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

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2006 - 2010 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 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Total
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 394 309 346 268 314 1631
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 40 35 57 38 75 245
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 34 18 55 67 69 243
DENSO CORPORATION 19 34 38 39 60 190
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 20 24 11 16 20 91
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 19 18 15 16 21 89
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 22 19 12 14 18 85
HITACHI, LTD 11 16 17 15 19 78
FUJITSU LIMITED 5 12 21 16 16 70
LEAR CORPORATION 22 13 11 12 9 67
SENSORMATIC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 14 10 4 13 20 61
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 20 7 12 9 12 60
MOTOROLA, INC. 18 7 7 14 9 55
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 21 6 7 13 8 55
BOEING COMPANY 10 6 10 12 16 54
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 5 7 8 14 19 53
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 17 9 5 13 6 50
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 22 15 10 3 0 50
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 22 18 9 0 0 49
CHECKPOINT SYSTEMS, INC. 7 3 10 17 10 47
SONY CORPORATION 8 14 4 9 12 47
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 16 6 8 3 13 46
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 15 8 3 5 13 44
AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION 6 14 4 11 8 43
INTEL CORPORATION 4 7 14 9 7 41
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5 5 13 8 10 41
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 7 8 5 9 12 41
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 8 9 12 5 5 39
DONNELLY CORPORATION 8 6 10 7 8 39
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC. 0 3 7 8 21 39
CURRENT TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 3 15 9 5 6 38
IMPINJ, INC. 3 10 13 6 6 38
OMRON CORPORATION 14 8 6 5 5 38
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 15 9 7 2 4 37
NOKIA CORPORATION 9 9 8 5 4 35
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 5 10 4 8 7 34
CHAMBERLAIN GROUP, INC. 8 9 6 5 5 33
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 14 3 6 5 2 30
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 5 6 9 4 4 28
INTERMEC IP CORP. 8 6 4 8 2 28
NEC CORPORATION 3 8 3 6 8 28
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 1 3 5 17 27
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 5 4 7 6 27
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 3 5 12 5 27
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 9 7 5 4 1 26
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 12 2 3 4 5 26
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 9 0 4 7 5 25
FUJITSU TEN LIMITED 8 3 4 3 7 25
HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC. 7 2 6 3 7 25
SAVI TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 5 6 8 5 25
AIRBUS FRANCE 3 6 2 3 9 23
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 0 0 15 8 23
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 11 8 4 0 0 23
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 6 7 3 2 5 23
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. 4 2 7 5 4 22
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 3 1 3 8 7 22
ALIEN TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 8 2 6 5 21
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE 10 4 3 1 3 21
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG 3 2 3 8 5 21
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 5 4 12 21
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 6 5 3 4 3 21
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 2 7 12 21
TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO K.K. 8 6 4 1 2 21
YAZAKI CORP. 3 6 7 3 2 21
FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 10 3 1 1 5 20
INTELLISERV, INC. 6 9 1 0 4 20
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 0 1 8 7 19
ROUND ROCK RESEARCH, LLC 0 0 0 0 19 19
VISIBLE ASSETS INC. 1 5 2 6 5 19
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 6 3 3 2 4 18
COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 1 0 5 7 5 18
ITRON, INC. 3 4 7 4 0 18
SIMPLEXGRINNELL LP 3 4 4 4 3 18
XEROX CORPORATION 2 6 4 2 4 18
AT&T CORP. 5 2 8 1 1 17
MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A. 11 1 1 1 3 17
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 6 3 2 3 16
ELSTER ELECTRICITY, LLC 5 6 1 3 1 16
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 0 4 3 4 5 16
INGRID, INC. 10 2 0 4 0 16
NCR CORPORATION 5 1 6 3 1 16
QUALCOMM, INC. 3 1 3 5 4 16
RAYTHEON COMPANY 6 0 7 3 0 16
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 1 6 5 4 16
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 7 4 4 0 1 16
BROADCOM CORPORATION 3 1 2 4 5 15
CATERPILLAR INC. 4 6 1 2 2 15
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 4 1 5 2 3 15
INNOVALARM CORPORATION 3 2 2 6 2 15
NISSAN TECHNICAL CENTER NORTH AMERICA, INC. 4 0 4 6 1 15
NXP B.V. 0 1 2 4 8 15
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 4 2 4 2 3 15
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 0 1 3 4 7 15
ACCU-SORT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 1 13 0 14
OMEGA PATENTS, L.L.C. 5 1 1 3 4 14
PACIFIC INDUSTRIAL CO. LTD. 5 5 2 1 1 14
ROSEMOUNT INC. 2 4 1 3 4 14
ZIH CORPORATION 1 1 4 4 4 14
ATMEL GERMANY GMBH 4 3 4 2 0 13
BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED 3 3 4 2 1 13
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 0 3 1 4 13
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 0 1 6 2 4 13
HARRIS CORP. 2 0 2 4 5 13
SIEMENS VDO AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION 9 3 1 0 0 13
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 2 2 0 5 4 13
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD. 2 1 2 6 2 13
TERAHOP NETWORKS, INC. 0 0 5 5 3 13
ALPINE ELECTRONICS INC. 3 1 3 3 2 12
EATON CORPORATION 1 2 2 4 3 12
KEYSTONE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, LLC 0 0 2 9 1 12
LEGALVIEW ASSETS, LIMITED 3 0 1 8 0 12
OPTEX CO., LTD. 6 5 0 0 1 12
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 3 0 3 3 3 12
UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS, INC. 5 3 1 1 2 12
WAYNE-DALTON CORPORATION 1 8 3 0 0 12
YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD. 2 1 3 1 5 12
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 10 1 0 0 0 11
DAIMLER AG 0 0 4 7 0 11
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 6 4 1 0 0 11
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 1 1 2 7 11
INVUE SECURITY PRODUCTS INC. 0 0 2 4 5 11
MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION 3 0 4 2 2 11
RADIO SYSTEMS CORP. 1 0 2 3 5 11
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 4 4 0 0 3 11
TC LICENSE LTD. 0 1 1 5 4 11
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 2 2 1 4 2 11
DEERE + COMPANY 0 1 3 0 6 10
GE SECURITY, INC. 3 0 5 2 0 10
GOODYEAR TIRE + RUBBER COMPANY 3 3 1 2 1 10
KEY CONTROL HOLDING, INC. 4 2 3 1 0 10
MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 6 1 0 0 10
NAVTEQ NORTH AMERICA, LLC. 2 2 1 1 4 10
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 2 3 1 1 10
SOMFY 5 0 1 1 3 10
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 7 0 1 2 0 10
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 1 3 1 4 1 10
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 4 3 0 0 3 10
911 EMERGENCY PRODUCTS, INC. 5 0 2 2 0 9
AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 2 0 2 2 3 9
AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC. 2 4 2 0 1 9
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. 0 0 1 4 4 9
AUDIOVOX CORPORATION 3 0 5 0 1 9
AVANTE INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 4 2 1 9
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 1 1 3 3 9
BLACK & DECKER INC. 1 1 5 0 2 9
CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS US, INC. 0 0 3 5 1 9
GENTEX CORPORATION 1 1 3 1 3 9
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 2 1 1 2 3 9
INTELLIMATS, LLC. 4 1 2 2 0 9
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY 4 2 1 1 1 9
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 4 4 0 0 9
LUTRON ELECTRONICS COMPANY, INC. 0 1 2 4 2 9
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 1 1 0 6 9
SPECTRUM TRACKING SYSTEMS, INC. 3 3 1 1 1 9
TIME DOMAIN CORPORATION 3 1 2 2 1 9
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC. 0 1 3 3 2 9
WALTER KIDDE PORTABLE EQUIPMENT, INC. 1 1 3 3 1 9
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 2 1 2 0 8
AISIN AW CO., LTD. 0 2 2 2 2 8
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 0 1 0 4 3 8
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC. 0 1 7 0 0 8
AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 1 1 1 3 8
B & G PLASTICS, INC. 3 2 3 0 0 8
CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC. 1 1 2 2 2 8
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 0 4 0 2 2 8
DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 1 1 2 2 8
ELESYS NORTH AMERICA, INC. 3 0 2 1 2 8
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 1 0 2 0 8
INTELLEFLEX CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 6 8
INTERNATIONAL TRUCK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPANY L.L.C. 0 3 4 1 0 8
MAPLE CHASE COMPANY 3 2 3 0 0 8
PIONEER CORPORATION 3 0 1 2 2 8
RF CODE, INC. 3 1 1 2 1 8
ROBELIGHT, LLC 0 0 3 4 1 8
SE-KURE CONTROLS, INC. 2 3 2 1 0 8
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 0 2 3 0 3 8
SIRIT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 3 1 1 2 8
SPX CORPORATION 2 1 1 4 0 8
THALES 1 1 0 3 3 8
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH 2 1 1 3 1 8
AMERICAN CALCAR INC. 1 1 1 2 2 7
ASK S.A. 1 1 1 0 4 7
ATMEL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH 0 0 0 1 6 7
BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION 1 0 2 0 4 7
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 3 2 2 0 0 7
COMMERCEGUARD AB 0 1 3 3 0 7
DENSO INTERNATIONAL AMERICA, INC. 1 0 0 1 5 7
EM MICROELECTRONIC-MARIN SA 3 1 0 2 1 7
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 2 2 1 1 7
GLOBAL TRAFFIC TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 0 1 3 2 1 7
KOITO MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED 2 0 4 1 0 7
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 3 1 1 1 1 7
MARK IV INDUSTRIES CORP. 0 2 4 1 0 7
MEDTRONIC INC. 2 2 0 2 1 7
MICRO ENHANCED TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 1 2 2 7
NATTEL GROUP, INC. 3 1 1 2 0 7
NEOLOGY, INC. 4 0 1 1 1 7
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 2 0 1 3 1 7
SECURE CARE PRODUCTS, INC. 2 1 3 1 0 7
SHIMANO INC. 4 0 0 1 2 7
SIN ETKE TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD 2 0 2 1 2 7
SKYBITZ, INC. 0 1 0 3 3 7
THOMSON LICENSING 1 0 2 2 2 7
TYCO SAFETY PRODUCTS CANADA LTD. 0 1 0 2 4 7
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 1 1 2 2 1 7
UT-BATTELLE, LLC 2 0 2 1 2 7
VEROSCAN, INC. 0 0 1 2 4 7
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 2 1 1 0 7
VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 2 3 2 0 7
WHELEN ENGINEERING CO., INC. 1 1 1 0 4 7
ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES GMBH 2 2 1 1 0 6
ALPHA SECURITY PRODUCTS, INC. 1 5 0 0 0 6
ARBITRON INC. 0 0 5 1 0 6
AWAREPOINT CORPORATION 0 0 2 3 1 6
BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC 0 2 1 0 3 6
BED-CHECK CORPORATION 3 0 2 1 0 6
CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION 1 3 0 0 2 6
CHANDLER SYSTEMS, INC. 2 1 1 1 1 6
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 3 0 2 1 0 6
DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC 0 3 1 0 2 6
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 3 1 1 0 1 6
EDWARDS SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 2 0 0 0 6
EMS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 4 1 6
GUARDIAN INDUSTRIES CORPORATION 0 0 0 5 1 6
HUNT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 3 0 1 6
HYUNDAI AUTONET CO., LTD. 0 2 2 1 1 6
INVENTEC CORPORATION 0 1 4 0 1 6
JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 1 1 1 0 3 6
M & FC HOLDING, LLC 3 1 1 0 1 6
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2 2 2 0 0 6
MEDTRONIC MINIMED INC. 2 1 2 1 0 6
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 3 3 0 6
PRINTRONIX, INC. 0 3 2 1 0 6
PROXIMITIES, INC. 2 2 2 0 0 6
RANCO INCORPORATED OF DELAWARE 2 2 1 1 0 6
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 1 2 1 1 1 6
ROBERTSHAW CONTROLS COMPANY 0 3 2 1 0 6
SHELL OIL COMPANY 1 4 0 1 0 6
SIEMENS BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES AG 4 0 2 0 0 6
SIEMENS BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 0 2 2 0 6
SMARTGUARD, LLC 0 2 1 3 0 6
TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. 0 0 1 2 3 6
TRIANGLE SOFTWARE LLC 1 2 1 2 0 6
WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC. 0 0 1 3 2 6
ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 3 0 1 0 1 5
BEA SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
BEVERAGE METRICS HOLDING LTD. 0 3 0 0 2 5
BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE NORTH AMERICAN TIRE, LLC 2 1 0 2 0 5
CALYPSO MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 1 0 1 1 5
CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
CHINA INTERNATIONAL MARINE CONTAINERS (GROUP) CO., LTD. 1 1 0 0 3 5
CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO., OHG 1 2 2 0 0 5
CORNING CABLE SYSTEMS LLC 0 0 0 1 4 5
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION 3 2 0 0 0 5
DEUTSCHE POST A G 1 1 1 2 0 5
DMATEK LTD. 3 0 1 1 0 5
EVOLUTION ROBOTICS, INC. 3 0 0 1 1 5
EXPRO NORTH SEA LIMITED 2 0 2 1 0 5
FORD MOTOR COMPANY 3 0 1 1 0 5
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 1 4 0 0 0 5
GLAXO GROUP LIMITED 3 1 0 1 0 5
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 1 0 2 1 1 5
ID SYSTEMS INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 1 0 2 2 5
KYOCERA CORPORATION 1 0 3 0 1 5
LANG-MEKRA NORTH AMERICA, LLC 4 0 1 0 0 5
NTN CORPORATION 0 0 1 3 1 5
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 1 4 0 0 0 5
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 1 0 0 2 2 5
PAKSENSE, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
R. F. TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 2 2 0 0 5
RENISHAW PLC 1 0 0 1 3 5
REVA SYSTEMS CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 4 5
SENSYS NETWORKS, INC. 0 0 5 0 0 5
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 3 0 1 1 0 5
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA 0 0 0 1 4 5
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED 2 0 2 0 1 5
USER-CENTRIC IP, L.P. 1 2 1 1 0 5
WEATHERFORD CANADA PARTNERSHIP 1 2 0 2 0 5
YAMAHA CORPORATION 1 1 1 1 1 5
YAZAKI NORTH AMERICA, INC. 1 0 0 1 3 5
ZILOG, INC. 3 1 0 1 0 5


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