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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 386, Television Signal Processing for Dynamic Recording or Reproducing

( 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
SONY CORPORATION 70 91 61 57 35 314
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 44 46 53 44 31 218
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 18 21 53 25 14 131
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 29 26 10 16 14 95
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 20 16 9 33 15 93
HITACHI, LTD 18 15 11 15 9 68
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 10 10 14 12 46
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 11 10 5 10 10 46
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 5 7 12 9 7 40
~Individually Owned Patent 10 13 5 10 2 40
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 2 12 8 9 7 38
NEC CORPORATION 5 2 6 6 8 27
PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORPORATION 7 6 4 4 4 25
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 4 3 6 6 6 25
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 14 9 0 0 0 23
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 5 6 2 6 22
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 8 5 1 2 3 19
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 5 2 5 3 17
INTEL CORPORATION 2 2 5 1 3 13
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 5 1 4 3 0 13
ATI INTERNATIONAL SRL 0 2 1 5 3 11
MACROVISION CORPORATION 3 2 3 2 1 11
PIONEER CORPORATION 0 2 2 5 2 11
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 3 1 4 2 0 10
TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT CO., L.P. 1 7 2 0 0 10
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 5 9
AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 3 1 3 8
OAK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 4 3 0 0 8
GEMSTAR DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 0 4 2 1 0 7
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 1 1 3 2 0 7
TIVO, INC. 2 0 0 1 4 7
INDEX SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 1 2 1 6
DEUTSCHE THOMSON-BRANDT GMBH 2 3 0 0 0 5
HITACHI DENSHI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 1 3 0 0 5
KEEN PERSONAL MEDIA, INC. 0 3 0 2 0 5
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 1 2 0 0 2 5
YAMAHA CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 2 5


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