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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 385, Optical Waveguides

( 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 106 59 53 47 34 299
FUJITSU LIMITED 61 58 56 50 30 255
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 15 38 60 67 70 250
CORNING CABLE SYSTEMS LLC 34 45 37 36 57 209
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 61 59 41 25 16 202
INTEL CORPORATION 62 52 32 13 14 173
FINISAR CORPORATION 34 42 44 24 27 171
CORNING INCORPORATED 45 33 25 19 24 146
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 27 12 13 24 30 106
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 34 39 16 6 5 100
FUJIKURA LTD. 20 22 23 18 14 97
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 8 15 19 29 23 94
INFINERA CORPORATION 31 11 13 23 14 92
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 16 11 25 25 12 89
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 27 12 19 12 10 80
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 31 27 22 0 0 80
NEC CORPORATION 20 17 17 14 11 79
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES FIBER IP(SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 8 24 15 13 14 74
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 21 22 11 8 8 70
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 12 13 16 11 12 64
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 16 17 9 10 11 63
DRAKA COMTEQ B.V. 6 12 15 16 12 61
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 19 18 8 10 3 58
JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION 11 18 7 9 9 54
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 14 17 9 7 5 52
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 18 24 8 1 0 51
LUXTERA, INC. 27 15 3 2 2 49
TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 6 5 18 7 13 49
JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY LTD. 12 16 7 8 4 47
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 9 9 10 8 7 43
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 7 17 9 2 7 42
HITACHI CABLE, LTD. 3 5 15 5 12 40
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 14 10 9 6 39
BOEING COMPANY 8 6 14 4 6 38
SONY CORPORATION 14 5 10 5 4 38
AVANEX CORPORATION 13 14 7 3 0 37
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 10 9 7 6 4 36
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 12 7 7 6 4 36
ALCATEL 18 10 3 3 1 35
NGK INSULATORS LTD. 5 7 12 4 7 35
NITTO DENKO CORPORATION 3 5 2 10 12 32
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 4 4 7 11 6 32
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 8 6 7 3 8 32
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 12 6 8 1 4 31
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC NORTH AMERICA INC. 6 8 10 3 4 31
NIPPON SHEET GLASS CO., LTD. 10 9 7 3 1 30
ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. 0 0 1 15 12 28
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 3 4 9 10 28
EMCORE CORPORATION 7 2 5 8 5 27
LIGHTSMYTH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 8 11 5 1 2 27
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 6 2 9 5 4 26
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 6 5 7 1 7 26
OMRON CORPORATION 6 14 2 3 1 26
WEATHERFORD/LAMB, INC. 6 3 6 2 9 26
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 3 9 5 0 8 25
SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD. 2 9 5 3 6 25
PRYSMIAN CAVI E SISTEMI ENERGIA S.R.L. 2 6 8 3 5 24
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 3 6 4 7 4 24
HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD. 1 2 4 6 10 23
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 6 7 5 2 3 23
IBIDEN CO., LTD. 1 0 5 5 12 23
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 9 6 3 0 5 23
CRYSTAL FIBRE A/S 5 7 5 5 0 22
PIRELLI & C. S.P.A. 6 9 3 2 2 22
SEIKOH GIKEN CO., LTD. 10 3 3 4 2 22
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 9 3 1 2 6 21
FITEL U.S.A. CORP. 9 8 4 0 0 21
HARRIS CORP. 2 10 6 3 0 21
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 8 3 0 4 21
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 8 6 5 2 0 21
PANDUIT CORPORATION 3 4 4 4 6 21
MOLEX INCORPORATED 6 3 6 4 1 20
OPNEXT JAPAN, INC. 7 2 5 2 4 20
XEROX CORPORATION 9 7 1 0 3 20
XPONENT PHOTONICS INC 12 8 0 0 0 20
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 7 7 2 2 1 19
OFS FITEL, LLC 0 0 0 9 10 19
SEARETE LLC 0 1 10 8 0 19
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 7 5 6 0 1 19
ADC GMBH 1 2 5 5 5 18
BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED 0 3 6 5 4 18
HITACHI, LTD 5 6 2 3 2 18
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 6 4 4 4 0 18
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 4 2 5 3 18
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 6 4 5 1 2 18
STRATOS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 6 3 6 2 1 18
AT&T CORP. 5 7 3 1 1 17
COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 2 5 10 17
HOYA CORPORATION USA 0 0 6 6 5 17
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 8 5 2 1 1 17
NUFERN 6 3 6 2 0 17
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 2 11 4 17
SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 4 3 1 3 6 17
TDK CORPORATION 8 4 3 2 0 17
TELLABS OPERATIONS INC. 5 3 4 3 2 17
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 9 2 1 2 2 16
JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY 3 5 7 1 0 16
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 7 1 3 3 2 16
KOTURA, INC. 0 1 4 3 7 15
SCHLEIFRING UND APPARATEBAU GMBH 5 2 4 1 3 15
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 5 2 4 1 3 15
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 3 3 4 3 1 14
BIOLASE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 4 4 3 2 14
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 7 5 1 1 0 14
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 10 4 0 0 0 14
NEOPHOTONICS CORPORATION 1 4 4 4 1 14
SCHOTT AG 2 6 1 2 3 14
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 1 3 3 4 3 14
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 3 4 0 0 6 13
IMRA AMERICA, INC. 2 3 2 1 5 13
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 2 1 5 1 4 13
ROHM AND HAAS ELECTRONIC MATERIALS, L.L.C. 4 4 3 1 1 13
SBC KNOWLEDGE VENTURES, L.P. 6 5 1 1 0 13
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 0 5 2 3 3 13
YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORP. 3 2 4 2 2 13
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 7 1 0 2 2 12
CCS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 2 0 2 4 12
CIENA CORPORATION 3 1 2 1 5 12
CORNELL RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC. 2 4 1 4 1 12
FIBER OPTIC NETWORK SOLUTIONS CORP. 6 2 4 0 0 12
LS CABLE LTD 0 1 6 3 2 12
NEXANS 0 4 1 3 4 12
NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS COMPANY LIMITED 3 1 4 3 1 12
NOKIA CORPORATION 2 4 3 2 1 12
QINETIQ LIMITED 5 1 4 0 2 12
SIOPTICAL, INC. 6 2 4 0 0 12
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 8 2 0 1 1 12
BOOKHAM TECHNOLOGY PLC 6 2 1 2 0 11
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 3 3 3 1 1 11
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 3 4 1 3 11
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF CANADA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE MINISTER OF INDUSTRY THROUGH THE COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH CENTRE 1 2 3 4 1 11
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 4 0 2 3 2 11
NTT ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 4 0 3 3 1 11
TYCO ELECTRONICS RAYCHEM N.V. 5 1 0 2 3 11
COVEYTECH, LLC 0 1 4 2 3 10
HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY 1 2 1 1 5 10
JDS UNIPHASE INC. 5 5 0 0 0 10
KYOCERA CORPORATION 1 3 4 2 0 10
KYOTO UNIVERSITY 1 0 3 1 5 10
LG CABLE CO., LTD. 6 3 1 0 0 10
LIGHTWIRE, INC. 0 0 0 6 4 10
MAIN STREET VENTURES, LLC 3 6 1 0 0 10
NETWORK INTEGRITY SYSTEMS INC. 3 1 4 0 2 10
OEWAVES, INC. 1 3 5 1 0 10
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 4 1 2 1 10
SCHOTT CORPORATION 1 5 1 2 1 10
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 2 2 3 1 2 10
TOMOEGAWA PAPER CO. LTD. 2 3 2 3 0 10
ALLIANCE FIBER OPTICS PRODUCTS, INC. 3 2 1 1 2 9
CALIENT NETWORKS, INC. 4 2 0 2 1 9
ENABLENCE, INC. 2 2 1 3 1 9
ENPLAS CORPORATION 0 2 1 3 3 9
HITACHI METALS LTD. 1 2 4 2 0 9
HOSIDEN CORPORATION 2 1 2 2 2 9
INSTITUT NATIONAL D'OPTIQUE 2 2 3 0 2 9
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY 1 2 4 1 1 9
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 1 1 4 1 2 9
SHIPLEY COMPANY INC. 6 3 0 0 0 9
TYCO TELECOMMUNICATIONS (US) INC. 3 2 3 1 0 9
VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC. 0 0 0 0 9 9
YAZAKI CORP. 1 2 1 2 3 9
AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH 0 5 1 0 2 8
AMPHENOL CORPORATION 2 2 1 1 2 8
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 0 1 4 3 8
DRAKA FIBRE TECHNOLOGY B.V. 5 2 0 1 0 8
DSM IP ASSETS B.V. 2 2 0 2 2 8
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 4 3 1 0 0 8
FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED 1 0 1 5 1 8
IDC, LLC 0 1 4 3 0 8
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY 1 4 2 1 0 8
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 4 1 0 0 3 8
MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 1 0 2 4 8
MOTOROLA, INC. 1 2 0 4 1 8
NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY 5 0 2 1 0 8
OPLINK COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 6 1 0 0 1 8
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 0 1 4 3 0 8
POLATIS LIMITED 2 0 3 2 1 8
QUALCOMM MEMS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 2 6 8
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 0 3 2 2 1 8
SUPERIOR ESSEX COMMUNICATIONS LP 0 1 1 5 1 8
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE 1 2 2 2 1 8
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 1 2 3 1 1 8
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS 0 4 2 2 0 8
YAMAHA CORPORATION 5 1 1 1 0 8
ACULIGHT CORPORATION 0 2 5 0 0 7
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 1 4 1 0 1 7
CAPELLA PHOTONICS, INC. 0 2 3 1 1 7
CELIGHT, INC. 1 1 2 1 2 7
COMMSCOPE SOLUTIONS PROPERTIES, LLC 2 2 2 1 0 7
DOW CORNING CORPORATION 0 0 1 4 2 7
EUDYNA DEVICES INC. 0 0 2 5 0 7
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORP. 4 2 0 0 1 7
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 0 2 0 3 2 7
HOYA CORPORATION 0 4 2 0 1 7
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 4 3 0 0 0 7
KEIO UNIVERSITY 1 3 0 1 2 7
KONICA MINOLTA OPTO, INC 0 1 1 3 2 7
MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD. 4 0 0 3 0 7
PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS COMPANY 2 2 2 1 0 7
PROXIMON FIBER SYSTEMS AB 3 2 1 0 1 7
RAYTHEON COMPANY 3 1 1 1 1 7
ROSEMOUNT INC. 4 2 1 0 0 7
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 1 1 2 2 7
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 4 2 1 0 0 7
TELECT, INC. 0 2 3 2 0 7
TESSERA NORTH AMERICA, INC. 0 1 2 1 3 7
VERIZON SERVICES CORP. 0 1 1 5 0 7
BROWN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION 0 1 3 1 1 6
GEMFIRE CORPORATION 0 2 2 1 1 6
GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION 0 0 4 0 2 6
HITACHI COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 0 1 4 0 1 6
HUBER & SUHNER AG 0 4 2 0 0 6
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELEKTRONICA CENTRUM (IMEC VZW) 2 1 1 0 2 6
LIGHTWAVE MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION 4 0 1 1 0 6
LXSIX PHOTONICS INC. 2 3 1 0 0 6
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD. 2 1 2 1 0 6
MILLIKEN & COMPANY 3 1 1 1 0 6
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 3 0 1 0 2 6
NATIONAL SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY 1 2 1 2 0 6
OMNIGUIDE, INC. 1 4 1 0 0 6
OPNEXT, INC. 1 0 2 2 1 6
OPTICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES 1 2 2 1 0 6
OPTIMER PHOTONICS, INC. 3 2 1 0 0 6
POA SANA LIQUIDATING TRUST 0 0 2 2 2 6
REFLEX PHOTONICS INC. 0 2 0 3 1 6
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER 1 2 1 1 1 6
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHHAMPTON 4 0 2 0 0 6
VERIZON BUSINESS GLOBAL LLC 0 4 2 0 0 6
VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. 2 1 2 1 0 6
XTELLUS, INC. 3 0 1 2 0 6
3SAE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 0 1 3 5
ADVANTEST CORP. 1 1 2 0 1 5
AHURA CORPORATION 1 2 1 1 0 5
ALCATEL LUCENT 0 0 0 2 3 5
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 1 3 1 0 5
ALTERA CORPORATION 1 1 1 1 1 5
AURORA INSTRUMENTS, INC. 5 0 0 0 0 5
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 1 0 0 3 1 5
CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD. 1 1 2 1 0 5
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
DENSO CORPORATION 0 2 2 1 0 5
EMERSON NETWORK POWER, ENERGY SYSTEMS, NORTH AMERICA, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
EVANS & SUTHERLAND COMPUTER CORP. 2 2 1 0 0 5
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.) 1 1 1 2 0 5
HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 1 2 1 1 5
HYMITE A/S 0 2 2 1 0 5
JSR CORPORATION 0 1 4 0 0 5
KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1 3 0 1 0 5
LAMBDA CROSSING LTD. 4 1 0 0 0 5
LEICA MICROSYSTEMS CMS GMBH 1 1 1 1 1 5
MARCONI COMMUNICATIONS S.P.A. 3 1 1 0 0 5
MESOPHOTONICS LIMITED 3 2 0 0 0 5
MITSUBISHI CABLE INDUSTRIES, LTD. 1 1 0 2 1 5
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY 1 3 0 0 1 5
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA 0 2 1 0 2 5
NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY 1 1 2 1 0 5
NIKON CORPORATION 3 0 1 0 1 5
OPTICAL COMMUNICATION PRODUCTS, INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
OPTIWORK, INC. 2 3 0 0 0 5
ORTRONICS INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH 0 0 3 1 1 5
PHOENIX PRECISION TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 2 2 1 0 5
PIVOTAL DECISIONS LLC. 0 0 4 1 0 5
RICOH PRINTING SYSTEMS, LTD. 0 1 1 3 0 5
RPO PTY LTD. 0 1 2 1 1 5
SAE MAGNETICS (H.K.) LTD. 0 4 0 1 0 5
SANDIA CORPORATION 0 2 1 1 1 5
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
TEKTRONIX INC. 0 3 2 0 0 5
TREX ENTERPRISES CORPORATION 1 1 1 1 1 5
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, THE REGENTS OF 1 3 1 0 0 5
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 1 1 1 1 1 5
VERIZON SERVICES ORGANIZATION INC. 0 0 1 4 0 5
XYRATEX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 0 0 2 2 1 5
ZOLO TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 2 0 2 5


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