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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 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 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Total
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 355 354 285 259 289 1542
~Individually Owned Patent 209 194 159 139 176 877
YAZAKI CORP. 175 175 153 123 70 696
SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., CO. 85 105 117 112 113 532
MOLEX INCORPORATED 93 85 48 20 69 315
WHITAKER CORPORATION 188 42 18 3 1 252
TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 19 29 55 76 179
BERG TECHNOLOGY, INC. 53 49 18 11 2 133
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 32 33 21 22 19 127
FCI AMERICAS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 10 42 26 28 106
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 77 17 3 1 3 101
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 8 30 27 17 15 97
JAPAN SOLDERLESS TERMINAL MFG. CO., LTD. 5 13 20 31 26 95
FRAMATOME CONNECTORS INTERNATIONAL S.A. 29 20 26 12 2 89
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 45 23 9 7 84
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 30 14 17 11 11 83
INTEL CORPORATION 12 6 13 24 27 82
HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 11 25 17 14 9 76
JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY LTD. 11 14 14 15 16 70
AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 0 3 23 22 19 67
3COM CORPORATION 20 14 23 8 0 65
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 19 13 12 11 10 65
TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP, K.K. 0 5 6 21 30 62
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 5 5 12 22 16 60
ENPLAS CORPORATION 10 11 16 7 14 58
YAMAICHI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 6 3 6 20 22 57
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 29 11 2 7 6 55
THOMAS & BETTS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 22 18 5 3 5 53
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 0 24 28 52
HUBBELL INCORPORATED 15 11 6 5 6 43
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 4 6 8 7 16 41
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 5 5 9 16 39
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 10 16 6 6 0 38
NEC CORPORATION 11 11 10 1 2 35
TERADYNE, INC. 3 2 6 12 10 33
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 9 12 6 1 32
FUJITSU TAKAMISAWA COMPONENT LIMITED 6 8 10 5 2 31
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. 1 5 5 7 10 28
HARTING KGAA 4 13 3 4 4 28
MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 5 7 3 7 6 28
SMK CORPORATION 5 3 10 4 6 28
SONY CORPORATION 4 9 7 4 3 27
YAZAKI NORTH AMERICA, INC. 5 7 7 2 6 27
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 7 6 7 4 2 26
TYCO ELECTRONICS LOGISTICS AG 4 7 7 5 3 26
AMPHENOL-TUCHEL ELECTRONICS GMBH 3 12 3 2 5 25
MOTOROLA, INC. 13 6 4 0 2 25
METHODE ELECTRONICS, INC. 11 9 1 1 2 24
ENTRELEC S.A. 4 3 7 5 4 23
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 6 4 5 6 23
LEVITON MANUFACTURING CO. INC. 7 4 3 2 7 23
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 7 4 4 4 4 23
SIEMON COMPANY 5 3 9 5 1 23
SPEED TECH CORP. 2 6 5 3 7 23
AMPHENOL CORPORATION 8 9 3 0 2 22
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 10 3 2 1 6 22
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 3 6 7 1 5 22
ALCATEL 6 7 1 1 5 20
WEIDMULLER INTERFACE GMBH & CO. 2 6 6 1 5 20
BOEING COMPANY 3 1 2 6 7 19
EATON CORPORATION 5 2 1 7 4 19
EKSTROM INDUSTRIES, INC. 2 2 6 6 3 19
FCI 0 0 0 6 13 19
FUJITSU LIMITED 6 3 4 2 4 19
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 4 2 6 3 3 18
ADVANTEST CORP. 3 3 6 3 3 18
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 5 4 1 4 4 18
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 5 4 6 2 1 18
STEWART CONNECTOR SYSTEMS, INC. 0 6 6 4 1 17
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 5 2 3 5 16
KEL CORPORATION LTD. 2 6 6 1 1 16
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 5 3 4 3 1 16
HARNESS SYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH, LTD. 4 8 2 1 0 15
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 2 6 2 3 2 15
OSRAM SYLVANIA INC. 9 3 2 1 0 15
ANTAYA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 1 2 3 5 3 14
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 2 0 7 5 14
DDK LTD. 4 5 3 0 1 13
DEKKO ENGINEERING, INC. 3 3 2 5 0 13
HIGH CONNECTION DENSITY, INC. 0 2 2 5 4 13
HONDA TSUSHIN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 3 1 1 2 13
KRONE GMBH 4 3 3 0 3 13
RADIALL 0 5 4 4 0 13
RAYTHEON COMPANY 4 0 5 2 2 13
COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC. 2 6 1 0 3 12
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 2 2 3 2 3 12
INTERCON SYSTEMS, INC. 1 4 4 0 3 12
LEAR CORPORATION 1 2 3 3 3 12
LITTON SYSTEMS INC. 1 8 0 1 2 12
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 2 3 5 2 0 12
PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG 1 2 1 3 5 12
TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO K.K. 1 1 3 1 6 12
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 3 3 4 0 2 12
CRAY INC. 0 1 6 4 0 11
ERICSSON, INC. 3 6 2 0 0 11
FCI USA, INC. 0 8 2 0 1 11
HOSIDEN CORPORATION 2 4 2 2 1 11
L&K PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 1 1 6 1 2 11
LEAR AUTOMOTIVE DEARBORN, INC. 8 3 0 0 0 11
NEXANS 0 3 1 2 5 11
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 3 1 6 0 1 11
PANDUIT CORPORATION 0 4 2 0 5 11
PULSE ENGINEERING INC. 2 3 2 1 3 11
UNISYS CORPORATION 2 3 3 1 2 11
XEROX CORPORATION 0 5 3 2 1 11
ADVANCED CONNECTECK INC. 1 6 2 1 0 10
ALCOA FUJIKURA LTD. 0 1 2 3 4 10
ANDREW CORPORATION 3 1 2 0 4 10
ANGELO FAN BRACE LICENSING, L.L.C. 1 2 2 3 2 10
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 0 0 2 6 10
FORM FACTOR, INC. 1 0 2 3 4 10
FRAMATOME CONNECTORS INTERLOCK INC. 7 3 0 0 0 10
MANNESMANN VDO AG 2 3 3 2 0 10
RITTAL-WERK RUDOLF LOH GMBH & CO. KG. 7 0 0 3 0 10
STRATOS LIGHTWAVE, INC. 0 6 3 1 0 10
TEKTRONIX INC. 1 1 7 1 0 10
TRW INC. 1 5 2 0 2 10
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 4 2 3 0 10
COMAX TECHNOLOGY INC. 0 0 1 3 5 9
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 4 5 0 0 0 9
COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 0 1 4 3 1 9
HARTING AUTOMOTIVE GMBH & CO., KG 0 0 4 3 2 9
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 0 2 5 2 9
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 2 2 1 2 9
MONSTER CABLE PRODUCTS, INC. 2 3 2 2 0 9
NILES PARTS CO., LTD. 2 2 3 1 1 9
PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD. 1 0 2 4 2 9
ROBINSON-NUGENT, INC. 4 1 3 0 1 9
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 4 1 2 2 9
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 0 4 1 1 3 9
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 1 4 1 1 2 9
SQUARE D COMPANY 1 3 2 2 1 9
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 2 2 3 9
SUPER LINK ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 0 2 1 6 9
SURTEC INDUSTRIES INC. 0 2 4 2 1 9
SWENCO PRODUCTS, INC. 0 0 3 1 5 9
TEKCON ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 6 1 2 0 9
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 4 9
WIESON ELECTRONIC CO., LTD. 2 2 4 1 0 9
ASTEC INTERNATIONAL, LTD. 0 2 3 3 0 8
CHENG UEI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0 1 2 0 5 8
CORNING CABLE SYSTEMS LLC 0 2 4 1 1 8
CORNING GILBERT INC. 0 0 1 2 5 8
DENSO CORPORATION 1 1 1 1 4 8
EMC CORPORATION 0 2 3 0 3 8
JOHN MEZZALINGUA ASSOCIATES, INC. 0 0 1 1 6 8
LEOPOLD KOSTAL GMBH & CO. KG 0 0 2 4 2 8
MARCONI COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 2 3 1 0 2 8
OMRON CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 5 8
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SA 2 4 0 1 1 8
SMITHS INDUSTRIES LIMITED 5 0 2 1 0 8
WIELAND ELECTRIC GMBH 1 1 1 2 3 8
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 0 2 3 1 1 7
AVX CORPORATION 2 3 0 2 0 7
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 6 7
CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 4 7
CENTERPIN TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 1 0 0 3 7
HITACHI, LTD 3 1 0 2 1 7
J. D'ADDARIO & COMPANY, INC. 0 1 2 3 1 7
JESS-LINK PRODUCTS CO., LTD. 0 0 5 2 0 7
KOITO MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED 4 1 0 2 0 7
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 1 0 5 1 0 7
ORTRONICS INC. 0 1 0 1 5 7
RAMBUS, INC. 0 3 2 2 0 7
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 0 1 3 1 1 6
ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC. 2 2 0 2 0 6
BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED 0 0 3 0 3 6
COMPAQ INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, L.P. 0 0 5 1 0 6
ERNI ELEKTROAPPARATE GMBH 1 0 2 1 2 6
FESTO AG & CO. 1 1 1 1 2 6
GRYPHICS, INC. 1 2 1 1 1 6
HARTING ELECTRIC GMBH & CO. KG 0 0 0 0 6 6
HAWORTH, INC. 3 2 1 0 0 6
HOMAC MFG. COMPANY 0 0 1 1 4 6
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 2 1 3 0 0 6
LYALL ASSEMBLIES, INC. 2 2 0 0 2 6
PALM, INC. 0 2 2 2 0 6
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 2 2 2 6
SILICON BANDWIDTH, INC. 0 3 2 0 1 6
SPINNER GMBH ELEKTROTECHNISCHE FABRIK 0 2 2 1 1 6
TAI-SOL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 0 0 3 3 6
TENSOLITE COMPANY 2 2 2 0 0 6
TVM GROUP, INC. 2 3 1 0 0 6
WAGO VERWALTUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG 4 0 1 0 1 6
WIREMOLD COMPANY 3 1 2 0 0 6
WOODHEAD INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 0 3 2 1 6
XIRCOM, INC. 2 3 1 0 0 6
ACCTON TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 1 1 2 1 5
ACER PERIPHERALS, INC. 2 1 2 0 0 5
ALL BEST ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 2 1 1 1 0 5
ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
ATOM TECHNOLOGY INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
AUTOSPLICE SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 0 1 1 5
COOPER INDUSTRIES INC. 1 2 1 0 1 5
EGBON ELECTRONICS LTD. 0 0 0 0 5 5
ELECTRIC MOTION COMPANY, INC. 0 3 1 0 1 5
EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. 0 2 1 1 1 5
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 0 2 1 2 0 5
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 3 0 0 1 1 5
HIRSCHMANN ELECTRONICS GMBH & CO. KG 0 0 1 3 1 5
HUBER & SUHNER AG 1 0 1 1 2 5
INTERCONNECTRON GMBH 0 0 4 1 0 5
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 0 3 2 5
KYOSHIN KOGYO CO, LTD. 3 1 1 0 0 5
LEAR AUTOMOTIVE (EEDS) SPAIN, S. L. 0 0 1 2 2 5
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD. 0 2 1 1 1 5
MIRACO, INC. 0 0 4 0 1 5
MITSUMI NEWTECH CO., LTD. 0 5 0 0 0 5
MOLDEC CO., LTD. 0 0 2 2 1 5
PARICON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 0 0 2 0 3 5
PENT ASSEMBLIES, INC. 0 1 2 1 1 5
PHILLIPS & TEMRO INDUSTRIES LTD. 2 2 0 1 0 5
REICHLE+DE-MASSARI AG 1 0 2 2 0 5
RYOSEI ELECTRO-CIRCUIT SYSTEMS, LTD. 2 1 0 1 1 5
SAMTEC, INC. 1 0 0 1 3 5
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 1 3 0 1 5
SHIN-ETSU POLYMER CO., LTD. 1 4 0 0 0 5
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 3 0 0 1 1 5
THOMAS + BETTS CORPORATION 4 1 0 0 0 5
TRW AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS & COMPONENTS GMBH & CO. KG 0 2 1 0 2 5
WELLS-CTI, INC. 3 1 1 0 0 5
ZAHNRADFABRIK FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG 0 1 3 0 1 5


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