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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 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 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Total
FINISAR CORPORATION 29 21 15 19 7 91
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 13 14 22 14 24 87
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 14 15 11 31 12 83
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 3 23 37 15 78
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 6 12 32 18 71
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. 5 14 12 15 22 68
COHERENT, INC. 12 13 10 15 14 64
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 6 15 16 15 8 60
CYMER, INC. 14 10 8 20 6 58
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 11 9 14 13 11 58
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 9 15 21 9 2 56
SONY CORPORATION 4 5 15 13 18 55
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 4 6 10 17 8 45
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES FIBER IP(SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 13 8 8 8 2 39
CORNING INCORPORATED 1 6 10 12 10 39
OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH 4 4 10 15 6 39
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 3 8 9 15 38
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 6 12 3 6 9 36
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 4 3 10 8 6 31
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 3 8 5 5 9 30
FUJITSU LIMITED 4 3 7 7 8 29
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 13 16 0 0 0 29
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 5 7 6 9 2 29
INTEL CORPORATION 12 6 5 4 1 28
NICHIA CORPORATION 4 4 3 14 3 28
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 5 2 2 8 10 27
JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION 4 5 6 7 5 27
OPNEXT JAPAN, INC. 1 3 6 10 5 25
BOEING COMPANY 5 2 8 5 4 24
NEC CORPORATION 2 1 3 10 7 23
RAYTHEON COMPANY 0 4 5 6 6 21
IMRA AMERICA, INC. 1 1 3 7 8 20
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 4 7 3 4 19
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA 1 3 5 3 4 16
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 1 2 6 2 4 15
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 0 3 1 5 6 15
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 1 5 5 0 4 15
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 3 1 1 5 4 14
POLARONYX INC. 0 3 10 1 0 14
ELECTRO SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIES, INC. 2 2 1 6 2 13
HITACHI, LTD 3 1 1 6 2 13
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 5 5 1 2 0 13
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 0 1 4 3 5 13
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 4 6 3 0 0 13
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 2 7 3 0 1 13
BINOPTICS, INC. 1 0 2 5 4 12
PAVILION INTEGRATION CORPORATION 1 3 7 1 0 12
BOOKHAM TECHNOLOGY PLC 7 2 1 1 0 11
DAYLIGHT SOLUTIONS INC. 0 2 2 3 4 11
FANUC LTD. 2 2 3 4 0 11
KOMATSU LTD. 2 1 1 4 3 11
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 5 1 2 1 2 11
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 3 2 1 0 10
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 5 0 1 2 2 10
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2 3 3 1 1 10
PD-LD, INC. 3 1 3 2 1 10
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 3 1 2 4 0 10
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION 1 4 3 1 1 10
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 0 1 4 4 0 9
EUDYNA DEVICES INC. 0 1 2 3 3 9
HITACHI CABLE, LTD. 0 1 3 4 1 9
PYROPHOTONICS LASERS INC. 0 3 0 5 1 9
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 1 4 2 1 8
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 1 2 5 8
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC 0 2 0 2 4 8
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION 0 0 0 6 2 8
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 0 1 0 2 5 8
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 2 2 2 1 0 7
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 2 4 1 0 0 7
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 0 3 1 2 1 7
OEWAVES, INC. 2 0 0 1 4 7
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE 0 4 2 1 0 7
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 1 1 0 3 2 7
BIOLASE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 1 1 3 6
IPG PHOTONICS CORPORATION 0 0 1 4 1 6
LAMBDA PHYSIK AG 5 1 0 0 0 6
NLIGHT PHOTONICS CORPORATION 0 3 1 2 0 6
TRUMPF LASER GMBH + CO. KG 0 2 1 3 0 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 1 0 0 3 2 6
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
ANRITSU CORPORATION 0 0 3 2 0 5
COBOLT AB 1 1 2 1 0 5
CREE, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
EMCORE CORPORATION 0 1 1 0 3 5
GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 3 5
INNOLUME GMBH 0 2 2 1 0 5
KYOTO UNIVERSITY 0 0 2 2 1 5
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
MEDIATEK INC. 1 1 0 2 1 5
MINDSPEED TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 0 3 1 5
MIYACHI TECHNOS CORPORATION 0 4 1 0 0 5
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY 2 1 2 0 0 5
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 2 3 0 5
NIKON CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 2 5
NOVERA OPTICS, INC. 1 0 2 0 2 5
OCLARO TECHNOLOGY PLC 0 0 1 3 1 5
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY 2 1 0 1 1 5
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION AT UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO 0 0 2 2 1 5
SHIMADZU CORPORATION 1 1 3 0 0 5
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 2 0 1 2 0 5
THALES 0 0 3 1 1 5


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