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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 343, Communications: Radio Wave Antennas

( 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 43 46 41 34 37 201
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 8 20 28 27 15 98
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 9 13 17 20 16 75
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 31 24 16 0 0 71
MOTOROLA, INC. 12 16 17 13 12 70
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 7 14 13 16 17 67
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 15 14 8 18 11 66
WISTRON NEWEB CORPORATION 8 16 12 16 14 66
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 6 6 18 12 23 65
HARRIS CORP. 23 10 15 7 4 59
MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 19 7 15 10 8 59
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 6 5 10 13 23 57
RAYTHEON COMPANY 17 9 11 12 7 56
SONY CORPORATION 19 9 9 9 9 55
BOEING COMPANY 16 8 12 10 6 52
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 13 7 11 8 11 50
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 3 20 25 48
FUJITSU LIMITED 6 10 9 15 7 47
NOKIA CORPORATION 7 12 10 10 8 47
ANDREW CORPORATION 14 6 7 5 4 36
INTEL CORPORATION 6 8 4 8 10 36
FRACTUS S.A. 4 7 13 7 4 35
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 7 4 6 9 8 34
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 4 3 11 5 11 34
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 8 8 4 7 6 33
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 11 8 7 3 2 31
THOMSON LICENSING 11 4 7 3 5 30
CHENG UEI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0 1 11 7 7 26
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 7 7 3 5 4 26
KATHREIN-WERKE KG 12 3 4 2 5 26
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 8 7 4 3 3 25
ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC. 2 2 2 8 10 24
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 6 2 7 7 2 24
BROADCOM CORPORATION 4 2 2 8 7 23
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 2 3 3 6 9 23
YOKOWO CO., LTD. 9 7 2 4 1 23
DENSO CORPORATION 2 4 4 7 5 22
HITACHI CABLE, LTD. 1 2 7 5 7 22
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 4 5 7 6 0 22
KYOCERA WIRELESS CORP. 8 5 5 3 1 22
NEC CORPORATION 7 7 6 2 0 22
ARCADYAN TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 6 6 3 5 1 21
QUANTA COMPUTER INC. 5 1 2 6 6 20
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 8 3 1 5 2 19
SKYCROSS, INC. 5 4 2 2 6 19
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 1 0 0 6 11 18
FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED 1 2 5 4 6 18
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 4 1 4 4 5 18
IPR LICENSING, INC. 6 8 0 2 1 17
LAIRD TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 2 2 7 6 17
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 7 3 0 2 4 16
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 3 0 3 2 8 16
AGC AUTOMOTIVE AMERICAS R& D, INC. 3 1 2 5 4 15
CENTURION WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 7 2 5 1 0 15
KYOCERA CORPORATION 6 4 2 0 3 15
ACCTON TECHNOLOGY CORP. 3 4 5 1 1 14
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 3 2 5 0 4 14
HITACHI, LTD 3 1 5 2 3 14
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 2 7 2 0 3 14
NXP B.V. 0 2 2 1 9 14
SPX CORPORATION 6 1 2 1 4 14
TATUNG CO., LTD. 3 3 6 2 0 14
TDK CORPORATION 2 3 4 2 3 14
THALES 1 4 5 2 2 14
ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LTD. 1 2 5 1 4 13
MINERAL LASSEN LLC 0 1 12 0 0 13
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 10 0 1 0 2 13
ETHERTRONICS, INC. 3 0 1 2 6 12
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 3 2 1 4 2 12
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 1 1 3 2 5 12
JOYMAX ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 2 2 5 3 0 12
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 3 3 4 2 0 12
RUCKUS WIRELESS, INC. 0 2 2 4 4 12
GALTRONICS LTD. 2 1 2 1 5 11
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 4 5 2 11
NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY 1 2 0 4 4 11
BEN Q CORPORATION 1 8 1 0 0 10
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 3 1 3 2 1 10
HONG KONG APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO. LTD. 1 1 1 5 2 10
INPAQ TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 1 2 3 2 2 10
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 7 1 2 0 0 10
TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD. 8 2 0 0 0 10
ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC. 0 2 1 2 4 9
AUDEN TECHNO CORP. 1 0 2 4 2 9
CUSHCRAFT CORPORATION 3 4 1 0 1 9
HIRSCHMANN ELECTRONICS GMBH & CO. KG 6 3 0 0 0 9
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 2 2 5 9
INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 4 3 2 0 9
PULSE FINLAND OY 0 2 3 1 3 9
QUALCOMM, INC. 0 3 3 2 1 9
SARANTEL LIMITED 0 1 3 4 1 9
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. 0 1 2 3 3 9
TRANS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 5 1 0 2 1 9
WINEGARD COMPANY 1 1 4 2 1 9
ANTENOVA LIMITED 1 4 1 1 1 8
AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION 1 2 2 2 1 8
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE - CNRS 2 3 2 1 0 8
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 2 0 2 0 8
HITACHI METALS LTD. 2 0 1 1 4 8
INTEGRAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 2 2 0 0 8
PALM, INC. 0 1 2 3 2 8
SENSORMATIC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 3 8
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 2 1 3 1 8
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE 3 3 1 0 1 8
DX ANTENNA COMPANY, LIMITED 2 4 0 1 0 7
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 3 0 3 1 0 7
GETAC TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 7 7
HIGH TECH COMPUTER CORP. 2 3 2 0 0 7
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 0 0 4 1 7
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 2 0 2 0 3 7
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 0 0 4 1 2 7
MILLER, R. A., INDUSTRIES, INC. 3 3 1 0 0 7
NIPPON SHEET GLASS CO., LTD. 1 3 1 1 1 7
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 1 2 2 0 2 7
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 1 0 3 2 6
ELTA SYSTEMS LTD. 3 2 1 0 0 6
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC. 0 2 3 1 0 6
HARADA INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 2 2 1 0 1 6
HTC CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 4 6
HUBER & SUHNER AG 2 1 3 0 0 6
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 1 4 0 1 0 6
LAIRD TECHNOLOGIES AB 0 0 0 0 6 6
LUTRON ELECTRONICS COMPANY, INC. 0 0 2 3 1 6
MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A. 2 1 1 1 1 6
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY 2 2 0 1 1 6
OMRON CORPORATION 1 2 3 0 0 6
PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. 2 2 1 0 1 6
SHAKESPEARE COMPANY, LLC 2 0 1 2 1 6
SMARTANT TELECOMM CO., LTD. 1 2 3 0 0 6
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS JAPAN, INC. 2 0 1 1 2 6
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 1 1 1 2 1 6
SUMIDA CORPORATION 1 1 1 1 2 6
VEGA GRIESHABER KG 1 1 0 2 2 6
WAVEBENDER, INC. 0 0 2 1 3 6
Z-COM, INC. 5 1 0 0 0 6
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 2 0 2 0 1 5
ANTENEX, INC. 0 2 1 2 0 5
ATR ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL 4 0 1 0 0 5
CAMEO COMMUNICATIONS INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
CENTRAL GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED 3 1 1 0 0 5
CHANT SINCERE CO., LTD. 0 1 3 1 0 5
EMS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 2 0 2 0 5
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 5 0 0 0 0 5
LK-PRODUCTS OY 3 0 1 1 0 5
MEDIATEK INC. 3 0 1 1 0 5
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 0 2 1 0 2 5
MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION 1 1 0 1 2 5
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 2 1 2 0 0 5
PARATEK MICROWAVE, INC. 5 0 0 0 0 5
QISDA CORPORATION 0 0 4 1 0 5
RCD TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 2 1 2 0 5
SAAB AKTIEBOLAG 0 1 1 1 2 5
SANDIA CORPORATION 0 1 4 0 0 5
SIERRA WIRELESS, INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 0 1 2 1 1 5
UNIVERSAL SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 0 4 0 1 0 5
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 0 0 3 2 0 5
YAGEO CORPORATION 1 0 0 1 3 5


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