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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Electronic Information Products Division
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2003 - 2007 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 347, Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information

( 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 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Total
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 354 254 219 200 147 1174
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 188 215 193 147 98 841
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 73 71 131 258 266 799
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 126 147 137 147 166 723
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 37 62 59 83 122 363
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 106 96 71 40 48 361
XEROX CORPORATION 73 58 42 41 43 257
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 56 59 50 44 35 244
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 56 44 36 43 53 232
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 24 41 32 39 39 175
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 23 27 31 44 48 173
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 132 0 1 1 0 134
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 24 26 21 21 33 125
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 20 19 23 30 25 117
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 19 17 16 15 10 77
KONICA CORPORATION 11 27 20 12 5 75
SONY CORPORATION 12 8 14 14 25 73
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 62 62
BEN Q CORPORATION 17 15 9 9 8 58
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 11 13 8 6 14 52
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 8 12 8 13 9 50
KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC. 0 0 2 21 25 48
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 12 9 8 11 6 46
AGFA-GEVAERT N.V. 5 7 9 10 4 35
HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 4 16 3 3 5 31
OCE-TECHNOLOGIES, B.V. 4 7 5 11 4 31
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 8 3 3 3 7 24
HITACHI PRINTING SOLUTIONS, LTD. 4 15 3 1 0 23
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 5 1 3 5 9 23
POLAROID CORPORATION 4 4 6 5 4 23
DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD. 1 8 3 5 5 22
KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC. 0 0 1 4 16 21
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 10 1 3 4 3 21
XAAR TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 9 4 1 3 4 21
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 0 0 9 11 20
CANON FINETECH INC. 3 6 2 1 7 19
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 6 5 1 3 4 19
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO. LTD 6 3 4 4 0 17
INTERNATIONAL UNITED TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 5 7 3 0 2 17
NU-KOTE INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 6 3 4 4 17
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 6 7 2 1 1 17
NORITSU KOKI CO., LTD. 2 6 3 3 2 16
FUJITSU LIMITED 7 5 0 3 0 15
RICOH PRINTING SYSTEMS, LTD. 0 0 2 4 9 15
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 0 2 3 3 6 14
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 5 1 4 2 1 13
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 5 5 2 0 1 13
OKIDATA CORPORATION 4 4 0 3 2 13
SII PRINTEK INC. 1 5 2 3 2 13
SPECTRA, INC. 5 5 3 0 0 13
VIDEOJET TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 3 3 4 1 13
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 2 2 3 1 12
HITACHI KOKI COMPANY, LIMITED 11 1 0 0 0 12
NANOD YNAMICS, INC. 2 8 1 1 0 12
PENTAX CORPORATION 3 5 2 2 0 12
DIMATIX, INC. 0 0 0 6 5 11
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 5 6 11
KYOCERA CORPORATION 3 0 1 6 1 11
RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION 4 1 3 0 3 11
HI-TOUCH IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 2 4 2 1 1 10
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 4 3 3 0 0 10
ZIH CORPORATION 1 1 2 3 3 10
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 1 3 2 1 2 9
OLIVETTI TECNOST, S.P.A. 4 0 2 3 0 9
SII P & S INC. 0 4 4 1 0 9
HITACHI, LTD 4 1 1 0 2 8
NEXPRESS SOLUTIONS LLC 1 7 0 0 0 8
NISCA CORPORATION 2 3 1 1 1 8
CREO SRL 3 2 1 1 0 7
FRANCOTYP-POSTALIA AG & CO. KG 1 3 1 0 2 7
FUJIFILM DIMATIX, INC. 0 0 0 0 7 7
IMAJE S.A. 2 2 0 0 3 7
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 1 1 1 0 7
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 2 2 0 1 2 7
SCITEX DIGITAL PRINTING, INC. 3 4 0 0 0 7
APRION DIGITAL LTD. 5 1 0 0 0 6
BRADY WORLDWIDE, INC. 2 4 0 0 0 6
CREO AMERICAS, INC. 1 2 2 0 1 6
ELESYS, INC. 0 2 2 1 1 6
L&P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY 1 3 0 1 1 6
MONITEK ELECTRONICS LIMITED 1 2 0 0 3 6
NIPPON SHEET GLASS CO., LTD. 2 1 1 2 0 6
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 1 1 3 0 6
TELECOM ITALIA S.P.A. 0 0 0 1 5 6
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 1 2 1 1 1 6
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 1 3 1 0 0 5
CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD. 3 1 0 0 1 5
CREO INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
FARGO ELECTRONICS, INC. 1 2 0 2 0 5
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 1 2 2 0 0 5
KODAK POLYCHROME GRAPHICS, LLC 1 1 3 0 0 5
MICROJET TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 2 2 1 0 0 5
OCE PRINTING SYSTEMS GMBH 0 2 0 2 1 5
PRIMERA TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 2 0 1 2 5
YAMAHA CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 2 5

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