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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 439, Electrical Connectors

( 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
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 289 178 226 161 252 1106
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 176 158 205 167 143 849
SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. 113 80 105 83 53 434
YAZAKI CORP. 70 61 59 67 86 343
TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 76 53 76 59 60 324
MOLEX INCORPORATED 69 56 67 39 44 275
FCI AMERICAS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 28 28 30 45 54 185
JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY LTD. 16 49 38 36 26 165
JAPAN SOLDERLESS TERMINAL MFG. CO., LTD. 26 28 48 21 21 144
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 19 19 24 26 53 141
CHENG UEI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 5 12 31 22 44 114
INTEL CORPORATION 27 23 20 19 18 107
TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP, K.K. 19 19 31 25 12 106
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 16 20 22 22 22 102
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 28 27 18 10 12 95
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 15 15 14 23 22 89
HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 9 12 27 15 24 87
JOHN MEZZALINGUA ASSOCIATES, INC. 6 5 21 21 23 76
FCI 13 6 20 17 13 69
LOTES CO., LTD. 0 0 9 30 25 64
AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 19 8 19 7 7 60
YAMAICHI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 22 14 5 9 4 54
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. 10 14 14 5 10 53
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 11 12 8 7 9 47
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 16 12 4 8 7 47
PANDUIT CORPORATION 5 5 9 14 13 46
TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP GMBH 11 10 16 6 3 46
FUJITSU LIMITED 4 4 15 8 14 45
ENPLAS CORPORATION 14 13 7 3 6 43
TAI-SOL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 3 8 9 11 11 42
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 3 3 12 10 13 41
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 4 7 5 5 20 41
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 6 7 13 9 5 40
DDK LTD. 1 7 10 8 12 38
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 10 8 5 5 8 36
CORNING GILBERT INC. 5 4 13 7 7 36
HOSIDEN CORPORATION 1 6 7 10 10 34
LEAR CORPORATION 3 3 13 7 6 32
THOMAS & BETTS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 5 6 7 7 7 32
FINISAR CORPORATION 0 6 7 8 10 31
FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED 2 5 9 5 9 30
LEVITON MANUFACTURING CO. INC. 7 5 6 8 4 30
SPEED TECH CORP. 7 10 6 2 5 30
AMPHENOL CORPORATION 2 5 8 6 8 29
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 16 4 3 2 3 28
HUBBELL INCORPORATED 6 2 7 7 6 28
ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC. 0 1 7 12 7 27
SONY CORPORATION 3 2 8 8 6 27
YAZAKI NORTH AMERICA, INC. 6 3 10 5 3 27
ANDREW CORPORATION 4 10 5 3 4 26
BEN Q CORPORATION 2 10 12 1 1 26
WEIDMULLER INTERFACE GMBH & CO. KG 0 2 6 7 11 26
BOEING COMPANY 7 4 6 6 2 25
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD. 1 1 7 8 8 25
SMK CORPORATION 6 3 9 4 3 25
SUPER TALENT ELECTRONICS, INC. 0 1 12 5 7 25
COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 1 3 5 6 9 24
DENSO CORPORATION 4 5 3 4 8 24
FORM FACTOR, INC. 4 4 6 2 8 24
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 0 12 12 24
PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG 5 2 4 7 6 24
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 5 10 6 1 1 23
INVENTEC CORPORATION 1 1 3 6 12 23
JST CORPORATION 0 2 5 6 9 22
TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO K.K. 6 2 6 4 4 22
HARTING ELECTRIC GMBH & CO. KG 6 2 2 4 7 21
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 5 9 3 3 21
MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 6 2 7 4 2 21
MOTOROLA, INC. 2 4 6 2 7 21
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 4 2 2 5 8 21
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 2 1 5 6 6 20
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 5 3 4 5 3 20
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5 2 5 4 3 19
NEC CORPORATION 2 8 4 3 2 19
AMPHENOL-TUCHEL ELECTRONICS GMBH 5 6 2 5 0 18
ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC. 2 1 4 6 5 18
EATON CORPORATION 4 3 2 6 3 18
HOMAC MFG. COMPANY 4 1 9 3 1 18
MEDTRONIC INC. 4 4 1 5 4 18
PENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 6 6 4 0 18
SAMTEC, INC. 3 2 5 3 5 18
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 6 4 0 4 3 17
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 2 2 2 6 5 17
ORTRONICS INC. 5 5 2 3 2 17
SUPER LINK ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 6 4 3 1 3 17
ADC GMBH 0 0 4 5 7 16
COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 3 13 16
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 2 6 2 3 3 16
SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 0 0 0 9 7 16
ALCOA FUJIKURA LTD. 4 5 2 2 2 15
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 3 4 4 3 1 15
ERNI ELECTRONICS GMBH 2 2 2 5 4 15
JESS-LINK PRODUCTS CO., LTD. 0 4 3 6 2 15
NOKIA CORPORATION 3 0 3 5 4 15
P-TWO INDUSTRIES INC. 2 6 1 3 3 15
EMC CORPORATION 3 0 4 5 2 14
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 2 1 2 7 14
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 2 3 1 3 5 14
OSRAM SYLVANIA INC. 0 4 4 3 3 14
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 3 4 5 0 2 14
TRIBOTEK, INC. 0 3 9 2 0 14
YAZAKI EUROPE LTD. 0 1 5 3 5 14
ADVANTEST CORP. 3 2 3 2 3 13
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 2 1 1 3 13
L & K PRECISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 1 5 7 0 0 13
RADIALL 0 2 3 4 4 13
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 4 4 2 1 13
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 3 5 2 3 0 13
TERADYNE, INC. 10 2 1 0 0 13
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 1 1 1 3 6 12
COMAX TECHNOLOGY INC. 5 2 3 2 0 12
COMMSCOPE SOLUTIONS PROPERTIES, LLC 1 1 2 8 0 12
LANKOM ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 3 0 5 2 2 12
NEOCONIX, INC. 0 2 5 1 4 12
ANDERSON POWER PRODUCTS 0 4 5 2 0 11
ANTAYA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 3 2 1 3 2 11
EGBON ELECTRONICS LTD. 5 2 4 0 0 11
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 1 5 2 3 11
GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 4 0 2 5 0 11
HITACHI, LTD 1 0 3 3 4 11
PARICON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 3 2 4 2 0 11
PROTECTCONNECT, INC. 1 4 5 0 1 11
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 0 3 1 3 4 11
ADVANCED INTERCONNECTIONS CORPORATION 1 1 3 2 3 10
AU OPTRONICS CORP. 1 0 5 4 0 10
CINCH CONNECTORS, INC. 1 4 2 1 2 10
FUJIKURA LTD. 2 3 1 2 2 10
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 6 2 2 0 0 10
GRYPHICS, INC. 1 2 2 3 2 10
HITACHI CABLE, LTD. 1 2 4 1 2 10
INSERT ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. 2 2 1 3 2 10
METHODE ELECTRONICS, INC. 2 2 3 1 2 10
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 3 2 2 1 10
NEXANS 5 1 2 0 2 10
OMRON CORPORATION 5 2 1 0 2 10
SIEMENS VDO AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION 3 3 2 2 0 10
SURTEC INDUSTRIES INC. 1 2 3 1 3 10
TOPOWER COMPUTER INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 0 0 4 4 2 10
ALCATEL 5 1 2 0 1 9
AMERICAN POWER CONVERSION CORPORATION 0 2 2 2 3 9
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 7 1 1 0 0 9
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 6 3 0 0 0 9
CENTERPIN TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 3 1 1 1 9
CHANT SINCERE CO., LTD. 0 0 5 0 4 9
HARTING ELECTRONICS GMBH & CO. KG 0 2 4 1 2 9
HONDA TSUSHIN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 2 2 2 1 9
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 0 0 3 3 3 9
POWERTECH INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 0 2 1 2 4 9
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 1 2 1 3 2 9
TYCO ELECTRONICS LOGISTICS AG 3 5 0 1 0 9
YOKOWO CO., LTD. 1 1 2 3 2 9
ARLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC. 3 1 0 1 3 8
EKSTROM INDUSTRIES, INC. 3 1 1 2 1 8
HIRSCHMANN ELECTRONICS GMBH & CO. KG 1 2 4 0 1 8
I-PEX CO., LTD. 1 0 0 3 4 8
JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION 1 2 3 2 0 8
JSR CORPORATION 0 0 1 4 3 8
K.S. TERMINALS INC. 0 0 0 0 8 8
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 0 1 4 1 2 8
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 3 0 2 3 8
LITTON SYSTEMS INC. 2 4 2 0 0 8
OCEAN DESIGN, INC. 1 1 0 3 3 8
PULSE ENGINEERING INC. 3 3 0 1 1 8
QUANTA COMPUTER INC. 2 0 4 2 0 8
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 2 0 3 1 8
SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC. 2 1 1 3 1 8
SHERWOOD SERVICES AG 1 0 3 3 1 8
SIEMON COMPANY 1 3 2 1 1 8
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 0 2 1 1 4 8
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 1 0 2 3 2 8
SWENCO PRODUCTS, INC. 5 2 1 0 0 8
ADVANCED CONNECTION TECHNOLOGY INC. 0 3 3 0 1 7
BELKIN INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 0 1 6 7
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 1 1 3 2 7
DEERE + COMPANY 1 1 0 1 4 7
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 1 0 2 3 1 7
HARRIS CORP. 1 0 2 2 2 7
HIGH TECH COMPUTER CORP. 3 0 3 0 1 7
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 0 2 0 1 4 7
JOHNSTECH INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 2 7
KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIHON MICRONICS 1 0 1 2 3 7
KINGCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 2 1 4 0 0 7
LUMBERG CONNECT GMBH & CO. KG 0 2 3 2 0 7
NEWFREY LLC 1 1 4 1 0 7
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 1 2 2 1 1 7
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 0 1 2 1 3 7
TROMPETER ELECTRONICS INC. 1 1 1 1 3 7
UNIVERSAL SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 0 1 3 1 2 7
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 3 0 0 0 7
WINCHESTER ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 1 3 3 7
ANTON HUMMEL VERWALTUNGS GMBH 1 2 1 0 2 6
BURTON TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 1 2 2 1 0 6
CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION 4 0 1 0 1 6
CHANNELL COMMERCIAL CORPORATION 0 0 2 4 0 6
CHIEF LAND ELECTRONIC CO., LTD. 0 0 0 2 4 6
EXCEL CELL ELECTRONIC CO., LTD. 2 1 3 0 0 6
FESTO AG & CO. 2 2 2 0 0 6
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC 3 1 2 0 0 6
HIRSCHMANN AUTOMOTIVE GMBH 0 0 0 3 3 6
HSING CHAU INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 1 2 1 2 0 6
KOSTAL KONTAKT SYSTEME GMBH 0 0 0 4 2 6
KRONE GMBH 3 1 2 0 0 6
KYOCERA CORPORATION 1 1 0 2 2 6
KYOCERA ELCO CORPORATION 0 0 0 4 2 6
NIPPON DICS CO., LTD. 1 2 2 1 0 6
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 0 1 2 3 0 6
PASS + SEYMOUR, INC. 0 0 1 3 2 6
PATENT-TREUHAND-GESELLSCHAFT FUR ELEKTRISCHE GLUHLAMPEN MBH 1 1 3 0 1 6
QUIXEMBLE INC. 1 1 4 0 0 6
SANDISK CORPORATION 0 1 0 1 4 6
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 0 2 2 1 6
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 2 0 0 0 4 6
SHIMANO INC. 1 2 1 0 2 6
SIEMENS ENERGY & AUTOMATION, INC. 0 0 1 1 4 6
SINGATRON ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. 0 0 0 5 1 6
TELECT, INC. 2 0 0 3 1 6
UNISYS CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 1 6
XEROX CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 1 6
BAL SEAL ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC. 1 0 1 2 1 5
CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 1 2 2 0 0 5
CYBER POWER SYSTEM INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
DEKKO TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 2 0 1 0 5
ENTRELEC S.A. 4 1 0 0 0 5
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 0 5 0 0 0 5
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
HIGH CONNECTION DENSITY, INC. 4 1 0 0 0 5
INTELLISERV, INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
INVENTEC MULTIMEDIA & TELECOM CORPORATION 0 0 4 1 0 5
KABUSHIKI KAISHA AUDIO-TECHNICA 0 0 2 2 1 5
KYOSHIN KOGYO CO, LTD. 0 1 3 0 1 5
LEOPOLD KOSTAL GMBH & CO. KG 2 1 1 0 1 5
MAXTOR CORPORATION 0 3 1 0 1 5
MITSUBISHI CABLE INDUSTRIES, LTD. 1 0 1 2 1 5
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 4 0 0 0 1 5
OQO, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
PACESETTER, INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
QISDA CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 5 5
RAYTHEON COMPANY 2 1 0 1 1 5
RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG 1 0 0 2 2 5
ROSENBERGER HOCHFREQUENZTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG 0 0 0 2 3 5
ROYAL DIE & STAMPING CO., INC. 2 2 0 1 0 5
SHIN-ETSU POLYMER CO., LTD. 0 3 1 1 0 5
SOURIAU 0 1 1 2 1 5
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 1 0 0 0 4 5
SPX CORPORATION 1 3 1 0 0 5
SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
TEKTRONIX INC. 0 2 2 0 1 5
TENSOLITE COMPANY 0 1 1 2 1 5
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 0 1 0 0 4 5
VALEO VISION 3 1 0 0 1 5
VIRGINIA PANEL CORPORATION 1 2 0 2 0 5
WEIDMULLER INTERFACE GMBH & CO. 5 0 0 0 0 5
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
WIELAND ELECTRIC GMBH 3 2 0 0 0 5
WOODHEAD INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 1 3 0 0 5
ZIPPY TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 2 0 2 1 5


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