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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Electronic Information Products Division
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2004 - 2008 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 361, Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices

( 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 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Total
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 115 87 79 112 92 485
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 95 73 79 64 72 383
INTEL CORPORATION 53 60 51 60 44 268
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 54 33 36 45 74 242
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 72 33 56 24 19 204
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 42 31 22 23 30 148
FUJITSU LIMITED 41 14 27 34 29 145
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 24 28 34 29 30 145
TDK CORPORATION 12 25 36 38 31 142
FU ZHUN PRECISION INDUSTRIAL (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 6 63 63 132
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 17 19 26 29 33 124
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 31 19 16 24 32 122
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 13 27 73 113
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 34 30 12 24 11 111
INVENTEC CORPORATION 7 6 11 34 49 107
HITACHI, LTD 16 17 25 11 22 91
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 24 15 20 20 11 90
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 4 10 29 21 20 84
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 18 15 18 8 19 78
EATON CORPORATION 13 12 6 20 23 74
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 23 14 7 10 16 70
DENSO CORPORATION 15 8 13 13 11 60
SONY CORPORATION 15 7 10 17 11 60
QUANTA COMPUTER INC. 17 8 13 13 6 57
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 19 7 11 12 6 55
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 14 11 13 12 2 52
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 24 12 9 2 2 49
SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD. 0 0 2 12 35 49
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 3 8 16 8 13 48
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. 13 6 8 9 11 47
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 11 10 10 6 9 46
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 6 5 12 15 7 45
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 10 14 7 8 44
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 8 6 8 10 11 43
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 7 5 8 14 8 42
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 5 7 9 10 11 42
NEC TOKIN CORPORATION 9 15 7 4 7 42
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 8 3 14 6 10 41
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 8 6 11 5 6 36
WISTRON CORPORATION 16 11 4 2 3 36
CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC. 3 3 6 9 13 34
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 6 6 8 8 6 34
ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC. 3 0 7 3 20 33
LEVITON MANUFACTURING CO. INC. 3 6 7 11 6 33
TATUNG CO., LTD. 1 10 15 4 2 32
MOTOROLA, INC. 5 7 9 8 2 31
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 7 5 5 7 7 31
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 10 3 9 5 3 30
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 16 3 5 1 4 29
EMC CORPORATION 4 4 6 5 9 28
EPCOS AG 8 9 5 1 4 27
KEMET ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 7 5 4 8 3 27
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 3 2 7 8 7 27
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 2 6 6 2 10 26
NEC CORPORATION 8 3 2 4 9 26
X2Y ATTENUATORS, L.L.C. 2 4 7 5 8 26
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 9 6 5 3 2 25
AVX CORPORATION 3 4 7 5 6 25
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 8 5 6 2 4 25
KYOCERA CORPORATION 2 5 5 6 7 25
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 9 4 6 2 4 25
SHOWA DENKO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 8 4 4 5 25
BEN Q CORPORATION 1 6 3 12 2 24
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 5 3 5 4 7 24
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 10 1 4 5 3 23
MEDTRONIC INC. 5 4 6 7 1 23
PASS + SEYMOUR, INC. 2 5 5 9 2 23
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 9 3 4 2 4 22
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 1 5 6 6 4 22
SCHWEITZER ENGINEERING LABORATORIES, INC. 3 4 2 5 8 22
TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 3 8 3 6 2 22
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 10 3 2 0 6 21
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 5 3 3 7 21
UNISYS CORPORATION 4 8 7 0 2 21
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 7 3 3 6 21
YAZAKI CORP. 6 4 4 3 4 21
FINISAR CORPORATION 0 1 8 7 4 20
MAXWELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 4 7 6 19
RAYTHEON COMPANY 2 4 8 3 2 19
SUPER TALENT ELECTRONICS, INC. 0 0 4 5 9 18
ABB TECHNOLOGY AG 2 2 6 2 5 17
BOEING COMPANY 2 3 3 5 4 17
BROADCOM CORPORATION 1 3 3 6 4 17
COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC. 9 2 0 1 5 17
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 2 4 3 6 2 17
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 4 2 4 0 7 17
INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORPORATION 1 2 7 2 5 17
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 6 3 3 2 3 17
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 0 2 6 5 3 16
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 3 2 6 1 4 16
AMERICAN POWER CONVERSION CORPORATION 1 2 3 3 6 15
FIRST INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER, INC. 4 5 5 1 0 15
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 1 2 7 4 15
HUBBELL INCORPORATED 4 2 4 2 3 15
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 3 3 3 3 15
NOKIA CORPORATION 3 5 3 1 3 15
NVIDIA CORPORATION 1 0 4 5 5 15
SHUTTLE, INC. 0 3 8 3 1 15
ASIA VITAL COMPONENTS CO., LTD. 0 3 5 4 2 14
SIEMENS ENERGY & AUTOMATION, INC. 2 1 3 5 3 14
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 4 3 1 3 3 14
AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 3 1 4 4 1 13
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 1 2 6 3 13
SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. 2 2 2 3 4 13
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 0 4 4 0 13
AOPEN INC. 1 3 2 2 4 12
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 1 3 0 2 6 12
FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD 0 0 1 4 7 12
FUJITSU SIEMENS COMPUTERS GMBH 2 5 1 3 1 12
GREATBATCH-SIERRA, INC. 2 1 7 2 0 12
HARRIS CORP. 2 3 1 2 4 12
NGK INSULATORS LTD. 2 2 2 2 4 12
SQUARE D COMPANY 3 1 5 1 2 12
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 5 0 3 2 2 12
ACER INCORPORATED 3 3 2 3 0 11
ADC DSL SYSTEMS, INC. 5 2 2 1 1 11
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 6 1 1 2 1 11
HIGH TECH COMPUTER CORP. 4 2 1 1 3 11
IBIDEN CO., LTD. 3 1 0 3 4 11
ISOTHERMAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH, INC 0 2 2 4 3 11
MITAC TECHNOLOGY CORP. 5 0 1 3 2 11
MOLEX INCORPORATED 2 3 3 2 1 11
NISSHINBO INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 1 3 3 4 11
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 4 2 2 2 1 11
PALM, INC. 1 2 5 1 2 11
RACKABLE SYSTEMS, INC. 2 1 1 3 4 11
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 3 2 2 1 3 11
WILSON GREATBATCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 3 5 0 0 11
ALTERA CORPORATION 2 1 0 1 6 10
ASEA BROWN BOVERI AB 4 2 2 2 0 10
COOLER MASTER CO., LTD. 1 1 1 0 7 10
ION SYSTEMS, INC. 5 1 1 2 1 10
LG. PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD. 2 1 2 5 0 10
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 1 4 1 3 1 10
NIPPON CHEMI-CON CORPORATION 0 0 6 3 1 10
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 1 3 3 2 1 10
PACESETTER, INC. 1 1 4 2 2 10
SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 1 3 5 0 1 10
SILICON INTEGRATED SYSTEMS CORP. 1 1 2 5 1 10
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 1 3 2 2 10
TASER INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 5 2 3 10
YAZAKI NORTH AMERICA, INC. 4 1 1 1 3 10
ZIPPY TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 1 0 5 3 10
ABB RESEARCH LTD. 5 0 2 1 1 9
ALCATEL 4 2 2 0 1 9
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 1 0 2 3 3 9
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 2 2 2 3 0 9
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 1 0 3 2 3 9
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 3 1 2 1 2 9
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. 1 2 1 4 1 9
NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD. 1 2 2 1 3 9
PIONEER CORPORATION 4 1 1 2 1 9
POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC. 2 1 1 4 1 9
RAMBUS, INC. 3 2 2 0 2 9
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 0 0 4 2 3 9
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 1 2 3 3 9
SERVER TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 0 1 4 3 9
UNIVERSAL SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 0 0 1 4 4 9
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 1 1 0 4 2 8
ALSTOM 3 2 3 0 0 8
ANDREW CORPORATION 3 2 1 0 2 8
ARIMA COMPUTER CORPORATION 4 0 3 0 1 8
ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LTD. 2 4 0 2 0 8
HANNSPREE, INC. 0 0 2 3 3 8
HYDRO-AIRE, INC. 1 0 2 1 4 8
LEAR CORPORATION 1 1 3 2 1 8
MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 1 2 2 1 2 8
MITSUI MINING + SMELTING CO., LTD. 1 3 0 2 2 8
ORION ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 1 3 2 1 8
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 4 1 2 1 0 8
SUPERPOWER, INC. 1 2 0 1 4 8
TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD. 2 1 1 1 3 8
VERIS INDUSTRIES, LLC 1 2 0 2 3 8
XYRATEX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 1 0 1 4 2 8
ABB SERVICE S.R.L. 2 2 1 2 0 7
ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC. 3 1 1 0 2 7
AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 0 2 0 2 7
COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 1 0 1 3 2 7
CRAY INC. 0 0 1 3 3 7
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 2 1 1 1 2 7
DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR GMBH 5 0 2 0 0 7
EVSERV TECH CORPORATION 0 3 4 0 0 7
FARADAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 4 0 2 0 1 7
FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 0 3 2 2 7
KEIHIN CORPORATION 3 1 0 3 0 7
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 2 2 1 2 0 7
MOELLER GMBH 2 1 2 1 1 7
OMRON CORPORATION 2 1 2 1 1 7
SANKEN ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED 2 0 0 2 3 7
SARNOFF CORPORATION 1 2 2 1 1 7
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SA 1 1 2 1 2 7
SHIN ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD. 1 1 1 1 3 7
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 4 1 1 0 1 7
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 2 1 2 0 2 7
STRATOS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 1 1 4 0 7
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 2 2 1 1 1 7
SUNONWEALTH ELECTRIC MACHINE INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 1 3 2 0 1 7
SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC. 0 0 1 3 3 7
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 1 0 2 0 4 7
VISHAY SPRAGUE, INC. 0 1 2 4 0 7
ABB OY 0 1 1 2 2 6
ADVANCED ENERGY TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 0 1 3 0 6
ANDEN CO., LTD. 1 0 1 3 1 6
AU OPTRONICS CORP. 0 0 1 4 1 6
AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 3 0 2 6
BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS CORPORATION 0 1 3 2 0 6
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 1 1 1 3 6
CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD. 0 1 1 4 0 6
DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP. 1 4 1 0 0 6
INCEP TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 3 0 0 0 6
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 0 2 1 3 0 6
JOHN MEZZALINGUA ASSOCIATES, INC. 2 1 1 1 1 6
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 1 1 1 3 0 6
LINUX NETWORX, INC. 0 4 0 2 0 6
LITTELFUSE, INC. 0 0 2 2 2 6
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD. 2 1 1 1 1 6
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 3 6
NCR CORPORATION 2 1 0 3 0 6
PALMONE, INC. 2 4 0 0 0 6
PERICOM SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 3 1 2 0 0 6
POWER QUOTIENT INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 2 1 2 1 0 6
POWER-ONE, INC. 0 1 1 3 1 6
PRIMARION, INC. 2 3 1 0 0 6
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 0 2 0 1 3 6
RITTAL ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS GMBH & CO. KG 1 0 2 0 3 6
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 2 0 0 3 1 6
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT OSTERREICH 1 2 1 1 1 6
SIEMENS VDO AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION 1 0 1 4 0 6
SILICONWARE PRECISION INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 1 2 0 3 0 6
TYCO ELECTRONICS POWER SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 0 4 1 6
XILINX, INC. 1 2 0 1 2 6
ABB (SCHWEIZ) AG 1 1 1 2 0 5
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC. 2 1 0 1 1 5
AMPHENOL CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 2 5
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
ATEN INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 0 1 1 1 2 5
CIENA CORPORATION 0 2 1 2 0 5
COOLIGY INC. 1 1 2 1 0 5
CORNING CABLE SYSTEMS LLC 2 2 1 0 0 5
D-LINK CORPORATION 2 1 0 1 1 5
DATECH TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 2 1 2 0 5
ENDICOTT INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 3 2 0 5
ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS PTY. LTD. 0 2 3 0 0 5
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 0 2 3 0 0 5
FULTEC SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
GARMIN LTD. 2 0 1 2 0 5
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 3 2 0 0 0 5
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 2 0 0 3 0 5
H. C. STARCK GMBH & CO. KG 1 0 3 0 1 5
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 0 1 2 2 0 5
HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 1 0 1 1 2 5
IMATION CORP. 1 0 2 2 0 5
INTERSIL AMERICAS INC. 1 2 0 1 1 5
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 0 2 1 1 1 5
MERCURY COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC. 4 1 0 0 0 5
MICREL INCORPORATED 2 1 0 1 1 5
MITAC INTERNATIONAL CORP. 1 1 0 0 3 5
MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 1 2 0 1 5
NITTO DENKO CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 2 5
NXP B.V. 0 0 0 1 4 5
OTTER PRODUCTS, LLC 0 0 1 4 0 5
QNX COOLING SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
QUANTUM CORP. (CA) 2 2 0 0 1 5
S&C ELECTRIC COMPNY 1 2 0 0 2 5
SANDISK CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 2 5
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC 0 2 1 0 2 5
SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 0 0 1 3 1 5
SHERWOOD INFORMATION PARTNERS, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
SPX CORPORATION 2 0 1 0 2 5
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 1 0 2 0 5
THALES 0 2 0 2 1 5
THERMAL CORPORATION 3 0 1 0 1 5
TII NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 2 0 1 5
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 1 0 2 1 1 5
TOTO, LTD. 1 0 1 1 2 5
TRW AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS & COMPONENTS GMBH & CO. KG 2 2 0 1 0 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 2 2 1 0 0 5
VACON OYJ 0 1 3 0 1 5
XEROX CORPORATION 0 2 0 2 1 5
YAMAHA CORPORATION 0 4 0 1 0 5


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