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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 372, Coherent Light Generators

( 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
PANASONIC CORPORATION 3 23 37 15 10 88
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. 14 12 15 22 23 86
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 12 32 18 17 85
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 14 22 14 24 11 85
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 15 11 31 12 13 82
SONY CORPORATION 5 15 13 18 23 74
FINISAR CORPORATION 21 15 19 7 8 70
COHERENT, INC. 13 10 15 14 9 61
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 15 16 15 8 5 59
CYMER, INC. 10 8 20 6 11 55
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 9 14 13 11 3 50
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 15 21 9 2 2 49
CORNING INCORPORATED 6 10 12 10 10 48
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 6 10 17 8 7 48
OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH 4 10 15 6 11 46
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 8 9 15 6 41
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 12 3 6 9 3 33
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 3 10 8 6 4 31
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 8 5 5 9 4 31
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 2 8 10 9 31
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES FIBER IP(SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 8 8 8 2 1 27
OPNEXT JAPAN, INC. 3 6 10 5 3 27
FUJITSU LIMITED 3 7 7 8 1 26
NICHIA CORPORATION 4 3 14 3 2 26
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 7 6 9 2 2 26
RAYTHEON COMPANY 4 5 6 6 4 25
IMRA AMERICA, INC. 1 3 7 8 5 24
NEC CORPORATION 1 3 10 7 3 24
JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION 5 6 7 5 0 23
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 7 3 4 2 20
BOEING COMPANY 2 8 5 4 0 19
ROHM CO., LTD. 3 1 5 6 4 19
BINOPTICS, INC. 0 2 5 4 7 18
INTEL CORPORATION 6 5 4 1 2 18
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 2 6 2 4 3 17
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 1 4 3 5 3 16
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 16 0 0 0 0 16
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA 3 5 3 4 1 16
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 5 5 0 4 1 15
ELECTRO SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIES, INC. 2 1 6 2 3 14
POLARONYX INC. 3 10 1 0 0 14
DAYLIGHT SOLUTIONS INC. 2 2 3 4 2 13
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC 2 0 2 4 5 13
IPG PHOTONICS CORPORATION 0 1 4 1 6 12
EUDYNA DEVICES INC. 1 2 3 3 2 11
HITACHI, LTD 1 1 6 2 1 11
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 3 3 1 1 3 11
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 1 1 5 4 0 11
PAVILION INTEGRATION CORPORATION 3 7 1 0 0 11
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 7 3 0 1 0 11
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 1 2 4 0 4 11
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION 4 3 1 1 2 11
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 4 4 0 1 10
FANUC LTD. 2 3 4 0 1 10
KOMATSU LTD. 1 1 4 3 1 10
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 1 0 2 5 2 10
FUJIKURA LTD. 0 0 1 1 7 9
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 1 4 2 1 1 9
HITACHI CABLE, LTD. 1 3 4 1 0 9
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 1 2 5 1 9
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY 1 3 0 0 5 9
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 6 3 0 0 0 9
OCLARO TECHNOLOGY PLC 0 1 3 1 4 9
PD-LD, INC. 1 3 2 1 2 9
PYROPHOTONICS LASERS INC. 3 0 5 1 0 9
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 1 2 1 2 3 9
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 5 1 2 0 0 8
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 1 2 0 1 4 8
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 3 1 2 1 1 8
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION 0 0 6 2 0 8
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE 4 2 1 0 1 8
EMCORE CORPORATION 1 1 0 3 2 7
OEWAVES, INC. 0 0 1 4 2 7
TRUMPF LASER GMBH + CO. KG 2 1 3 0 1 7
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 0 0 3 2 2 7
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 1 0 3 2 1 7
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 2 1 0 0 6
ANRITSU CORPORATION 0 3 2 0 1 6
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 0 1 2 2 1 6
BIOLASE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 1 3 0 6
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE - CNRS 0 2 1 0 3 6
GIGAPHOTON INC. 1 0 0 2 3 6
NIKON CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 1 6
NLIGHT PHOTONICS CORPORATION 3 1 2 0 0 6
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 0 1 1 2 2 6
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 1 1 2 0 1 5
APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC. 0 4 0 0 1 5
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 2 2 1 0 0 5
CREE, INC. 0 1 2 2 0 5
GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION 0 1 1 3 0 5
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 0 1 0 2 5
INNOLUME GMBH 2 2 1 0 0 5
INSTITUT NATIONAL D'OPTIQUE 0 0 0 3 2 5
JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY 0 0 1 1 3 5
KYOTO UNIVERSITY 0 2 2 1 0 5
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 0 2 1 2 0 5
MEDIATEK INC. 1 0 2 1 1 5
MINDSPEED TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 3 1 0 5
MIYACHI TECHNOS CORPORATION 4 1 0 0 0 5
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 4 1 0 0 0 5
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 2 3 0 0 5
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 0 1 4 5
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION AT UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO 0 2 2 1 0 5
SORAA INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
THALES 0 3 1 1 0 5


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