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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 399, Electrophotography

( 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 221 238 250 287 247 1243
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 114 162 122 177 183 758
XEROX CORPORATION 84 73 56 70 102 385
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 25 60 59 96 93 333
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 67 55 63 68 64 317
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 34 47 38 46 64 229
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 25 29 33 28 61 176
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 12 25 29 40 64 170
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 12 18 30 53 53 166
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 37 51 33 23 14 158
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 12 16 12 26 40 106
OKIDATA CORPORATION 11 12 17 25 38 103
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 3 45 54 102
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 0 5 25 45 25 100
KONICA CORPORATION 24 30 8 5 2 69
NEXPRESS SOLUTIONS LLC 34 22 2 0 0 58
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 46 0 0 4 7 57
KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION 5 9 3 14 20 51
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 9 11 14 8 7 49
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 10 4 8 17 5 44
OCE PRINTING SYSTEMS GMBH 7 6 7 11 9 40
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 17 11 7 0 2 37
HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 24 7 0 0 1 32
MURATA KIKAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 1 7 7 12 31
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 1 0 14 12 2 29
RICOH PRINTING SYSTEMS, LTD. 0 0 6 10 13 29
STATIC CONTROL COMPONENTS, INC. 0 3 5 9 6 23
HITACHI, LTD 11 7 2 0 0 20
NISCA CORPORATION 4 3 5 2 2 16
GENERAL PLASTIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 8 2 1 3 1 15
KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC. 0 0 4 10 1 15
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 12 0 0 0 0 12
HITACHI PRINTING SOLUTIONS, LTD. 0 11 1 0 0 12
KYOCERA CORPORATION 4 2 3 1 2 12
FUJITSU LIMITED 5 3 0 2 0 10
PFU LIMITED 2 3 3 1 1 10
CANON FINETECH INC. 0 0 0 3 4 7
CF TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 4 1 0 0 7
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 0 0 2 5 7
HITACHI KOKI COMPANY, LIMITED 4 3 0 0 0 7
OCE-TECHNOLOGIES, B.V. 2 1 0 1 3 7
AETAS TECHNOLOGY INC. 2 3 1 0 0 6
BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION 2 3 0 0 1 6
CANON KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 1 0 1 4 6
CARTRIDGE CORPORATION OF AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 0 6 6
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL AMERICA, INC. 0 2 2 1 0 5
NITTO KOGYO CO., LTD. 1 2 0 0 2 5
PANASONIC COMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. 1 4 0 0 0 5

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