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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 174, Electricity: Conductors and Insulators

( 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 72 102 87 61 64 386
YAZAKI CORP. 34 24 26 21 21 126
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 27 12 12 15 16 82
THOMAS & BETTS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 8 7 14 22 14 65
INTEL CORPORATION 15 16 8 8 11 58
ARLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC. 8 7 15 18 8 56
SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. 20 9 13 5 2 49
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 7 12 8 10 7 44
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 13 5 4 13 9 44
PANDUIT CORPORATION 4 5 6 8 11 34
FUJITSU LIMITED 6 4 4 6 10 30
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 4 4 9 6 6 29
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 7 3 6 8 4 28
IBIDEN CO., LTD. 5 3 2 2 15 27
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 7 8 7 2 3 27
SONY CORPORATION 4 8 7 5 2 26
TAYMAC CORPORATION 3 5 3 4 10 25
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 7 6 3 4 4 24
NEXANS 7 2 4 4 6 23
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 4 3 7 4 4 22
NITTO DENKO CORPORATION 4 1 5 3 9 22
HUBBELL INCORPORATED 2 3 5 5 6 21
LEVITON MANUFACTURING CO. INC. 0 0 3 10 8 21
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 3 6 2 3 7 21
BRIDGEPORT FITTINGS, INC. 2 4 9 3 2 20
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 5 3 3 7 20
LAMSON + SESSIONS CO. 3 5 6 4 2 20
NEC CORPORATION 6 5 4 4 1 20
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 3 1 6 3 7 20
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 3 4 4 4 4 19
WIREMOLD COMPANY 1 1 5 7 5 19
BELDEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 4 7 5 17
DENSO CORPORATION 6 3 3 2 3 17
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 5 6 5 1 0 17
MOTOROLA, INC. 5 6 2 1 2 16
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 3 4 5 4 16
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5 2 2 3 3 15
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 2 3 6 3 15
NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD. 4 2 2 4 3 15
PIRELLI CAVI E SISTEMI S.P.A. 9 3 3 0 0 15
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 4 5 1 3 2 15
ENDICOTT INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 2 3 5 2 14
HITACHI, LTD 4 4 2 2 2 14
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 4 1 3 1 14
PASS + SEYMOUR, INC. 1 3 3 6 1 14
TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 5 2 3 3 1 14
FUJIKURA LTD. 3 4 1 3 2 13
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 5 3 2 1 2 13
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 4 4 3 0 2 13
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 4 1 3 1 12
AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 3 3 2 4 0 12
LAIRD TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 1 6 2 2 12
TSUBAKIMOTO CHAIN CO. 1 2 5 3 1 12
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 6 1 2 0 12
HITACHI CABLE, LTD. 3 1 2 4 1 11
NANOSET, LLC 5 5 1 0 0 11
NOKIA CORPORATION 3 6 0 2 0 11
SOUTHWIRE COMPANY 0 7 2 1 1 11
YAZAKI NORTH AMERICA, INC. 1 1 5 2 2 11
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 3 7 0 0 0 10
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 2 1 3 0 10
EATON CORPORATION 2 2 4 0 2 10
EMC CORPORATION 1 2 2 3 1 9
FEDERAL-MOGUL WORLD WIDE, INC. 2 3 1 1 2 9
FINISAR CORPORATION 1 5 0 0 3 9
INVENTEC CORPORATION 1 0 1 4 3 9
PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION 4 1 1 0 3 9
PRYSMIAN CAVI E SISTEMI ENERGIA S.R.L. 0 0 0 4 5 9
SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 4 0 0 2 3 9
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 3 0 1 3 9
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 2 2 0 1 8
FCI AMERICAS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 2 1 0 3 8
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 0 7 1 8
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 3 2 3 0 0 8
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 3 1 1 1 2 8
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 4 1 1 2 0 8
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 1 3 3 0 1 8
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 1 1 2 1 8
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 1 2 1 1 3 8
TDK CORPORATION 1 1 0 5 1 8
ADC INCORPORATED 0 0 1 5 1 7
COMMSCOPE PROPERTIES, LLC 4 1 1 1 0 7
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 2 1 1 0 7
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 1 4 0 1 1 7
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 1 2 2 1 1 7
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 0 0 0 2 5 7
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 1 0 4 1 7
TESSERA, INC. 4 0 1 2 0 7
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 3 2 1 0 1 7
ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC. 3 0 1 2 0 6
AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 1 1 2 2 0 6
ALCATEL 1 2 1 0 2 6
ANDREW CORPORATION 3 0 1 0 2 6
CABLE COMPONENTS GROUP, LLC 0 0 0 3 3 6
COMMSCOPE SOLUTIONS PROPERTIES, LLC 1 2 0 2 1 6
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 2 1 1 1 1 6
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. 3 1 2 0 0 6
EPCOS AG 2 2 1 1 0 6
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 2 1 1 2 6
GENERAL CABLE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 3 6
JAPAN SOLDERLESS TERMINAL MFG. CO., LTD. 2 0 0 3 1 6
MACLEAN FOGG COMPANY 0 2 1 2 1 6
PIRELLI KABEL UND SYSTEME GMBH & CO. KG 3 1 2 0 0 6
SILICONWARE PRECISION INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 1 1 1 1 2 6
SONY CHEMICALS CORPORATION 6 0 0 0 0 6
AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION 3 1 0 0 1 5
BOEING COMPANY 2 2 0 0 1 5
FORM FACTOR, INC. 4 1 0 0 0 5
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 1 1 3 0 5
KYOCERA CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 0 5
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 1 5
MEDTRONIC INC. 1 2 2 0 0 5
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 2 0 0 1 2 5
NGK INSULATORS LTD. 2 1 1 0 1 5
TATUNG CO., LTD. 2 0 1 2 0 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 1 1 3 0 0 5
WAVEZERO, INC. 0 0 3 0 2 5


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