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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 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 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Total
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 139 171 145 133 148 736
XEROX CORPORATION 47 35 56 56 64 258
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 41 80 86 207
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 27 24 36 42 50 179
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 21 29 29 29 39 147
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 29 26 21 32 34 142
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 27 25 23 25 35 135
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 25 15 11 24 34 109
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 30 16 22 15 15 98
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 13 15 20 17 29 94
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 28 37 26 0 0 91
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 7 6 11 29 37 90
~Individually Owned Patent 13 17 13 17 9 69
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 22 15 14 8 6 65
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 10 12 9 14 19 64
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 10 10 13 14 15 62
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 7 9 13 12 18 59
NEC CORPORATION 14 11 9 11 10 55
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 1 1 7 13 24 46
FUJITSU LIMITED 8 5 8 8 11 40
ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC. 12 8 6 3 8 37
MUSTEK SYSTEMS, INC. 10 8 4 11 4 37
KONICA CORPORATION 4 7 3 8 12 34
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 8 6 9 5 5 33
HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 2 9 7 7 6 31
PANASONIC COMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. 0 0 6 8 16 30
MURATA KIKAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 7 1 5 3 12 28
MATSUSHITA GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC. 9 11 5 2 0 27
SONY CORPORATION 1 7 8 6 5 27
UMAX DATA SYSTEMS INC. 2 1 17 5 0 25
AVISION INC. 1 1 5 12 5 24
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 2 7 8 3 2 22
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 0 2 6 7 7 22
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 3 4 4 4 4 19
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 5 0 2 5 16
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 2 2 5 4 3 16
OKIDATA CORPORATION 2 4 5 1 3 15
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 1 4 0 4 6 15
AGFA CORPORATION 7 3 2 1 1 14
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 7 3 1 1 2 14
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3 4 2 2 2 13
HITACHI, LTD 2 2 2 4 2 12
OCE-TECHNOLOGIES, B.V. 2 0 4 2 4 12
PENTAX CORPORATION 0 0 2 5 5 12
NIKON CORPORATION 4 1 2 1 3 11
BEN Q CORPORATION 0 1 2 5 2 10
MICROTEK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 2 3 2 1 10
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 3 0 3 4 10
ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 6 0 0 0 9
IMAGEX, INC. 0 5 2 1 1 9
RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION 1 3 1 2 2 9
CREO IL. LTD. 0 0 3 0 5 8
HELL GRAVURE SYSTEMS GMBH 0 0 0 5 3 8
INTEL CORPORATION 1 1 4 1 1 8
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 5 3 8
PFU LIMITED 2 1 3 2 0 8
PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD. 2 2 2 2 0 8
DESTINY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 2 1 3 1 7
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.) 0 2 1 3 1 7
KING JIM CO., LTD. 2 2 1 2 0 7
KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION 1 2 0 2 2 7
OCE PRINTING SYSTEMS GMBH 0 0 1 3 3 7
T R SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 4 2 0 7
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 2 2 0 1 1 6
KODAK POLYCHROME GRAPHICS, LLC 0 1 4 0 1 6
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 0 0 2 1 3 6
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 1 2 1 2 6
MDC MAX DATWYLER AG 0 3 3 0 0 6
NEXPRESS SOLUTIONS LLC 1 3 1 1 0 6
NORITSU KOKI CO., LTD. 0 1 1 0 4 6
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 1 2 1 1 1 6
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 1 1 2 1 0 5
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD. 4 1 0 0 0 5
FLASHPOINT TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 3 0 1 0 5
OAK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 2 0 1 0 5
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 4 0 1 0 5
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 2 0 3 0 0 5
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
TESSERON LTD. 0 2 0 3 0 5


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