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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 439, Electrical Connectors

( 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
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 331 240 159 121 134 985
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 130 111 94 90 119 544
TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 147 97 108 80 78 510
YAZAKI CORP. 42 28 44 94 185 393
SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. 35 64 67 52 57 275
MOLEX INCORPORATED 55 31 63 50 56 255
CHENG UEI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 76 57 38 13 20 204
JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY LTD. 30 28 27 35 58 178
APPLE, INC. 19 24 39 45 48 175
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 30 26 43 12 2 113
JOHN MEZZALLINGUA ASSOCIATES, LLC 38 35 19 4 8 104
PANDUIT CORPORATION 24 27 12 22 15 100
PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG 12 12 15 17 23 79
LOTES CO., LTD. 20 19 16 12 9 76
ALLTOP ELECTRONICS (SU ZHOU) CO., LTD. 8 5 15 21 23 72
FCI AMERICAS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 10 17 12 20 13 72
TYCO ELECTRONICS JAPAN G.K. 18 14 11 10 16 69
AMPHENOL CORPORATION 11 12 13 13 18 67
DAI-ICHI SEIKO CO., LTD. 0 6 12 21 24 63
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 11 9 12 17 10 59
ADC GMBH 27 23 3 2 2 57
PPC BROADBAND, INC. 0 0 32 14 11 57
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 11 11 6 5 20 53
FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED 15 13 4 11 10 53
HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 8 12 14 9 10 53
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 19 6 13 8 5 51
COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA 12 4 6 16 13 51
FCI 16 15 7 8 3 49
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 11 7 7 7 17 49
HUBBELL INCORPORATED 16 8 8 10 6 48
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 13 11 7 4 13 48
AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 13 9 3 6 16 47
FUJITSU LIMITED 15 13 7 9 3 47
LEAR CORPORATION 7 6 11 9 13 46
WISTRON CORPORATION 0 0 12 17 17 46
COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 19 5 6 6 9 45
TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP GMBH 7 10 4 6 18 45
HOSIDEN CORPORATION 8 12 5 11 6 42
ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC. 11 3 3 6 17 40
LEVITON MANUFACTURING CO. INC. 18 8 6 3 3 38
THOMAS & BETTS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 5 4 7 6 14 36
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 9 6 8 5 7 35
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 16 5 6 2 6 35
CORNING GILBERT INC. 9 8 4 4 9 34
HITACHI CABLE, LTD. 7 19 7 0 0 33
OMRON CORPORATION 3 7 3 6 14 33
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. 5 9 6 2 8 30
ROSENBERGER HOCHFREQUENZTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG 6 8 2 9 4 29
ANDREW CORPORATION 5 3 10 10 0 28
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 8 1 7 5 7 28
YAMAICHI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 12 5 8 2 0 27
INTEL CORPORATION 6 1 2 6 11 26
PANASONIC CORPORATION 5 8 5 8 0 26
FU TAI HUA INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 4 4 5 10 2 25
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 1 3 9 10 25
POWERTECH INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 8 5 5 3 4 25
PROCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 2 2 13 8 0 25
BELDEN, INC. 7 7 10 0 0 24
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 5 3 7 9 0 24
GOOGLE, INC. 1 2 7 10 4 24
JAPAN SOLDERLESS TERMINAL MFG. CO., LTD. 8 4 2 3 7 24
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC 8 2 6 2 5 23
IRISO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 3 2 2 16 23
SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 11 6 1 3 2 23
TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO K.K. 0 3 9 6 5 23
WEIDMULLER INTERFACE GMBH & CO. KG 4 7 3 3 6 23
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 6 2 8 3 3 22
SONY CORPORATION 5 4 5 4 4 22
WAGO VERWALTUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH 2 5 8 4 3 22
DELPHI INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS LUXEMBOURG, S.A.R.L 0 0 3 5 13 21
IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC 4 3 4 3 7 21
MEDTRONIC INC. 5 4 3 1 8 21
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 3 3 2 10 19
DENSO CORPORATION 2 3 4 2 7 18
FUJIKURA LTD. 6 6 3 2 1 18
BAL SEAL ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC. 4 5 5 2 1 17
CONCRAFT HOLDING CO., LTD. 8 2 3 2 2 17
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 17 17
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 2 3 5 5 16
AVX CORPORATION 4 3 2 4 3 16
GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 3 3 2 3 5 16
HUAWEI DEVICE CO., LTD. 2 3 3 5 3 16
TYCO ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO. LTD. 1 2 5 4 4 16
BELKIN INTERNATIONAL, INC. 6 4 3 1 1 15
ENPLAS CORPORATION 2 1 6 3 3 15
FCI AUTOMOTIVE HOLDING 3 11 1 0 0 15
HARTING ELECTRIC GMBH & CO. KG 4 3 0 4 4 15
RADIALL 4 2 3 5 1 15
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 5 3 7 0 0 15
EZCONN CORPORATION 4 5 2 1 2 14
AMPHENOL-TUCHEL ELECTRONICS GMBH 6 1 2 2 2 13
HARTING ELECTRONICS GMBH & CO. KG 2 3 0 2 6 13
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (WUHAN) CO., LTD. 0 0 6 6 1 13
HTC CORPORATION 3 0 1 6 3 13
HUIZHOU LIGHT ENGINE LTD. 0 2 11 0 0 13
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 4 2 0 2 5 13
PULSE ELECTRONICS, INC. 0 4 5 3 1 13
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 3 5 0 1 4 13
TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP KOREA LTD. 2 1 2 6 2 13
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 1 3 0 6 2 12
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 3 5 4 0 0 12
JST CORPORATION 6 1 1 1 3 12
PHOENIX CONTACT DEVELOPMENT & MANUFACTURING, INC. 1 2 4 1 4 12
SOURIAU 2 2 2 5 1 12
YAZAKI NORTH AMERICA, INC. 0 1 5 2 4 12
BING XU PRECISION CO. LTD. 0 0 2 5 4 11
BRIDGEPORT FITTINGS, INC. 5 3 2 1 0 11
CHI MEI COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC. 6 0 1 0 4 11
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 2 0 3 2 4 11
HOLLAND ELECTRONICS, LLC 0 0 2 3 6 11
MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 6 3 2 0 0 11
NHK SPRING CO., LTD. 4 3 0 2 2 11
ORTRONICS INC. 2 2 1 4 2 11
RAYTHEON COMPANY 5 3 2 0 1 11
SAMTEC, INC. 0 0 0 6 5 11
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC. 0 2 4 3 2 11
SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 2 2 1 6 0 11
SMK CORPORATION 5 0 1 0 5 11
ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC. 9 1 0 0 0 10
ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC. 7 1 1 1 0 10
CARLISLE INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 2 1 6 10
CHANT SINCERE CO., LTD. 2 1 4 2 1 10
DDK LTD. 4 1 2 2 1 10
DINKLE ENTERPRISE CO., LTD 0 0 2 3 5 10
HITACHI METALS LTD. 0 0 0 5 5 10
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 2 3 1 1 3 10
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 2 2 4 1 1 10
K.S. TERMINALS INC. 7 1 1 1 0 10
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 1 2 3 2 10
NEXANS 2 3 3 0 2 10
PERFECTVISION MANUFACTURING, INC. 0 0 2 3 5 10
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 3 2 1 3 1 10
TYCO ELECTRONICS BRASIL LTDA. 1 1 2 3 3 10
WELL SHIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 4 3 1 1 1 10
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 4 1 1 1 2 9
EATON CORPORATION 1 1 2 3 2 9
HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION 1 3 1 1 3 9
JYH ENG TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 2 2 2 2 1 9
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 5 1 0 1 2 9
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SAS 0 1 3 1 4 9
SOUTHWIRE COMPANY 4 3 2 0 0 9
TYCO ELECTRONICS HOLDINGS (BERMUDA) NO. 7 LIMITED 1 1 2 3 2 9
YFC-BONEAGLE ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 1 2 3 2 9
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 0 0 2 5 8
BLACKBERRY LIMITED 0 0 3 5 0 8
HIREL CONNECTORS INC. 1 0 2 1 4 8
KYOCERA CONNECTOR PRODUCTS CORPORATION 0 3 0 4 1 8
LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 0 0 1 7 8
OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. 3 0 3 2 0 8
PREMIER MANUFACTURING GROUP, INC. 1 1 1 2 3 8
SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 0 4 3 1 8
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 6 2 0 0 0 8
SUPER TALENT ELECTRONICS, INC. 3 3 2 0 0 8
TYCO ELECTRONICS U.K. LIMITED 0 0 2 2 4 8
U.D. ELECTRONIC CORP. 2 1 4 0 1 8
XYZ SCIENCE CO., LTD. 0 4 0 3 1 8
ZTE CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 4 8
ACES ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 0 1 6 0 7
ANT PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0 3 1 3 0 7
CHICONY POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 1 3 0 2 1 7
COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC. 2 0 1 2 2 7
CREE, INC. 0 1 1 3 2 7
ESCHA BAUELEMENTE GMBH 2 5 0 0 0 7
FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 0 0 0 0 7 7
GENESIS TECHNOLOGY USA, INC. 0 2 0 2 3 7
HUBER & SUHNER AG 0 2 3 1 1 7
KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIHON MICRONICS 3 0 3 1 0 7
KINGSTON TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 3 0 2 1 1 7
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 2 1 1 1 2 7
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 2 1 0 0 4 7
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 4 3 0 0 0 7
MAKITA CORPORATION 1 1 1 1 3 7
MITSUBISHI CABLE INDUSTRIES, LTD. 6 1 0 0 0 7
MORSETTITALIA S.P.A. 3 0 2 2 0 7
SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD. 0 3 1 2 1 7
SCOSCHE INDUSTRIES, INC. 2 1 1 1 2 7
SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC. 1 2 0 1 3 7
TELEDYNE INSTRUMENTS, INC. 0 3 0 2 2 7
TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP ITALIA S.R.L. 0 0 0 6 1 7
ADVANCED CONNECTION TECHNOLOGY INC. 0 1 1 4 0 6
ADVANCED FLEXIBLE CIRCUITS CO., LTD. 2 2 1 1 0 6
AEHR TEST SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 2 2 1 6
AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH 0 1 2 1 2 6
ALL BEST PRECISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 1 1 0 0 4 6
BOEING COMPANY 3 1 1 0 1 6
CHIEF LAND ELECTRONIC CO., LTD. 2 1 0 0 3 6
CONINVERS GMBH 1 1 0 0 4 6
CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH 3 0 1 0 2 6
COVIDIEN LP 0 0 2 2 2 6
HENGE DOCKS LLC 0 0 3 2 1 6
HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD. 0 0 2 2 2 6
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 3 1 0 2 6
HYPERTRONICS CORPORATION 1 0 1 2 2 6
INVENTEC CORPORATION 1 1 4 0 0 6
KUANG YING COMPUTER EQUIPMENT CO., LTD. 0 0 0 5 1 6
LEGRAND FRANCE 5 1 0 0 0 6
MCQ TECH GMBH 0 0 0 0 6 6
MULTI-HOLDING AG 1 1 1 1 2 6
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 0 0 0 2 4 6
SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE 0 2 2 0 2 6
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 2 0 1 3 6
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 1 6
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 1 3 0 1 1 6
SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 0 2 2 2 6
T-CONN PRECISION CORP. 1 2 0 0 3 6
TAIWAN SUNCAGEY INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 4 1 0 1 0 6
TE CONNECTIVITY NEDERLAND B.V. 0 0 0 3 3 6
TYCO ELECTRONICS FRANCE SAS 1 0 1 1 3 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 0 2 2 1 1 6
WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION 3 0 2 0 1 6
AIRBORN, INC. 0 0 2 3 0 5
AMBIT MICROSYSTEMS (SHANGHAI) LTD. 0 2 1 1 1 5
AMPHENOL EAST ASIA ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) LTD. 3 0 1 1 0 5
AU OPTRONICS CORP. 2 3 0 0 0 5
AUTO KABEL MANAGEMENTGESELLSCHAFT MBH 0 1 1 1 2 5
BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED 0 0 3 0 2 5
CENTIPEDE SYSTEMS, INC. 4 0 1 0 0 5
DIRTT ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS LTD. 0 2 2 1 0 5
EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. 1 0 1 2 1 5
ERNI PRODUCTION GMBH & CO. KG 0 0 0 2 3 5
HARRIS CORP. 1 0 1 3 0 5
I-PEX CO., LTD. 3 2 0 0 0 5
INTERCONNECT DEVICES, INC. 1 0 1 2 1 5
INTERCONNECT PORTFOLIO, LLC 2 3 0 0 0 5
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES LLC 0 0 0 1 4 5
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 2 1 0 0 2 5
KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.) 1 0 1 1 2 5
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 1 4 0 0 0 5
KOSTAL KONTAKT SYSTEME GMBH 0 3 0 0 2 5
LG CHEM, LTD. 0 1 1 3 0 5
LS CABLE & SYSTEM LTD. 0 2 2 1 0 5
LUMBERG CONNECT GMBH & CO. KG 4 0 0 1 0 5
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 2 2 0 0 5
NGK INSULATORS LTD. 0 3 1 1 0 5
NOKIA CORPORATION 1 2 1 1 0 5
PHISON ELECTRONIC CORP. 0 0 1 0 4 5
POLYGROUP MACAU LIMITED (BVI) 2 1 1 1 0 5
POWER QUOTIENT INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 0 0 3 1 1 5
QUIRKY INCORPORATED 0 1 2 1 1 5
TEKTRONIX INC. 1 0 0 1 3 5
THALES 1 0 2 1 1 5
THE PATENT STORE LLC 4 1 0 0 0 5
TYCO ELECTRONICS NEDERLAND B.V. 2 2 1 0 0 5
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 2 1 1 5
WINCHESTER ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 2 2 0 0 1 5
WOODHEAD INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 0 1 1 2 5



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