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

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2007 - 2011 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 398, Optical Communications

( 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 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Total
FUJITSU LIMITED 57 64 71 111 77 380
FINISAR CORPORATION 18 21 44 45 36 164
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 38 39 6 10 14 107
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 25 28 25 8 3 89
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 14 12 21 26 16 89
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 11 22 13 12 18 76
ALCATEL 34 13 15 9 1 72
ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. 0 4 24 31 10 69
CIENA CORPORATION 16 11 6 15 21 69
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 32 36 0 0 0 68
NEC CORPORATION 15 6 10 11 16 58
HITACHI, LTD 13 3 5 13 23 57
ALCATEL LUCENT 6 3 5 11 31 56
INTEL CORPORATION 12 11 9 8 8 48
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 8 11 12 9 43
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 13 8 8 4 7 40
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 3 6 7 11 12 39
AT&T CORP. 17 14 3 3 0 37
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 1 4 4 11 16 36
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. 0 1 7 14 13 35
ERICSSON AB 2 7 4 13 7 33
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 6 5 4 7 11 33
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. 5 5 5 8 9 32
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY 4 4 6 5 12 31
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES FIBER IP(SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 7 5 5 5 8 30
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 7 8 11 26
HITACHI COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 1 4 12 7 1 25
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 5 5 7 3 5 25
EMCORE CORPORATION 0 5 5 8 6 24
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 5 4 3 5 22
NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS GMBH & CO. KG 0 1 6 10 5 22
TELLABS OPERATIONS INC. 6 4 5 4 3 22
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 2 5 6 2 6 21
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 4 6 2 4 5 21
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 6 3 7 3 1 20
BOEING COMPANY 4 6 0 6 2 18
TYCO TELECOMMUNICATIONS (US) INC. 8 5 4 1 0 18
FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 1 4 5 5 17
INFINERA CORPORATION 1 0 5 3 8 17
JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION 5 3 0 3 6 17
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2 3 4 1 6 16
CELIGHT, INC. 2 3 1 3 6 15
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 3 5 7 15
VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC. 0 0 0 3 11 14
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 6 1 1 0 13
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 2 0 4 4 3 13
AVANEX CORPORATION 7 4 1 0 0 12
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 1 4 1 4 2 12
NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA, INC. 0 0 1 2 9 12
BROADWING CORPORATION 1 5 4 1 0 11
DYNAMIC METHOD ENTERPRISES LIMITED 0 0 3 6 2 11
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 2 4 2 3 0 11
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 7 1 1 1 1 11
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 3 4 2 1 1 11
ENABLENCE USA FTTX NETWORKS INC. 0 1 7 0 2 10
KDDI CORPORATION 2 1 4 1 2 10
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 1 3 1 4 10
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 5 5 0 0 0 10
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 2 1 0 4 3 10
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 1 2 3 3 9
BROADCOM CORPORATION 1 0 3 2 3 9
MERITON NETWORKS US INC. 2 0 3 4 0 9
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 2 6 1 0 0 9
RAYTHEON COMPANY 3 1 0 4 1 9
TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 2 6 1 9
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 4 4 1 0 0 9
TYCO ELECTRONICS SUBSEA COMMUNICATIONS LLC 0 0 0 4 5 9
APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION 0 0 2 0 6 8
ECI TELECOM LTD. 5 0 0 2 1 8
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 1 0 3 3 8
MAIN STREET VENTURES, LLC 4 2 2 0 0 8
OPNEXT JAPAN, INC. 5 1 1 0 1 8
SONY CORPORATION 0 4 1 1 2 8
YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORP. 1 0 2 3 2 8
ALCATEL-LUCENT CANADA INC. 0 3 2 1 1 7
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 2 1 0 2 2 7
FRANCE TELECOM 1 0 2 1 3 7
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 3 2 1 1 0 7
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA 0 2 0 2 3 7
VERIZON SERVICES CORP. 0 1 2 2 2 7
WAVE7 OPTICS, INC. 5 2 0 0 0 7
ZILOG, INC. 2 1 2 2 0 7
ADVA AG OPTICAL NETWORKING 0 0 0 4 2 6
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 2 0 2 2 0 6
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 0 0 3 0 3 6
BOOKHAM TECHNOLOGY PLC 1 2 2 1 0 6
BROADLIGHT LTD. 0 0 2 2 2 6
CUBIC CORPORATION 1 0 2 1 2 6
GENERAL PHOTONICS CORPORATION 0 2 0 2 2 6
HARRIS CORP. 5 0 1 0 0 6
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 2 0 3 0 1 6
MAGIQ TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 0 1 3 6
OPNEXT SUBSYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 0 6 6
TRANSMODE SYSTEMS AB 4 0 1 1 0 6
TROPIC NETWORKS INC. 5 1 0 0 0 6
XTERA COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 3 0 0 3 0 6
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
ALTERA CORPORATION 4 0 0 0 1 5
JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY 0 0 0 4 1 5
LIGHTFLEET CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 2 5
MINDSPEED TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 4 1 0 5
MOTOROLA-MOBILITY, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
OCLARO NORTH AMERICA INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
OEWAVES, INC. 1 1 2 1 0 5
PIVOTAL DECISIONS LLC. 1 1 3 0 0 5
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 2 0 1 0 2 5
SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC. 0 1 2 2 0 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 1 0 1 2 1 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 0 2 3 0 0 5
VERIZON BUSINESS GLOBAL LLC 0 1 1 2 1 5


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