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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Office of Electronic Information Products
Patent Technology Monitoring Division (PTMD)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 1998 - 2002 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 400, Typewriting Machines

( 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 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Total
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 28 27 39 29 22 145
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 16 17 13 27 38 111
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 16 25 19 14 20 94
~Individually Owned Patent 20 19 20 11 14 84
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 24 20 18 4 3 69
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 8 13 6 2 6 35
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 10 9 9 3 3 34
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 5 9 6 9 4 33
ESSELTE N.V. 9 8 5 2 5 29
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 4 6 7 9 2 28
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 6 4 2 5 7 24
SONY CORPORATION 6 5 6 5 2 24
NEC CORPORATION 4 4 2 9 4 23
INTERMEC IP CORP. 1 4 8 2 2 17
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 1 4 1 9 17
MONARCH MARKING SYSTEMS, INC. 6 4 1 1 5 17
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 6 6 2 3 0 17
XEROX CORPORATION 3 4 2 4 3 16
ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 2 4 3 1 15
AXIOHM TRANSACTION SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 2 9 4 0 15
KING JIM CO., LTD. 2 6 5 1 1 15
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 0 0 2 6 5 13
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 3 3 3 1 2 12
FUJITSU LIMITED 5 3 2 1 1 12
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 3 3 1 1 4 12
STAR MICRONICS CO., LTD. 3 1 5 2 1 12
FARGO ELECTRONICS, INC. 2 0 2 2 5 11
INTERMEC CORPORATION 8 2 1 0 0 11
PRINTRONIX, INC. 3 1 4 1 2 11
ZIH CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 8 11
AGFA-GEVAERT N.V. 2 2 2 2 1 9
ELTRON INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 0 4 3 0 9
ACER PERIPHERALS, INC. 0 1 4 3 0 8
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 4 3 1 0 0 8
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 4 2 0 1 8
COPYER CO., LTD. 0 0 2 2 3 7
INTERBOLD 5 2 0 0 0 7
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 2 0 1 3 1 7
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 0 1 3 2 1 7
NEOPOST LIMITED 1 2 3 0 1 7
SILITEK CORPORATION 1 4 0 1 1 7
BEHAVIOR TECH COMPUTER CORP. 2 0 0 1 3 6
BRADY WORLDWIDE, INC. 0 2 2 1 1 6
COMTEC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. 2 3 1 0 0 6
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 2 2 1 0 6
PFU LIMITED 3 3 0 0 0 6
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 2 0 1 2 1 6
SIEMENS NIXDORF INFORMATIONSSYSTEME AG 1 2 3 0 0 6
AXIOHM IPB INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD. 1 2 2 0 0 5
DATAMAX CORPORATION 1 2 2 0 0 5
HITACHI KOKI COMPANY, LIMITED 1 2 1 1 0 5
NEAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
OCE PRINTING SYSTEMS GMBH 0 0 1 3 1 5
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 1 2 0 1 1 5
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 2 2 0 1 5


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