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

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2011 - 2015 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 174, Electricity: Conductors and Insulators

( 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 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 51 54 51 56 51 263
IBIDEN CO., LTD. 27 42 46 37 29 181
YAZAKI CORP. 12 16 20 35 79 162
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 20 29 14 19 42 124
SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 12 25 14 13 24 88
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 17 25 23 14 6 85
HUBBELL INCORPORATED 8 13 20 26 16 83
SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. 9 15 23 9 26 82
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 17 13 13 12 21 76
NITTO DENKO CORPORATION 15 14 14 16 11 70
PANASONIC CORPORATION 11 22 17 14 3 67
FUJITSU LIMITED 7 17 13 14 12 63
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 2 5 16 10 23 56
HITACHI METALS LTD. 1 1 1 20 32 55
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 9 9 16 12 4 50
UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY CORP. 7 16 12 5 7 47
TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 5 8 7 11 15 46
NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD. 5 8 7 7 18 45
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 9 1 5 11 18 44
THOMAS & BETTS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 9 9 6 4 14 42
NEXANS 4 10 5 10 12 41
ARLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC. 7 8 8 8 8 39
HITACHI CABLE, LTD. 3 10 19 7 0 39
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 8 4 8 13 5 38
APPLE, INC. 3 3 5 10 16 37
PANDUIT CORPORATION 6 8 7 4 11 36
NEC CORPORATION 4 10 8 5 6 33
FUJIKURA LTD. 7 4 5 7 9 32
AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 5 3 5 6 11 30
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 8 8 7 4 3 30
KYOCERA CORPORATION 1 9 8 5 6 29
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 2 5 3 13 26
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 4 2 13 5 25
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. 7 5 5 3 5 25
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 5 1 5 4 8 23
SONY CORPORATION 3 6 6 4 4 23
ABB RESEARCH LTD. 3 4 4 6 3 20
ABB TECHNOLOGY LTD. 9 1 3 6 1 20
BOEING COMPANY 3 4 1 5 7 20
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 5 7 2 2 4 20
TDK CORPORATION 3 6 4 5 2 20
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 5 4 5 2 3 19
COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 5 1 5 5 3 19
ABB TECHNOLOGY AG 0 1 7 4 5 17
HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD. 0 2 5 5 5 17
INTEL CORPORATION 2 4 6 2 3 17
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2 5 2 2 6 17
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 4 4 1 6 17
ADVANCED FLEXIBLE CIRCUITS CO., LTD. 0 3 4 3 6 16
CHATSWORTH PRODUCTS, INC. 6 5 1 3 1 16
GENERAL CABLE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 0 3 1 5 7 16
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 4 2 4 4 16
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 6 3 3 4 16
SOUTHWIRE COMPANY 3 2 1 4 6 16
BRIDGEPORT FITTINGS, INC. 1 6 4 2 2 15
HITACHI, LTD 1 4 3 5 2 15
RAYTHEON COMPANY 1 5 3 3 3 15
SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 1 4 9 1 0 15
DENSO CORPORATION 2 3 4 1 4 14
TAYMAC CORPORATION 11 3 0 0 0 14
COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA 5 1 2 3 2 13
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO. LTD 0 3 7 3 0 13
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 0 0 0 2 11 13
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 2 3 4 4 13
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 6 5 0 0 13
WISTRON CORPORATION 2 3 1 3 4 13
LG CHEM, LTD. 0 1 0 5 6 12
BELDEN, INC. 4 1 4 1 1 11
ENDICOTT INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 5 3 0 0 11
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 5 0 6 0 11
TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD. 0 1 2 5 3 11
ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC. 2 3 5 0 0 10
AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 2 5 1 1 10
CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH 2 4 2 2 0 10
LEVITON MANUFACTURING CO. INC. 2 3 4 1 0 10
LS CABLE & SYSTEM LTD. 1 3 2 2 2 10
NIPPON MEKTRON LTD. 0 2 1 1 6 10
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 2 1 1 4 10
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 1 2 1 4 2 10
SUPERIOR ESSEX COMMUNICATIONS LP 2 2 6 0 0 10
AU OPTRONICS CORP. 3 0 3 3 0 9
FUKUI PRECISION COMPONENT (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 3 0 1 1 4 9
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 4 9
PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG 1 0 2 0 6 9
PRYSMIAN S.P.A. 1 0 2 4 2 9
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 1 3 0 2 3 9
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 1 2 2 2 2 9
ALTERA CORPORATION 0 3 0 4 1 8
BOREALIS AG 0 0 2 2 4 8
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 0 1 3 2 8
FU TAI HUA INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 1 4 1 2 8
LS CABLE LTD 2 0 1 4 1 8
MEDTRONIC INC. 0 2 4 2 0 8
PRYSMIAN CAVI E SISTEMI ENERGIA S.R.L. 2 1 0 4 1 8
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 1 3 2 1 1 8
SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 0 0 2 6 8
SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO. LTD. 0 2 4 2 0 8
WIREMOLD COMPANY 4 3 0 1 0 8
ZHEN DING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 1 2 0 2 3 8
BOREALIS TECHNOLOGY OY 1 4 1 0 1 7
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 1 0 1 2 7
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 1 1 1 3 7
DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC 2 0 2 2 1 7
EATON CORPORATION 0 0 2 3 2 7
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 0 2 1 4 7
FLEXTRONICS AP, LLC 1 0 3 2 1 7
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC 0 2 2 1 2 7
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 1 1 1 3 1 7
HOSIDEN CORPORATION 0 0 1 4 2 7
INVENSAS CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 3 7
LAIRD TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 1 1 1 3 7
LG INNOTEK CO., LTD 1 0 1 3 2 7
NANCHANG O-FILM TECH CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 7 7
OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH 0 1 1 2 3 7
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 7 7
SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE 0 0 1 2 4 7
SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 1 1 2 3 7
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC. 0 2 2 2 1 7
SUBTRON TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 0 3 2 2 7
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 0 1 1 2 3 7
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 1 0 2 1 3 7
TYCO ELECTRONICS U.K. LIMITED 1 1 1 1 3 7
AMPHENOL CORPORATION 2 1 2 0 1 6
CONTI TEMIC MICROELECTRONIC GMBH 0 2 0 4 0 6
DEXERIALS CORPORATION 0 0 2 3 1 6
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 0 1 0 3 2 6
EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC 0 1 1 3 1 6
FORCE 10 NETWORKS, INC. 2 4 0 0 0 6
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 3 0 0 2 1 6
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 1 1 4 0 6
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 0 0 1 3 2 6
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 1 4 1 0 0 6
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 2 0 1 1 2 6
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 1 0 2 2 6
SHIN-ETSU POLYMER CO., LTD. 0 2 2 0 2 6
STATS CHIPPAC LTD. 1 0 3 1 1 6
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL.) 0 1 0 0 5 6
ALCATEL LUCENT 1 0 1 2 1 5
AT & S AUSTRIA TECHNOLOGIE & SYSTEMTECHNIK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 0 2 0 2 5
CHECKERS INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS, LLC 0 3 0 1 1 5
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. 1 0 1 2 1 5
FCI 1 1 1 0 2 5
FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED 2 0 2 1 0 5
FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED 1 2 0 0 2 5
HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION 1 0 1 2 1 5
HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD. 0 0 1 3 1 5
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (WUHAN) CO., LTD. 0 0 1 3 1 5
HTC CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 2 5
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 0 2 0 2 1 5
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 3 1 1 0 0 5
JOHN MEZZALLINGUA ASSOCIATES, LLC 2 2 0 1 0 5
KYOCERA SLC TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 0 2 0 2 1 5
LEAR CORPORATION 1 1 0 1 2 5
MOLEX INCORPORATED 0 1 2 0 2 5
OSRAM GMBH 0 2 1 0 2 5
SHELL OIL COMPANY 0 0 2 1 2 5
TESSERA, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
THE PATENT STORE LLC 1 1 2 1 0 5
TOYODA JIDOSHOKKI SEISAKUSHO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 2 1 2 0 5
TPK TOUCH SOLUTIONS (XIAMEN) INC 0 0 0 2 3 5
XILINX, INC. 0 1 0 1 3 5



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