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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 324, Electricity: Measuring and Testing

( 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 95 76 97 77 74 419
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 59 48 51 55 59 272
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 36 46 64 61 59 266
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 34 33 44 36 63 210
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 43 42 42 51 24 202
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 35 40 60 33 14 182
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 37 17 28 37 36 155
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 35 26 24 30 28 143
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 14 19 25 29 35 122
ADVANTEST CORP. 18 11 26 26 37 118
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC 42 29 16 14 12 113
INTEL CORPORATION 21 20 25 24 22 112
HITACHI, LTD 20 19 23 27 20 109
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 24 30 21 17 17 109
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 21 27 25 19 15 107
DENSO CORPORATION 17 9 25 27 22 100
BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED 15 13 13 21 26 88
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 20 12 23 15 14 84
CASCADE MICROTECH, INC. 12 12 14 18 25 81
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 12 20 14 19 16 81
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 11 11 19 20 19 80
FORM FACTOR, INC. 10 15 15 22 16 78
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 26 17 19 10 5 77
FUJITSU LIMITED 11 14 14 20 17 76
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 12 12 16 12 12 64
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 15 14 11 13 10 63
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 13 11 14 10 8 56
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 11 15 10 10 6 52
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 30 15 3 0 2 50
TERADYNE, INC. 14 12 9 5 6 46
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 24 13 2 4 1 44
MERLIN TECHNOLOGY, INC. 8 11 10 6 8 43
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 12 11 12 5 2 42
XILINX, INC. 9 10 8 6 6 39
FONAR CORPORATION 6 8 7 6 11 38
TEKTRONIX INC. 9 6 3 11 9 38
CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORPORATION 5 10 12 4 5 36
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 10 8 9 5 4 36
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 6 6 6 8 10 36
EATON CORPORATION 8 2 10 10 4 34
VARIAN, INC. 9 5 11 3 6 34
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 5 10 7 7 4 33
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 8 10 9 3 3 33
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 3 10 5 6 6 30
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 7 4 9 8 2 30
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 2 3 12 7 5 29
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 4 0 9 6 9 28
BOEING COMPANY 1 9 4 11 3 28
BROADCOM CORPORATION 5 5 7 2 7 26
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 2 2 6 8 6 24
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 2 5 5 3 8 23
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 5 5 6 4 23
HITACHI MEDICAL CORPORATION 3 4 4 5 6 22
MIDTRONICS, INC. 2 9 8 0 3 22
OHT INC. 4 10 5 2 1 22
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 5 4 7 3 2 21
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 3 5 4 6 21
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 5 3 4 6 3 21
BRUKER BIOSPIN AG 7 2 3 2 7 21
LECROY CORPORATION 3 3 3 8 4 21
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 5 3 7 4 2 21
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 8 3 5 2 3 21
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 2 4 8 3 4 21
BRUKER BIOSPIN GMBH 4 1 2 7 6 20
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 5 5 5 3 2 20
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 3 1 2 6 8 20
TDK CORPORATION 2 1 5 4 8 20
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY 6 3 8 2 0 19
KLA-TENCOR TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 5 2 7 2 3 19
SOLID STATE MEASUREMENTS, INC. 4 5 2 5 2 18
TRANSMETA CORPORATION 0 5 3 5 5 18
ALLEGRO MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 4 1 3 4 5 17
BENTLY NEVADA CORPORATION 9 8 0 0 0 17
JENTEK SENSORS, INC. 4 1 5 4 3 17
LG. PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD. 5 1 3 5 3 17
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 3 6 3 2 3 17
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 0 1 7 6 2 16
JEOL LTD. 4 1 3 2 6 16
OMRON CORPORATION 4 2 3 5 2 16
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 3 1 2 1 9 16
SONY CORPORATION 2 2 5 3 4 16
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 0 0 2 9 4 15
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 6 3 1 4 1 15
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 4 1 3 3 4 15
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 7 6 1 1 0 15
SIEMENS VDO AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION 0 3 3 7 2 15
ESAOTE, S.P.A 3 4 3 0 4 14
HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 0 1 4 5 4 14
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 2 3 4 0 5 14
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 2 3 9 14
INAPAC TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 1 1 6 4 14
NEC CORPORATION 3 4 3 2 2 14
NXP B.V. 0 0 0 7 7 14
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION 2 1 3 3 5 14
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 3 1 2 1 6 13
ELECTROGLAS, INC. 3 1 2 2 5 13
ELSTER ELECTRICITY, LLC 2 3 1 5 2 13
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 3 4 3 2 1 13
JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GMBH 4 0 2 4 3 13
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 3 3 1 4 2 13
MEDRAD, INC. 7 2 3 1 0 13
MIRAE CORPORATION 1 5 0 5 2 13
NHK SPRING CO., LTD. 2 2 5 2 2 13
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 0 3 6 2 2 13
SNAP-ON INCORPORATED 2 6 4 1 0 13
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 3 4 3 1 13
JOHN FLUKE MFG. CO., INC. 1 1 1 5 4 12
JSR CORPORATION 1 2 4 2 3 12
LANDIS & GYR, INC. 3 3 3 1 2 12
VERIGY PTE LTD 0 0 0 4 8 12
YAZAKI CORP. 3 0 4 2 3 12
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 2 3 0 3 3 11
INSTITUT FRANCAIS DU PETROLE 0 4 3 1 3 11
INVIVO CORPORATION 0 0 3 7 1 11
MINEBEA KABUSHIKI-KAISHA (MINEBEA CO., LTD) 1 1 4 5 0 11
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 2 5 1 2 1 11
SHELL OIL COMPANY 4 3 0 0 4 11
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 6 1 0 2 2 11
UNISYS CORPORATION 3 7 0 0 1 11
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 2 3 4 0 2 11
ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC. 2 1 3 3 1 10
AEHR TEST SYSTEMS, INC. 1 3 4 1 1 10
AT&T CORP. 2 2 2 1 3 10
FAB SOLUTIONS, INC. 2 6 2 0 0 10
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. 3 1 2 2 2 10
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 4 3 1 1 1 10
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 2 2 1 4 1 10
NTN CORPORATION 1 5 2 2 0 10
SANKEN ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED 6 1 2 1 0 10
SUSS MICROTEC TEST SYSTEMS GMBH 0 1 3 4 2 10
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 3 4 1 0 10
YAMAHA CORPORATION 1 0 3 3 3 10
ANRITSU COMPANY 1 3 4 1 0 9
AU OPTRONICS CORP. 1 2 1 1 4 9
BALLUFF GMBH 3 2 2 2 0 9
CELADON SYSTEMS, INC. 0 3 2 3 1 9
ENDRESS + HAUSER GMBH + CO. 0 4 4 0 1 9
GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION 1 2 1 1 4 9
IGC-MEDICAL ADVANCES, INC. 6 2 1 0 0 9
INVENTEC CORPORATION 2 0 2 2 3 9
KEITHLEY INSTRUMENTS, INC. 0 1 0 4 4 9
MITUTOYO CORPORATION 2 0 2 2 3 9
MOTOROLA, INC. 4 1 2 2 0 9
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1 3 1 2 2 9
NITTA CORPORATION 0 5 3 0 1 9
ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO., KG 3 2 3 1 0 9
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2 2 4 1 0 9
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 3 3 1 2 0 9
SYNAPTICS, INC. 0 0 0 4 5 9
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 1 0 4 3 1 9
UNIVERSITATSKLINIKUM FREIBURG 2 2 2 1 2 9
VERIS INDUSTRIES, LLC 2 1 0 5 1 9
YIELDBOOST TECH, INC. 0 4 5 0 0 9
ABB RESEARCH LTD. 4 3 1 0 0 8
AVO MULTI-AMP CORPORATION 1 2 2 1 2 8
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2 3 1 2 0 8
CATERPILLAR INC. 0 2 2 2 2 8
DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR GMBH 1 5 1 1 0 8
ELPIDA MEMORY, INC. 0 1 1 3 3 8
FINISAR CORPORATION 0 1 2 2 3 8
FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH 3 2 1 2 0 8
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 2 0 3 2 1 8
INTEMATIX CORPORATION 1 1 2 4 0 8
NANONEXUS, INC. 3 0 3 0 2 8
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 4 2 1 1 0 8
PASS + SEYMOUR, INC. 1 2 3 1 1 8
SIEMENS POWER GENERATION, INC. 0 0 3 4 1 8
SPX CORPORATION 2 3 1 2 0 8
STERIS INC. 0 7 1 0 0 8
STONERIDGE CONTROL DEVICES, INC. 1 0 2 1 4 8
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 1 1 3 1 2 8
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 0 2 2 3 1 8
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA 1 1 3 2 1 8
WENTWORTH LABORATORIES, INC. 1 3 1 2 1 8
XYTRANS, INC. 0 0 3 5 0 8
ABB TECHNOLOGY AG 1 4 1 0 1 7
ATG TEST SYSTEMS GMBH & CO. KG 2 0 2 2 1 7
BOC GROUP, INC. 0 1 5 1 0 7
BRUKER BIOSPIN CORP. 0 3 1 2 1 7
CHIPMOS TECHNOLOGIES (BERMUDA) LTD. 2 2 2 0 1 7
DELTA DESIGN INC. 2 1 1 1 2 7
FIELDMETRICS INC. 0 0 2 4 1 7
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 0 1 1 2 3 7
INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORPORATION 1 2 1 1 2 7
INTEST CORPORATION 0 0 2 5 0 7
KJT ENTERPRISES, INC. 0 3 2 1 1 7
MICRONAS GMBH 1 2 3 1 0 7
MJC PROBE INC. 0 1 3 0 3 7
NOKIA CORPORATION 1 2 0 3 1 7
POWER MEASUREMENT LTD. 3 0 0 2 2 7
QINETIQ LIMITED 3 1 0 1 2 7
RADIODETECTION LIMITED 2 2 0 2 1 7
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 0 2 2 2 7
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SA 0 2 2 2 1 7
SEEKTECH, INC. 0 0 0 4 3 7
STATOIL ASA 2 3 2 0 0 7
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 2 2 1 2 0 7
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 1 2 3 0 1 7
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, THE REGENTS OF 1 2 1 1 2 7
ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD 2 2 1 1 0 6
ALTERA CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 2 6
ASEA BROWN BOVERI AB 0 1 3 2 0 6
AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS LABORATORY, INC. 2 0 1 2 1 6
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 0 3 3 0 0 6
CELERITY RESEARCH, INC. 0 3 2 1 0 6
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 3 0 0 1 6
CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS US, INC. 0 0 0 0 6 6
DEERE + COMPANY 2 1 3 0 0 6
ELECTRO SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 0 1 2 2 6
GENESIS TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 0 5 1 0 0 6
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORP. 1 0 1 1 3 6
I F M ELECTRONIC GMBH 2 1 1 1 1 6
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 0 1 2 2 6
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD. 3 2 0 1 0 6
MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH 1 2 1 2 0 6
MICROMANIPULATOR CO., INC. 3 2 0 1 0 6
NIHON DENSHIZAIRYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 2 1 3 0 6
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY 3 1 2 0 0 6
PATHFINDER ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 0 1 0 0 5 6
POWERCHIP SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 1 1 0 3 1 6
QUALITAU, INC. 1 0 3 0 2 6
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 0 1 0 3 2 6
SIMMONDS PRECISION PRODUCTS, INC. 1 0 1 2 2 6
SRI INTERNATIONAL 0 1 2 2 1 6
SV PROBE PTE., LTD. 0 0 0 5 1 6
TOSHIBA AMERICA MRI, INC. 1 1 3 1 0 6
TOUCHDOWN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 2 4 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES 1 1 1 2 1 6
UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND 1 0 2 1 2 6
VB AUTOBATTERIE GMBH & CO. KGAA 0 1 3 1 1 6
WABASH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 1 1 1 0 6
WELLS-CTI, LLC 0 0 3 2 1 6
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 3 2 1 0 0 6
XEROX CORPORATION 3 0 0 2 1 6
YOKOWO CO., LTD. 0 1 2 1 2 6
ZIRCON CORPORATION 0 2 3 1 0 6
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 1 2 0 0 2 5
AMERICAN ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, INC. 4 1 0 0 0 5
ASYLUM RESEARCH CORP. 0 0 1 3 1 5
ATMEL GERMANY GMBH 0 2 1 1 1 5
BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL 2 3 0 0 0 5
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY 0 0 3 2 0 5
CERAMIC COMPONENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 1 1 0 1 5
DOTY SCIENTIFIC, INC. 0 0 1 4 0 5
EBARA CORPORATION 1 0 2 1 1 5
ELECTROMAGNETIC GEOSERVICES AS 0 0 2 1 2 5
EMC CORPORATION 1 0 0 2 2 5
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 1 5
HORST SIEDLE GMBH & CO. KG. 1 3 0 1 0 5
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 1 1 0 3 0 5
IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC 1 3 1 0 0 5
INTERCONNECT DEVICES, INC. 1 0 2 1 1 5
INVENSYS SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY 0 0 2 1 2 5
JTEKT CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 3 5
KEY SAFETY SYSTEMS, INC. 1 3 0 1 0 5
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 0 1 2 1 1 5
MICRO-PROBE, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
NAN YA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 2 1 0 2 5
NEOCERA, INC. 1 2 2 0 0 5
NPTEST LLC 4 1 0 0 0 5
QC SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 3 1 0 1 5
QRSCIENCES PTY. LTD. 0 0 1 3 1 5
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 0 1 2 1 1 5
SCHWEITZER ENGINEERING LABORATORIES, INC. 1 0 1 1 2 5
SEMICONDUCTOR DIAGNOSTICS, INC. 3 0 0 1 1 5
SHIMADZU CORPORATION 0 1 1 3 0 5
SIEMENS WESTINGHOUSE POWER CORPORATION 1 4 0 0 0 5
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 1 2 0 1 1 5
SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. 3 1 0 1 0 5
TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD. 0 1 1 0 3 5
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 2 1 0 1 1 5
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND 1 0 3 0 1 5
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS 1 0 1 1 2 5
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION 0 0 0 4 1 5
VACUUMSCHMELZE GMBH & CO. KG 2 1 0 0 2 5
WHITE S ELECTRONICS, INC. 0 2 2 0 1 5
XANDEX, INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORP. 0 1 2 1 1 5


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