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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 349, Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems

( 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
LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. 126 282 303 246 231 1188
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 108 166 265 293 213 1045
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 75 80 99 188 209 651
AU OPTRONICS CORP. 34 80 109 120 104 447
HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD. 25 49 93 125 127 419
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 62 86 45 44 45 282
SONY CORPORATION 12 21 43 87 98 261
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 24 35 44 46 54 203
NEC LCD TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 22 42 38 37 3 142
CHIMEI-INNOLUX CORPORATION 0 0 28 47 56 131
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 10 21 33 35 30 129
LG. PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD. 104 0 0 0 0 104
CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD. 13 17 18 18 34 100
NITTO DENKO CORPORATION 23 17 21 15 22 98
HITACHI, LTD 26 15 28 16 2 87
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 15 13 18 17 16 79
TOSHIBA MATSUSHITA DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 14 24 14 18 6 76
EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION 7 33 27 1 0 68
HANNSTAR DISPLAY CORP. 14 17 12 14 9 66
SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 18 21 21 5 65
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO. LTD 14 14 17 9 7 61
INNOLUX DISPLAY CORP. 24 15 15 0 1 55
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 5 10 11 16 13 55
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 5 18 6 10 15 54
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 2 15 9 12 15 53
FUJITSU LIMITED 11 9 15 10 7 52
SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 50 50
WINTEK CORPORATION 1 12 12 11 10 46
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 7 8 17 10 44
NEC CORPORATION 9 10 10 9 5 43
INNOCOM TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 3 6 14 16 3 42
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 6 4 9 12 8 39
BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 1 5 16 15 37
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 5 7 10 7 34
CHI MEI OPTOELECTRONICS CORP. 5 16 10 3 0 34
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 4 4 9 9 8 34
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 6 6 6 16 34
NLT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 0 0 0 1 32 33
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 4 12 5 4 8 33
LG CHEMICAL LTD. 4 4 6 5 13 32
TPO DISPLAYS CORPORATION 7 11 13 1 0 32
TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD. 2 3 3 9 12 29
CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD. 3 7 7 6 4 27
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 2 3 6 5 8 24
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA 9 5 4 4 2 24
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 1 5 6 3 7 22
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 6 5 5 1 3 20
APPLE, INC. 0 1 3 6 9 19
HYDIS TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 1 7 3 3 5 19
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 3 3 6 5 2 19
TPO HONG KONG HOLDING LIMITED 5 6 4 2 2 19
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 0 2 3 7 6 18
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY 2 2 7 3 4 18
STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 0 2 5 10 17
SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD. 7 5 2 0 2 16
ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LTD. 2 1 6 3 1 13
INFOVISION OPTOELECTRONICS (KUNSHAN) CO., LTD. 0 0 0 3 10 13
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 4 3 3 3 0 13
CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 5 2 2 3 12
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 3 1 6 2 12
KYOCERA CORPORATION 2 3 2 3 2 12
QUANTA DISPLAY INC. 2 3 6 1 0 12
HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 5 2 1 1 2 11
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 4 4 0 2 0 10
HIMAX DISPLAY, INC. 1 1 4 1 3 10
IPS ALPHA TECHNOLOGY, LTD. 0 3 5 1 1 10
LG INNOTEK CO., LTD 0 1 1 3 5 10
MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG 2 2 3 2 1 10
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 2 0 0 3 5 10
BOE-HYDIS TECHNOLOGY CO, LTD. 8 0 1 0 0 9
CHEIL INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 0 3 2 4 9
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 2 2 2 3 9
KONICA MINOLTA OPTO, INC 4 1 1 2 1 9
REAL D 1 4 1 2 1 9
SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED 2 3 1 3 0 9
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 1 3 2 1 2 9
ZEON CORPORATION 0 1 3 0 5 9
INFOVISION OPTOELECTRONICS HOLDINGS LIMITED 0 3 2 3 0 8
INTEL CORPORATION 1 3 2 1 1 8
TAIWAN TFT LCD ASSOCIATION 1 2 1 0 4 8
HIAP L. ONG AND KYORITSU OPTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 0 0 4 3 7
JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION 0 1 2 3 1 7
NIPPON OIL CORPORATION 0 0 1 4 2 7
NISSHA PRINTING CO., LTD. 0 2 1 2 2 7
PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO. LTD. 0 0 0 4 3 7
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 1 2 2 2 0 7
E INK HOLDINGS INC. 0 0 0 2 4 6
FUTURE VISION INC. 0 2 4 0 0 6
HITACHI CONSUMER ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 6 6
OBAYASHISEIKOU CO., LTD. 0 0 4 0 2 6
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 0 0 1 4 1 6
THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 0 2 1 2 1 6
TOSHIBA MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 0 0 2 4 6
TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY 0 2 0 3 1 6
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 3 0 1 1 0 5
JAPAN DISPLAY CENTRAL INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
LENSVECTOR INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
MOTOROLA, INC. 1 0 3 1 0 5
SAMSUNG LED CO., LTD. 0 0 3 2 0 5
SONY DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 1 1 2 0 1 5
TOHOKU UNIVERSITY 0 1 3 0 1 5


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