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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Office of Electronic Information Products
Patent Technology Monitoring Division (PTMD)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2000 - 2004 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 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Total
~Individually Owned Patent 15 15 14 26 39 109
CYMER, INC. 25 20 12 22 17 96
LAMBDA PHYSIK AG 0 10 32 28 25 95
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 14 4 11 26 21 76
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 15 16 11 15 19 76
NEC CORPORATION 21 19 15 11 9 75
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 27 16 8 2 9 62
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 0 7 18 35 61
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 8 8 12 31 59
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 7 10 4 16 17 54
SONY CORPORATION 1 6 8 17 15 47
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 8 8 10 9 10 45
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 5 3 7 11 18 44
COHERENT, INC. 11 8 4 10 10 43
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 7 4 8 3 19 41
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 7 6 5 12 9 39
KOMATSU LTD. 5 1 8 17 8 39
SDL, INC. 18 16 3 0 0 37
XEROX CORPORATION 9 7 5 10 3 34
HITACHI, LTD 2 6 5 6 13 32
JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION 4 4 4 9 9 30
FUJITSU LIMITED 10 4 4 6 5 29
INTEL CORPORATION 0 0 0 9 18 27
BOEING COMPANY 2 0 3 6 11 22
RAYTHEON COMPANY 2 6 3 5 6 22
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 9 2 1 1 8 21
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2 3 6 7 2 20
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 3 3 3 3 7 19
TRW INC. 5 5 7 0 1 18
CORNING INCORPORATED 1 2 5 3 6 17
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 5 1 3 3 5 17
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 3 1 1 3 9 17
FINISAR CORPORATION, INC. 0 0 0 2 14 16
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 1 5 2 7 1 16
APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC. 0 0 0 6 9 15
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 2 1 2 10 15
MOTOROLA, INC. 13 1 1 0 0 15
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA 0 7 0 5 3 15
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 0 2 2 5 4 13
ALCATEL 5 2 0 3 3 13
CORETEK, INC. 1 2 3 5 2 13
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 1 1 0 6 5 13
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 3 4 1 2 3 13
NEW FOCUS, INC. 1 3 2 6 1 13
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE 2 3 2 6 0 13
AGILITY COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 0 1 7 4 12
ANDO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 4 1 1 3 3 12
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 7 12
PIONEER CORPORATION 0 0 3 1 8 12
TRIQUINT TECHNOLOGY HOLDING CO. 0 0 0 7 5 12
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 2 1 2 4 3 12
BOOKHAM TECHNOLOGY PLC 1 0 0 3 7 11
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 1 1 1 4 4 11
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 2 5 1 1 11
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 2 1 1 3 4 11
BANDWIDTH9, INC. 0 1 8 1 0 10
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 4 1 2 2 1 10
E20 COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 0 3 6 1 10
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 0 1 1 1 7 10
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 1 1 0 4 4 10
LIGHTWAVE ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 1 5 4 10
OPTO POWER CORPORATION 3 5 1 1 0 10
SANDIA CORPORATION 0 0 1 7 2 10
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 0 0 5 4 10
AGERE SYSTEMS OPTOELECTRONICS GUARDIAN CORP. 0 9 0 0 0 9
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 0 2 1 5 9
CUTTING EDGE OPTRONICS, INC. 3 3 1 2 0 9
LAMBDA PHYSIK GMBH 6 3 0 0 0 9
PHOTONICS INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 3 2 2 0 9
USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISYA 0 0 1 6 2 9
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 0 0 1 7 8
HONEYWELL INC. 4 1 2 1 0 8
LITTON SYSTEMS INC. 1 2 2 2 1 8
MITSUI CHEMICALS, INCORPORATED 2 2 2 1 1 8
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 2 2 1 2 1 8
PICOLIGHT INCORPORATED 2 1 2 2 1 8
SARNOFF CORPORATION & CO., LTD. 2 2 3 0 1 8
TUILASER AG 0 0 2 1 5 8
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION 1 2 2 2 1 8
ACULIGHT CORPORATION 0 3 1 1 2 7
ANRITSU CORPORATION 2 0 1 2 2 7
AXSUN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 4 1 2 7
CIDRA CORPORATION 0 1 2 2 2 7
IMRA AMERICA, INC. 2 2 1 1 1 7
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 0 1 2 1 3 7
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON 1 1 1 0 4 7
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 3 0 1 1 2 7
NIKON CORPORATION 3 4 0 0 0 7
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 0 4 1 2 0 7
OPTICAL COMMUNICATION PRODUCTS, INC. 0 0 0 2 5 7
PHOTODIGM, INC. 0 0 0 4 3 7
SPECTRA-PHYSICS LASERS, INC. 2 3 0 1 1 7
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 2 2 0 1 2 7
THOMSON-CSF 3 1 1 1 1 7
TRUMPF LASERTECHNIK GMBH 0 1 2 3 1 7
CALMAR OPTCOM, INC. 1 0 1 4 0 6
CHIRAL PHOTONICS, INC. 0 0 3 1 2 6
CORNING LASERTRON, INC. 0 1 2 3 0 6
FANUC LTD. 3 1 0 1 1 6
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 3 2 1 0 0 6
JENOPTIK AG 1 1 2 2 0 6
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 2 0 2 1 1 6
PHOTONETICS S.A. 0 1 1 4 0 6
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 1 0 2 3 0 6
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, LELAND JUNIOR, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF 1 1 0 1 3 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 1 1 0 1 3 6
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 0 0 5 0 0 5
AVANEX CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 4 5
BANDWIDTH 9 0 4 0 0 1 5
EBARA CORPORATION 0 0 1 3 1 5
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 3 1 1 0 0 5
MATSUSHITA ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 0 5
NIDEK CO., LTD. 0 1 0 4 0 5
NOVALUX, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
PENTAX CORPORATION 0 0 0 4 1 5
PRINCETON LIGHTWAVE INC. 0 1 2 2 0 5
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY 2 1 2 0 0 5
SPECTRASENSOR, INC,. 0 0 0 3 2 5
SYNRAD, INC. 0 3 0 2 0 5
TRUMP PHOTONICS INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 1 0 0 1 3 5


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