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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 340, Communications: Electrical

( 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 430 380 319 224 310 1663
MOTOROLA, INC. 52 23 22 19 14 130
NEC CORPORATION 54 31 20 15 7 127
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 16 26 20 21 11 94
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 9 15 13 15 19 71
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 12 9 13 18 17 69
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 8 18 9 15 18 68
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 15 18 15 11 9 68
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 14 14 10 9 13 60
SONY CORPORATION 19 8 7 12 9 55
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 14 14 24 52
INTERMEC IP CORP. 15 17 7 6 5 50
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 18 15 11 3 3 50
PITTWAY CORPORATION 15 14 15 6 0 50
TRW INC. 6 12 15 10 6 49
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 5 12 7 23 48
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 8 14 5 8 8 43
SENSORMATIC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 14 12 7 3 7 43
DONNELLY CORPORATION 2 9 13 6 11 41
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 8 8 10 3 11 40
HITACHI, LTD 4 8 7 8 11 38
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 9 6 8 7 7 37
DENSO CORPORATION 3 7 5 9 12 36
OMEGA PATENTS, L.L.C. 0 0 3 6 25 34
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 6 5 6 4 12 33
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 2 7 12 2 9 32
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 14 6 2 2 5 29
NCR CORPORATION 7 4 4 3 10 28
INTEL CORPORATION 4 3 7 5 8 27
AT&T CORP. 13 6 1 1 3 24
FUJITSU LIMITED 7 5 2 5 5 24
MANNESMANN VDO AG 3 5 4 8 4 24
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 3 4 9 3 5 24
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 4 2 7 4 6 23
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 4 4 3 11 22
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 9 9 3 0 0 21
EATON CORPORATION 8 2 4 2 3 19
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 0 0 0 5 14 19
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 0 8 11 19
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 3 3 4 7 19
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG 5 2 3 5 3 18
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 4 3 6 5 0 18
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 2 11 0 0 17
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD. 4 1 6 1 5 17
YAZAKI CORP. 4 6 1 4 2 17
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 2 3 6 2 16
LEAR AUTOMOTIVE DEARBORN, INC. 7 4 3 1 1 16
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 5 0 6 4 16
HILL-ROM COMPANY, INC. 3 2 4 0 6 15
KEY-TRAK, INC. 1 5 4 0 5 15
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 4 0 4 2 5 15
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 3 3 2 3 4 15
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 6 2 1 2 4 15
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION, LTD. 7 6 1 0 1 15
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 3 2 3 1 6 15
XEROX CORPORATION 0 4 3 3 4 14
911 EMERGENCY PRODUCTS, INC. 0 0 5 3 5 13
LEAR CORPORATION 0 1 1 4 7 13
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 1 0 1 2 8 12
BOEING COMPANY 3 1 1 2 5 12
DIGITAL SECURITY CONTROLS LTD. 2 5 4 0 1 12
VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 3 4 0 1 12
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 3 2 1 5 11
ALPINE ELECTRONICS INC. 5 1 1 0 4 11
BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 5 2 0 1 11
CATERPILLAR INC. 5 2 2 1 1 11
CHECKPOINT SYSTEMS, INC. 3 5 2 0 1 11
FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 2 2 0 4 11
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 2 3 1 1 4 11
GENTEX CORPORATION 1 5 1 3 1 11
GOODYEAR TIRE + RUBBER COMPANY 0 3 3 3 2 11
HYUNDAI MOTOR CO., LTD. 2 4 2 2 1 11
MERITOR HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS, LLC 2 6 3 0 0 11
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 0 1 4 3 3 11
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 3 3 2 2 1 11
TIME DOMAIN CORPORATION 0 0 6 3 2 11
VALEO SECURITE HABITACLE RENAULT 1 2 3 3 2 11
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 3 2 2 2 1 10
B & G PLASTICS, INC. 1 2 1 3 3 10
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION 5 3 1 0 1 10
EUROCOPTER FRANCE S.A. 2 5 3 0 0 10
METO INTERNATIONAL GMBH 1 3 4 1 1 10
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 2 2 3 1 2 10
AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS LABORATORY, INC. 0 1 5 2 1 9
BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED 2 0 1 4 2 9
HOCHIKI CORPORATION 2 5 1 1 0 9
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 1 2 2 1 3 9
OPTEX CO., LTD. 0 1 1 1 6 9
PACIFIC INDUSTRIAL CO. LTD. 1 2 3 0 3 9
SCHRADER-BRIDGEPORT INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 1 2 2 2 9
SIEMENS VDO AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 7 9
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 3 0 2 1 3 9
UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS, INC. 2 0 0 4 3 9
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 3 1 4 1 9
3COM CORPORATION 2 1 1 2 2 8
ALCATEL 1 2 2 2 1 8
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. 6 2 0 0 0 8
BRK BRANDS, INC. 1 0 3 0 4 8
CHAMBERLAIN GROUP, INC. 2 2 2 0 2 8
DIRECTED ELECTRONICS, INC. 0 2 2 0 4 8
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 1 2 1 3 8
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3 1 2 1 1 8
NOHMI BOSAI LTD. 3 3 0 1 1 8
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 1 0 4 3 8
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 0 1 3 3 1 8
OMRON CORPORATION 2 0 0 1 5 8
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 0 4 1 2 1 8
SHIMANO INC. 1 2 0 1 4 8
TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO K.K. 2 0 2 2 2 8
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 0 0 2 3 7
BED-CHECK CORPORATION 1 2 2 1 1 7
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 1 3 3 7
FLYING NULL LIMITED 2 4 1 0 0 7
FORD MOTOR COMPANY 5 0 1 1 0 7
FUJITSU TEN LIMITED 3 0 0 4 0 7
HEAT TIMER CORPORATION 2 1 2 1 1 7
HI-G-TEK LTD. 2 3 0 0 2 7
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD. 0 1 0 4 2 7
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 3 2 0 1 1 7
PROTEX INTERNATIONAL CORP. 2 4 1 0 0 7
SPX CORPORATION 1 2 1 1 2 7
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 0 0 0 3 4 7
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 4 3 0 0 0 7
VACUUMSCHMEIZE GMBH 5 1 1 0 0 7
VALEO ELECTRONIQUE 1 0 1 3 2 7
AISIN AW CO., LTD. 2 2 1 1 0 6
ATT WIRELESS SERVICES INC 0 2 0 2 2 6
CASE CORPORATION 2 1 1 0 2 6
EDWARDS SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 0 2 0 3 6
INDIAN HEAD INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 1 4 0 1 6
INDUCTIVE SIGNATURE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 3 2 1 6
MANNESMANN AG 0 3 2 1 0 6
MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION 1 4 1 0 0 6
NITTAN COMPANY LIMITED 2 2 0 1 1 6
RF CODE, INC. 0 0 3 2 1 6
ROCKWELL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 0 6 0 0 0 6
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 0 0 0 3 3 6
RSO CORPORATION N.V. 2 3 1 0 0 6
SCHLUMBERGER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC. 0 3 3 0 0 6
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 0 0 1 2 3 6
SIMPLEX TIME RECORDER COMPANY 1 4 0 1 0 6
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 1 1 1 2 1 6
VEHICLE ENHANCEMENT SYSTEMS, INC. 3 0 1 1 1 6
WHEELOCK, INC. 0 2 3 1 0 6
X-CYTE INC. 2 0 1 3 0 6
CARRIER CORPORATION 2 0 1 2 0 5
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 2 1 0 0 2 5
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 2 0 1 5
CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO., OHG 0 2 0 1 2 5
GELCORE, LLC 0 0 0 2 3 5
GLENAYRE ELECTRONICS, INC. 2 3 0 0 0 5
HONEYWELL INC. 1 1 0 1 2 5
HUBBELL INCORPORATED 1 1 1 0 2 5
ILIFE SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 3 0 0 5
JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 1 0 3 0 1 5
KEYENCE CORPORATION 2 1 1 0 1 5
LEOPOLD KOSTAL GMBH & CO. KG 0 1 1 1 2 5
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
LITE-ON AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 3 5
MAPLE CHASE COMPANY 0 0 2 2 1 5
NAVIGATION TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 2 0 0 2 1 5
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY 1 0 0 2 2 5
POWER SIGNAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 3 1 0 5
PRINCE CORPORATION 4 1 0 0 0 5
QUALCOMM, INC. 2 1 1 0 1 5
ROBERT BOSCH CORPORATION 0 2 1 1 1 5
ROSEMOUNT AEROSPACE, INC. 1 1 0 0 3 5
ROSEMOUNT INC. 0 1 1 3 0 5
SIEMENS BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 2 2 0 1 5
SQUARE D COMPANY 1 2 0 2 0 5
STATSIGNAL SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 1 0 2 5
TIMEX GROUP B.V. 0 1 3 1 0 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 1 0 1 0 3 5
YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD. 0 0 2 0 3 5


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