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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 362, Illumination

( 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 251 287 322 296 326 1482
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 34 52 52 79 62 279
LG INNOTEK CO., LTD 11 33 55 56 60 215
KOITO MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED 32 35 47 43 45 202
CREE, INC. 21 22 32 51 51 177
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 54 33 24 32 34 177
SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 0 30 90 56 176
SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 7 34 62 55 158
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 47 57 47 3 0 154
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 28 19 21 21 61 150
COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 21 17 30 31 44 143
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 0 0 24 50 63 137
AU OPTRONICS CORP. 19 22 29 38 24 132
STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 20 15 40 33 22 130
FU ZHUN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 54 50 20 1 0 125
OSRAM GMBH 12 18 20 27 45 122
PANASONIC CORPORATION 9 22 35 26 3 95
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 10 13 22 19 16 80
TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 7 7 28 30 8 80
ABL IP HOLDING LLC 9 23 14 17 13 76
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 6 5 13 26 25 75
FOXSEMICON INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY, INC. 23 26 22 0 1 72
SONY CORPORATION 10 21 14 16 6 67
OSRAM SYLVANIA INC. 8 4 18 17 17 64
LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. 21 8 7 10 12 58
VALEO VISION 8 5 16 12 17 58
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 8 21 19 5 0 53
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 6 14 13 6 9 48
OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH 10 7 10 6 13 46
GE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLC 6 1 12 18 8 45
ICHIKOH INDUSTRIES LIMITED 8 10 9 7 11 45
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 7 8 7 10 9 41
YOUNG LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY INC. 0 10 15 8 8 41
LIGHTING SCIENCE GROUP CORPORATION 3 9 11 9 8 40
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 3 2 10 11 13 39
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC 6 5 4 8 15 38
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 4 4 12 7 10 37
XICATO, INC. 4 7 9 9 6 35
CORETRONIC CORPORATION 2 10 8 7 6 33
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 3 9 8 11 33
MUSCO CORPORATION 8 8 5 7 4 32
BRIDGELUX, INC 4 8 5 7 7 31
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 10 2 7 5 6 30
MINEBEA KABUSHIKI-KAISHA (MINEBEA CO., LTD) 4 2 5 9 9 29
YAZAKI CORP. 3 3 5 12 6 29
ADVANCED OPTOELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY INC. 1 8 8 2 9 28
HELLA KGAA HUECK & CO. 1 3 7 5 12 28
LSI INDUSTRIES INC. 6 5 10 3 4 28
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. 3 3 4 11 6 27
LEXTAR ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 2 5 4 11 5 27
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 27 27
PRODUCTION RESOURCE GROUP L.L.C. 7 5 8 6 1 27
ROHM CO., LTD. 0 2 8 6 11 27
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 2 1 6 6 12 27
APPLE, INC. 2 5 4 6 9 26
RAMBUS DELAWARE LLC 0 0 4 16 6 26
SEOUL SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 3 8 5 4 6 26
TOYODA GOSEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 7 3 4 6 26
WISTRON CORPORATION 4 3 2 8 9 26
DIALIGHT CORPORATION 5 3 4 9 3 24
ENPLAS CORPORATION 2 3 5 5 9 24
CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD. 3 17 0 3 0 23
SAMSUNG LED CO., LTD. 13 10 0 0 0 23
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 3 1 5 7 6 22
ILUMISYS, INC. 0 3 9 6 4 22
NICHIA CORPORATION 2 2 6 4 8 22
STREAMLIGHT, INC. 4 2 5 8 3 22
HUBBELL INCORPORATED 6 4 4 4 3 21
OMRON CORPORATION 2 2 2 9 6 21
AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING REUTLINGEN GMBH 4 6 4 3 3 20
SUREFIRE, LLC 3 4 2 5 6 20
CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 3 2 5 3 6 19
EVEREADY BATTERY COMPANY, INC. 7 5 7 0 0 19
OREE INC. 0 8 5 4 2 19
RAMBUS INTERNATIONAL LTD. 4 14 1 0 0 19
CAL-COMP ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY LIMITED 0 3 5 8 2 18
CLAY PAKY S.P.A. 1 4 4 4 5 18
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 4 7 2 1 4 18
TERRALUX, INC. 2 4 2 6 4 18
TSMC SOLID STATE LIGHTING LTD. 0 0 3 10 5 18
FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD 13 1 2 1 0 17
GENLYTE THOMAS GROUP LLC 11 2 2 0 2 17
INTEMATIX CORPORATION 2 2 3 5 5 17
QUALCOMM MEMS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 3 2 5 6 17
TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 3 6 5 2 1 17
WILLIS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 0 5 3 9 17
BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. 0 0 0 3 13 16
DONNELLY CORPORATION 4 5 2 2 3 16
GLOBAL LIGHTING TECHNOLOGIES (TAIWAN) INC. 1 0 11 3 1 16
MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC. 3 4 3 6 0 16
NEOBULB TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 11 4 0 1 0 16
PHOSEON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 2 4 5 5 16
SUNONWEALTH ELECTRIC MACHINE INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 3 3 4 3 3 16
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 7 2 3 4 0 16
DENSO CORPORATION 7 1 3 3 1 15
MARTIN PROFESSIONAL A/S 3 1 3 7 1 15
SKC HAAS DISPLAY FILMS CO., LTD. 1 1 8 4 1 15
SMR PATENTS S.A.R.L. 2 1 6 4 2 15
EVERLIGHT ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 2 5 5 1 1 14
HUIZHOU LIGHT ENGINE LTD. 2 1 4 5 2 14
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 1 1 4 4 4 14
RUUD LIGHTING, INC. 5 6 3 0 0 14
THE SLOAN COMPANY, INC. 2 1 5 2 4 14
BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 4 1 2 1 5 13
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 1 1 1 6 13
EPISTAR CORPORATION 3 2 0 4 4 13
LITE-ON ELECTRONICS (GUANGZHOU) LIMITED 0 0 3 4 6 13
POSCO LED COMPANY LTD. 0 0 2 6 5 13
QUARKSTAR, LLC 0 2 4 3 4 13
SHOWA DENKO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 8 3 2 0 0 13
SWITCH BULB COMPANY, INC. 0 4 3 4 2 13
CHIMEI-INNOLUX CORPORATION 5 4 3 0 0 12
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO. LTD 0 2 2 5 3 12
DONGGUAN MASSTOP LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 0 1 10 1 12
KYOCERA CORPORATION 2 1 4 1 4 12
MAG INSTRUMENTS, INC. 2 5 1 2 2 12
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 0 2 2 3 5 12
WINVIC SALES, INC. 0 1 2 4 5 12
BOEING COMPANY 1 1 1 2 6 11
CORNING INCORPORATED 0 0 2 1 8 11
DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. 1 1 3 5 1 11
FUJITSU LIMITED 6 0 2 1 2 11
PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD. 0 0 2 5 4 11
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 2 2 1 4 2 11
TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. 1 1 2 5 2 11
USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISYA 2 1 3 5 0 11
WINTEK CORPORATION 2 5 2 0 2 11
AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH 0 4 5 0 1 10
AUDI AG 0 0 0 2 8 10
ELECTRALED INC. 0 3 1 2 4 10
FLEX LIGHTING II, LLC 0 2 1 3 4 10
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 2 3 3 2 10
GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS GMBH 0 1 2 2 5 10
HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD. 6 1 3 0 0 10
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 3 4 2 0 10
HYUNDAI MOBIS, CO., LTD. 1 0 2 3 4 10
I2IC CORPORATION 1 4 2 2 1 10
ILLUMINATION MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS, INC. 1 1 4 3 1 10
LEDENGIN, INC. 2 4 1 2 1 10
MURAKAMI CORPORATION 1 7 1 0 1 10
ORION ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 2 3 2 10
ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH 2 4 0 2 2 10
ZWEIBRUDER OPTOELECTRONICS GMBH 0 0 3 3 4 10
APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED 0 0 1 6 2 9
E-PIN OPTICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 5 1 0 0 3 9
ENTIRE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 1 1 4 3 0 9
FEDERAL SIGNAL CORPORATION 3 4 0 2 0 9
FUJIKURA LTD. 3 0 3 2 1 9
JOURNEE LIGHTING, INC. 3 2 2 2 0 9
LIGHT PRESCRIPTIONS INNOVATORS, LLC. 4 3 2 0 0 9
LUMENETIX, INC. 1 2 0 2 4 9
LUNERA LIGHTING, INC. 2 0 2 3 2 9
MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC. 2 2 2 2 1 9
MAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 0 4 3 1 9
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3 3 0 3 0 9
NEC CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 5 9
RADIANT OPTO-ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 8 9
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 0 1 2 5 1 9
YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, YAMAHA MOTOR CO., LTD. 1 4 1 1 2 9
ALCON RESEARCH, LTD. 0 2 4 1 1 8
ARNOLD & RICHTER CINE TECHNIK GMBH & CO. BETRIEBS KG 3 0 0 0 5 8
ASIA VITAL COMPONENTS CO., LTD. 1 0 3 1 3 8
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 3 4 1 0 0 8
BOSCH SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBH 2 2 2 0 2 8
BRASSCORP. LTD. 3 0 3 1 1 8
DEEPSEA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY 1 2 2 1 2 8
E INK HOLDINGS INC. 0 1 1 3 3 8
EDISON OPTO CORP. 4 0 1 2 1 8
FUSION OPTIX, INC. 3 2 2 1 0 8
GENIUS ELECTRONIC OPTICAL CO., LTD. 0 2 2 2 2 8
HUNTER INDUSTRIES, INC. 2 0 3 1 2 8
JAPAN DISPLAY INC. 0 0 0 4 4 8
LIGHTEL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 3 1 0 4 8
LITEPANELS LLC 3 0 2 2 1 8
MARTIN PROFESSIONAL APS 0 0 0 1 7 8
MOLEX INCORPORATED 0 0 0 1 7 8
OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. 2 0 4 1 1 8
OPTO DESIGN, INC. 0 1 2 4 1 8
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 4 2 0 2 0 8
SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 2 4 2 0 0 8
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 1 0 3 2 8
SILITEK ELECTRONIC (GUANGZHOU) CO.,LTD. 1 5 2 0 0 8
TRUCK-LITE CO., LLC 0 3 1 4 0 8
WHELEN ENGINEERING CO., INC. 1 1 1 1 4 8
ZHONGSHAN WEIQIANG TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD 0 0 2 4 2 8
1 ENERGY SOLUTIONS, INC. 4 1 2 0 0 7
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 1 0 1 3 2 7
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG 2 1 0 1 3 7
BLACK & DECKER INC. 0 2 1 2 2 7
BROAN-NUTONE LLC 0 0 3 1 3 7
DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION 1 0 2 2 2 7
ELUMIGEN LLC 0 4 2 0 1 7
EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC 0 0 0 3 4 7
EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION 2 1 2 2 0 7
GOLDENEYE, INC. 2 1 2 0 2 7
GUARDIAN INDUSTRIES CORP. 0 1 4 0 2 7
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 2 1 4 7
HITACHI CONSUMER ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 0 2 5 0 7
INTELLECTUAL DISCOVERY CO., LTD. 0 3 2 1 1 7
JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 0 2 2 2 1 7
LIGHT & MOTION INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 0 1 3 2 7
NITTOH KOGAKU K.K. 0 0 4 3 0 7
RAB LIGHTING, INC. 0 0 2 1 4 7
RELUME TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 3 3 0 7
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 2 0 1 1 3 7
UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION 0 0 0 4 3 7
ZIZALA LICHTSYSTEME GMBH 0 0 0 0 7 7
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 2 1 3 6
CHI LIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 0 5 1 0 6
CODE 3, INC. 0 1 3 0 2 6
COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC. 1 2 2 1 0 6
COOLER MASTER CO., LTD. 2 0 4 0 0 6
DAYSUN INDUSTRIAL CORP. 0 3 2 1 0 6
DICON FIBEROPTICS, INC. 0 0 3 0 3 6
ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION N.V. 0 0 1 2 3 6
FEDERAL-MOGUL IGNITION COMPANY 1 0 3 1 1 6
FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED 1 5 0 0 0 6
FOCAL POINT, LLC 1 2 1 2 0 6
FRAEN CORPORATION 1 1 1 1 2 6
HARVATEK CORPORATION 2 2 2 0 0 6
HELLA KGAA 0 0 0 6 0 6
HITACHI, LTD 5 0 1 0 0 6
ILLUMITEX, INC. 0 0 2 2 2 6
KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 3 6
KOLON INDUSTRIES INC. 0 0 2 2 2 6
LIFEGEAR, INC. 1 3 2 0 0 6
LIQUIDLEDS LIGHTING CORP. 3 1 1 0 1 6
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 4 6
LUMENCOR, INC. 0 0 0 0 6 6
LUXINGTEK, LTD. 0 0 3 2 1 6
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS LTD 5 0 1 0 0 6
ROBE LIGHTING S.R.O. 0 1 3 1 1 6
SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE 0 0 0 1 5 6
SOUTHPAC TRUST INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 2 2 2 6
TECHNICAL CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC. 0 0 0 1 5 6
TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 1 1 4 6
TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY 4 0 2 0 0 6
ULLMAN DEVICES CORPORATION 2 1 1 2 0 6
VALEO NORTH AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 0 6 6
XGLOW P/T, LLC 0 0 2 2 2 6
ZEDEL 1 1 1 2 1 6
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 0 3 0 2 5
ALTAIR ENGINEERING, INC. 4 1 0 0 0 5
AMOLUXE CO., LTD. 0 1 3 1 0 5
AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING ITALIA S P A 0 0 1 0 4 5
B& M OPTICS CO., LTD. 0 0 1 2 2 5
B/E AEROSPACE INCORPORATED 2 1 1 0 1 5
BARCO LIGHTING SYSTEMS, INC. 5 0 0 0 0 5
BARCO, INC. 1 2 1 0 1 5
BLACKBERRY LIMITED 0 0 1 2 2 5
CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 1 5
CCS INC. 2 0 1 1 1 5
CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 2 1 1 5
DENTAL EQUIPMENT, LLC 2 0 2 0 1 5
DESIGNS FOR VISION, INC. 3 1 0 1 0 5
DOCTER OPTICS SE 0 0 2 2 1 5
ENERGY FOCUS, INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
FEDERAL-MOGUL CORP. 0 1 1 1 2 5
GENTEX CORPORATION 1 1 1 1 1 5
HONDA ACCESS CORP. 5 0 0 0 0 5
HONG KONG APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO. LTD. 3 0 0 1 1 5
LEOTEK ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 0 5
LEVITON MANUFACTURING CO. INC. 0 1 3 0 1 5
MAKITA CORPORATION 1 2 1 1 0 5
MAN-D-TEC, INC. 1 2 0 0 2 5
MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION 1 0 0 1 3 5
NALUX CO., LTD. 0 2 0 0 3 5
NIPPON SEIKI CO. LTD. 0 0 1 4 0 5
NITTO DENKO CORPORATION 0 0 2 0 3 5
NLT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 0 2 2 1 0 5
NUVENTIX, INC. 1 0 1 2 1 5
ONCE INNOVATIONS, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
PANASONIC ELECTRIC WORKS CO., LTD. 4 1 0 0 0 5
PERMLIGHT PRODUCTS, INC. 2 1 0 1 1 5
POLYGROUP MACAU LIMITED (BVI) 1 0 2 2 0 5
RENSSELEAR POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE 0 1 0 2 2 5
SCHOTT AG 2 0 2 0 1 5
SHENZHEN JIAWEI PHOTOVOLTAIC LIGHTING CO., LTD. 0 1 1 2 1 5
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 4 1 0 0 0 5
SORAA INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
STAR HEADLIGHT & LANTERN COMPANY, INC. 1 2 0 2 0 5
TEMPO INDUSTRIES, LLC 0 0 1 4 0 5
TOMAR ELECTRONICS, INC. 1 2 2 0 0 5
TP VISION HOLDING B.V. 0 1 2 2 0 5
ULTRAVISION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 0 0 0 0 5 5
UNILED LIGHTING TAIWAN INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
UNITY OPTO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 2 0 2 1 0 5
USAI, LLC 0 2 1 1 1 5
VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 2 1 2 5
WAVIEN, INC. 1 0 1 2 1 5



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