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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 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 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 224 239 289 251 287 1290
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 35 57 62 54 33 241
FU ZHUN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 3 15 69 54 50 191
KOITO MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED 39 31 47 32 35 184
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 14 16 43 47 57 177
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 28 25 46 28 19 146
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 11 20 26 34 52 143
AU OPTRONICS CORP. 20 20 29 19 22 110
LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. 13 28 35 21 8 105
FOXSEMICON INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 3 29 23 26 81
STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 8 13 21 20 15 77
CREE, INC. 1 3 16 21 22 63
SONY CORPORATION 9 8 15 10 21 63
VALEO VISION 15 16 15 8 5 59
COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 4 4 12 21 17 58
GENLYTE THOMAS GROUP LLC 10 23 8 11 2 54
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 5 9 9 8 21 52
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 17 10 11 6 5 49
ABL IP HOLDING LLC 2 5 8 9 23 47
LG INNOTEK CO., LTD 0 1 1 11 33 46
OSRAM SYLVANIA INC. 7 10 16 8 4 45
OSRAM GMBH 1 2 11 12 18 44
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 6 6 10 6 14 42
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 4 5 10 10 13 42
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 11 11 10 7 2 41
PANASONIC CORPORATION 1 2 5 9 22 39
ICHIKOH INDUSTRIES LIMITED 6 3 11 8 10 38
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 9 8 8 10 2 37
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 11 4 6 7 8 36
OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH 8 4 5 10 7 34
CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD. 2 8 3 3 17 33
CORETRONIC CORPORATION 10 5 5 2 10 32
RUUD LIGHTING, INC. 4 10 7 5 6 32
EVEREADY BATTERY COMPANY, INC. 4 6 9 7 5 31
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 10 10 2 3 31
TOYODA GOSEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 9 3 6 7 30
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 3 11 8 3 4 29
CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 4 11 8 3 2 28
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 5 4 8 4 7 28
MUSCO CORPORATION 3 4 4 8 8 27
RAMBUS INTERNATIONAL LTD. 0 0 8 4 14 26
SAMSUNG LED CO., LTD. 0 0 2 13 10 25
FUJITSU LIMITED 4 8 6 6 0 24
DONNELLY CORPORATION 7 3 3 4 5 22
FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD 0 2 6 13 1 22
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 4 3 11 1 3 22
INNOLUX DISPLAY CORP. 11 5 5 0 0 21
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 7 7 7 0 0 21
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 5 8 4 2 21
HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD. 1 3 9 6 1 20
LIGHTING SCIENCE GROUP CORPORATION 1 1 6 3 9 20
MINEBEA KABUSHIKI-KAISHA (MINEBEA CO., LTD) 1 5 8 4 2 20
NEOBULB TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 4 11 4 20
SUREFIRE, LLC 5 5 3 3 4 20
YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, YAMAHA MOTOR CO., LTD. 5 4 6 1 4 20
SOLID STATE OPTO LIMITED 14 5 0 0 0 19
DENSO CORPORATION 3 4 3 7 1 18
DIALIGHT CORPORATION 1 4 5 5 3 18
HUBBELL INCORPORATED 5 1 2 6 4 18
LSI INDUSTRIES INC. 2 2 3 6 5 18
NICHIA CORPORATION 4 4 6 2 2 18
PRODUCTION RESOURCE GROUP L.L.C. 2 1 3 7 5 18
S. C. JOHNSON + SON, INC. 4 8 5 1 0 18
TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 0 3 7 7 18
YAZAKI CORP. 3 4 5 3 3 18
ENPLAS CORPORATION 6 3 3 2 3 17
HITACHI, LTD 3 2 7 5 0 17
LUMINATION, LLC 3 5 8 0 1 17
OMRON CORPORATION 7 3 2 2 2 16
PHILIPS SOLID-STATE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, INC. 4 4 4 2 2 16
TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY 5 1 6 4 0 16
CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS US, INC. 2 7 5 1 0 15
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 2 2 3 4 4 15
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC. 1 0 3 6 5 15
INNOCOM TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 5 2 7 0 1 15
LIGHT PRESCRIPTIONS INNOVATORS, LLC. 4 1 3 4 3 15
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 1 6 2 3 2 14
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 5 5 0 2 14
MAG INSTRUMENTS, INC. 4 2 1 2 5 14
STREAMLIGHT, INC. 2 4 2 4 2 14
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 5 0 4 1 13
NEC LCD TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 4 5 3 1 0 13
ODELO GMBH 3 7 2 1 0 13
PHILIPS LUMILEDS LIGHTING COMPANY, LLC 5 4 0 2 2 13
SEOUL SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 0 1 1 3 8 13
YOUNG LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY INC. 0 2 1 0 10 13
AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING REUTLINGEN GMBH 1 1 0 4 6 12
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 1 4 6 1 0 12
BOEING COMPANY 1 3 6 1 1 12
BRIDGELUX, INC 0 0 0 4 8 12
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 4 3 5 0 0 12
MARTIN PROFESSIONAL A/S 0 2 6 3 1 12
TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 1 2 3 6 12
APPLE, INC. 2 0 2 2 5 11
BOSCH SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBH 1 1 5 2 2 11
CANLYTE INC. 2 2 5 2 0 11
CHIMEI-INNOLUX CORPORATION 0 0 2 5 4 11
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. 1 3 1 3 3 11
MAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 4 4 1 0 11
SHOWA DENKO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 8 3 11
SKC HAAS DISPLAY FILMS CO., LTD. 0 6 3 1 1 11
XICATO, INC. 0 0 0 4 7 11
BARCO LIGHTING SYSTEMS, INC. 0 3 2 5 0 10
EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION 0 5 2 2 1 10
GENTEX CORPORATION 5 3 0 1 1 10
HONG KONG APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO. LTD. 0 2 5 3 0 10
LG. PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD. 10 0 0 0 0 10
MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC. 0 0 3 3 4 10
MURAKAMI CORPORATION 1 0 1 1 7 10
PELICAN PRODUCTS, INC. 3 5 1 0 1 10
WINTEK CORPORATION 0 0 3 2 5 10
YAZAKI NORTH AMERICA, INC. 5 3 0 2 0 10
1 ENERGY SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 0 4 4 1 9
ADVANCED OPTOELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY INC. 0 0 0 1 8 9
CHI MEI OPTOELECTRONICS CORP. 4 4 1 0 0 9
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO. LTD 0 5 2 0 2 9
EDISON OPTO CORP. 2 2 1 4 0 9
FEDERAL SIGNAL CORPORATION 0 2 0 3 4 9
FUSION OPTIX, INC. 1 0 3 3 2 9
HANNSTAR DISPLAY CORP. 5 3 0 0 1 9
ILIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 2 3 1 2 9
LEDTECH ELECTRONICS CORP. 2 2 3 2 0 9
MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD. 3 3 3 0 0 9
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 3 0 4 0 2 9
ORION ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC. 1 3 2 1 2 9
SYLVAN R. SHEMITZ DESIGNS, INC. 3 3 2 0 1 9
TOSHIBA MATSUSHITA DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 4 5 0 0 0 9
USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISYA 1 3 2 2 1 9
WHELEN ENGINEERING CO., INC. 1 4 2 1 1 9
YOUNG OPTICS INC. 1 3 4 1 0 9
ALTAIR ENGINEERING, INC. 0 1 2 4 1 8
BAYCO PRODUCTS INCORPORATED 3 2 2 0 1 8
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG 2 1 2 2 1 8
BRASSCORP. LTD. 0 2 3 3 0 8
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 3 1 0 1 8
EPISTAR CORPORATION 1 0 2 3 2 8
EVERLIGHT ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 1 0 0 2 5 8
FUJIKURA LTD. 1 2 2 3 0 8
GE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLC 0 0 1 6 1 8
LEXTAR ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 5 8
LITEPANELS LLC 3 2 0 3 0 8
NEC CORPORATION 1 3 3 0 1 8
OREE INC. 0 0 0 0 8 8
PANASONIC ELECTRIC WORKS CO., LTD. 0 0 3 4 1 8
SMR PATENTS S.A.R.L. 0 1 4 2 1 8
ACUITY BRANDS, INC. 2 3 2 0 0 7
ARNOLD & RICHTER CINE TECHNIK GMBH & CO. BETRIEBS KG 0 0 4 3 0 7
BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 0 2 4 1 7
CPUMATE INC. 0 2 2 1 2 7
E-PIN OPTICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0 0 1 5 1 7
ENTIRE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 1 2 2 1 1 7
GOLDENEYE, INC. 2 1 1 2 1 7
HARVATEK CORPORATION 0 1 2 2 2 7
HUNTER FAN COMPANY 1 2 3 1 0 7
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 2 0 1 3 1 7
LAMPS PLUS, INC. 3 1 3 0 0 7
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 2 3 0 0 7
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 1 0 0 3 3 7
NEXXUS LIGHTING, INC. 1 1 2 2 1 7
PATENT-TREUHAND-GESELLSCHAFT FUR ELEKTRISCHE GLUHLAMPEN MBH 4 2 1 0 0 7
PERMLIGHT PRODUCTS, INC. 2 1 1 2 1 7
SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 7 7
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 0 0 2 1 7
SILITEK ELECTRONIC (GUANGZHOU) CO.,LTD. 0 0 1 1 5 7
SUNONWEALTH ELECTRIC MACHINE INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0 1 0 3 3 7
TERRALUX, INC. 0 0 1 2 4 7
TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. 3 1 1 1 1 7
WISTRON CORPORATION 0 0 0 4 3 7
ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH 0 0 1 2 4 7
AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 0 2 2 2 0 6
C.R.F. SOCIETA CONSORTILE PER AZIONI 1 2 2 0 1 6
DENSO INTERNATIONAL AMERICA, INC. 0 3 1 1 1 6
DESIGNS FOR VISION, INC. 0 0 2 3 1 6
FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED 0 0 0 1 5 6
FOCAL POINT, LLC 0 1 2 1 2 6
HELLA KGAA HUECK & CO. 1 1 0 1 3 6
HOYA CORPORATION 1 2 1 1 1 6
I2IC CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 4 6
ILLUMINATION MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS, INC. 1 0 3 1 1 6
INTEMATIX CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 2 6
KENALL MANUFACTURING COMPANY 2 1 3 0 0 6
LEDENGIN, INC. 0 0 0 2 4 6
LI-HONG TECHNOLOGICAL CO., LTD. 0 2 3 0 1 6
LUTRON ELECTRONICS COMPANY, INC. 0 1 2 1 2 6
NISSAN TECHNICAL CENTER NORTH AMERICA, INC. 3 0 3 0 0 6
QUALCOMM MEMS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 2 1 3 6
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 1 0 3 1 1 6
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 0 3 2 0 1 6
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 0 1 1 2 2 6
SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0 0 0 2 4 6
SHIMANO INC. 2 3 0 1 0 6
SL SEOBONG 0 0 2 3 1 6
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 0 0 1 4 1 6
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 0 2 1 2 1 6
TROY-CSL LIGHTING, INC. 1 1 2 0 2 6
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 1 0 2 2 1 6
WAVIEN, INC. 3 2 0 1 0 6
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 2 0 0 0 5
ASYST TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 1 1 2 1 0 5
B/E AEROSPACE INCORPORATED 0 1 1 2 1 5
BARCO, INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
BLACK & DECKER INC. 0 2 1 0 2 5
CCS INC. 0 2 1 2 0 5
CLAY PAKY S.P.A. 0 0 0 1 4 5
DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. 1 0 2 1 1 5
ENERTRON, INC. 1 0 2 0 2 5
GROUP DEKKO INC 0 3 2 0 0 5
HONDA ACCESS CORP. 0 0 0 5 0 5
INNOVATIVE LIGHTING, INC. 0 2 1 0 2 5
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 1 2 1 0 1 5
JOURNEE LIGHTING, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
KIMOTO & CO., LTD. 1 1 2 1 0 5
LEOTEK ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 2 1 0 1 1 5
LIFEGEAR, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. 0 1 2 2 0 5
PENTAIR WATER POOL AND SPA, INC. 0 4 1 0 0 5
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS LTD 0 0 0 5 0 5
PHOSEON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 1 0 2 5
PYROSWIFT HOLDING CO., LTD. 0 3 1 1 0 5
RADIANT OPTO-ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 3 1 1 0 0 5
RENSSELEAR POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE 0 0 4 0 1 5
STAR HEADLIGHT & LANTERN COMPANY, INC. 0 2 0 1 2 5
THE L.D. KICHLER CO. 4 0 1 0 0 5
THOMAS & BETTS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 4 1 0 5
TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD. 1 2 1 0 1 5
TRUMPF MEDIZIN SYSTEME GMBH + CO. KG 1 2 1 0 1 5
TYCO ELECTRONICS CANADA LTD 0 1 1 2 1 5
ZEDEL 0 2 1 1 1 5


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