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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 349, Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems

( 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
LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. 246 231 182 158 95 912
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 188 209 154 113 100 764
SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 50 240 228 235 753
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 293 213 36 29 33 604
AU OPTRONICS CORP. 120 104 92 66 50 432
SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 0 32 151 188 371
HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD. 125 127 91 4 0 347
JAPAN DISPLAY INC. 0 0 8 120 172 300
SONY CORPORATION 87 98 49 26 17 277
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 46 54 64 60 45 269
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 44 45 33 45 27 194
CHIMEI-INNOLUX CORPORATION 47 56 24 7 0 134
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 35 30 21 21 12 119
NLT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 1 32 40 25 17 115
BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 16 15 25 20 21 97
CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD. 18 34 29 8 5 94
APPLE, INC. 6 9 18 15 38 86
BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. 0 4 5 11 62 82
NITTO DENKO CORPORATION 15 22 23 8 13 81
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 16 13 13 18 21 81
JAPAN DISPLAY WEST INC. 0 0 24 42 7 73
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 17 16 12 12 9 66
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 5 2 13 14 16 50
HANNSTAR DISPLAY CORP. 14 9 12 6 8 49
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 12 15 17 4 0 48
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 10 15 7 9 7 48
INNOLUX CORPORATION 0 0 2 17 29 48
LG CHEM, LTD. 5 13 5 10 15 48
PANASONIC CORPORATION 6 16 14 8 0 44
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 12 8 10 6 6 42
TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD. 9 12 10 7 4 42
NEC LCD TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 37 3 1 0 0 41
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO. LTD 9 7 8 6 10 40
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 5 8 11 9 7 40
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 17 10 3 4 4 38
STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 5 10 6 7 9 37
JAPAN DISPLAY CENTRAL INC. 0 5 29 1 0 35
PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO. LTD. 4 3 4 15 7 33
WINTEK CORPORATION 11 10 3 3 5 32
INNOCOM TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 16 3 2 5 5 31
MANUFACTURING RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 3 8 13 5 30
FUJITSU LIMITED 10 7 4 5 0 26
LG INNOTEK CO., LTD 3 5 6 9 3 26
SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD. 21 5 0 0 0 26
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 10 7 3 3 2 25
TOSHIBA MATSUSHITA DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 18 6 0 0 0 24
NEC CORPORATION 9 5 4 3 1 22
INFOVISION OPTOELECTRONICS (KUNSHAN) CO., LTD. 3 10 2 4 1 20
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY 3 4 5 2 6 20
HITACHI CONSUMER ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 6 12 1 0 19
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 9 8 2 0 0 19
HITACHI, LTD 16 2 0 0 0 18
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 3 7 3 3 2 18
CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD. 6 4 1 2 4 17
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 4 8 3 1 1 17
OMRON CORPORATION 0 2 5 1 8 16
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 7 6 1 1 0 15
MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG 2 1 1 5 6 15
REAL D 2 1 2 4 6 15
WISTRON CORPORATION 2 1 4 7 1 15
E INK HOLDINGS INC. 2 4 3 4 0 13
HIAP L. ONG AND KYORITSU OPTRONICS CO., LTD. 4 3 3 2 0 12
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 6 2 4 0 0 12
LENSVECTOR INC. 1 4 1 2 4 12
CHEIL INDUSTRIES, INC. 2 4 2 1 2 11
HYDIS TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 3 5 0 3 0 11
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 3 5 1 0 2 11
BENQ MATERIALS CORPORATION 1 0 3 4 2 10
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 2 2 3 2 1 10
ZEON CORPORATION 0 5 3 0 2 10
CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 2 3 3 1 0 9
DIC CORPORATION 1 0 2 2 4 9
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 1 3 2 1 2 9
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 9 9
THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2 1 3 2 1 9
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 3 0 0 2 3 8
KYOCERA CORPORATION 3 2 1 0 2 8
NISSHA PRINTING CO., LTD. 2 2 1 2 1 8
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY 0 2 4 0 2 8
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 4 1 1 2 0 8
ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LTD. 3 1 2 1 0 7
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC. 0 0 0 0 7 7
NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD. 0 0 3 1 3 7
NIKON CORPORATION 1 2 4 0 0 7
SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 7 7
TOSHIBA MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD. 2 4 1 0 0 7
CORETRONIC CORPORATION 0 3 2 1 0 6
GENTEX CORPORATION 0 2 2 2 0 6
HIMAX DISPLAY, INC. 1 3 2 0 0 6
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 3 0 1 0 6
JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION 3 1 1 1 0 6
JNC CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 4 6
KENT DISPLAYS INCORPORATED 0 1 0 0 5 6
KONICA MINOLTA OPTO, INC 2 1 1 0 2 6
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 0 0 2 4 0 6
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 1 1 2 2 0 6
NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY 1 1 2 1 1 6
NIPPON OIL CORPORATION 4 2 0 0 0 6
PIXEL QI CORPORATION 0 3 1 2 0 6
SHANGHAI LEXVU OPTO MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD 0 4 0 0 2 6
SILICON TOUCH TECHNOLOGY INC. 0 2 3 1 0 6
SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED 3 0 1 1 1 6
TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY 3 1 2 0 0 6
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA 4 2 0 0 0 6
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 0 0 2 1 5
AU OPTRONICS (SUZHOU) CORP., LTD. 0 2 0 2 1 5
BEIJING FUNATE INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 1 2 2 0 5
CAMBRIOS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 2 2 0 1 0 5
CENTURY DISPLAY(SHENZHEN)CO.,LTD. 0 4 1 0 0 5
CHI MEI CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 2 5
COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC. 0 2 0 3 0 5
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
FAR EASTERN NEW CENTURY CORPORATION 2 0 0 1 2 5
HITACHI MAXELL, LTD. 1 0 1 0 3 5
INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY 0 1 3 0 1 5
JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION 0 1 0 2 2 5
MOTOROLA-MOBILITY, INC. 3 1 1 0 0 5
NANCHANG O-FILM TECH CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 5 5
OCLARO NORTH AMERICA INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
RAYTHEON COMPANY 2 1 0 2 0 5
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 3 0 0 0 2 5
SAMSUNG CORNING PRECISION MATERIALS CO., LTD. 0 1 0 3 1 5
SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL (SHANGHAI) CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 0 5
TPO HONG KONG HOLDING LIMITED 2 2 1 0 0 5



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