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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2011 - 2015 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 385, Optical Waveguides

( 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 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 56 65 58 57 51 287
CORNING CABLE SYSTEMS LLC 27 44 51 79 71 272
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 4 21 45 62 84 216
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. 17 16 38 47 48 166
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 21 33 30 29 27 140
CORNING INCORPORATED 13 11 24 28 31 107
DRAKA COMTEQ B.V. 19 26 23 21 12 101
FUJIKURA LTD. 8 19 20 25 29 101
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 16 10 20 21 22 89
FUJITSU LIMITED 17 13 14 29 11 84
TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 8 13 11 28 23 83
OFS FITEL, LLC 13 17 19 18 13 80
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 16 11 19 18 14 78
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 7 4 12 19 34 76
ALCATEL LUCENT 6 8 14 25 20 73
NITTO DENKO CORPORATION 23 11 17 13 3 67
NEC CORPORATION 8 18 22 9 9 66
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 11 13 11 12 14 61
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 0 18 18 20 56
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 5 6 12 14 14 51
COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA 3 6 14 13 10 46
FINISAR CORPORATION 11 13 5 6 11 46
SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD. 8 7 8 11 8 42
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 5 4 10 10 12 41
INFINERA CORPORATION 7 12 4 6 6 35
CCS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 7 5 9 7 6 34
JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY LTD. 3 2 8 10 11 34
AFL TELECOMMUNICATIONS LLC 2 6 3 13 9 33
INTEL CORPORATION 4 1 11 4 13 33
PANDUIT CORPORATION 6 6 6 9 5 32
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 7 4 8 7 3 29
VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC. 7 5 9 5 3 29
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 1 2 3 10 12 28
CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS LLC 0 0 0 7 19 26
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 7 6 6 5 2 26
PRYSMIAN S.P.A. 0 2 6 9 9 26
ADC GMBH 5 9 9 1 1 25
HITACHI METALS LTD. 0 0 0 6 19 25
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 4 5 6 7 3 25
HITACHI CABLE, LTD. 5 7 12 0 0 24
JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION 3 1 7 8 5 24
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES FIBER IP(SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 7 10 6 0 0 23
IMRA AMERICA, INC. 3 8 5 5 2 23
SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 3 1 5 7 7 23
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 4 4 3 8 4 23
HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD. 3 5 4 6 4 22
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 2 7 6 5 2 22
BOEING COMPANY 6 1 6 2 4 19
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 3 4 10 19
MOLEX INCORPORATED 1 1 4 7 6 19
QUALCOMM MEMS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 7 6 2 3 1 19
SONY CORPORATION 5 5 3 0 6 19
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 1 3 4 5 6 19
WEATHERFORD/LAMB, INC. 5 5 3 5 1 19
KOTURA, INC. 0 3 6 5 4 18
OMRON CORPORATION 4 3 4 5 2 18
SANDIA CORPORATION 3 0 6 4 4 17
FUJITSU OPTICAL COMPONENTS LIMITED 0 1 5 7 3 16
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 1 3 6 6 16
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 3 9 1 2 1 16
IPG PHOTONICS CORPORATION 1 5 2 6 2 16
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL.) 1 2 6 3 4 16
TYCO ELECTRONICS RAYCHEM BVBA 0 2 2 8 4 16
CORNELL UNIVERSITY 1 1 3 6 4 15
NEXANS 1 3 2 6 3 15
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 3 7 4 1 0 15
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 0 0 4 3 8 15
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 4 2 6 1 2 15
AURRION, INC. 0 0 4 5 5 14
BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED 2 4 4 1 3 14
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. 1 1 3 3 6 14
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 0 1 3 3 7 14
IBIDEN CO., LTD. 5 7 0 2 0 14
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 3 2 4 2 14
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 3 3 5 1 14
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 6 3 0 1 4 14
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 1 5 4 4 0 14
US CONEC LTD. 2 2 2 3 5 14
LUXTERA, INC. 3 3 2 4 1 13
NTT ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 1 4 1 6 13
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 1 0 2 2 7 12
HITACHI, LTD 3 2 5 1 1 12
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 1 2 4 4 1 12
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 3 2 1 4 2 12
PANASONIC CORPORATION 4 0 2 5 1 12
RAYTHEON COMPANY 2 0 5 1 4 12
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. 0 0 3 7 1 11
ENPLAS CORPORATION 2 0 2 2 5 11
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 6 4 1 0 0 11
INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I, LLC 4 3 3 1 0 11
MITSUBISHI CABLE INDUSTRIES, LTD. 2 3 6 0 0 11
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 2 5 2 1 1 11
SCHLEIFRING UND APPARATEBAU GMBH 4 3 3 1 0 11
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 2 0 2 2 5 11
XYRATEX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 2 1 2 5 1 11
ALLIANCE FIBER OPTICS PRODUCTS, INC. 0 0 4 1 5 10
APPLE, INC. 0 0 4 4 2 10
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES 0 0 4 3 3 10
GOOGLE, INC. 0 1 5 4 0 10
HARRIS CORP. 0 4 1 2 3 10
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC 3 1 1 3 2 10
OCTROLIX BV 1 2 1 2 4 10
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0 3 2 3 2 10
SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO. LTD. 1 2 1 3 3 10
TELESCENT INC. 1 1 5 1 2 10
TYCO ELECTRONICS SERVICES GMBH 1 0 0 1 8 10
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 6 2 0 1 0 9
KYOCERA CORPORATION 2 2 1 1 3 9
OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH 2 1 3 1 2 9
PROTAI PHOTONIC CO. LTD. 0 3 1 3 2 9
SEI OPTIFRONTIER CO. LTD 0 0 0 2 7 9
TELEDYNE INSTRUMENTS, INC. 0 1 1 4 3 9
YAZAKI CORP. 0 0 4 4 1 9
3SAE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 0 0 3 3 8
APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION 2 5 1 0 0 8
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 4 2 0 2 0 8
CALIENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 2 6 8
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 3 1 0 2 2 8
EZONTEK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 0 0 1 5 2 8
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 0 3 4 0 1 8
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 2 3 1 2 0 8
LS CABLE & SYSTEM LTD. 0 0 1 4 3 8
MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 0 0 1 5 2 8
NKT PHOTONICS A/S 1 1 2 1 3 8
PRINCETEL, INC. 1 0 4 1 2 8
SAE MAGNETICS (H.K.) LTD. 0 2 1 3 2 8
AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH 0 1 1 0 5 7
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 2 1 2 1 7
CHIRAL PHOTONICS, INC. 1 2 2 1 1 7
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 3 3 0 1 0 7
EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC 1 0 1 4 1 7
FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED 1 0 1 3 2 7
GO!FOTON HOLDINGS, INC. 0 0 3 1 3 7
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 0 1 2 1 3 7
HUBER & SUHNER AG 0 1 1 2 3 7
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC. 0 2 2 1 2 7
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 0 2 1 1 3 7
OCLARO JAPAN, INC. 0 0 2 4 1 7
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 3 1 1 1 7
SUPERIOR ESSEX COMMUNICATIONS LP 1 1 4 1 0 7
TERAXION INC. 0 1 0 3 3 7
TYCO ELECTRONICS NEDERLAND B.V. 0 0 4 1 2 7
VASCULAR IMAGING CORPORATION. 2 1 1 2 1 7
ADVALUE PHOTONICS, INC. 0 0 3 2 1 6
ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. 5 1 0 0 0 6
ALCON RESEARCH, LTD. 0 1 4 1 0 6
AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 0 0 0 2 4 6
COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0 0 0 0 6 6
EZCONN CORPORATION 0 0 3 3 0 6
FCI 0 0 0 1 5 6
FUSION OPTIX, INC. 1 1 0 2 2 6
GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION 1 1 1 3 0 6
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 2 0 1 1 6
HOYA CORPORATION USA 2 1 0 1 2 6
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 0 2 1 2 1 6
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELEKTRONICA CENTRUM (IMEC VZW) 0 1 1 2 2 6
NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY 0 0 4 2 0 6
NEOPHOTONICS CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 2 6
OCLARO TECHNOLOGY PLC 0 1 0 3 2 6
OREE INC. 3 2 1 0 0 6
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 6 6
SEIKOH GIKEN CO., LTD. 0 1 1 2 2 6
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 3 1 1 1 0 6
SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY 0 0 0 3 3 6
SKORPIOS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 0 6 6
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC DEVICE INNOVATIONS, INC. 0 0 3 1 2 6
TELLABS OPERATIONS INC. 2 1 2 1 0 6
AMPHENOL CORPORATION 1 0 2 0 2 5
AMS RESEARCH CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 0 5
ANRITSU CORPORATION 1 3 0 1 0 5
CIRREX SYSTEMS LLC 0 1 2 0 2 5
CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD. 0 1 1 2 1 5
DOW CORNING CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 3 5
FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 0 2 1 5
GLORIOLE ELECTROPTIC TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 0 0 3 2 5
IXBLUE 0 0 0 2 3 5
KAILIGHT PHOTONICS, INC. 1 3 0 1 0 5
KSARIA CORPORATION 1 1 3 0 0 5
KYOTO UNIVERSITY 3 1 1 0 0 5
LG INNOTEK CO., LTD 0 0 0 2 3 5
LIGHTWIRE, INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY 1 1 0 2 1 5
NGK INSULATORS LTD. 3 1 0 1 0 5
NUFERN 1 1 0 2 1 5
OMNIGUIDE, INC. 1 2 0 1 1 5
PRYSMIAN COMMUNICATION CABLES AND SYSTEMS USA, LLC 0 1 2 1 1 5
QINETIQ LIMITED 2 1 2 0 0 5
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
SAMTEC, INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
SHELL OIL COMPANY 0 1 1 0 3 5
SHIN ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD. 0 2 0 1 2 5
SOURCE PHOTONICS, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
TRUMPF LASER GMBH 2 0 0 1 2 5
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 2 2 0 1 0 5
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS 0 2 0 0 3 5
WESTERN DIGITAL (FREMONT), LLC 0 2 2 1 0 5



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