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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 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 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Total
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 226 161 252 320 413 1372
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 205 167 143 117 130 762
TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 76 59 60 95 122 412
SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. 105 83 53 58 57 356
YAZAKI CORP. 59 67 86 67 68 347
CHENG UEI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 31 22 44 47 72 216
MOLEX INCORPORATED 67 39 44 21 41 212
FCI AMERICAS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 30 45 55 33 25 188
JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY LTD. 38 36 26 26 34 160
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 24 26 53 31 19 153
JAPAN SOLDERLESS TERMINAL MFG. CO., LTD. 48 21 21 15 6 111
JOHN MEZZALINGUA ASSOCIATES, INC. 21 21 23 11 20 96
LOTES CO., LTD. 9 30 25 16 14 94
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 22 22 22 13 13 92
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 14 23 22 12 21 92
HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 27 15 24 15 11 92
TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP, K.K. 31 25 12 9 6 83
INTEL CORPORATION 20 19 18 16 8 81
FCI 20 17 13 10 20 80
PANDUIT CORPORATION 9 14 13 22 16 74
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 12 10 13 9 20 64
ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC. 7 12 7 18 19 63
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 12 12 14 22 60
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 18 10 12 12 4 56
AMPHENOL CORPORATION 8 6 8 12 19 53
ADC GMBH 4 5 7 12 23 51
DDK LTD. 10 8 12 14 7 51
FUJITSU LIMITED 15 8 14 11 3 51
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 5 5 20 6 12 48
FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED 9 5 9 10 14 47
THOMAS & BETTS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 7 7 7 14 11 46
WEIDMULLER INTERFACE GMBH & CO. KG 6 7 11 11 11 46
AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 19 7 7 5 7 45
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 13 9 5 10 7 44
COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 5 6 9 11 12 43
ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC. 4 6 5 10 17 42
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. 14 5 10 7 6 42
HOSIDEN CORPORATION 7 10 10 5 9 41
SUPER TALENT ELECTRONICS, INC. 12 5 7 9 8 41
CORNING GILBERT INC. 13 7 7 6 7 40
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 4 8 7 10 11 40
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 1 3 6 10 19 39
FINISAR CORPORATION 7 8 10 8 6 39
TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP GMBH 16 6 3 9 5 39
COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA 0 3 13 15 7 38
TAI-SOL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 9 11 11 4 2 37
HUBBELL INCORPORATED 7 7 6 7 9 36
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 8 7 9 5 6 35
LEAR CORPORATION 13 7 6 4 5 35
LEVITON MANUFACTURING CO. INC. 6 8 5 5 9 33
SONY CORPORATION 8 8 6 7 4 33
PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG 4 7 6 5 10 32
SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 0 9 7 1 14 31
YAMAICHI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 5 9 4 9 4 31
DENSO CORPORATION 3 4 8 9 6 30
ANDREW CORPORATION 5 3 4 3 14 29
FORM FACTOR, INC. 6 2 8 5 8 29
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 5 5 8 5 5 28
JST CORPORATION 5 6 9 3 5 28
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD. 7 8 8 3 1 27
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 2 5 8 5 7 27
INVENTEC CORPORATION 3 6 12 3 1 25
MEDTRONIC INC. 1 5 4 8 6 24
YAZAKI NORTH AMERICA, INC. 10 5 3 6 0 24
BOEING COMPANY 6 6 2 4 5 23
ENPLAS CORPORATION 7 3 6 4 2 22
HITACHI CABLE, LTD. 4 1 2 4 11 22
SMK CORPORATION 9 4 3 3 3 22
TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO K.K. 6 4 5 4 3 22
ERNI ELECTRONICS GMBH 2 5 4 7 3 21
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 5 6 6 3 1 21
ORTRONICS INC. 2 3 2 8 6 21
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 4 3 1 6 6 20
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 9 3 3 2 3 20
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5 4 3 7 0 19
EATON CORPORATION 2 6 3 5 3 19
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 2 6 5 4 2 19
MOTOROLA, INC. 6 2 7 2 1 18
OMRON CORPORATION 1 0 2 8 7 18
SAMTEC, INC. 5 3 5 3 2 18
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 1 1 4 7 5 18
HITACHI, LTD 3 3 4 5 2 17
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 2 7 4 3 17
SPEED TECH CORP. 6 2 5 3 1 17
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC. 1 2 2 5 6 16
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 1 3 5 3 4 16
NOKIA CORPORATION 3 5 4 2 2 16
RADIALL 3 4 4 4 1 16
BELKIN INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 1 6 3 5 15
EMC CORPORATION 4 5 2 3 1 15
HARTING ELECTRIC GMBH & CO. KG 2 4 7 0 2 15
HARTING ELECTRONICS GMBH & CO. KG 4 1 2 4 4 15
JESS-LINK PRODUCTS CO., LTD. 3 6 2 4 0 15
MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 7 4 2 1 1 15
NEOCONIX, INC. 5 1 4 3 2 15
P-TWO INDUSTRIES INC. 1 3 3 5 3 15
BEN Q CORPORATION 12 1 1 0 0 14
KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIHON MICRONICS 1 2 3 2 6 14
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 2 3 3 4 2 14
PASS + SEYMOUR, INC. 1 3 2 2 6 14
SANDISK CORPORATION 0 1 4 2 7 14
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 5 2 3 2 1 13
HOMAC MFG. COMPANY 9 3 1 0 0 13
OSRAM SYLVANIA INC. 4 3 3 1 2 13
POWERTECH INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 1 2 4 6 0 13
YAZAKI EUROPE LTD. 5 3 5 0 0 13
YOKOWO CO., LTD. 2 3 2 4 2 13
AU OPTRONICS CORP. 5 4 0 2 1 12
I-PEX CO., LTD. 0 3 4 1 4 12
K.S. TERMINALS INC. 0 0 8 1 3 12
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 3 3 3 2 1 12
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 4 5 3 0 0 12
MC TECHNOLOGY GMBH 0 0 3 2 7 12
METHODE ELECTRONICS, INC. 3 1 2 1 5 12
NEC CORPORATION 4 3 2 0 3 12
SIEMENS ENERGY & AUTOMATION, INC. 1 1 4 6 0 12
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 2 3 2 3 2 12
SURTEC INDUSTRIES INC. 3 1 3 2 3 12
AMERICAN POWER CONVERSION CORPORATION 2 2 3 2 2 11
CHANT SINCERE CO., LTD. 5 0 4 1 1 11
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 2 3 1 3 2 11
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 4 3 4 0 11
GROUP DEKKO INC 0 0 0 7 4 11
HIRSCHMANN AUTOMOTIVE GMBH 0 3 3 4 1 11
IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC 0 1 0 4 6 11
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 4 1 2 3 1 11
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 2 1 1 5 11
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 1 3 4 2 1 11
ROSENBERGER HOCHFREQUENZTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG 0 2 3 5 1 11
SIEMON COMPANY 2 1 1 2 5 11
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 0 0 4 1 6 11
TRIBOTEK, INC. 9 2 0 0 0 11
WISTRON CORPORATION 1 1 0 4 5 11
ADVANTEST CORP. 3 2 3 1 1 10
CHI MEI COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 2 1 7 10
COMMSCOPE SOLUTIONS PROPERTIES, LLC 2 8 0 0 0 10
HARRIS CORP. 2 2 2 2 2 10
HONDA TSUSHIN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 2 1 2 3 10
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 0 1 0 5 4 10
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 6 1 1 1 1 10
KOSTAL KONTAKT SYSTEME GMBH 0 4 2 1 3 10
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 1 4 5 10
PANASONIC ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD. 0 0 1 4 5 10
PENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 6 4 0 0 0 10
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 0 4 3 3 10
TOPOWER COMPUTER INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 4 4 2 0 0 10
WAGO VERWALTUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG 1 1 1 0 7 10
WINCHESTER ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 3 3 2 1 10
ADVANCED INTERCONNECTIONS CORPORATION 3 2 3 0 1 9
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 2 3 1 0 9
EZCONN CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 4 9
GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 2 5 0 1 1 9
JSR CORPORATION 1 4 3 1 0 9
KYOCERA ELCO CORPORATION 0 4 2 1 2 9
LANKOM ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 5 2 2 0 0 9
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 2 1 1 1 9
SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD. 0 1 3 5 0 9
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 5 0 2 2 0 9
SUN LITE SOCKETS INDUSTRY, INC. 3 0 1 4 1 9
WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 7 9
AMPHENOL-TUCHEL ELECTRONICS GMBH 2 5 0 1 0 8
ANTAYA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 1 3 2 1 1 8
BELDEN CDT (CANADA) INC. 0 1 2 2 3 8
BURNDY TECHNOLOGY LLC 0 0 0 0 8 8
CENTIPEDE SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 2 3 3 8
CHIEF LAND ELECTRONIC CO., LTD. 0 2 4 2 0 8
CINCH CONNECTORS, INC. 2 1 2 3 0 8
FUJIKURA LTD. 1 2 2 2 1 8
GRYPHICS, INC. 2 3 2 1 0 8
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 0 1 4 2 1 8
INSERT ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. 1 3 2 1 1 8
JOHN FLUKE MFG. CO., INC. 0 0 2 1 5 8
KABUSHIKI KAISHA AUDIO-TECHNICA 2 2 1 3 0 8
L & K PRECISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 7 0 0 0 1 8
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 1 2 0 0 5 8
SANDISK IL LTD. 0 0 3 3 2 8
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 1 0 1 5 8
SOURIAU 1 2 1 2 2 8
TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP KOREA LTD. 2 0 0 4 2 8
TYCO ELECTRONICS JAPAN G.K. 0 0 0 0 8 8
ANDERSON POWER PRODUCTS 5 2 0 0 0 7
ARLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 1 3 2 1 7
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 1 3 0 2 7
CATERPILLAR INC. 1 0 2 1 3 7
CHANNELL COMMERCIAL CORPORATION 2 4 0 0 1 7
HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION 1 2 0 1 3 7
KYOCERA CORPORATION 0 2 2 1 2 7
LG CHEMICAL LTD. 0 0 0 4 3 7
LUMBERG CONNECT GMBH & CO. KG 3 2 0 1 1 7
MEA TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD. 2 0 2 3 0 7
NHK SPRING CO., LTD. 0 0 2 0 5 7
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 2 3 0 0 2 7
PARICON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 4 2 0 1 0 7
PHYSICAL OPTICS CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 3 7
PROTECTCONNECT, INC. 5 0 1 0 1 7
PULSE ENGINEERING INC. 0 1 1 1 4 7
QUANTA COMPUTER INC. 4 2 0 1 0 7
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 1 3 0 1 7
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 2 1 2 0 7
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 1 3 2 1 0 7
SHERWOOD SERVICES AG 3 3 1 0 0 7
SUPER LINK ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 3 1 3 0 0 7
WELL SHIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 1 0 3 3 7
ALCOA FUJIKURA LTD. 2 2 2 0 0 6
BJB GMBH & CO. KG 1 1 0 0 4 6
BROADCOM CORPORATION 1 3 2 0 0 6
CYBER POWER SYSTEM INC. 0 2 3 1 0 6
DEERE + COMPANY 0 1 4 0 1 6
HTC CORPORATION 0 0 2 1 3 6
INARCA S.P.A. 2 1 0 2 1 6
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 2 0 0 3 1 6
INVENTEC MULTIMEDIA & TELECOM CORPORATION 4 1 0 1 0 6
KINGSTON TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 2 0 1 0 3 6
MECHANICAL ANSWERS LLC 0 1 1 2 2 6
MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 1 0 2 1 2 6
NEWFREY LLC 4 1 0 0 1 6
OCEAN DESIGN, INC. 0 3 3 0 0 6
OQO, INC. 0 2 3 1 0 6
PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD. 1 1 0 3 1 6
RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG 0 2 2 2 0 6
SINGATRON ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. 0 5 1 0 0 6
SURE-FIRE ELECTRICAL CORP. 2 0 1 3 0 6
TAI TWUN ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. 1 0 3 1 1 6
THOMSON LICENSING 2 0 0 1 3 6
TROMPETER ELECTRONICS INC. 1 1 3 1 0 6
TYCO ELECTRONICS BRASIL LTDA. 0 0 3 2 1 6
U.D. ELECTRONIC CORP. 1 0 1 2 2 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 1 1 0 1 3 6
UNIVERSAL SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 3 1 2 0 0 6
UTILX CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 2 6
XEROX CORPORATION 1 2 1 1 1 6
ABB PATENT GMBH 0 1 0 3 1 5
AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 1 0 1 2 1 5
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 1 0 0 2 5
ALL BEST ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 1 1 2 1 5
ALLTOP ELECTRONICS (SU ZHOU) CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 5 5
ANTON HUMMEL VERWALTUNGS GMBH 1 0 2 1 1 5
ASTEC INTERNATIONAL, LTD. 2 1 0 1 1 5
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES FIBER IP(SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 1 1 0 3 0 5
AVX CORPORATION 1 0 0 0 4 5
BAL SEAL ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC. 1 2 1 0 1 5
BEL FUSE LTD. 2 0 0 1 2 5
CENTERPIN TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
COMAX TECHNOLOGY INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
CONINVERS GMBH 0 0 0 1 4 5
DEUTSCH ENGINEERED CONNECTING DEVICES, INC. 1 1 2 1 0 5
EXCEL CELL ELECTRONIC CO., LTD. 3 0 0 2 0 5
F-TIME TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 0 2 0 1 2 5
HIRSCHMANN ELECTRONICS GMBH & CO. KG 4 0 1 0 0 5
IMATION CORP. 0 1 2 2 0 5
JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION 3 2 0 0 0 5
JOHNSTECH INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 2 1 2 0 0 5
KINGCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 4 0 0 0 1 5
LISA DRAXLMAIER GMBH 1 2 1 0 1 5
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 2 3 0 0 5
LUMINATION, LLC 0 1 2 1 1 5
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 0 0 1 2 2 5
NEXANS 2 0 2 0 1 5
NEXTRONICS ENGINEERING CORP. 0 0 2 0 3 5
NILES CO., LTD. 0 0 0 2 3 5
NUTEK PRIVATE LIMITED 0 1 0 2 2 5
NVIDIA CORPORATION 1 0 0 4 0 5
OHIO ASSOCIATED ENTERPRISES, LLC 0 1 1 1 2 5
PACESETTER, INC. 2 1 2 0 0 5
PATENT-TREUHAND-GESELLSCHAFT FUR ELEKTRISCHE GLUHLAMPEN MBH 3 0 1 1 0 5
QISDA CORPORATION 0 0 5 0 0 5
RAYTHEON COMPANY 0 1 1 0 3 5
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 0 1 1 2 1 5
SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC. 1 3 1 0 0 5
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 0 2 2 1 0 5
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 2 3 0 0 0 5
SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC. 1 2 2 0 0 5
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 1 0 3 5
T-CONN PRECISION CORP. 0 1 2 2 0 5
TAIWAN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 0 1 2 2 5
TAIWAN LINE TEK ELECTRONIC CO., LTD. 0 0 0 2 3 5
TELECT, INC. 0 3 1 1 0 5
TENSOLITE COMPANY 1 2 1 1 0 5
ZIPPY TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 2 1 1 1 5


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