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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 362, Illumination

( 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 365 315 224 239 289 1432
KOITO MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED 44 55 39 31 47 216
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 22 31 35 57 62 207
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 17 27 28 25 46 143
AU OPTRONICS CORP. 32 36 20 20 29 137
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 11 15 14 16 43 99
FU ZHUN PRECISION INDUSTRIAL (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 3 15 69 87
LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 0 13 28 35 76
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 6 11 11 20 26 74
VALEO VISION 14 12 15 16 15 72
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 8 17 17 10 11 63
GENLYTE THOMAS GROUP LLC 9 12 10 23 8 62
OSRAM SYLVANIA INC. 14 10 7 10 16 57
STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 6 7 8 13 21 55
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 10 11 11 10 46
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 9 11 9 8 8 45
ICHIKOH INDUSTRIES LIMITED 8 11 6 3 11 39
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 1 15 3 11 8 38
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 5 10 6 6 10 37
SONY CORPORATION 0 4 9 8 15 36
CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 5 6 4 11 8 34
LG. PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD. 7 16 10 0 0 33
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 6 6 7 7 7 33
FOXSEMICON INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 0 3 29 32
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 6 6 10 10 32
CORETRONIC CORPORATION 1 8 10 5 5 29
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 4 6 4 3 11 28
SOLID STATE OPTO LIMITED 3 6 14 5 0 28
TOYODA GOSEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 5 5 9 3 28
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 8 7 4 3 5 27
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 3 3 11 4 6 27
INNOLUX DISPLAY CORP. 1 4 11 5 5 26
EVEREADY BATTERY COMPANY, INC. 2 4 4 6 9 25
MINEBEA KABUSHIKI-KAISHA (MINEBEA CO., LTD) 6 5 1 5 8 25
RUUD LIGHTING, INC. 0 4 4 10 7 25
DONNELLY CORPORATION 6 5 7 3 3 24
FUJITSU LIMITED 3 3 4 8 6 24
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 1 5 9 9 24
CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD. 4 5 2 8 3 22
CREE, INC. 1 1 1 3 16 22
HUBBELL INCORPORATED 7 7 5 1 2 22
LUMINATION, LLC 0 6 3 5 8 22
SUREFIRE, LLC 2 7 5 5 3 22
COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 0 1 4 4 12 21
DENSO CORPORATION 7 4 3 4 3 21
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 0 2 4 5 10 21
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 10 7 4 0 0 21
YAZAKI CORP. 4 5 3 4 5 21
OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH 2 1 8 4 5 20
S. C. JOHNSON + SON, INC. 1 2 4 8 5 20
NEC LCD TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 4 3 4 5 3 19
ILIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 9 1 2 3 18
NICHIA CORPORATION 3 1 4 4 6 18
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 2 2 5 8 18
ACUITY BRANDS, INC. 4 6 2 3 2 17
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 0 5 4 8 17
MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD. 5 3 3 3 3 17
OMRON CORPORATION 2 3 7 3 2 17
YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, YAMAHA MOTOR CO., LTD. 2 0 5 4 6 17
ABL IP HOLDING LLC 0 1 2 5 8 16
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 7 4 3 2 0 16
ENPLAS CORPORATION 1 3 6 3 3 16
HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD. 0 3 1 3 9 16
HITACHI, LTD 1 3 3 2 7 16
INNOCOM TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 2 5 2 7 16
MAG INSTRUMENTS, INC. 6 3 4 2 1 16
PATENT-TREUHAND-GESELLSCHAFT FUR ELEKTRISCHE GLUHLAMPEN MBH 7 2 4 2 1 16
PHILIPS LUMILEDS LIGHTING COMPANY, LLC 4 3 5 4 0 16
TOSHIBA MATSUSHITA DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 1 6 4 5 0 16
OSRAM GMBH 1 0 1 2 11 15
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 2 3 5 0 14
CHI MEI OPTOELECTRONICS CORP. 1 4 4 4 1 14
CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS US, INC. 0 0 2 7 5 14
DIALIGHT CORPORATION 1 3 1 4 5 14
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 2 3 1 6 2 14
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 2 2 5 5 14
STREAMLIGHT, INC. 3 3 2 4 2 14
BOEING COMPANY 2 1 1 3 6 13
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 5 2 2 3 13
HANNSTAR DISPLAY CORP. 0 5 5 3 0 13
MUSCO CORPORATION 1 1 3 4 4 13
NEC CORPORATION 4 2 1 3 3 13
PELICAN PRODUCTS, INC. 3 1 3 5 1 13
TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY 0 1 5 1 6 13
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 4 5 2 1 0 12
GENTEX CORPORATION 1 3 5 3 0 12
GUIDE CORPORATION 12 0 0 0 0 12
ODELO GMBH 0 0 3 7 2 12
PHILIPS SOLID-STATE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 0 4 4 4 12
YAZAKI NORTH AMERICA, INC. 2 2 5 3 0 12
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 0 1 4 6 11
BAYCO PRODUCTS INCORPORATED 0 4 3 2 2 11
HUNTER FAN COMPANY 4 1 1 2 3 11
MAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 1 2 4 4 11
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 0 4 3 0 4 11
PRODUCTION RESOURCE GROUP L.L.C. 1 4 2 1 3 11
SAFE LITES, LLC 3 4 2 1 1 11
SYLVAN R. SHEMITZ DESIGNS, INC. 1 2 3 3 2 11
CANLYTE INC. 1 0 2 2 5 10
FEDERAL-MOGUL WORLD WIDE, INC. 1 5 1 3 0 10
ILLUMINATION MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS, INC. 4 2 1 0 3 10
LEAR CORPORATION 4 4 1 0 1 10
LSI INDUSTRIES INC. 3 0 2 2 3 10
RADIANT OPTO-ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 4 3 1 1 10
WHELEN ENGINEERING CO., INC. 3 0 1 4 2 10
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG 2 2 2 1 2 9
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 3 3 1 9
K-BRIDGE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 3 4 1 0 1 9
LAMPS PLUS, INC. 0 2 3 1 3 9
LIGHT PRESCRIPTIONS INNOVATORS, LLC. 1 0 4 1 3 9
LIGHTING SCIENCE GROUP CORPORATION 1 0 1 1 6 9
MARTIN PROFESSIONAL A/S 0 1 0 2 6 9
QUANTA DISPLAY INC. 7 1 1 0 0 9
SKC HAAS DISPLAY FILMS CO., LTD. 0 0 0 6 3 9
SLOANLED, INC. 0 5 2 2 0 9
ARMAMENT SYSTEMS & PROCEDURES, INC. 4 4 0 0 0 8
BOSCH SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBH 0 1 1 1 5 8
C.R.F. SOCIETA CONSORTILE PER AZIONI 1 2 1 2 2 8
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 4 2 1 1 0 8
COLOR KINETICS, INC. 1 7 0 0 0 8
ENTIRE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 3 1 2 2 8
FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD 0 0 0 2 6 8
GELCORE, LLC 7 1 0 0 0 8
KENALL MANUFACTURING COMPANY 2 0 2 1 3 8
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 0 2 2 3 8
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 5 8
RAMBUS INTERNATIONAL LTD. 0 0 0 0 8 8
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 3 4 0 0 8
YOUNG OPTICS INC. 0 0 1 3 4 8
ALERT SAFETY LITE PRODUCTS CO., INC. 3 1 2 1 0 7
ASYST TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 2 1 1 1 2 7
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO. LTD 0 0 0 5 2 7
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. 1 1 1 3 1 7
EPISTAR CORPORATION 0 4 1 0 2 7
EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION 0 0 0 5 2 7
HARVATEK CORPORATION 2 2 0 1 2 7
HONG KONG APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO. LTD. 0 0 0 2 5 7
KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 1 0 2 2 7
LEDTECH ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 2 2 3 7
LITEPANELS LLC 1 1 3 2 0 7
NISSAN TECHNICAL CENTER NORTH AMERICA, INC. 0 1 3 0 3 7
PERMLIGHT PRODUCTS, INC. 2 1 2 1 1 7
SCHEFENACKER VISION SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBH 3 2 2 0 0 7
SHIMANO INC. 0 2 2 3 0 7
THE L.D. KICHLER CO. 2 0 4 0 1 7
TRUCK-LITE COMPANY, INC. 2 1 1 1 2 7
VALEO SYLVANIA L.L.C. 3 1 0 2 1 7
ZWEIBRUDER OPTOELECTRONICS GMBH 2 1 2 0 2 7
ADVANCED OPTICAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC. 2 0 1 3 0 6
AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 1 1 0 2 2 6
AUTOMATIC POWER INC. 1 2 1 1 1 6
AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING REUTLINGEN GMBH 1 3 1 1 0 6
BEN Q CORPORATION 4 2 0 0 0 6
BLACK & DECKER INC. 0 3 0 2 1 6
BURTON TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 3 1 1 0 1 6
DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. 0 3 1 0 2 6
FIBERSTARS, INC. 1 5 0 0 0 6
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 4 2 0 0 0 6
GOLDENEYE, INC. 1 1 2 1 1 6
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 3 0 2 0 1 6
K. W. MUTH COMPANY, INC. 2 3 1 0 0 6
MOTOROLA, INC. 1 3 1 1 0 6
NEXXUS LIGHTING, INC. 0 2 1 1 2 6
ORION ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 1 3 2 6
PENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 3 3 0 0 6
PLASTIC INVENTIONS & PATENTS, INC. 3 2 0 1 0 6
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 1 1 1 0 3 6
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 0 1 0 3 2 6
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 1 3 0 1 1 6
TOPPOLY OPTOELECTRONICS CORP. 6 0 0 0 0 6
USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISYA 0 0 1 3 2 6
WAVIEN, INC. 0 1 3 2 0 6
911 EMERGENCY PRODUCTS, INC. 3 1 0 1 0 5
A L LIGHTECH, INC. 2 0 2 1 0 5
ARNOLD & RICHTER CINE TECHNIK GMBH & CO. BETRIEBS KG 1 0 0 0 4 5
BARCO LIGHTING SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
BRASSCORP. LTD. 0 0 0 2 3 5
CCS INC. 1 1 0 2 1 5
CHI LIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 1 3 0 1 5
COMPAGNIE PLASTIC OMNIUM, S.A. 2 1 1 0 1 5
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 1 1 0 0 5
EDISON OPTO CORP. 0 0 2 2 1 5
FISKARS BRANDS, INC. 2 1 0 1 1 5
FUJIKURA LTD. 0 0 1 2 2 5
FUSION OPTIX, INC. 0 1 1 0 3 5
GROUP DEKKO INC 0 0 0 3 2 5
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 3 1 1 0 0 5
INFOCUS CORPORATION 2 2 1 0 0 5
INNOVATIONS IN OPTICS, INC. 1 1 0 3 0 5
INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS GROUP NORTH AMERICA, INC. 0 3 1 1 0 5
KIMOTO & CO., LTD. 0 1 1 1 2 5
LEOTEK ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 2 2 1 0 5
LI-HONG TECHNOLOGICAL CO., LTD. 0 0 0 2 3 5
NATIONAL ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING CORPORATION 2 2 1 0 0 5
NEOBULB TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 0 4 5
NIPPON SHEET GLASS CO., LTD. 2 1 0 0 2 5
PASS + SEYMOUR, INC. 0 1 2 1 1 5
PENTAIR WATER POOL AND SPA, INC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
PIXON TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 1 1 0 2 1 5
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 0 1 2 0 5
SCHONBEK WORLDWIDE LIGHTING INC. 1 2 1 0 1 5
SCHOTT AG 1 2 1 0 1 5
SMR PATENTS S.A.R.L. 0 0 0 1 4 5
THOMAS & BETTS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 1 0 0 4 5
TIR SYSTEMS LTD. 1 4 0 0 0 5
TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 1 1 0 3 5
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 0 2 0 0 3 5
TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. 0 0 3 1 1 5
TROY-CSL LIGHTING, INC. 1 0 1 1 2 5
ZEDEL 0 2 0 2 1 5
ZIPPY TECHNOLOGY CORP. 2 0 0 2 1 5


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