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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 430, Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof

( 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
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 152 151 160 210 135 808
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 210 189 179 125 49 752
XEROX CORPORATION 90 62 42 46 22 262
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 67 52 69 37 30 255
KONICA CORPORATION 54 69 44 44 21 232
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 69 54 51 36 19 229
AGFA-GEVAERT N.V. 76 58 43 20 12 209
KODAK POLYCHROME GRAPHICS, LLC 25 34 40 31 38 168
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 23 23 43 42 37 168
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 21 22 22 45 39 149
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 28 40 26 26 15 135
SHIN ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD. 11 26 32 33 30 132
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 25 32 35 27 11 130
~Individually Owned Patent 25 33 27 25 19 129
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 26 26 23 20 24 119
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 21 27 15 20 21 104
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 30 16 17 15 15 93
NIKON CORPORATION 32 20 22 13 2 89
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 3 9 12 33 24 81
TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD. 23 14 14 19 11 81
SHIPLEY COMPANY INC. 10 14 15 25 12 76
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 17 2 12 15 18 64
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 13 11 15 12 12 63
NEC CORPORATION 21 25 14 1 2 63
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 22 22 10 6 1 61
FUJITSU LIMITED 9 15 11 15 9 59
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 16 15 9 7 5 52
HITACHI, LTD 9 12 17 7 7 52
SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED 6 12 13 14 6 51
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 16 15 11 4 5 51
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO. LTD 10 9 11 13 7 50
INTEL CORPORATION 4 8 17 9 11 49
JSR CORPORATION 13 10 5 13 7 48
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 13 10 7 6 7 43
CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITED 5 13 6 12 6 42
SONY CORPORATION 8 10 5 7 9 39
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 3 6 8 8 12 37
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 0 0 13 16 8 37
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 14 12 5 2 4 37
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 2 25 9 36
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION 12 5 10 6 2 35
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 9 11 14 0 0 34
NUMERICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 2 14 12 4 34
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2 3 3 13 11 32
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 9 6 7 6 2 30
CORNING INCORPORATED 6 7 8 6 1 28
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 7 9 3 6 1 26
KAO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (KAO CORPORATION) 2 5 3 6 9 25
TDK CORPORATION 3 10 7 2 3 25
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 6 6 6 3 4 25
KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION 6 11 5 1 1 24
DAINIPPON INK + CHEMICALS, INC. 6 3 8 6 0 23
MOTOROLA, INC. 5 5 8 5 0 23
CIBA SPECIALTY CHEMICALS CORPORATION 5 5 5 4 3 22
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 0 4 10 4 4 22
HOYA CORPORATION 1 4 1 8 7 21
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 10 5 6 21
TORAY INDUSTRIES INC. 6 2 4 3 6 21
FUJI ELECTRIC IMAGING DEVICE CO., LTD. 7 4 3 4 2 20
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 5 6 2 1 6 20
DUPONT PHOTOMASKS, INC. 1 1 3 6 6 17
HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD. 11 3 2 0 1 17
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 2 8 2 3 2 17
MITSUBISHI PAPER MILLS, LTD. 6 1 5 3 2 17
LG. PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD. 0 4 2 5 5 16
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 4 2 1 4 5 16
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 0 2 2 7 5 16
MITSUI CHEMICALS, INCORPORATED 3 3 4 3 3 16
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 10 2 0 0 16
ARCH SPECIALTY CHEMICALS, INC. 4 1 2 3 5 15
BASF DRUCKSYSTEME GMBH 2 3 5 2 3 15
BREWER SCIENCE, INC. 1 1 2 3 7 14
NEXPRESS SOLUTIONS LLC 3 2 6 3 0 14
CHARTERED SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING PTE LTD 3 3 5 2 0 13
HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 1 0 6 4 2 13
IMATION CORP. 6 3 2 0 2 13
KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD. 2 2 5 1 3 13
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 2 2 4 5 0 13
FERRANIA S.P.A. 4 1 4 1 2 12
PHOTRONICS, INC. 0 2 3 4 3 12
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 11 1 0 0 0 12
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 6 5 0 0 0 11
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 2 1 3 1 4 11
ASAHI KASEI KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 5 1 3 0 11
ASML NETHERLANDS B.V. 1 3 0 2 5 11
EUV LLC 4 2 1 3 1 11
FOTO-WEAR, INC. 3 5 2 0 1 11
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 9 1 1 0 0 11
NIPPON ZEON CO., LTD. 2 5 3 1 0 11
POLAROID CORPORATION 5 2 3 0 1 11
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 1 1 5 3 1 11
ASML MASKTOOLS NETHERLANDS B.V. 1 2 3 1 3 10
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 0 0 5 5 10
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 2 2 1 2 10
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 3 3 4 10
NAN YA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 1 1 3 5 10
TOMOEGAWA PAPER CO. LTD. 2 2 0 4 2 10
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 1 4 3 0 2 10
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 3 4 2 0 0 9
SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO. LTD. 3 0 2 2 2 9
TODA KOGYO CORP. 0 3 2 3 1 9
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 1 5 2 0 8
TAIYO INK MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 2 2 2 1 1 8
CREO IL. LTD. 1 0 3 1 2 7
FUJI PHOTO FILM B.V. 2 1 3 1 0 7
POWDERTECH CO., LTD. 2 1 2 1 1 7
SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD. 1 3 0 1 2 7
SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES 0 0 0 2 5 7
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 0 2 3 1 1 7
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 1 3 1 2 0 7
ZEON CORPORATION 0 0 2 3 2 7
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 1 1 3 6
AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC. 2 1 1 0 2 6
AU OPTRONICS CORP. 0 2 0 3 1 6
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 1 2 0 1 6
CREO INC. 0 0 4 0 2 6
DSM DESOTECH, INC. 0 1 1 4 0 6
LASTRA S.P.A. 0 2 1 1 2 6
MACDERMID GRAPHIC ARTS, INC. 1 4 0 1 0 6
MITSUBISHI GAS-CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC. 0 2 3 1 0 6
NEC LCD TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 0 0 1 2 3 6
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 1 2 1 1 1 6
RESEARCH LABORATORIES OF AUSTRALIA PTY. LIMITED 3 0 1 1 1 6
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 1 0 2 3 6
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 1 2 0 0 6
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 2 1 2 0 1 6
TOYO BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 1 1 1 1 6
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS 0 1 0 0 5 6
VANTICO, INC. 1 2 2 1 0 6
WAKO PURE CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. 1 2 1 2 0 6
CREO SRL 1 1 2 1 0 5
DSM N.V. 4 0 0 1 0 5
ELECTRON VISION CORPORATION 3 2 0 0 0 5
EVERLIGHT USA, INC. 3 0 0 1 1 5
FUJI HUNT PHOTOGRAPHIC CHEMICALS INC. 1 1 0 1 2 5
GOO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 2 2 0 1 0 5
HITACHI CHEMICAL DUPONT MICROSYSTEMS LTD 1 2 1 0 1 5
INDIGO N.V. 2 2 1 0 0 5
KOREA KUMHO PETROCHEMICAL CO., LTD. 2 1 1 1 0 5
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 0 5
MICROCHEM CORP. 1 2 0 2 0 5
MOSEL VITELIC, INCORPORATED 1 1 0 3 0 5
NIPPON SHEET GLASS CO., LTD. 0 1 2 2 0 5
NITTO DENKO CORPORATION 3 0 0 2 0 5
PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. 1 1 0 1 2 5
PRESSTEK, INC. 4 1 0 0 0 5
PROCTER + GAMBLE COMPANY 1 1 0 1 2 5
SANDIA CORPORATION 0 1 3 0 1 5
SANYO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. 1 2 0 1 1 5
SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 0 0 1 3 1 5
SHOWA DENKO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 1 1 1 0 5
TEIJIN SEIKI CO. LTD. 2 2 1 0 0 5
TRIDSTORE IP, LLC 3 2 0 0 0 5
XEIKON NV 2 0 3 0 0 5


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