0 0 8 1 9
LANKOM ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 5 2 2 0 9
METHODE ELECTRONICS, INC. 2 3 1 2 1 9
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 2 2 1 1 9
PARICON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 2 4 2 0 1 9
SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD. 0 0 1 3 5 9
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2 1 3 2 1 9
SIEMON COMPANY 3 2 1 1 2 9
WINCHESTER ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 1 3 3 2 9
CENTERPIN TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 1 1 1 2 8
CHIEF LAND ELECTRONIC CO., LTD. 0 0 2 4 2 8
GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 2 5 0 1 8
HARRIS CORP. 0 2 2 2 2 8
I-PEX CO., LTD. 0 0 3 4 1 8
KABUSHIKI KAISHA AUDIO-TECHNICA 0 2 2 1 3 8
KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIHON MICRONICS 0 1 2 3 2 8
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 0 2 3 0 8
LUMBERG CONNECT GMBH & CO. KG 2 3 2 0 1 8
PASS + SEYMOUR, INC. 0 1 3 2 2 8
SANDISK CORPORATION 1 0 1 4 2 8
SUN LITE SOCKETS INDUSTRY, INC. 0 3 0 1 4 8
ADVANCED CONNECTION TECHNOLOGY INC. 3 3 0 1 0 7
ARLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 0 1 3 2 7
BROADCOM CORPORATION 1 1 3 2 0 7
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 1 1 3 0 7
COMAX TECHNOLOGY INC. 2 3 2 0 0 7
GROUP DEKKO INC 0 0 0 0 7 7
HIRSCHMANN ELECTRONICS GMBH & CO. KG 2 4 0 1 0 7
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 1 0 1 0 5 7
JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION 2 3 2 0 0 7
KOSTAL KONTAKT SYSTEME GMBH 0 0 4 2 1 7
KYOCERA ELCO CORPORATION 0 0 4 2 1 7
MEA TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD. 0 2 0 2 3 7
NVIDIA CORPORATION 2 1 0 0 4 7
OCEAN DESIGN, INC. 1 0 3 3 0 7
QUANTA COMPUTER INC. 0 4 2 0 1 7
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 2 1 3 0 7
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 2 2 1 2 7
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 0 0 4 3 7
SHERWOOD SERVICES AG 0 3 3 1 0 7
SIEMENS VDO AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION 3 2 2 0 0 7
SOURIAU 1 1 2 1 2 7
TROMPETER ELECTRONICS INC. 1 1 1 3 1 7
TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP KOREA LTD. 1 2 0 0 4 7
UNIVERSAL SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 1 3 1 2 0 7
ANTON HUMMEL VERWALTUNGS GMBH 2 1 0 2 1 6
CHANNELL COMMERCIAL CORPORATION 0 2 4 0 0 6
CYBER POWER SYSTEM INC. 0 0 2 3 1 6
DEERE + COMPANY 1 0 1 4 0 6
EGBON ELECTRONICS LTD. 2 4 0 0 0 6
EXCEL CELL ELECTRONIC CO., LTD. 1 3 0 0 2 6
IMATION CORP. 1 0 1 2 2 6
INVENTEC MULTIMEDIA & TELECOM CORPORATION 0 4 1 0 1 6
JOHNSTECH INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 1 2 1 2 0 6
KYOCERA CORPORATION 1 0 2 2 1 6
LITTON SYSTEMS INC. 4 2 0 0 0 6
MAXTOR CORPORATION 3 1 0 1 1 6
NEWFREY LLC 1 4 1 0 0 6
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 2 2 1 1 0 6
OQO, INC. 0 0 2 3 1 6
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 1 2 3 0 0 6
PATENT-TREUHAND-GESELLSCHAFT FUR ELEKTRISCHE GLUHLAMPEN MBH 1 3 0 1 1 6
PULSE ENGINEERING INC. 3 0 1 1 1 6
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 0 3 1 0 6
RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG 0 0 2 2 2 6
SANDISK IL LTD. 0 0 0 3 3 6
SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC. 1 1 3 1 0 6
SINGATRON ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. 0 0 5 1 0 6
SURE-FIRE ELECTRICAL CORP. 0 2 0 1 3 6
TENSOLITE COMPANY 1 1 2 1 1 6
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 1 0 0 4 1 6
TYCO ELECTRONICS LOGISTICS AG 5 0 1 0 0 6
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 0 0 0 3 6
WISTRON CORPORATION 0 1 1 0 4 6
XEROX CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 1 6
ZIPPY TECHNOLOGY CORP. 2 0 2 1 1 6
ABB PATENT GMBH 1 0 1 0 3 5
AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 1 1 0 1 2 5
ALL BEST ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 1 0 1 1 2 5
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES FIBER IP(SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 1 1 0 3 5
BELDEN CDT (CANADA) INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
BURTON TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 2 2 1 0 0 5
CATERPILLAR INC. 1 1 0 2 1 5
CENTIPEDE SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
DEUTSCH ENGINEERED CONNECTING DEVICES, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
EKSTROM INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 1 2 1 0 5
ENNOVA DIRECT, INC. 1 2 0 1 1 5
EZCONN CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 2 5
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 5 0 0 0 0 5
HSING CHAU INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 2 1 2 0 0 5
I F M ELECTRONIC GMBH 1 0 0 2 2 5
IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC 0 0 1 0 4 5
INARCA S.P.A. 0 2 1 0 2 5
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 0 2 0 0 3 5
KINGCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 1 4 0 0 0 5
KYOSHIN KOGYO CO, LTD. 1 3 0 1 0 5
MC TECHNOLOGY GMBH 0 0 0 3 2 5
MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 1 1 0 2 1 5
NEXANS 1 2 0 2 0 5
NIPPON DICS CO., LTD. 2 2 1 0 0 5
PACESETTER, INC. 0 2 1 2 0 5
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 4 5
PANASONIC ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD. 0 0 0 1 4 5
PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD. 0 1 1 0 3 5
QISDA CORPORATION 0 0 0 5 0 5
QUIXEMBLE INC. 1 4 0 0 0 5
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 0 0 2 2 1 5
SHIMANO INC. 2 1 0 2 0 5
SHIN-ETSU POLYMER CO., LTD. 3 1 1 0 0 5
SPX CORPORATION 3 1 0 0 1 5
SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC. 0 1 2 2 0 5
T-CONN PRECISION CORP. 0 0 1 2 2 5
TAI TWUN ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. 0 1 0 3 1 5
TEKTRONIX INC. 2 2 0 1 0 5
TELECT, INC. 0 0 3 1 1 5
TYCO ELECTRONICS BRASIL LTDA. 0 0 0 3 2 5
UTILX CORPORATION 1 0 0 2 2 5


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