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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 398, Optical Communications

( 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
FUJITSU LIMITED 64 71 111 77 102 425
FINISAR CORPORATION 21 44 45 36 29 175
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 12 21 26 16 21 96
ALCATEL LUCENT 3 5 11 31 33 83
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 39 6 10 14 9 78
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 22 13 12 18 12 77
CIENA CORPORATION 11 6 15 21 22 75
HITACHI, LTD 3 5 13 23 31 75
NEC CORPORATION 6 10 11 16 29 72
ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. 4 24 31 10 0 69
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 4 4 11 16 33 68
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 28 25 8 3 1 65
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 8 11 12 9 14 54
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 6 7 11 12 15 51
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. 1 7 14 13 6 41
INTEL CORPORATION 11 9 8 8 5 41
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. 5 5 8 9 13 40
ALCATEL 13 15 9 1 0 38
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 5 4 7 11 11 38
ERICSSON AB 7 4 13 7 6 37
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 36 0 0 0 0 36
FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 4 5 5 19 34
NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA, INC. 0 1 2 9 21 33
INFINERA CORPORATION 0 5 3 8 16 32
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 7 8 11 5 31
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 8 8 4 7 3 30
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY 4 6 5 12 2 29
NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS GMBH & CO. KG 1 6 10 5 6 28
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES FIBER IP(SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 5 5 5 8 4 27
VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC. 0 0 3 11 13 27
EMCORE CORPORATION 5 5 8 6 2 26
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 1 2 3 3 16 25
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 5 7 3 5 5 25
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 3 5 7 9 24
HITACHI COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 4 12 7 1 0 24
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 4 3 5 7 24
BOEING COMPANY 6 0 6 2 9 23
TELLABS OPERATIONS INC. 4 5 4 3 6 22
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 5 6 2 6 2 21
AT&T CORP. 14 3 3 0 0 20
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 4 2 3 0 10 19
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 3 4 1 6 5 19
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 6 2 4 5 1 18
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 4 1 4 2 5 16
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 0 4 4 3 5 16
TYCO ELECTRONICS SUBSEA COMMUNICATIONS LLC 0 0 4 5 7 16
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 3 7 3 1 1 15
CELIGHT, INC. 3 1 3 6 1 14
JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION 3 0 3 6 2 14
TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 6 1 5 14
SONY CORPORATION 4 1 1 2 5 13
APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION 0 2 0 6 4 12
DYNAMIC METHOD ENTERPRISES LIMITED 0 3 6 2 1 12
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 4 2 1 1 4 12
CORNING CABLE SYSTEMS LLC 0 3 1 0 7 11
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 3 1 4 2 11
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 2 2 7 11
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 1 0 4 3 3 11
ADVA AG OPTICAL NETWORKING 0 0 4 2 4 10
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 3 2 3 2 10
BROADWING CORPORATION 5 4 1 0 0 10
ENABLENCE USA FTTX NETWORKS INC. 1 7 0 2 0 10
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 0 3 3 3 10
KDDI CORPORATION 1 4 1 2 2 10
TYCO TELECOMMUNICATIONS (US) INC. 5 4 1 0 0 10
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA 2 0 2 3 3 10
APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC. 0 0 0 4 5 9
FRANCE TELECOM 0 2 1 3 3 9
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 1 1 0 0 8
FUJIKURA LTD. 0 0 1 2 5 8
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 1 1 1 0 5 8
OFIDIUM PTY LTD 0 0 2 0 6 8
OPNEXT SUBSYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 6 2 8
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 0 4 1 2 7
ALCATEL-LUCENT CANADA INC. 3 2 1 1 0 7
BROADLIGHT LTD. 0 2 2 2 1 7
CLARIPHY COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 0 3 1 3 7
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 2 1 1 0 3 7
MERITON NETWORKS US INC. 0 3 4 0 0 7
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 6 1 0 0 0 7
OPNEXT JAPAN, INC. 1 1 0 1 4 7
PIVOTAL DECISIONS LLC. 1 3 0 0 3 7
RAYTHEON COMPANY 1 0 4 1 1 7
VERIZON BUSINESS GLOBAL LLC 1 1 2 1 2 7
VERIZON SERVICES CORP. 1 2 2 2 0 7
YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORP. 0 2 3 2 0 7
AURORA NETWORKS, INC. 0 0 3 0 3 6
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 0 3 0 3 0 6
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 1 0 2 2 1 6
CUBIC CORPORATION 0 2 1 2 1 6
DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG 0 0 3 1 2 6
GENERAL PHOTONICS CORPORATION 2 0 2 2 0 6
HITACHI CABLE, LTD. 0 1 0 0 5 6
LG-ERICSSON CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 6 6
MAGIQ TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 0 1 3 0 6
MOTOROLA-MOBILITY, INC. 0 0 0 5 1 6
OCLARO NORTH AMERICA INC. 0 0 0 5 1 6
PMC-SIERRA ISRAEL LTD. 0 1 1 2 2 6
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 1 1 1 2 6
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 4 1 0 0 1 6
ANRITSU CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 2 5
ARRIS GROUP, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
AVANEX CORPORATION 4 1 0 0 0 5
BOOKHAM TECHNOLOGY PLC 2 2 1 0 0 5
ELBEX VIDEO, LTD. 0 0 0 1 4 5
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 1 0 0 3 1 5
JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY 0 0 4 1 0 5
KWANGJU INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 0 1 2 1 1 5
LIGHTFLEET CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 0 5
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 5 0 0 0 0 5
MENARA NETWORKS, INC. 0 1 1 0 3 5
MINDSPEED TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 4 1 0 0 5
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 0 1 0 2 2 5
SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC. 1 2 2 0 0 5
TELLABS PETALUMA, INC. 1 1 0 1 2 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 2 3 0 0 0 5
ZILOG, INC. 1 2 2 0 0 5


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