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

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2008 - 2012 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 333, Wave Transmission Lines and Networks

( 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 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 42 43 29 26 44 184
PANASONIC CORPORATION 3 34 14 16 8 75
TDK CORPORATION 19 14 10 10 11 64
EPCOS AG 6 7 10 20 7 50
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 14 14 12 8 1 49
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 15 10 8 5 8 46
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES WIRELESS IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 14 8 14 3 6 45
TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD. 2 2 2 17 21 44
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 2 11 5 7 10 35
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 13 3 8 5 34
BROADCOM CORPORATION 5 5 3 9 10 32
FUJITSU MEDIA DEVICES LIMITED 9 12 10 0 0 31
NXP B.V. 6 9 2 6 4 27
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 5 6 6 8 1 26
NEC CORPORATION 6 4 6 5 4 25
INTEL CORPORATION 7 10 6 1 0 24
KYOCERA CORPORATION 6 7 4 4 3 24
SONY CORPORATION 2 6 3 5 8 24
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 0 1 6 8 8 23
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 2 3 8 2 7 22
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 5 6 8 1 1 21
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 5 6 4 3 3 21
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 5 4 3 5 3 20
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 2 5 5 5 3 20
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 5 1 2 0 11 19
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 19 0 0 0 0 19
NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY 1 1 2 6 8 18
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 0 5 3 5 5 18
FUJITSU LIMITED 4 3 3 5 1 16
RAYTHEON COMPANY 2 1 2 5 6 16
HITACHI METALS LTD. 2 4 2 2 5 15
NDK, NIHON DEMPA KOGYO COMPANY, LTD. 1 3 5 1 5 15
ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO., KG 1 3 3 4 4 15
CTS CORPORATION 1 3 3 4 3 14
PARATEK MICROWAVE, INC. 0 2 6 3 2 13
DENSO CORPORATION 0 2 4 1 5 12
HARRIS CORP. 1 2 5 3 1 12
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 3 0 2 4 3 12
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 4 2 1 3 2 12
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 4 3 2 1 2 12
THALES 1 0 3 4 4 12
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORP. 0 1 5 5 0 11
NOKIA CORPORATION 1 1 4 3 2 11
SOSHIN ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 1 3 3 2 11
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 0 1 1 2 7 11
ALCATEL LUCENT 0 0 1 3 6 10
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 1 3 3 3 0 10
JOHN MEZZALINGUA ASSOCIATES, INC. 1 3 2 1 3 10
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 7 3 0 0 0 10
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 1 5 4 10
RF MICRO DEVICES, INC. 1 1 2 1 5 10
KMW INC. 1 2 2 3 1 9
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 0 3 3 2 1 9
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 2 3 3 0 1 9
BANPIL PHOTONICS, INC. 1 1 3 3 0 8
COM DEV INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 3 1 2 1 8
HARRIS STRATEX NETWORKS, INC. 3 0 3 1 1 8
MOTOROLA, INC. 2 3 2 1 0 8
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 4 4 0 0 8
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 2 2 1 0 8
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 4 0 1 2 1 8
TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTORS, INC. 1 0 0 4 3 8
ANAREN, INC. 0 1 3 1 2 7
ANDREW CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 2 7
BOEING COMPANY 0 3 0 3 1 7
EMS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 2 1 1 0 7
HITACHI MEDIA ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 1 5 1 0 0 7
KATHREIN-WERKE KG 0 2 4 0 1 7
MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 2 1 3 1 7
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 1 3 1 2 7
SUPERCONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 2 3 0 7
VIASAT, INC. 1 0 5 0 1 7
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 2 0 1 1 6
ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. 0 2 3 1 0 6
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 2 4 0 0 0 6
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2 1 1 2 0 6
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE - CNRS 0 1 2 2 1 6
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 3 0 0 0 3 6
EPSON TOYOCOM CORPORATION 3 2 1 0 0 6
FUJIKURA LTD. 0 0 5 0 1 6
HITACHI, LTD 0 0 1 4 1 6
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 2 0 1 3 6
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 3 1 1 1 0 6
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 2 0 1 3 0 6
OPTIM MICROWAVE, INC. 0 0 3 3 0 6
QUALCOMM, INC. 0 1 3 2 0 6
RADIO FREQUENCY SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 2 3 0 6
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 2 6
STATS CHIPPAC LTD. 0 1 1 1 3 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 1 1 2 0 2 6
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
FINISAR CORPORATION 1 0 1 3 0 5
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 0 2 3 0 0 5
NUVOTRONICS, LLC 0 0 2 3 0 5
OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 0 1 2 2 0 5
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 1 2 1 0 1 5
SANDIA CORPORATION 1 1 2 0 1 5
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 2 3 0 0 0 5
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
WERLATONE, INCORPORATED 1 0 2 0 2 5
WISTRON NEWEB CORPORATION 1 0 0 2 2 5


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