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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 439, Electrical Connectors

( 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
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 252 320 413 331 240 1556
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 143 117 130 130 111 631
TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 60 95 122 147 97 521
CHENG UEI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 44 47 72 76 57 296
YAZAKI CORP. 86 67 68 42 28 291
SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. 53 58 57 35 64 267
MOLEX INCORPORATED 44 21 41 55 31 192
JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY LTD. 26 26 34 30 28 144
FCI AMERICAS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 55 33 25 10 17 140
JOHN MEZZALINGUA ASSOCIATES, INC. 23 11 20 38 35 127
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 53 31 19 11 9 123
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 12 14 22 30 26 104
PANDUIT CORPORATION 13 22 16 24 27 102
LOTES CO., LTD. 25 16 14 20 19 94
ADC GMBH 7 12 23 27 23 92
APPLE, INC. 6 10 19 19 24 78
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 22 12 21 11 11 77
FCI 13 10 20 16 15 74
HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 24 15 11 8 12 70
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 13 9 20 19 6 67
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 22 13 13 9 6 63
AMPHENOL CORPORATION 8 12 19 11 12 62
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 20 6 12 13 11 62
FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED 9 10 14 15 13 61
ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC. 7 18 19 11 3 58
COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 9 11 12 19 5 56
FUJITSU LIMITED 14 11 3 15 13 56
JAPAN SOLDERLESS TERMINAL MFG. CO., LTD. 21 15 6 8 4 54
COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA 13 15 7 12 4 51
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 12 12 4 16 5 49
INTEL CORPORATION 18 16 8 6 1 49
HUBBELL INCORPORATED 6 7 9 16 8 46
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 7 10 11 11 7 46
LEVITON MANUFACTURING CO. INC. 5 5 9 18 8 45
PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG 6 5 10 12 12 45
HOSIDEN CORPORATION 10 5 9 8 12 44
WEIDMULLER INTERFACE GMBH & CO. KG 11 11 11 4 7 44
HITACHI CABLE, LTD. 2 4 11 7 19 43
AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 7 5 7 13 9 41
THOMAS & BETTS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 7 14 11 5 4 41
ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC. 5 10 17 7 1 40
TYCO ELECTRONICS JAPAN G.K. 0 0 8 18 14 40
SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 7 1 14 11 6 39
DDK LTD. 12 14 7 4 1 38
CORNING GILBERT INC. 7 6 7 9 8 37
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. 10 7 6 5 9 37
TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP GMBH 3 9 5 7 10 34
YAMAICHI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 4 9 4 12 5 34
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 5 10 7 8 1 31
SUPER TALENT ELECTRONICS, INC. 7 9 8 3 3 30
ANDREW CORPORATION 4 3 14 5 3 29
DENSO CORPORATION 8 9 6 2 3 28
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 9 5 6 3 5 28
LEAR CORPORATION 6 4 5 7 6 28
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 8 5 7 3 5 28
TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP, K.K. 12 9 6 1 0 28
MEDTRONIC INC. 4 8 6 5 4 27
OMRON CORPORATION 2 8 7 3 7 27
SONY CORPORATION 6 7 4 5 4 26
FINISAR CORPORATION 10 8 6 1 0 25
BELKIN INTERNATIONAL, INC. 6 3 5 6 4 24
JST CORPORATION 9 3 5 6 1 24
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 4 7 5 6 2 24
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC. 2 5 6 8 2 23
PANASONIC CORPORATION 1 4 5 5 8 23
POWERTECH INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 4 6 0 8 5 23
ROSENBERGER HOCHFREQUENZTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG 3 5 1 6 8 23
FORM FACTOR, INC. 8 5 7 2 0 22
K.S. TERMINALS INC. 8 1 3 7 1 20
ORTRONICS INC. 2 8 6 2 2 20
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 8 5 5 1 0 19
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 5 4 2 5 3 19
ALLTOP ELECTRONICS (SU ZHOU) CO., LTD. 0 0 5 8 5 18
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 7 0 6 2 18
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 1 6 6 4 1 18
INVENTEC CORPORATION 12 3 1 1 1 18
TAI-SOL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 11 4 2 1 0 18
FUJIKURA LTD. 2 2 1 6 6 17
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 7 4 3 0 3 17
IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC 0 4 6 4 3 17
CHI MEI COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC. 2 1 7 6 0 16
ERNI ELECTRONICS GMBH 4 7 3 1 1 16
EZCONN CORPORATION 1 2 4 4 5 16
HARTING ELECTRIC GMBH & CO. KG 7 0 2 4 3 16
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 5 3 4 2 2 16
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 4 1 6 3 2 16
BOEING COMPANY 2 4 5 3 1 15
ENPLAS CORPORATION 6 4 2 2 1 15
GROUP DEKKO INC 0 7 4 2 2 15
HARTING ELECTRONICS GMBH & CO. KG 2 4 4 2 3 15
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 0 5 4 4 2 15
RADIALL 4 4 1 4 2 15
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 4 2 1 5 3 15
SANDISK CORPORATION 4 2 7 2 0 15
TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO K.K. 5 4 3 0 3 15
WAGO VERWALTUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG 1 0 7 2 5 15
BELDEN, INC. 0 0 0 7 7 14
FCI AUTOMOTIVE HOLDING 0 0 0 3 11 14
I-PEX CO., LTD. 4 1 4 3 2 14
KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIHON MICRONICS 3 2 6 3 0 14
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 3 4 2 1 4 14
MC TECHNOLOGY GMBH 3 2 7 2 0 14
NHK SPRING CO., LTD. 2 0 5 4 3 14
SMK CORPORATION 3 3 3 5 0 14
EATON CORPORATION 3 5 3 1 1 13
HITACHI, LTD 4 5 2 1 1 13
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 6 3 1 2 1 13
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 3 2 1 4 3 13
MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 1 1 6 3 13
PANASONIC ELECTRIC WORKS CO., LTD. 1 4 5 2 1 13
WELL SHIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 3 3 4 3 13
CENTIPEDE SYSTEMS, INC. 2 3 3 4 0 12
CONCRAFT HOLDING CO., LTD. 0 0 2 8 2 12
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 4 2 1 2 3 12
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD. 8 3 1 0 0 12
P-TWO INDUSTRIES INC. 3 5 3 0 1 12
PASS + SEYMOUR, INC. 2 2 6 1 1 12
RAYTHEON COMPANY 1 0 3 5 3 12
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 4 3 3 2 0 12
SIEMON COMPANY 1 2 5 1 3 12
WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION 0 2 7 3 0 12
YOKOWO CO., LTD. 2 4 2 3 1 12
AVX CORPORATION 0 0 4 4 3 11
BAL SEAL ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC. 1 0 1 4 5 11
BELDEN CDT (CANADA) INC. 2 2 3 3 1 11
JOHN FLUKE MFG. CO., INC. 2 1 5 3 0 11
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 1 2 2 5 1 11
NOKIA CORPORATION 4 2 2 1 2 11
SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD. 3 5 0 0 3 11
SOUTHWIRE COMPANY 1 1 2 4 3 11
ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC. 0 0 0 9 1 10
AMERICAN POWER CONVERSION CORPORATION 3 2 2 2 1 10
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 4 0 2 1 10
LEGRAND FRANCE 0 1 3 5 1 10
MOTOROLA, INC. 7 2 1 0 0 10
NEOCONIX, INC. 4 3 2 1 0 10
SAMTEC, INC. 5 3 2 0 0 10
SANDISK IL LTD. 3 3 2 1 1 10
SIEMENS ENERGY & AUTOMATION, INC. 4 6 0 0 0 10
SPEED TECH CORP. 5 3 1 0 1 10
WINCHESTER ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 3 2 1 2 2 10
YAZAKI NORTH AMERICA, INC. 3 6 0 0 1 10
BRIDGEPORT FITTINGS, INC. 0 1 0 5 3 9
CHANT SINCERE CO., LTD. 4 1 1 2 1 9
CHIEF LAND ELECTRONIC CO., LTD. 4 2 0 2 1 9
HIRSCHMANN AUTOMOTIVE GMBH 3 4 1 1 0 9
HTC CORPORATION 2 1 3 3 0 9
INTERCONNECT PORTFOLIO, LLC 1 0 3 2 3 9
KOSTAL KONTAKT SYSTEME GMBH 2 1 3 0 3 9
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 2 3 1 2 1 9
METHODE ELECTRONICS, INC. 2 1 5 1 0 9
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 1 4 2 1 9
SOURIAU 1 2 2 2 2 9
SURTEC INDUSTRIES INC. 3 2 3 0 1 9
TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP KOREA LTD. 0 4 2 2 1 9
WISTRON CORPORATION 0 4 5 0 0 9
AMPHENOL-TUCHEL ELECTRONICS GMBH 0 1 0 6 1 8
AU OPTRONICS CORP. 0 2 1 2 3 8
BURNDY TECHNOLOGY LLC 0 0 8 0 0 8
CINCH CONNECTORS, INC. 2 3 0 1 2 8
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 1 3 2 2 0 8
FU TAI HUA INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 0 4 4 8
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 2 1 1 1 8
GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 1 1 3 3 8
HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION 0 1 3 1 3 8
JESS-LINK PRODUCTS CO., LTD. 2 4 0 1 1 8
LG CHEMICAL LTD. 0 4 3 0 1 8
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 2 3 0 0 8
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 0 0 5 3 0 8
MITSUBISHI CABLE INDUSTRIES, LTD. 1 0 0 6 1 8
NEC CORPORATION 2 0 3 1 2 8
NEXANS 2 0 1 2 3 8
PULSE ENGINEERING INC. 1 1 4 2 0 8
RICHARDS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. (NEW JERSEY) 2 2 0 2 2 8
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 1 5 1 1 8
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 2 2 0 1 3 8
TYCO ELECTRONICS BRASIL LTDA. 3 2 1 1 1 8
U.D. ELECTRONIC CORP. 1 2 2 2 1 8
ARLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC. 3 2 1 1 0 7
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 0 2 0 2 7
CATERPILLAR INC. 2 1 3 1 0 7
CONINVERS GMBH 0 1 4 1 1 7
DEERE + COMPANY 4 0 1 1 1 7
EMC CORPORATION 2 3 1 1 0 7
ESCHA BAUELEMENTE GMBH 0 0 0 2 5 7
HARRIS CORP. 2 2 2 1 0 7
HAWORTH, INC. 0 1 2 2 2 7
HONDA TSUSHIN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 2 3 1 0 7
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 0 1 2 1 3 7
IRISO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 2 1 1 0 3 7
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 1 2 1 2 1 7
KINGSTON TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 1 0 3 3 0 7
NVIDIA CORPORATION 0 4 0 3 0 7
OSRAM SYLVANIA INC. 3 1 2 1 0 7
PHOENIX CONTACT DEVELOPMENT & MANUFACTURING, INC. 1 2 1 1 2 7
PHYSICAL OPTICS CORPORATION 2 1 3 0 1 7
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 1 1 3 7
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. 2 3 2 0 0 7
SUN LITE SOCKETS INDUSTRY, INC. 1 4 1 1 0 7
T-CONN PRECISION CORP. 2 2 0 1 2 7
TAIWAN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 1 2 2 2 0 7
UTILX CORPORATION 2 2 2 1 0 7
XYZ SCIENCE CO., LTD. 1 1 1 0 4 7
ABB AG 0 1 1 3 1 6
ADVANCED INTERCONNECTIONS CORPORATION 3 0 1 0 2 6
DAI-ICHI SEIKO CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 6 6
ENSKY TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 1 0 1 4 0 6
HUAWEI DEVICE CO., LTD. 0 0 1 2 3 6
KABUSHIKI KAISHA AUDIO-TECHNICA 1 3 0 2 0 6
KYOCERA ELCO CORPORATION 2 1 2 0 1 6
LAIRD TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 3 0 2 1 6
LUMBERG CONNECT GMBH & CO. KG 0 1 1 4 0 6
MEA TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD. 2 3 0 1 0 6
MECHANICAL ANSWERS LLC 1 2 2 1 0 6
MORSETTITALIA S.P.A. 2 0 1 3 0 6
NELLCOR PURITAN BENNETT INCORPORATED 0 1 2 2 1 6
NEXTRONICS ENGINEERING CORP. 2 0 3 0 1 6
NILES CO., LTD. 0 2 3 1 0 6
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 0 0 2 2 2 6
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 1 2 1 1 1 6
SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC. 0 0 3 1 2 6
TAIWAN SUNCAGEY INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 0 0 1 4 1 6
THE PATENT STORE LLC 1 0 0 4 1 6
TYCO ELECTRONICS NEDERLAND B.V. 0 2 0 2 2 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 0 1 3 0 2 6
YAZAKI EUROPE LTD. 5 0 0 0 1 6
A-DATA TECHNOLOGY (SUZHOU) CO, LTD. 0 0 1 3 1 5
ADVANTEST CORP. 3 1 1 0 0 5
ALLIED PRECISION INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
ANTAYA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 0 5
BJB GMBH & CO. KG 0 0 4 1 0 5
CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH 0 0 2 3 0 5
CYBER POWER SYSTEM INC. 3 1 0 0 1 5
DERINGER-NEY, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
HUBER & SUHNER AG 1 0 2 0 2 5
IMATION CORP. 2 2 0 0 1 5
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 0 3 1 0 1 5
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 1 1 1 0 2 5
INSERT ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. 2 1 1 1 0 5
JSR CORPORATION 3 1 0 1 0 5
JYH ENG TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 1 0 0 2 2 5
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. 0 1 2 1 1 5
KYOCERA CORPORATION 2 1 2 0 0 5
LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 3 1 1 0 5
LIGHT SOURCES, INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 2 1 2 0 0 5
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
NGK INSULATORS LTD. 1 0 1 0 3 5
OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. 0 0 2 3 0 5
PRO BRAND INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 1 0 2 0 5
PROCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 1 0 0 2 2 5
QISDA CORPORATION 5 0 0 0 0 5
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 2 0 2 0 5
SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 1 0 0 2 2 5
SOCIETE D'EXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES MARECHAL SEPM 0 1 0 1 3 5
SPX CORPORATION 0 1 0 3 1 5
STONERIDGE CONTROL DEVICES, INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 3 1 0 5
TAI TWUN ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. 3 1 1 0 0 5
TAIWAN LINE TEK ELECTRONIC CO., LTD. 0 2 3 0 0 5
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 0 1 3 0 1 5
TING SHEN INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 0 0 2 2 1 5
TRONIC LIMITED 0 1 1 1 2 5
TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP ESPANA, S.A. 0 2 2 1 0 5
TYCO HEALTHCARE GROUP LP 1 0 0 2 2 5
VIVANT MEDICAL, INC. 0 0 4 1 0 5


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