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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 235, Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.)

( 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
~Individually Owned Patent 40 58 66 43 74 281
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 51 50 37 32 26 196
NCR CORPORATION 20 20 26 27 45 138
FUJITSU LIMITED 11 24 25 28 23 111
METROLOGIC INSTRUMENTS INC. 15 22 17 18 29 101
INTERMEC IP CORP. 1 13 23 13 14 64
HITACHI, LTD 2 13 15 12 14 56
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 2 12 3 10 14 41
PSC SCANNING, INC. 0 1 9 17 10 37
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 6 9 4 6 8 33
PSC, INC. 13 7 4 6 0 30
MOTOROLA, INC. 7 4 10 5 3 29
DIEBOLD INCORPORATED 0 1 8 12 6 27
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 4 7 5 4 6 26
XEROX CORPORATION 2 7 2 4 11 26
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 2 7 6 6 3 24
WELCH ALLYN INC. 10 9 3 0 0 22
DATALOGIC S.P.A. 0 4 9 3 5 21
METANETICS CORPORATION 11 4 4 1 1 21
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 7 10 2 2 21
TELXON CORPORATION 6 2 5 5 2 20
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 8 3 6 1 1 19
AMPHENOL-TUCHEL ELECTRONICS GMBH 5 2 2 2 7 18
INTERMEC CORPORATION 14 2 1 1 0 18
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 6 2 4 4 1 17
ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 7 4 5 0 0 16
DENSO CORPORATION 0 1 7 3 5 16
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 6 4 2 2 2 16
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 4 4 4 0 4 16
SPECTRA-PHYSICS SCANNING SYSTEMS, INC. 5 7 4 0 0 16
GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GMBH 3 2 0 4 6 15
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 1 2 4 7 1 15
NORAND CORPORATION 3 10 1 0 0 14
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 0 3 3 1 6 13
AXIOHM TRANSACTION SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 0 8 2 2 12
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 2 2 3 3 12
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 3 5 3 12
SONY CORPORATION 1 1 2 5 3 12
ACCU-SORT SYSTEMS, INC. 2 4 2 2 1 11
GEMPLUS 1 1 1 0 8 11
NEC CORPORATION 2 2 5 2 0 11
ORGA KARTENSYSTEME GMBH 0 2 5 1 3 11
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 4 2 3 2 0 11
SICK AG 0 2 6 1 2 11
SANKYO SEIKI MFG. CO., LTD. 1 1 2 3 3 10
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO. LTD 2 3 2 1 1 9
MONDEX INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 0 0 2 3 3 8
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 1 0 0 2 5 8
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC. 4 4 0 0 0 8
WELCH ALLYN DATA COLLECTION, INC. 0 0 4 3 1 8
AT&T CORP. 0 3 2 2 0 7
CITIBANK N.A. 1 2 2 1 1 7
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 2 2 2 0 1 7
KONINKLIJKE PTT NEDERLAND N.V. 3 2 2 0 0 7
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 3 2 0 0 7
SCHLUMBERGER SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 2 5 7
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 1 2 1 3 0 7
STANDARD REGISTER COMPANY 0 1 1 2 3 7
WEBSCAN, INC. 1 4 1 1 0 7
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 2 2 0 1 1 6
DREXLER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 1 1 3 1 6
FIRST DATA CORPORATION INC. 0 0 2 1 3 6
GEO LABS, INC. 0 5 0 1 0 6
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TEC 4 2 0 0 0 6
KEYENCE CORPORATION 2 3 0 0 1 6
KONINKLIJKE KPN N.V. 0 2 4 0 0 6
SCANTECH B.V. 1 2 0 2 1 6
SMARTDISKETTE GMBH 0 1 4 1 0 6
WHITAKER CORPORATION 1 2 1 1 1 6
ANGEWANDTE DIGITAL ELEKTRONIK GMBH 1 1 2 0 1 5
CARD TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 1 2 0 1 5
COIN ACCEPTORS, INC. 1 2 1 0 1 5
DALLAS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 0 2 2 0 5
FRANCE TELECOM 4 0 1 0 0 5
FRANCOTYP-POSTALIA AG & CO. KG 1 2 1 1 0 5
GILBARCO, INC. 0 0 4 0 1 5
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 0 0 2 3 5
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 0 1 1 3 0 5
MAG TEK, INC. 2 0 1 1 1 5
MUSTEK SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 1 0 1 5
SCOTCH TWIST, INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 0 0 2 2 1 5
TELECOMUNICACOES BRASILEIRAS S/A - TELEBRAS 1 3 1 0 0 5
UNISYS CORPORATION 0 1 2 0 2 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 1 1 2 0 1 5
VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION 0 1 0 2 2 5
YAMAICHI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 4 1 0 0 5


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