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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2006 - 2010 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 313, Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices

( 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 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Total
SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD. 54 115 155 157 106 587
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 16 32 24 43 54 169
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 28 22 33 23 58 164
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 20 27 26 31 46 150
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 18 23 24 21 39 125
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 57 35 30 1 1 124
SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 0 0 36 68 104
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 20 14 18 15 33 100
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 7 17 17 9 46 96
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 9 13 19 18 30 89
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 5 31 50 86
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 25 15 16 10 20 86
LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 0 9 21 52 82
HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD. 15 14 21 10 18 78
AU OPTRONICS CORP. 18 12 7 20 20 77
OSRAM SYLVANIA INC. 15 11 13 12 14 65
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 13 15 10 18 6 62
PATENT-TREUHAND-GESELLSCHAFT FUR ELEKTRISCHE GLUHLAMPEN MBH 19 18 17 1 2 57
SONY CORPORATION 15 11 5 11 15 57
NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD. 6 7 11 7 18 49
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 12 12 5 7 10 46
LG PHILIPS DISPLAYS KOREA CO., LTD. 31 10 1 2 0 44
TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY 1 2 8 10 23 44
LG. PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD. 14 20 7 0 0 41
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 6 4 11 13 40
USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISYA 10 4 4 10 12 40
DENSO CORPORATION 9 12 5 4 7 37
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 5 9 5 10 8 37
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 13 6 1 13 3 36
OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH 8 4 5 11 5 33
HITACHI, LTD 9 9 3 2 8 31
OSRAM GMBH 3 0 1 12 15 31
PIONEER CORPORATION 12 8 5 5 0 30
CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD. 3 2 6 10 6 27
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 2 4 6 13 25
THOMSON LICENSING 6 6 7 2 4 25
FUJITSU HITACHI PLASMA DISPLAY LIMITED 6 5 2 7 4 24
IDEMITSU KOSAN COMPANY LIMITED 3 3 2 6 10 24
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 4 6 4 5 4 23
GLOBAL OLED TECHNOLOGY LLC 0 0 0 0 22 22
MATSUSHITA TOSHIBA PICTURE DISPLAY CO., LTD. 8 10 4 0 0 22
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 11 5 0 5 1 22
NGK INSULATORS LTD. 4 6 1 8 3 22
NICHIA CORPORATION 2 3 4 6 7 22
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 6 5 4 3 3 21
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO. LTD 5 5 2 2 6 20
FEDERAL-MOGUL WORLD WIDE, INC. 2 2 3 7 6 20
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI 5 4 3 2 2 16
FUTABA CORPORATION 3 5 3 4 0 15
TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION 2 7 1 1 4 15
UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION 7 1 0 0 7 15
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 3 7 3 1 0 14
KOITO MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED 2 3 2 4 3 14
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 4 1 3 2 3 13
IMAGING SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC 1 3 2 3 4 13
TPO DISPLAYS CORPORATION 1 2 1 4 3 11
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 2 0 2 6 1 11
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 1 3 1 5 10
CHI MEI OPTOELECTRONICS CORP. 2 5 1 2 0 10
FUJI ELECTRIC HOLDINGS CO., LTD. 0 3 2 3 2 10
FUJITSU LIMITED 5 3 2 0 0 10
SHINODA PLASMA CORPORATION 0 3 3 2 2 10
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 6 2 1 0 0 9
HARISON TOSHIBA LIGHTING CORP. 3 4 2 0 0 9
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 1 2 2 4 0 9
NEC CORPORATION 2 5 1 1 0 9
RITDISPLAY CORPORATION 3 3 1 2 0 9
SAMSUNG CORNING CO., LTD. 3 4 1 0 1 9
TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 2 2 4 0 9
CAMBRIDGE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 3 1 1 1 2 8
LUMINUS DEVICES, INC. 1 2 3 1 1 8
NORITAKE CO., LTD. 3 1 1 2 1 8
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 3 2 3 0 0 8
STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 0 1 2 4 8
CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 4 1 0 2 7
COPYTELE, INC. 1 1 0 0 5 7
LUMINATION, LLC 0 0 4 1 2 7
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 2 1 0 1 7
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY 1 1 0 2 3 7
TECO NANOTECH CO., LTD. 3 3 1 0 0 7
TOSHIBA MATSUSHITA DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 1 1 5 0 7
ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LTD. 5 0 0 0 1 6
CORNING INCORPORATED 2 1 1 1 1 6
KYOCERA CORPORATION 0 1 0 1 4 6
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 1 0 3 2 0 6
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 1 1 2 0 2 6
TOYODA GOSEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 0 3 1 0 6
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 1 1 2 1 0 5
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 2 1 1 0 1 5
DOWA ELECTRONICS MATERIALS CO., LTD. 0 0 2 2 1 5
FEDERAL-MOGUL IGNITION (U.K.) LIMITED 2 0 2 1 0 5
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 1 1 0 2 5
IFIRE IP CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 2 5
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 4 0 0 0 1 5
MASS TECHNOLOGY (H.K.) LTD. 0 1 3 0 1 5
MOTOROLA, INC. 0 1 1 3 0 5
NOVALED GMBH 0 2 0 1 2 5
OPTREX CORPORATION 0 0 4 1 0 5
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 0 1 0 2 5
SCHOTT AG 1 1 1 2 0 5
SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 2 1 1 0 1 5
SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED 0 0 0 1 4 5
TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 5 5
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 2 0 0 1 2 5


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