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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 333, Wave Transmission Lines and Networks

( 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
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 70 51 96 126 97 440
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 16 15 19 21 36 107
~Individually Owned Patent 12 13 13 21 12 71
NEC CORPORATION 15 7 6 10 5 43
RAYTHEON COMPANY 6 4 7 14 9 40
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 6 3 14 8 6 37
MOTOROLA, INC. 3 5 8 7 9 32
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 4 10 4 12 31
TDK CORPORATION 4 4 4 8 9 29
FUJITSU LIMITED 9 5 5 7 2 28
ALCATEL 4 5 10 4 4 27
INTEL CORPORATION 1 1 1 10 14 27
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 4 7 7 6 26
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 4 3 7 7 4 25
PARATEK MICROWAVE, INC. 0 0 2 10 13 25
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP. 11 5 6 1 0 23
KYOCERA CORPORATION 3 3 6 7 3 22
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 11 5 4 1 1 22
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 2 1 9 6 4 22
HARRIS CORP. 6 1 0 1 13 21
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 3 1 7 8 20
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 3 7 5 2 3 20
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 4 4 4 6 20
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 6 1 5 3 4 19
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 1 2 10 5 18
NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD. 4 4 3 1 5 17
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 2 2 9 1 3 17
TRW INC. 8 6 3 0 0 17
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 2 2 6 4 2 16
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 6 0 3 5 2 16
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 4 1 3 5 1 14
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 4 0 2 5 3 14
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 4 3 1 3 2 13
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 0 3 3 7 13
BOEING COMPANY 1 1 2 4 4 12
EPCOS AG 0 0 7 2 3 12
FORM FACTOR, INC. 0 2 3 4 3 12
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 0 0 0 8 4 12
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 0 3 1 3 4 11
TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 4 6 1 11
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 1 1 0 4 4 10
ALLGON AB 0 4 2 3 1 10
CTS CORPORATION 2 3 1 3 1 10
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 1 2 1 6 0 10
NGK INSULATORS LTD. 1 2 1 4 2 10
SPACE SYSTEMS/LORAL, INC. 1 3 3 3 0 10
COM DEV LTD. 1 4 1 2 1 9
MARCONI COMMUNICATIONS GMBH 0 0 0 1 8 9
RADIO FREQUENCY SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 1 3 4 9
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 3 1 1 3 0 8
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 0 2 6 8
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 2 4 0 8
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 1 1 1 2 8
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 0 2 3 8
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 6 2 0 0 0 8
XYTRANS, INC. 0 0 2 1 4 7
FILTRONIC LK OY 0 1 1 3 1 6
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 0 2 2 1 1 6
M/A COM, INC. 0 0 0 4 2 6
MERRIMAC INDUSTRIES, INC. 2 2 0 0 2 6
REMEC OY 0 0 1 4 1 6
SAWTEK, INC. 0 0 0 4 2 6
SIEMENS MATSUSHITA COMPONENTS GMBH & CO. KG 3 3 0 0 0 6
SPX CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 3 6
WHITAKER CORPORATION 4 1 1 0 0 6
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 0 3 2 0 0 5
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 0 0 1 3 5
CHANNEL MASTER LLC 2 1 0 2 0 5
EAGLE COMTRONICS, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
GENERAL RESEARCH OF ELECTRONICS, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
HITACHI, LTD 0 1 2 0 2 5
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 1 0 1 3 0 5
JOHN MEZZALINGUA ASSOCIATES, INC. 0 0 2 0 3 5
LK-PRODUCTS OY 3 2 0 0 0 5
NOKIA NETWORKS OY 0 1 3 0 1 5
SCIENTIFIC COMPONENTS, INC. 1 0 1 0 3 5
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 0 0 2 0 3 5
SONY CORPORATION 0 1 3 1 0 5
SUPERCONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 0 2 2 5
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 1 0 3 0 1 5
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 0 1 0 3 1 5
THOMSON-CSF 1 1 1 2 0 5
UBE ELECTRONICS, LTD. 0 1 1 1 2 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 2 1 1 1 0 5


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