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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 372, Coherent Light Generators

( 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
FINISAR CORPORATION 28 29 21 15 19 112
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 21 13 14 22 14 84
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 9 14 15 11 31 80
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 23 11 9 14 13 70
CYMER, INC. 17 14 10 8 20 69
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 13 9 15 21 9 67
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 3 23 37 63
COHERENT, INC. 12 12 13 10 15 62
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 8 3 6 12 32 61
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 3 6 15 16 15 55
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 7 5 14 12 15 53
SONY CORPORATION 13 4 5 15 13 50
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 17 13 16 0 0 46
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES FIBER IP(SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 2 13 8 8 8 39
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 4 6 10 17 39
INTEL CORPORATION 9 12 6 5 4 36
OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH 2 4 4 10 15 35
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 7 5 7 6 9 34
CORNING INCORPORATED 3 1 6 10 12 32
BOEING COMPANY 11 5 2 8 5 31
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 5 4 3 10 8 30
JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION 7 4 5 6 7 29
NICHIA CORPORATION 4 4 4 3 14 29
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 11 5 2 2 8 28
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 6 3 8 5 5 27
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 6 12 3 6 27
FUJITSU LIMITED 6 4 3 7 7 27
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 3 3 8 9 26
OPNEXT JAPAN, INC. 3 1 3 6 10 23
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 8 4 6 3 0 21
BOOKHAM TECHNOLOGY PLC 9 7 2 1 1 20
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 9 4 3 2 1 19
NEC CORPORATION 3 2 1 3 10 19
RAYTHEON COMPANY 3 0 4 5 6 18
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 5 2 7 3 0 17
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 1 4 7 3 16
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 2 5 5 1 2 15
FANUC LTD. 3 2 2 3 4 14
POLARONYX INC. 0 0 3 10 1 14
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 5 0 3 1 5 14
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 3 1 5 5 0 14
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA 2 1 3 5 3 14
HITACHI, LTD 2 3 1 1 6 13
IMRA AMERICA, INC. 1 1 1 3 7 13
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 2 1 2 6 2 13
KOMATSU LTD. 5 2 1 1 4 13
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 4 5 1 2 1 13
ELECTRO SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 2 2 1 6 12
LAMBDA PHYSIK AG 6 5 1 0 0 12
PAVILION INTEGRATION CORPORATION 0 1 3 7 1 12
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 2 3 1 2 4 12
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2 0 1 4 4 11
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 1 3 1 1 5 11
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 9 0 0 0 0 9
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 0 2 3 3 1 9
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 3 0 3 1 2 9
PD-LD, INC. 0 3 1 3 2 9
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE 2 0 4 2 1 9
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION 0 1 4 3 1 9
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 0 5 0 1 2 8
BINOPTICS, INC. 0 1 0 2 5 8
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 1 0 1 4 2 8
HITACHI CABLE, LTD. 0 0 1 3 4 8
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 0 0 1 4 3 8
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 4 3 1 0 0 8
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 2 4 1 0 8
NP PHOTONICS, INC. 4 2 0 2 0 8
PYROPHOTONICS LASERS INC. 0 0 3 0 5 8
SHIMADZU CORPORATION 3 1 1 3 0 8
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 2 2 2 1 7
DAYLIGHT SOLUTIONS INC. 0 0 2 2 3 7
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 2 2 0 1 2 7
TRUMPF LASER GMBH + CO. KG 1 0 2 1 3 7
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 2 1 1 0 3 7
ALCATEL 3 0 1 2 0 6
ANRITSU CORPORATION 1 0 0 3 2 6
APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC. 2 0 0 4 0 6
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 2 1 1 2 0 6
AXSUN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 0 4 0 0 6
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 5 1 0 0 0 6
EUDYNA DEVICES INC. 0 0 1 2 3 6
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 4 2 0 0 0 6
KSY CORPORATION 2 0 3 0 1 6
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY 1 2 1 2 0 6
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 0 0 2 3 6
NIKON CORPORATION 3 0 1 1 1 6
NLIGHT PHOTONICS CORPORATION 0 0 3 1 2 6
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 6 6
QUINTESSENCE PHOTONICS CORPORATION 2 1 3 0 0 6
XEROX CORPORATION 5 0 0 1 0 6
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
COBOLT AB 0 1 1 2 1 5
GSI GROUP LTD. 2 0 1 0 2 5
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 0 2 0 1 5
INNOLUME GMBH 0 0 2 2 1 5
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 2 0 1 2 0 5
IPG PHOTONICS CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 4 5
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON 2 2 0 0 1 5
MITUTOYO CORPORATION 1 0 0 1 3 5
MIYACHI TECHNOS CORPORATION 0 0 4 1 0 5
PHOTODIGM, INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
SANTEC CORPORATION 1 0 3 1 0 5
TEXTRON SYSTEMS CORPORATION 1 1 2 0 1 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 2 0 1 0 2 5


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