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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 372, Coherent Light Generators

( 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
FINISAR CORPORATION 14 18 28 29 21 110
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 39 23 21 13 14 110
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 18 29 23 11 9 90
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 19 9 17 13 16 74
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 17 18 9 14 15 73
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 35 19 11 5 2 72
CYMER, INC. 17 10 17 14 10 68
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 31 18 9 4 3 65
INTEL CORPORATION 18 17 9 12 6 62
COHERENT, INC. 10 6 12 12 13 53
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 9 6 13 9 15 52
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 21 16 9 0 0 46
LAMBDA PHYSIK AG 25 9 6 5 1 46
SONY CORPORATION 15 8 13 4 5 45
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 19 9 4 5 1 38
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 4 7 7 5 14 37
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 10 7 7 5 7 36
BOEING COMPANY 11 2 11 5 2 31
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 9 4 8 3 6 30
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 4 1 3 6 15 29
JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION 9 2 7 4 5 27
BOOKHAM TECHNOLOGY PLC 7 1 9 7 2 26
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 7 13 5 1 0 26
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 9 8 4 3 1 25
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 7 0 8 4 6 25
FUJITSU LIMITED 5 6 6 4 3 24
HITACHI, LTD 13 5 2 3 1 24
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES FIBER IP(SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 0 2 13 8 23
NEC CORPORATION 9 8 3 2 1 23
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 4 10 3 3 3 23
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 5 5 2 4 6 22
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 1 2 6 3 8 20
KOMATSU LTD. 9 3 5 2 1 20
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 7 5 5 0 3 20
CORNING INCORPORATED 6 3 3 1 6 19
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2 5 5 4 3 19
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 0 0 6 12 18
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 10 3 2 0 2 17
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 5 6 4 2 0 17
NICHIA CORPORATION 1 3 4 4 4 16
OPTICAL COMMUNICATION PRODUCTS, INC. 5 8 1 1 1 16
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 2 1 2 5 5 15
RAYTHEON COMPANY 6 2 3 0 4 15
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 1 0 5 2 7 15
OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH 1 3 2 4 4 14
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 0 4 3 1 5 13
APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC. 9 1 2 0 0 12
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 5 4 2 0 1 12
OPNEXT JAPAN, INC. 1 4 3 1 3 12
PHOTODIGM, INC. 3 4 2 2 1 12
PIONEER CORPORATION 8 2 1 0 1 12
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 7 4 0 0 0 11
AVANEX CORPORATION 4 5 1 1 0 11
FANUC LTD. 1 3 3 2 2 11
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 4 1 1 4 11
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 8 1 2 0 0 11
SPECTRA-PHYSICS, INC. 3 4 4 0 0 11
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 3 2 2 3 1 11
AGILITY COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 4 4 2 0 0 10
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION 1 4 0 1 4 10
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 4 3 0 1 1 9
ALCATEL 3 2 3 0 1 9
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 2 2 0 5 0 9
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON 4 1 2 2 0 9
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 3 1 0 2 3 9
NP PHOTONICS, INC. 1 2 4 2 0 9
TRIQUINT TECHNOLOGY HOLDING CO. 5 2 1 1 0 9
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA 3 0 2 1 3 9
XEROX CORPORATION 3 1 5 0 0 9
AXSUN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 0 2 0 4 8
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 3 0 2 1 2 8
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 4 1 2 0 1 8
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 0 2 3 0 3 8
PICARRO, INC. 1 4 3 0 0 8
QUINTESSENCE PHOTONICS CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 3 8
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 3 2 2 0 1 8
GENERAL ATOMIC COMPANY 3 2 1 0 1 7
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 4 7
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 3 0 2 2 0 7
TRUMPF LASER GMBH + CO. KG 3 1 1 0 2 7
TUILASER AG 5 1 0 1 0 7
ELECTRO SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 1 1 2 2 6
IMRA AMERICA, INC. 1 2 1 1 1 6
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 1 2 2 0 1 6
PELETON PHOTONIC SYSTEMS, INC. 2 1 1 2 0 6
PHOTONICS INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 2 3 0 1 6
QINETIQ LIMITED 2 2 0 2 0 6
SHIMADZU CORPORATION 0 1 3 1 1 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE 0 0 2 0 4 6
ANDO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 2 0 0 0 5
FEMTOLASERS PRODUKTIONS GMBH 2 0 2 0 1 5
FUJITSU QUANTUM DEVICES LIMITED 3 1 1 0 0 5
GIGAPHOTON INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
JENOPTIK LASER, OPTIK, SYSTEME GMBH 1 2 0 1 1 5
KSY CORPORATION 0 0 2 0 3 5
LASERFRONT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
LIGHTWAVE ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 4 1 0 0 0 5
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY 0 1 1 2 1 5
NIKON CORPORATION 0 1 3 0 1 5
NLIGHT PHOTONICS CORPORATION 1 1 0 0 3 5
OSRAM GMBH 0 4 0 1 0 5
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 0 0 1 3 1 5
PICOLIGHT INCORPORATED 1 2 1 1 0 5
SARNOFF CORPORATION 1 2 0 1 1 5
SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 1 2 2 0 0 5
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 2 1 1 0 1 5
TEXTRON SYSTEMS CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 2 5
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 1 0 2 1 1 5
XTREME TECHNOLOGIES GMBH; 1 2 1 1 0 5


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