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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 358, Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing

( 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
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 202 164 136 139 172 813
XEROX CORPORATION 61 52 42 47 35 237
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 36 34 52 28 37 187
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 43 34 40 29 26 172
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 30 27 27 30 16 130
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 27 28 18 27 25 125
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 23 16 25 27 24 115
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 22 28 24 22 15 111
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 29 24 16 25 15 109
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 16 18 12 21 29 96
~Individually Owned Patent 15 27 16 13 17 88
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 31 17 15 10 12 85
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 16 15 20 10 10 71
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 10 6 12 13 15 56
NEC CORPORATION 12 15 4 14 11 56
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 13 10 16 7 6 52
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 8 15 14 8 6 51
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 13 6 12 7 9 47
FUJITSU LIMITED 14 10 9 8 5 46
MUSTEK SYSTEMS, INC. 2 11 11 10 8 42
MATSUSHITA GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC. 6 3 8 9 11 37
MITA INDUSTRIAL COMPANY LTD. 23 10 2 0 0 35
KONICA CORPORATION 4 11 6 4 7 32
DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD. 9 9 3 4 1 26
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 9 8 4 2 2 25
SONY CORPORATION 6 9 1 1 7 24
ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC. 0 0 3 12 8 23
NIKON CORPORATION 13 5 0 4 1 23
ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 3 6 3 7 22
HITACHI, LTD 11 4 3 2 2 22
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 3 5 6 3 4 21
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 3 3 5 7 3 21
AGFA-GEVAERT N.V. 10 6 3 1 0 20
OHIO ELECTRONIC ENGRAVERS, INC. 12 6 1 0 1 20
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4 7 1 3 4 19
OKIDATA CORPORATION 0 6 6 2 4 18
MURATA KIKAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 2 4 7 1 16
AGFA CORPORATION 0 3 2 7 3 15
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 6 1 4 2 2 15
HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 0 1 2 2 9 14
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 2 0 4 5 14
MICROTEK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 3 4 2 2 13
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 1 2 0 2 7 12
KING JIM CO., LTD. 2 1 3 2 2 10
UMAX DATA SYSTEMS INC. 2 3 2 2 1 10
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 2 2 3 1 1 9
PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD. 0 0 5 2 2 9
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 1 0 3 1 4 9
ACER PERIPHERALS, INC. 1 3 2 2 0 8
OCE-TECHNOLOGIES, B.V. 0 2 4 2 0 8
FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD. 0 1 4 0 2 7
KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION 0 0 4 1 2 7
RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION 0 3 0 1 3 7
AVISION INC. 2 0 2 1 1 6
MOTOROLA, INC. 2 0 2 1 1 6
OCE-NEDERLAND B.V. 3 2 0 1 0 6
PFU LIMITED 1 0 2 2 1 6
SCI TEX CORPORATION LTD. 2 3 0 1 0 6
VARIS CORPORATION 3 1 0 2 0 6
AGFA DIVISION, BAYER CORPORATION 5 0 0 0 0 5
AT&T CORP. 0 1 2 1 1 5
CANON APTEX INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION 4 1 0 0 0 5
IMAGEX, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
INTEL CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 1 5
NORITSU KOKI CO., LTD. 2 0 2 0 1 5
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 2 0 0 1 2 5
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 2 2 0 1 5
SIENNA IMAGING, INC. 1 1 2 0 1 5
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 2 0 2 5
T R SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5
TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 2 1 0 5
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 2 0 3 5
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 1 2 1 1 0 5


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