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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 362, Illumination

( 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 302 278 365 315 224 1484
KOITO MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED 42 31 44 55 39 211
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 9 16 21 31 35 112
AU OPTRONICS CORP. 0 8 32 36 20 96
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 4 17 27 28 76
VALEO VISION 13 16 14 12 15 70
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 10 7 11 15 14 57
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 6 8 8 17 17 56
GENLYTE THOMAS GROUP LLC 8 9 9 12 10 48
LG. PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD. 8 7 7 16 10 48
OSRAM SYLVANIA INC. 4 7 14 10 7 42
ICHIKOH INDUSTRIES LIMITED 9 5 8 11 6 39
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 6 3 10 11 9 39
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 7 6 10 7 4 34
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 4 4 10 11 34
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 5 6 5 10 6 32
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 2 2 6 11 11 32
SOLID STATE OPTO LIMITED 6 1 4 6 14 31
DONNELLY CORPORATION 5 6 6 5 7 29
TOYODA GOSEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 9 6 5 5 28
CORETRONIC CORPORATION 3 4 1 8 10 26
GUIDE CORPORATION 5 9 12 0 0 26
HUBBELL INCORPORATED 5 2 7 7 5 26
STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 4 6 7 8 26
ACUITY BRANDS, INC. 6 6 4 6 2 24
ARMAMENT SYSTEMS & PROCEDURES, INC. 6 10 4 4 0 24
MINEBEA KABUSHIKI-KAISHA (MINEBEA CO., LTD) 8 4 6 5 1 24
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 2 2 8 7 4 23
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 3 6 4 6 4 23
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 4 4 7 4 3 22
DENSO CORPORATION 5 3 7 4 3 22
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 6 8 1 5 2 22
PATENT-TREUHAND-GESELLSCHAFT FUR ELEKTRISCHE GLUHLAMPEN MBH 5 2 7 2 4 20
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 0 1 15 3 19
CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 1 3 5 6 4 19
ILIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 4 3 9 1 19
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 0 0 6 6 7 19
ENPLAS CORPORATION 6 2 1 3 6 18
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 0 1 3 3 11 18
MAG INSTRUMENTS, INC. 4 1 6 3 4 18
GELCORE, LLC 4 5 7 1 0 17
INNOLUX DISPLAY CORP. 0 0 1 4 11 16
SUREFIRE, LLC 2 0 2 7 5 16
TOPPOLY OPTOELECTRONICS CORP. 3 7 6 0 0 16
YAZAKI CORP. 1 3 4 5 3 16
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 4 4 2 3 15
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 2 2 4 5 2 15
HANNSTAR DISPLAY CORP. 2 3 0 5 5 15
OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH 0 4 2 1 8 15
CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD. 1 2 4 5 2 14
FUJITSU LIMITED 1 3 3 3 4 14
LEAR CORPORATION 1 4 4 4 1 14
NEC LCD TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 1 2 4 3 4 14
OMRON CORPORATION 0 2 2 3 7 14
QUANTA DISPLAY INC. 2 3 7 1 1 14
SONY CORPORATION 1 0 0 4 9 14
LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 13 13
MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD. 1 1 5 3 3 13
STREAMLIGHT, INC. 2 3 3 3 2 13
AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING REUTLINGEN GMBH 4 3 1 3 1 12
CHI MEI OPTOELECTRONICS CORP. 2 1 1 4 4 12
EVEREADY BATTERY COMPANY, INC. 1 1 2 4 4 12
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 6 6 12
PHILIPS LUMILEDS LIGHTING COMPANY, LLC 0 0 4 3 5 12
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 2 1 3 4 12
BEN Q CORPORATION 2 3 4 2 0 11
GENTEX CORPORATION 2 0 1 3 5 11
NEC CORPORATION 3 1 4 2 1 11
NICHIA CORPORATION 2 1 3 1 4 11
TOSHIBA MATSUSHITA DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 0 1 6 4 11
COLOR KINETICS, INC. 0 2 1 7 0 10
COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 2 3 0 1 4 10
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 5 3 1 1 10
FEDERAL-MOGUL WORLD WIDE, INC. 3 0 1 5 1 10
HITACHI, LTD 1 2 1 3 3 10
RUUD LIGHTING, INC. 1 1 0 4 4 10
VALEO SYLVANIA L.L.C. 2 4 3 1 0 10
WHELEN ENGINEERING CO., INC. 4 2 3 0 1 10
YAZAKI NORTH AMERICA, INC. 0 1 2 2 5 10
BURTON TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 1 3 3 1 1 9
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 1 1 4 2 1 9
HUNTER FAN COMPANY 1 2 4 1 1 9
INFOCUS CORPORATION 0 4 2 2 1 9
LUMINATION, LLC 0 0 0 6 3 9
SAFE LITES, LLC 0 0 3 4 2 9
SLOANLED, INC. 0 2 0 5 2 9
SYLVAN R. SHEMITZ DESIGNS, INC. 2 1 1 2 3 9
YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, YAMAHA MOTOR CO., LTD. 1 1 2 0 5 9
ZUMTOBEL STAFF GMBH & CO. KG 4 4 1 0 0 9
ALERT SAFETY LITE PRODUCTS CO., INC. 2 0 3 1 2 8
K-BRIDGE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 0 3 4 1 8
K. W. MUTH COMPANY, INC. 1 1 2 3 1 8
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 2 0 0 2 4 8
MUSCO CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 3 8
NATIONAL ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING CORPORATION 1 2 2 2 1 8
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 0 1 0 4 3 8
PELICAN PRODUCTS, INC. 1 0 3 1 3 8
RADIANT OPTO-ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 1 4 3 8
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 4 1 1 1 1 8
S. C. JOHNSON + SON, INC. 0 1 1 2 4 8
SCHEFENACKER VISION SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBH 1 0 3 2 2 8
911 EMERGENCY PRODUCTS, INC. 3 0 3 1 0 7
BAYCO PRODUCTS INCORPORATED 0 0 0 4 3 7
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG 0 1 2 2 2 7
BOEING COMPANY 1 2 2 1 1 7
CCS INC. 2 3 1 1 0 7
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. 1 3 1 1 1 7
EML TECHNOLOGIES LLC 1 2 2 0 2 7
FIBERSTARS, INC. 0 1 1 5 0 7
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 0 1 2 3 1 7
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 0 1 4 2 0 7
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 0 2 3 0 2 7
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 1 1 3 1 1 7
ILLUMINATION MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 0 4 2 1 7
INNOCOM TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 0 2 5 7
LAMPS PLUS, INC. 0 2 0 2 3 7
LSI INDUSTRIES INC. 1 1 3 0 2 7
NIPPON SHEET GLASS CO., LTD. 3 1 2 1 0 7
PENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 0 3 3 7
PERMLIGHT PRODUCTS, INC. 1 1 2 1 2 7
PLASTIC INVENTIONS & PATENTS, INC. 1 1 3 2 0 7
PRODUCTION RESOURCE GROUP L.L.C. 0 0 1 4 2 7
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 0 1 2 2 7
THE L.D. KICHLER CO. 1 0 2 0 4 7
TIR SYSTEMS LTD. 1 1 1 4 0 7
WAVIEN, INC. 0 3 0 1 3 7
A L LIGHTECH, INC. 1 1 2 0 2 6
ADVANCED DISPLAY INC. 0 5 1 0 0 6
BOTO (LICENSES) LIMITED 4 1 1 0 0 6
C.R.F. SOCIETA CONSORTILE PER AZIONI 2 0 1 2 1 6
CAT EYE CO., LTD. 2 1 1 2 0 6
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 1 1 3 6
DIALIGHT CORPORATION 0 1 1 3 1 6
ELECTRONIC THEATRE CONTROLS, INC. 0 4 1 1 0 6
EVERBRITE, LLC 1 3 2 0 0 6
FARLIGHT LLC 1 4 1 0 0 6
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 0 1 5 6
LEOTEK ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 1 0 2 2 6
LUMILEDS LIGHTING, U.S., LLC 4 1 1 0 0 6
NITTO DENKO CORPORATION 3 2 0 1 0 6
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 1 2 2 0 1 6
TRUCK-LITE COMPANY, INC. 2 0 2 1 1 6
TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY 0 0 0 1 5 6
W. T. STOREY INC. 0 2 4 0 0 6
ZWEIBRUDER OPTOELECTRONICS GMBH 0 1 2 1 2 6
ALTMAN STAGE LIGHTING CO., INC. 0 3 1 1 0 5
CHEERINE DEVELOPMENT (HONG KONG) LTD 1 1 3 0 0 5
EPISTAR CORPORATION 0 0 0 4 1 5
FER FAHRZEUGELETRIK GMBH 0 1 1 2 1 5
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 5 5
KABUSHIKI KAISHA T AND T 4 0 0 1 0 5
LIGHT PRESCRIPTIONS INNOVATORS, LLC. 0 0 1 0 4 5
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 0 1 0 2 5
LITEPANELS LLC 0 0 1 1 3 5
MOTOROLA, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
NISSAN TECHNICAL CENTER NORTH AMERICA, INC. 1 0 0 1 3 5
NORTH AMERICAN LIGHTING, INC. 2 1 2 0 0 5
PIXON TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 1 2 1 1 0 5
SCHONBEK WORLDWIDE LIGHTING INC. 1 0 1 2 1 5
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 1 0 1 3 0 5


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