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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 313, Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices

( 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
SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD. 155 157 106 43 30 491
SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 36 68 99 55 258
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 33 23 58 64 41 219
PANASONIC CORPORATION 5 31 50 63 66 215
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 26 31 46 43 53 199
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 24 43 54 31 16 168
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 17 9 46 55 30 157
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 24 21 39 36 28 148
LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. 9 21 52 34 23 139
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 19 18 30 30 37 134
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 18 15 33 43 25 134
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 16 10 20 19 29 94
NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD. 11 7 18 10 47 93
OSRAM GMBH 1 12 15 26 30 84
HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD. 21 10 18 21 12 82
TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY 8 10 23 25 15 81
SONY CORPORATION 5 11 15 20 22 73
AU OPTRONICS CORP. 7 20 20 13 12 72
OSRAM SYLVANIA INC. 13 12 14 13 11 63
GLOBAL OLED TECHNOLOGY LLC 0 0 22 23 12 57
USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISYA 4 10 12 9 18 53
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 5 7 10 9 18 49
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 11 13 11 8 47
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 4 6 13 16 7 46
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 5 10 8 10 9 42
IDEMITSU KOSAN COMPANY LIMITED 2 6 10 9 9 36
OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH 5 11 5 3 12 36
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 4 5 4 10 13 36
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 10 18 6 0 0 34
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 30 1 1 0 0 32
HITACHI, LTD 3 2 8 8 8 29
CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD. 6 10 6 4 2 28
NICHIA CORPORATION 4 6 7 9 2 28
SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 25 25
IMAGING SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC 2 3 4 5 10 24
DENSO CORPORATION 5 4 7 3 2 21
FEDERAL-MOGUL WORLD WIDE, INC. 3 7 6 4 1 21
KOITO MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED 2 4 3 4 7 20
PATENT-TREUHAND-GESELLSCHAFT FUR ELEKTRISCHE GLUHLAMPEN MBH 17 1 2 0 0 20
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 7 2 4 4 2 19
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO. LTD 2 2 6 7 1 18
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 3 2 3 5 4 17
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 13 3 0 0 17
TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD. 0 0 5 8 4 17
CREE, INC. 1 1 1 3 10 16
PIONEER CORPORATION 5 5 0 3 3 16
STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 2 4 4 5 16
FEDERAL-MOGUL IGNITION COMPANY 0 0 2 5 6 13
FUJITSU HITACHI PLASMA DISPLAY LIMITED 2 7 4 0 0 13
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 4 3 3 1 2 13
SHINODA PLASMA CORPORATION 3 2 2 4 2 13
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 3 1 5 1 2 12
LG CHEMICAL LTD. 0 1 1 7 3 12
NGK INSULATORS LTD. 1 8 3 0 0 12
TPO DISPLAYS CORPORATION 1 4 3 3 1 12
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 2 6 1 1 2 12
CAMBRIDGE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 1 1 2 7 0 11
CHIMEI-INNOLUX CORPORATION 0 0 1 4 6 11
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 0 0 2 8 11
FU ZHUN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 1 7 3 11
FUTABA CORPORATION 3 4 0 2 2 11
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION 1 1 2 3 4 11
TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 4 0 1 4 11
UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION 0 0 7 2 2 11
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 3 1 0 1 5 10
BRIDGELUX, INC 0 0 2 4 4 10
DOWA ELECTRONICS MATERIALS CO., LTD. 2 2 1 2 3 10
KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC. 0 0 4 2 4 10
COPYTELE, INC. 0 0 5 2 2 9
IFIRE IP CORPORATION 0 3 2 2 2 9
KYOCERA CORPORATION 0 1 4 3 1 9
LG INNOTEK CO., LTD 0 1 1 1 6 9
NOVALED GMBH 0 1 2 4 2 9
RENAULT S.A.S. 0 0 4 3 2 9
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 3 2 0 3 1 9
SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED 0 1 4 0 4 9
TOSHIBA MATSUSHITA DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 1 5 0 3 0 9
CORNING INCORPORATED 1 1 1 2 3 8
FRAM GROUP IP LLC 0 0 0 6 2 8
FUJI ELECTRIC HOLDINGS CO., LTD. 2 3 2 1 0 8
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 2 4 0 2 0 8
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 5 1 0 2 8
ROHM CO., LTD. 3 0 0 4 1 8
SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE 2 0 1 1 4 8
SAMSUNG LED CO., LTD. 0 0 2 3 3 8
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 1 2 1 2 1 7
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 0 0 3 2 2 7
HARISON TOSHIBA LIGHTING CORP. 2 0 0 0 5 7
INTEMATIX CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 3 7
IWASAKI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 0 0 3 4 7
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI 3 2 2 0 0 7
LG. PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD. 7 0 0 0 0 7
LUMINATION, LLC 4 1 2 0 0 7
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 0 1 3 2 7
SAMSUNG CORNING PRECISION MATERIALS CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 7 7
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. 2 0 2 3 0 7
TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION 1 1 4 1 0 7
TOYODA GOSEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 1 0 2 1 7
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 0 1 2 3 1 7
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 0 2 3 0 6
LUMINUS DEVICES, INC. 3 1 1 1 0 6
LUXIM CORPORATION 1 0 1 2 2 6
MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG 0 0 2 3 1 6
PANASONIC ELECTRIC WORKS CO., LTD. 0 1 2 2 1 6
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY 0 2 3 0 1 6
TATUNG CO., LTD. 0 2 2 1 1 6
ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LTD. 0 0 1 3 1 5
EPISTAR CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 1 5
NITTO DENKO CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 5 5
NORITAKE CO., LTD. 1 2 1 1 0 5
OPTREX CORPORATION 4 1 0 0 0 5
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 0 2 2 0 5
RITDISPLAY CORPORATION 1 2 0 2 0 5
S.A.E.S. GETTERS S.P.A. 0 0 1 3 1 5
SCHOTT AG 1 2 0 1 1 5
SUMITOMO METAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED 1 0 0 1 3 5
ULVAC, INC. 0 1 0 2 2 5


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