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

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2001 - 2005 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 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Total
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 340 338 355 254 219 1506
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 134 149 126 147 137 693
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 274 283 132 0 1 690
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 188 215 193 596
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 92 117 106 96 71 482
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 65 88 73 71 131 428
XEROX CORPORATION 103 114 73 58 42 390
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 72 38 37 62 59 268
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 39 51 56 59 50 255
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 63 53 56 44 36 252
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 24 36 24 41 32 157
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 29 43 23 27 31 153
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 13 26 24 26 21 110
~Individually Owned Patent 16 21 20 20 23 100
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 11 21 19 17 16 84
KONICA CORPORATION 13 12 11 27 20 83
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 26 24 12 9 8 79
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 19 18 8 12 8 65
NEC CORPORATION 37 20 2 2 0 61
SONY CORPORATION 13 10 12 8 14 57
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 31 13 5 5 2 56
BEN Q CORPORATION 0 2 17 15 9 43
FUJITSU LIMITED 14 16 7 5 0 42
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 4 6 11 13 8 42
OCE-TECHNOLOGIES, B.V. 10 14 4 7 5 40
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 9 7 8 3 3 30
AGFA-GEVAERT N.V. 5 3 5 7 9 29
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 5 10 10 1 3 29
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 7 12 5 1 3 28
HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 0 3 4 16 3 26
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 9 5 6 5 1 26
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 9 13 2 2 0 26
OKIDATA CORPORATION 11 6 4 4 0 25
RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION 9 8 4 1 3 25
XAAR TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 4 5 9 4 1 23
HITACHI KOKI COMPANY, LIMITED 6 4 11 1 0 22
HITACHI PRINTING SOLUTIONS, LTD. 0 0 4 15 3 22
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 1 5 6 7 2 21
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 4 5 4 3 3 19
NORITSU KOKI CO., LTD. 7 1 2 6 3 19
SCITEX DIGITAL PRINTING, INC. 6 6 3 4 0 19
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 1 4 7 1 4 17
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO. LTD 1 3 6 3 4 17
CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD. 5 7 3 1 0 16
ENCAD, INC. 5 9 2 0 0 16
INTERNATIONAL UNITED TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 1 5 7 3 16
SPECTRA, INC. 1 2 5 5 3 16
APRION DIGITAL LTD. 1 8 5 1 0 15
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 4 6 1 2 2 15
POLAROID CORPORATION 0 1 4 4 6 15
DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD. 1 1 1 8 3 14
FRANCOTYP-POSTALIA AG & CO. KG 4 5 1 3 1 14
ACER COMMUNICATIONS AND MULTIMEDIA INC. 0 10 3 0 0 13
ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 6 1 0 0 13
CREO SRL 5 2 3 2 1 13
HITACHI, LTD 4 3 4 1 1 13
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 0 4 2 3 11
CANON FINETECH INC. 0 0 3 6 2 11
NANOD YNAMICS, INC. 0 0 2 8 1 11
NEXPRESS SOLUTIONS LLC 1 2 1 7 0 11
IMAJE S.A. 1 5 2 2 0 10
MARCONI DATA SYSTEMS, INC. 5 3 2 0 0 10
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 1 4 1 1 10
OLIVETTI TECNOST, S.P.A. 0 4 4 0 2 10
PENTAX CORPORATION 0 0 3 5 2 10
ARRAY PRINTERS PUBL. AB 6 3 0 0 0 9
COPYER CO., LTD. 2 4 3 0 0 9
DOMINO PRINTING SCIENCES PLC 6 2 1 0 0 9
GERBER SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTS, INC. 1 4 2 1 1 9
HI-TOUCH IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 0 1 2 4 2 9
NU-KOTE INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 0 6 3 9
VIDEOJET TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 1 2 3 3 9
FARGO ELECTRONICS, INC. 2 3 1 2 0 8
NISCA CORPORATION 2 0 2 3 1 8
PICOLITER INC. 0 1 2 2 3 8
SII P & S INC. 0 0 0 4 4 8
SII PRINTEK INC. 0 0 1 5 2 8
ARTECH GMBH DESIGN + PRODUCTION IN PLASTIC 0 4 1 2 0 7
BRADY WORLDWIDE, INC. 1 0 2 4 0 7
CANON APTEX INC. 2 3 1 1 0 7
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 0 1 1 3 2 7
M.A.N. ROLAND DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 3 2 2 0 0 7
MICROJET TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 1 1 2 2 1 7
PELIKAN PRODUKTIONS AG 5 1 1 0 0 7
SAWGRASS SYSTEMS, INC. 0 6 1 0 0 7
TONEJET CORPORATION PTY LTD. 4 2 0 0 1 7
WISERTEK INTERNATIONAL CORP. 5 2 0 0 0 7
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 4 2 0 0 0 6
KODAK POLYCHROME GRAPHICS, LLC 0 1 1 1 3 6
KYOCERA CORPORATION 0 2 3 0 1 6
L&P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY 1 1 1 3 0 6
MUTOH INDUSTRY LTD. 4 1 1 0 0 6
SHINKO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 3 0 2 0 6
TALLY COMPUTERDRUCKER GMBH 2 2 0 1 1 6
TDK CORPORATION 2 3 1 0 0 6
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 1 1 1 2 1 6
TRANSACT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 1 2 0 1 6
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
CREO AMERICAS, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
ELESYS, INC. 1 0 0 2 2 5
FUJICOPIAN CO., LTD. 2 0 3 0 0 5
FUJIFILM ELECTRONIC IMAGING LTD. 1 0 1 2 1 5
INTERMEC IP CORP. 3 1 0 1 0 5
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 3 5
TOHOKU RICOH CO., LTD. 0 1 1 3 0 5
ZIH CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 2 5


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