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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 348, Television

( 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 66 84 83 84 115 432
SONY CORPORATION 87 75 59 89 61 371
~Individually Owned Patent 54 49 44 53 35 235
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 37 44 43 54 46 224
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 60 53 33 23 20 189
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 20 36 50 35 141
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 23 21 25 34 33 136
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 12 6 21 46 41 126
INTEL CORPORATION 17 25 34 24 16 116
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 26 20 27 26 17 116
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 16 29 20 29 22 116
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 15 16 17 31 17 96
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 21 12 23 24 12 92
NEC CORPORATION 20 23 16 12 6 77
PENTAX CORPORATION 0 0 19 29 29 77
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 4 8 16 28 19 75
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 12 9 12 19 13 65
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 12 14 9 15 12 62
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 14 18 28 60
HITACHI, LTD 12 14 11 12 8 57
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 10 12 12 10 50
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 8 9 12 12 5 46
NIKON CORPORATION 8 7 9 7 14 45
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 0 0 2 23 19 44
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.) 4 6 6 14 11 41
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 9 8 8 13 40
FUJITSU LIMITED 5 11 7 4 6 33
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5 3 6 7 11 32
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 6 3 11 8 4 32
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 26 5 0 0 0 31
FLASHPOINT TECHNOLOGY, INC. 10 6 8 5 1 30
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 4 6 13 5 30
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 5 3 11 10 29
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 6 8 14 29
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 5 9 4 3 25
XEROX CORPORATION 1 7 6 2 7 23
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 6 2 5 7 2 22
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 1 1 2 10 8 22
MOTOROLA, INC. 2 3 6 4 6 21
TEKTRONIX INC. 8 4 2 3 4 21
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 2 3 3 6 6 20
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 4 1 5 5 4 19
AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 6 3 4 1 18
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 5 4 7 1 1 18
SARNOFF CORPORATION & CO., LTD. 5 9 3 0 1 18
BE HERE CORPORATION 3 10 3 0 1 17
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 6 9 2 17
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 1 2 5 2 7 17
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 3 5 1 3 4 16
ZENITH ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 5 3 3 2 3 16
ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 8 7 0 0 0 15
ATI INTERNATIONAL SRL 5 4 2 3 1 15
DEUTSCHE THOMSON-BRANDT GMBH 13 2 0 0 0 15
FOVEON, INC. 0 2 5 5 3 15
SONY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED 0 5 5 5 0 15
HARRIS CORP. 3 5 5 0 1 14
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 5 2 1 2 4 14
PIONEER CORPORATION 1 1 4 4 4 14
PIXIM, INCORPORATED 0 0 3 6 5 14
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 1 6 1 3 3 14
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 3 2 6 1 1 13
KONICA CORPORATION 2 1 4 2 4 13
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 9 3 0 1 0 13
BROADCOM CORPORATION 1 2 0 3 6 12
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 0 5 1 5 12
OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 3 1 4 4 12
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORP. 10 2 0 0 0 12
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 9 1 1 0 0 11
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 0 2 3 4 2 11
POLYCOM, INC. 0 1 3 4 3 11
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 2 3 1 4 0 10
FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED 2 4 1 1 2 10
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 1 2 1 3 3 10
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 1 3 2 3 1 10
AT&T CORP. 2 4 2 0 1 9
DIGEO, INC. 0 1 3 3 2 9
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 4 3 0 1 9
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP. 6 3 0 0 0 9
MITSUBISHI DIGITAL ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC. 1 1 1 5 1 9
MUSTEK SYSTEMS, INC. 0 4 3 1 1 9
PICTOS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 6 2 0 9
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 3 0 0 3 2 8
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 1 4 2 0 1 8
GRASS VALLEY (U.S.) INC. 2 4 1 1 0 8
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 2 3 1 1 1 8
SENSORMATIC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 0 2 3 2 8
UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES, INC. 1 3 2 2 0 8
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 3 0 4 1 8
ELBEX VIDEO, LTD. 2 1 1 2 1 7
ESS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 0 4 3 7
FORGENT NETWORKS, INC. 0 0 3 4 0 7
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 0 1 2 3 7
HITACHI DENSHI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 3 1 1 1 7
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 0 1 2 2 2 7
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 1 2 1 3 0 7
SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC. 1 1 3 0 2 7
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 0 0 2 1 4 7
WEBTV NETWORKS, INC. 0 3 2 1 1 7
APPLIED MINDS, INC. 0 0 1 3 2 6
BEN Q CORPORATION 0 1 0 3 2 6
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 2 2 2 0 0 6
HITACHI AMERICA, LTD. 4 1 1 0 0 6
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 1 1 1 0 3 6
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 3 1 0 1 6
NCR CORPORATION 3 0 3 0 0 6
NETERGY NETWORKS, INC. 6 0 0 0 0 6
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 0 0 4 0 2 6
PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORPORATION 3 2 0 1 0 6
SIGMA DESIGNS, INC. 3 2 1 0 0 6
SNELL & WILCOX LIMITED 2 2 0 1 1 6
WAVETEK CORPORATION 5 0 1 0 0 6
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 1 1 2 0 1 5
BIOMORPHIC VLSI, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 0 0 1 4 0 5
COGNEX CORPORATION 2 1 2 0 0 5
DVDO, INC. 0 2 2 1 0 5
E GUIDE, INC. 0 3 0 1 1 5
INDEX SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 2 0 1 5
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 0 2 0 2 1 5
IPAC ACQUISITION SUBSIDIARY I, LLC 0 0 2 0 3 5
LDT GMBH & CO. LASER-DISPLAY-TECHNOLOGIE KG 4 0 1 0 0 5
ORAD HI-TEC SYSTEMS LIMITED 3 1 1 0 0 5
PACE MICRO TECHNOLOGY PLC 0 0 1 1 3 5
PANAVISION, INCORPORATED 0 1 0 1 3 5
PANDORA INTERNATIONAL LTD. 0 3 1 1 0 5
PIXELWORKS, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
POLAROID CORPORATION 0 0 1 4 0 5
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 4 0 0 1 0 5
SILICON IMAGE, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 0 0 1 4 0 5
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 0 0 0 0 5 5
TERALOGIC, INCORPORATED 1 4 0 0 0 5
UMAX DATA SYSTEMS INC. 2 2 0 1 0 5


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