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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 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 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Total
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 161 252 320 413 331 1477
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 167 143 117 130 130 687
TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 59 60 95 122 147 483
YAZAKI CORP. 67 86 67 68 42 330
SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. 83 53 58 57 35 286
CHENG UEI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 22 44 47 72 76 261
MOLEX INCORPORATED 39 44 21 41 55 200
FCI AMERICAS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 45 55 33 25 10 168
JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY LTD. 36 26 26 34 30 152
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 26 53 31 19 11 140
JOHN MEZZALINGUA ASSOCIATES, INC. 21 23 11 20 38 113
LOTES CO., LTD. 30 25 16 14 20 105
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 12 12 14 22 30 90
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 23 22 12 21 11 89
PANDUIT CORPORATION 14 13 22 16 24 89
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 22 22 13 13 9 79
FCI 17 13 10 20 16 76
ADC GMBH 5 7 12 23 27 74
HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 15 24 15 11 8 73
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 10 13 9 20 19 71
JAPAN SOLDERLESS TERMINAL MFG. CO., LTD. 21 21 15 6 8 71
ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC. 12 7 18 19 11 67
INTEL CORPORATION 19 18 16 8 6 67
APPLE, INC. 3 6 10 19 19 57
COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 6 9 11 12 19 57
AMPHENOL CORPORATION 6 8 12 19 11 56
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 5 20 6 12 13 56
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 10 12 12 4 16 54
FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED 5 9 10 14 15 53
TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP, K.K. 25 12 9 6 1 53
FUJITSU LIMITED 8 14 11 3 15 51
COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA 3 13 15 7 12 50
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 8 7 10 11 11 47
ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC. 6 5 10 17 7 45
DDK LTD. 8 12 14 7 4 45
HUBBELL INCORPORATED 7 6 7 9 16 45
LEVITON MANUFACTURING CO. INC. 8 5 5 9 18 45
THOMAS & BETTS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 7 7 14 11 5 44
WEIDMULLER INTERFACE GMBH & CO. KG 7 11 11 11 4 44
HOSIDEN CORPORATION 10 10 5 9 8 42
SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 9 7 1 14 11 42
PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG 7 6 5 10 12 40
AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 7 7 5 7 13 39
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 9 5 10 7 8 39
YAMAICHI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 9 4 9 4 12 38
CORNING GILBERT INC. 7 7 6 7 9 36
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. 5 10 7 6 5 33
FINISAR CORPORATION 8 10 8 6 1 33
SUPER TALENT ELECTRONICS, INC. 5 7 9 8 3 32
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 7 9 5 6 3 30
SONY CORPORATION 8 6 7 4 5 30
TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP GMBH 6 3 9 5 7 30
ANDREW CORPORATION 3 4 3 14 5 29
DENSO CORPORATION 4 8 9 6 2 29
JST CORPORATION 6 9 3 5 6 29
LEAR CORPORATION 7 6 4 5 7 29
TAI-SOL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 11 11 4 2 1 29
MEDTRONIC INC. 5 4 8 6 5 28
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 5 8 5 7 3 28
TYCO ELECTRONICS JAPAN G.K. 0 0 0 8 18 26
HITACHI CABLE, LTD. 1 2 4 11 7 25
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 5 8 5 5 1 24
FORM FACTOR, INC. 2 8 5 7 2 24
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC. 2 2 5 6 8 23
INVENTEC CORPORATION 6 12 3 1 1 23
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 1 4 7 5 6 23
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 6 5 4 2 5 22
BELKIN INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 6 3 5 6 21
ORTRONICS INC. 3 2 8 6 2 21
BOEING COMPANY 6 2 4 5 3 20
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 3 7 0 6 20
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 3 1 6 6 4 20
ERNI ELECTRONICS GMBH 5 4 7 3 1 20
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD. 8 8 3 1 0 20
OMRON CORPORATION 0 2 8 7 3 20
POWERTECH INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 2 4 6 0 8 20
K.S. TERMINALS INC. 0 8 1 3 7 19
EATON CORPORATION 6 3 5 3 1 18
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 6 6 3 1 2 18
SMK CORPORATION 4 3 3 3 5 18
ENPLAS CORPORATION 3 6 4 2 2 17
HARTING ELECTRIC GMBH & CO. KG 4 7 0 2 4 17
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 3 5 3 4 2 17
RADIALL 4 4 4 1 4 17
ROSENBERGER HOCHFREQUENZTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG 2 3 5 1 6 17
CHI MEI COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 1 7 6 16
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 7 4 3 0 16
KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIHON MICRONICS 2 3 2 6 3 16
SANDISK CORPORATION 1 4 2 7 2 16
TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO K.K. 4 5 4 3 0 16
HITACHI, LTD 3 4 5 2 1 15
I-PEX CO., LTD. 3 4 1 4 3 15
IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC 1 0 4 6 4 15
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 1 4 5 5 15
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 3 4 2 1 5 15
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 1 0 5 4 4 14
MC TECHNOLOGY GMBH 0 3 2 7 2 14
MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 4 2 1 1 6 14
NOKIA CORPORATION 5 4 2 2 1 14
P-TWO INDUSTRIES INC. 3 3 5 3 0 14
PASS + SEYMOUR, INC. 3 2 2 6 1 14
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 0 4 1 6 3 14
YAZAKI NORTH AMERICA, INC. 5 3 6 0 0 14
YOKOWO CO., LTD. 3 2 4 2 3 14
ALLTOP ELECTRONICS (SU ZHOU) CO., LTD. 0 0 0 5 8 13
FUJIKURA LTD. 2 2 2 1 6 13
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 4 3 4 0 2 13
GROUP DEKKO INC 0 0 7 4 2 13
HARTING ELECTRONICS GMBH & CO. KG 1 2 4 4 2 13
JESS-LINK PRODUCTS CO., LTD. 6 2 4 0 1 13
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 3 3 4 2 1 13
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 3 3 2 1 4 13
SAMTEC, INC. 3 5 3 2 0 13
AMPHENOL-TUCHEL ELECTRONICS GMBH 5 0 1 0 6 12
CENTIPEDE SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 3 3 4 12
EMC CORPORATION 5 2 3 1 1 12
EZCONN CORPORATION 1 1 2 4 4 12
HIRSCHMANN AUTOMOTIVE GMBH 3 3 4 1 1 12
MOTOROLA, INC. 2 7 2 1 0 12
PANASONIC ELECTRIC WORKS CO., LTD. 0 1 4 5 2 12
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 4 3 3 2 12
WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION 0 0 2 7 3 12
AMERICAN POWER CONVERSION CORPORATION 2 3 2 2 2 11
BELDEN CDT (CANADA) INC. 1 2 2 3 3 11
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 3 1 3 2 2 11
JOHN FLUKE MFG. CO., INC. 0 2 1 5 3 11
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 3 2 3 0 11
NEOCONIX, INC. 1 4 3 2 1 11
NHK SPRING CO., LTD. 0 2 0 5 4 11
SIEMENS ENERGY & AUTOMATION, INC. 1 4 6 0 0 11
SPEED TECH CORP. 2 5 3 1 0 11
WAGO VERWALTUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG 1 1 0 7 2 11
WELL SHIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 1 0 3 3 4 11
WINCHESTER ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 3 3 2 1 2 11
CHIEF LAND ELECTRONIC CO., LTD. 2 4 2 0 2 10
CONCRAFT HOLDING CO., LTD. 0 0 0 2 8 10
GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 5 0 1 1 3 10
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 1 4 2 1 2 10
KOSTAL KONTAKT SYSTEME GMBH 4 2 1 3 0 10
METHODE ELECTRONICS, INC. 1 2 1 5 1 10
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 2 0 0 5 3 10
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 1 1 4 2 10
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 0 1 2 2 5 10
OSRAM SYLVANIA INC. 3 3 1 2 1 10
RAYTHEON COMPANY 1 1 0 3 5 10
SIEMON COMPANY 1 1 2 5 1 10
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. 3 2 3 2 0 10
WISTRON CORPORATION 1 0 4 5 0 10
ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC. 0 0 0 0 9 9
AU OPTRONICS CORP. 4 0 2 1 2 9
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 3 2 1 1 9
HARRIS CORP. 2 2 2 2 1 9
HONDA TSUSHIN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 1 2 3 1 9
HTC CORPORATION 0 2 1 3 3 9
JSR CORPORATION 4 3 1 0 1 9
KYOCERA ELCO CORPORATION 4 2 1 2 0 9
LEGRAND FRANCE 0 0 1 3 5 9
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 1 2 3 1 2 9
MITSUBISHI CABLE INDUSTRIES, LTD. 2 1 0 0 6 9
NEC CORPORATION 3 2 0 3 1 9
PULSE ENGINEERING INC. 1 1 1 4 2 9
SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD. 1 3 5 0 0 9
SANDISK IL LTD. 0 3 3 2 1 9
SOURIAU 2 1 2 2 2 9
SURTEC INDUSTRIES INC. 1 3 2 3 0 9
ANTAYA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 3 2 1 1 1 8
ARLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 3 2 1 1 8
AVX CORPORATION 0 0 0 4 4 8
BAL SEAL ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC. 2 1 0 1 4 8
BURNDY TECHNOLOGY LLC 0 0 0 8 0 8
CHANT SINCERE CO., LTD. 0 4 1 1 2 8
COMMSCOPE SOLUTIONS PROPERTIES, LLC 8 0 0 0 0 8
INSERT ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. 3 2 1 1 1 8
KABUSHIKI KAISHA AUDIO-TECHNICA 2 1 3 0 2 8
LUMBERG CONNECT GMBH & CO. KG 2 0 1 1 4 8
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 5 3 0 0 0 8
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 0 1 5 1 8
SOUTHWIRE COMPANY 0 1 1 2 4 8
TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP KOREA LTD. 0 0 4 2 2 8
YAZAKI EUROPE LTD. 3 5 0 0 0 8
ADVANTEST CORP. 2 3 1 1 0 7
BELDEN, INC. 0 0 0 0 7 7
CATERPILLAR INC. 0 2 1 3 1 7
CINCH CONNECTORS, INC. 1 2 3 0 1 7
DEERE + COMPANY 1 4 0 1 1 7
HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION 2 0 1 3 1 7
KINGSTON TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 0 1 0 3 3 7
KYOCERA CORPORATION 2 2 1 2 0 7
LG CHEMICAL LTD. 0 0 4 3 0 7
MECHANICAL ANSWERS LLC 1 1 2 2 1 7
NVIDIA CORPORATION 0 0 4 0 3 7
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 3 0 0 2 2 7
PHYSICAL OPTICS CORPORATION 1 2 1 3 0 7
RICHARDS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. (NEW JERSEY) 1 2 2 0 2 7
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 1 2 0 2 7
SUN LITE SOCKETS INDUSTRY, INC. 0 1 4 1 1 7
TAIWAN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 1 2 2 2 7
TYCO ELECTRONICS BRASIL LTDA. 0 3 2 1 1 7
U.D. ELECTRONIC CORP. 0 1 2 2 2 7
UTILX CORPORATION 0 2 2 2 1 7
ADVANCED INTERCONNECTIONS CORPORATION 2 3 0 1 0 6
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 3 1 0 0 6
BJB GMBH & CO. KG 1 0 0 4 1 6
BRIDGEPORT FITTINGS, INC. 0 0 1 0 5 6
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 3 0 2 0 6
CONINVERS GMBH 0 0 1 4 1 6
CYBER POWER SYSTEM INC. 2 3 1 0 0 6
ENSKY TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 1 0 1 4 6
GRYPHICS, INC. 3 2 1 0 0 6
INTERCONNECT PORTFOLIO, LLC 0 1 0 3 2 6
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 0 1 2 1 2 6
MEA TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD. 0 2 3 0 1 6
MORSETTITALIA S.P.A. 0 2 0 1 3 6
NILES CO., LTD. 0 0 2 3 1 6
OCEAN DESIGN, INC. 3 3 0 0 0 6
OQO, INC. 2 3 1 0 0 6
RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG 2 2 2 0 0 6
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 1 1 1 1 6
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 1 1 2 1 1 6
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 3 2 1 0 0 6
SINGATRON ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. 5 1 0 0 0 6
T-CONN PRECISION CORP. 1 2 2 0 1 6
TOPOWER COMPUTER INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 4 2 0 0 0 6
ABB AG 0 0 1 1 3 5
ABB PATENT GMBH 1 0 3 1 0 5
ALL BEST ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 1 1 2 1 0 5
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES FIBER IP(SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 1 0 3 0 1 5
BROADCOM CORPORATION 3 2 0 0 0 5
CHANNELL COMMERCIAL CORPORATION 4 0 0 1 0 5
CHEETAH USA CORP. 2 1 1 0 1 5
CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH 0 0 0 2 3 5
F-TIME TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 2 0 1 2 0 5
HAWORTH, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD. 2 1 0 1 1 5
IMATION CORP. 1 2 2 0 0 5
LAIRD TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 3 0 2 5
LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 0 3 1 1 5
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 3 0 0 0 5
LUMINATION, LLC 1 2 1 1 0 5
MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 0 2 1 2 0 5
NELLCOR PURITAN BENNETT INCORPORATED 0 0 1 2 2 5
NEXANS 0 2 0 1 2 5
NEXTRONICS ENGINEERING CORP. 0 2 0 3 0 5
NUTEK PRIVATE LIMITED 1 0 2 2 0 5
OHIO ASSOCIATED ENTERPRISES, LLC 1 1 1 2 0 5
OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. 0 0 0 2 3 5
PHOENIX CONTACT DEVELOPMENT & MANUFACTURING, INC. 0 1 2 1 1 5
PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD. 1 0 3 1 0 5
PRO BRAND INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 2 1 0 2 5
QISDA CORPORATION 0 5 0 0 0 5
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 3 0 1 0 5
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 2 2 1 0 0 5
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 0 2 2 0 1 5
STONERIDGE CONTROL DEVICES, INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 0 3 1 5
TAI TWUN ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. 0 3 1 1 0 5
TAIWAN LINE TEK ELECTRONIC CO., LTD. 0 0 2 3 0 5
TAIWAN SUNCAGEY INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 0 0 0 1 4 5
TELECT, INC. 3 1 1 0 0 5
THE PATENT STORE LLC 0 1 0 0 4 5
TROMPETER ELECTRONICS INC. 1 3 1 0 0 5
TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP ESPANA, S.A. 0 0 2 2 1 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 1 0 1 3 0 5
VIVANT MEDICAL, INC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
XEROX CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 0 5
ZIPPY TECHNOLOGY CORP. 2 1 1 1 0 5


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