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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 363, Electric Power Conversion 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
POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC. 23 36 35 26 29 149
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 13 11 14 24 29 91
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 12 15 17 11 27 82
FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 10 11 14 35 70
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. 7 10 12 20 16 65
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 9 7 14 18 15 63
SYSTEM-GENERAL CORPORATION 17 8 11 15 5 56
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 9 9 12 11 11 52
SANKEN ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED 4 13 14 7 9 47
ABB TECHNOLOGY AG 0 7 14 13 11 45
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 5 8 6 11 12 42
DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LIMITED 6 9 6 10 10 41
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 2 6 9 10 14 41
HITACHI, LTD 9 3 7 11 10 40
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 8 5 12 8 5 38
FAIRCHILD KOREA SEMICONDUCTOR, LTD. 7 9 3 10 6 35
NXP B.V. 4 3 12 8 7 34
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 5 8 3 14 34
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 2 10 6 7 9 34
PANASONIC CORPORATION 5 7 11 8 2 33
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 7 3 3 11 8 32
DENSO CORPORATION 1 4 5 6 15 31
ON-BRIGHT ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD. 1 5 7 6 11 30
SMA SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AG. 4 7 5 5 7 28
FLEXTRONICS AP, LLC 4 5 6 5 7 27
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 2 5 7 3 9 26
RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORP. 2 2 6 5 11 26
HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION 5 2 4 5 8 24
KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI 1 3 2 7 11 24
DELTA ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD. 0 0 0 11 10 21
SOLARBRIDGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 6 7 7 0 21
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 5 2 3 5 5 20
ASTEC INTERNATIONAL, LTD. 0 4 4 7 4 19
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 4 3 3 9 19
MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS, INC. 1 8 7 1 2 19
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC 5 0 1 5 8 19
ABB RESEARCH LTD. 0 1 9 4 4 18
BCD SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING LIMITED 4 2 4 5 3 18
FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 4 4 3 2 5 18
POWER SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 0 0 4 5 9 18
ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD 1 0 2 8 6 17
LEADTREND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 4 2 2 1 8 17
ACTIVE-SEMI, INC. 11 4 0 0 1 16
DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 0 0 0 5 11 16
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA AG 4 1 2 3 6 16
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 7 3 3 2 1 16
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 3 2 2 2 6 15
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD. 0 0 0 1 14 15
ROHM CO., LTD. 2 0 0 6 7 15
ABB OY 3 3 3 3 2 14
ABB TECHNOLOGY LTD. 2 7 1 1 3 14
APPLE, INC. 0 3 2 4 5 14
ENPHASE ENERGY, INC. 2 0 1 6 5 14
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 2 3 7 2 0 14
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 1 4 4 1 4 14
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 2 1 8 2 1 14
CHICONY POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 3 4 1 4 1 13
FSP TECHNOLOGY INC. 4 2 2 2 3 13
TDK CORPORATION 3 2 1 4 3 13
TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION 0 1 5 2 5 13
CHENGDU MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS CO., LTD. 0 0 1 4 7 12
EATON CORPORATION 2 1 0 1 8 12
GE ENERGY POWER CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 0 0 1 2 9 12
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 4 0 2 4 12
IDEAL POWER CONVERTERS, INC. 0 2 10 0 0 12
NIKO SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 5 2 1 2 2 12
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 3 2 3 2 2 12
SILERGY SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY (HANGZHOU) LTD 0 0 1 4 7 12
IWATT, INC. 4 4 3 0 0 11
MINEBEA KABUSHIKI-KAISHA (MINEBEA CO., LTD) 0 0 4 1 6 11
ACBEL POLYTECH, INC. 2 6 0 1 1 10
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 2 0 1 2 5 10
ENECSYS LIMITED 0 1 6 1 2 10
GRENERGY OPTO, INC. 5 0 0 0 5 10
INNOCOM TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 7 3 0 0 0 10
INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORPORATION 4 5 1 0 0 10
SONY CORPORATION 1 1 3 3 2 10
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 3 2 2 0 2 9
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC 3 1 5 0 0 9
IDEAL POWER, INC. 0 0 1 0 8 9
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 0 1 4 3 1 9
INTERSIL AMERICALS LLC 4 1 3 1 0 9
O2 MICRO, INC. 0 3 3 2 1 9
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 0 1 1 1 6 9
SCHNEIDER TOSHIBA INVERTER EUROPE SAS 0 1 4 2 2 9
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL.) 0 2 1 2 4 9
TOYODA JIDOSHOKKI SEISAKUSHO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 0 0 3 1 9
ABB (SCHWEIZ) AG 2 2 0 4 0 8
FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 2 5 8
HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD. 0 1 2 0 5 8
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 2 4 2 0 0 8
LSIS CO., LTD. 0 0 0 1 7 8
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 2 2 1 1 2 8
OMRON CORPORATION 0 2 4 1 1 8
ORIGIN ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 1 4 1 1 8
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 0 2 3 0 3 8
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 1 0 1 4 2 8
VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. 1 1 0 3 3 8
YASKAWA ELECTRIC AMERICA, INC. 0 2 2 1 3 8
EATON INDUSTRIES COMPANY 0 0 2 0 5 7
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 2 4 1 7
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 0 2 1 3 1 7
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 3 3 1 7
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 0 0 2 2 3 7
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 3 0 1 0 3 7
MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 3 1 1 0 7
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 2 2 1 2 0 7
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 1 1 0 1 4 7
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 4 1 2 0 0 7
SHINDENGEN ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING CO., LTD 0 2 1 1 3 7
ABLEREX ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 3 1 0 1 1 6
BOEING COMPANY 0 0 2 2 2 6
CAMBRIDGE SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 3 1 2 0 0 6
DRS POWER & CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 1 0 3 0 6
FUJITSU LIMITED 0 0 0 2 4 6
IXYS CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 4 6
SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD. 0 0 1 3 2 6
SANSHA ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 0 3 2 1 0 6
SILITEK ELECTRONIC (GUANGZHOU) CO.,LTD. 0 2 3 0 1 6
TOSHIBA INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 2 2 0 2 0 6
AMERICAN POWER CONVERSION CORPORATION 3 2 0 0 0 5
AMS AG 1 2 1 1 0 5
ARCTIC SAND TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 2 3 0 5
BRUSA ELEKTRONIK AG 1 1 1 1 1 5
DAIHEN CORPORATION 0 1 2 2 0 5
EXCELLIANCE MOS CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 4 5
FUJI ELECTRIC SYSTEMS CO., LTD. 5 0 0 0 0 5
INNO-TECH CO., LTD. 0 1 0 2 2 5
INVENTRONICS (HANGZHOU), INC. 2 0 1 2 0 5
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 0 0 1 1 3 5
LEAR CORPORATION 1 0 0 1 3 5
LIEBERT CORPORATION 1 0 1 3 0 5
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 3 0 1 0 1 5
POWER FOREST TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 1 0 0 3 5
POWER-ONE ITALY, S.P.A. 1 1 0 1 2 5
POWER-ONE, INC. 1 1 3 0 0 5
RICHPOWER MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 4 1 0 5
SUNPOWER CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 5 5
TECO-WESTINGHOUSE MOTOR COMPANY 2 3 0 0 0 5
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 1 1 3 0 0 5
VLT, INC. 2 0 1 0 2 5



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