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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 343, Communications: Radio Wave Antennas

( 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 26 47 43 46 41 203
HARRIS CORP. 17 42 23 10 15 107
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 13 19 31 24 16 103
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 6 11 8 20 28 73
MOTOROLA, INC. 9 11 12 16 17 65
RAYTHEON COMPANY 12 12 17 9 11 61
BOEING COMPANY 8 14 16 8 12 58
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 9 10 9 13 17 58
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 7 19 13 7 11 57
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 6 13 15 14 8 56
ANDREW CORPORATION 11 11 14 6 7 49
MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 4 19 7 15 48
SONY CORPORATION 4 7 19 9 9 48
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 8 12 11 8 7 46
WISTRON NEWEB CORPORATION 5 2 8 16 12 43
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 13 9 8 8 4 42
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 3 3 7 14 13 40
NOKIA CORPORATION 5 5 7 12 10 39
KYOCERA WIRELESS CORP. 11 9 8 5 5 38
CENTURION WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 14 7 7 2 5 35
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 0 5 6 6 18 35
KATHREIN-WERKE KG 3 12 12 3 4 34
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 5 6 11 4 7 33
NEC CORPORATION 6 6 7 7 6 32
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 6 7 4 3 11 31
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 4 6 6 5 10 31
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 2 8 8 7 4 29
FUJITSU LIMITED 0 3 6 10 9 28
FRACTUS S.A. 0 3 4 7 13 27
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 12 3 10 0 1 26
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 17 3 1 4 0 25
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 9 6 3 3 4 25
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 5 5 6 2 7 25
ACCTON TECHNOLOGY CORP. 9 2 3 4 5 23
IPR LICENSING, INC. 3 6 6 8 0 23
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 5 7 7 3 22
SKYCROSS, INC. 2 9 5 4 2 22
SPX CORPORATION 8 5 6 1 2 22
YOKOWO CO., LTD. 1 3 9 7 2 22
INTEL CORPORATION 1 2 6 8 4 21
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 8 3 7 3 0 21
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 3 7 4 6 20
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 3 1 4 5 7 20
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 4 4 8 3 1 20
BROADCOM CORPORATION 2 7 4 2 2 17
FILTRONIC LK OY 4 11 1 0 1 17
HITACHI CABLE, LTD. 0 7 1 2 7 17
INTEGRAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 6 4 2 2 16
KYOCERA CORPORATION 2 2 6 4 2 16
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 3 3 7 1 2 16
ARCADYAN TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 6 6 3 15
HITACHI, LTD 4 2 3 1 5 15
TATUNG CO., LTD. 1 2 3 3 6 15
THALES 5 0 1 4 5 15
HIRSCHMANN ELECTRONICS GMBH & CO. KG 2 3 6 3 0 14
MINERAL LASSEN LLC 0 1 0 1 12 14
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 3 2 4 1 4 14
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 5 3 3 0 3 14
DENSO CORPORATION 0 3 2 4 4 13
ETHERTRONICS, INC. 3 6 3 0 1 13
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 2 4 3 1 3 13
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 0 2 2 7 2 13
QUANTA COMPUTER INC. 3 2 5 1 2 13
TDK CORPORATION 1 3 2 3 4 13
BEN Q CORPORATION 2 0 1 8 1 12
CHENG UEI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0 0 0 1 11 12
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 6 2 0 0 12
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 0 1 3 2 5 11
DX ANTENNA COMPANY, LIMITED 1 4 2 4 0 11
HARADA INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 2 4 2 2 1 11
NIPPON ANTENNA KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 3 1 1 1 11
QUALCOMM, INC. 4 1 0 3 3 11
TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD. 0 1 8 2 0 11
ALCATEL 4 2 3 0 1 10
ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LTD. 2 0 1 2 5 10
JOYMAX ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 1 2 2 5 10
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 0 2 2 3 3 10
MILLER, R. A., INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 2 3 3 1 10
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 3 2 2 0 2 9
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 5 2 2 0 0 9
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE - CNRS 1 1 2 3 2 9
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 1 4 2 0 9
E-TENNA CORPORATION 6 3 0 0 0 9
EMS TECHNOLOGIES CANADA, LTD. 5 0 3 1 0 9
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 2 1 3 2 1 9
INPAQ TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 2 1 1 2 3 9
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 2 2 1 1 3 9
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 2 2 1 1 2 8
ANTENOVA LIMITED 1 1 1 4 1 8
CUSHCRAFT CORPORATION 0 0 3 4 1 8
D-LINK CORPORATION 4 3 1 0 0 8
EMS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 4 1 2 0 8
FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED 0 0 1 2 5 8
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 2 0 3 0 8
GALTRONICS LTD. 3 0 2 1 2 8
HIGH TECH COMPUTER CORP. 1 0 2 3 2 8
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 1 2 2 1 2 8
OMRON CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 3 8
PARATEK MICROWAVE, INC. 1 2 5 0 0 8
SMARTANT TELECOMM CO., LTD. 1 1 1 2 3 8
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE 1 0 3 3 1 8
AUDEN TECHNO CORP. 2 2 1 0 2 7
FRANCE TELECOM 2 2 2 0 1 7
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 1 3 0 3 7
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 0 2 5 0 0 7
HUBER & SUHNER AG 1 0 2 1 3 7
INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 4 3 7
NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD. 2 1 4 0 0 7
NIPPON SHEET GLASS CO., LTD. 0 2 1 3 1 7
TRANS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 1 5 1 0 7
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 2 2 1 0 2 7
WINEGARD COMPANY 0 1 1 1 4 7
ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC. 0 0 2 2 2 6
AGC AUTOMOTIVE AMERICAS R& D, INC. 0 0 3 1 2 6
AMC CENTURION AB 1 5 0 0 0 6
ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC. 0 3 0 2 1 6
AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 2 6
ELTA SYSTEMS LTD. 0 0 3 2 1 6
KVH INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 3 1 0 2 6
NDK, NIHON DEMPA KOGYO COMPANY, LTD. 3 1 1 1 0 6
PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. 0 1 2 2 1 6
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 1 3 2 0 0 6
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. 3 0 0 1 2 6
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 2 1 0 1 2 6
TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 2 1 0 1 2 6
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 1 2 0 0 3 6
Z-COM, INC. 0 0 5 1 0 6
ATR ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL 0 0 4 0 1 5
CENTRAL GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED 0 0 3 1 1 5
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 1 1 3 0 0 5
ETA SA MANUFACTURE HORLOGERE SUISSE 0 1 4 0 0 5
FUBA AUTOMOTIVE GMBH & CO KG 0 5 0 0 0 5
GEMTEK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 1 4 0 0 0 5
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 1 2 0 0 5
HONG KONG APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO. LTD. 0 2 1 1 1 5
INTERMEC IP CORP. 0 1 2 1 1 5
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 0 1 2 0 2 5
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 1 1 2 0 1 5
LEAR CORPORATION 1 2 1 1 0 5
MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 0 5
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY 0 1 2 2 0 5
PULSE FINLAND OY 0 0 0 2 3 5
SANDIA CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 4 5
SARANTEL LIMITED 0 1 0 1 3 5
SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY 1 1 1 2 0 5
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 1 1 1 1 1 5
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 0 0 1 2 2 5
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 1 2 1 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 1 3 1 0 0 5


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