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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 235, Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.)

( 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
~Individually Owned Patent 43 74 103 95 60 375
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 32 26 43 55 29 185
NCR CORPORATION 27 45 51 29 14 166
METROLOGIC INSTRUMENTS INC. 18 29 37 22 43 149
FUJITSU LIMITED 28 23 21 17 18 107
HITACHI, LTD 12 14 19 12 19 76
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 10 14 16 19 10 69
PSC SCANNING, INC. 17 10 15 7 4 53
DIEBOLD INCORPORATED 12 6 10 15 7 50
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 14 23 7 44
SONY CORPORATION 5 3 8 13 10 39
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 6 8 4 14 7 39
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 4 6 10 11 7 38
INTERMEC IP CORP. 13 14 2 6 2 37
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 2 11 14 3 30
XEROX CORPORATION 4 11 7 4 3 29
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 1 0 4 14 9 28
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 3 4 7 9 26
FIRST DATA CORPORATION INC. 1 3 4 11 5 24
DATALOGIC S.P.A. 3 5 6 7 2 23
GEMPLUS 0 8 6 8 1 23
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 4 1 7 3 5 20
GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GMBH 4 6 4 1 4 19
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 6 3 4 5 1 19
SANKYO SEIKI MFG. CO., LTD. 3 3 7 5 1 19
SCHLUMBERGER SYSTEMS, INC. 2 5 1 8 2 18
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 2 3 3 3 6 17
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 0 4 5 3 4 16
DIEBOLD SELF SERVICE SYSTEMS, A DIVISION OF DIEBOLD, INCORPORATED 0 0 0 3 12 15
WELCH ALLYN DATA COLLECTION, INC. 3 1 7 1 2 14
AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC. 2 1 2 7 1 13
DENSO CORPORATION 3 5 3 2 0 13
HAND-HELD PRODUCTS, INC. 0 3 3 5 2 13
TELXON CORPORATION 5 2 6 0 0 13
MOTOROLA, INC. 5 3 1 3 0 12
AMPHENOL-TUCHEL ELECTRONICS GMBH 2 7 1 1 0 11
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5 3 2 0 1 11
MONDEX INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 3 3 2 3 0 11
OMRON CORPORATION 1 1 3 4 2 11
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 0 0 3 1 7 11
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 2 5 2 1 1 11
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 2 3 1 3 11
CITICORP DEVELOPMENT CENTER, INC. 1 2 5 0 2 10
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 1 6 3 0 0 10
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO. LTD 1 1 4 2 1 9
NEC CORPORATION 2 0 2 3 2 9
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 2 0 1 0 6 9
SICK AG 1 2 2 2 2 9
STANDARD REGISTER COMPANY 2 3 3 1 0 9
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 0 1 0 4 4 9
ACCU-SORT SYSTEMS, INC. 2 1 2 3 0 8
ANOTO AB 0 0 3 3 2 8
ASK S.A. 0 2 2 2 2 8
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 0 0 3 3 2 8
CUBIC CORPORATION 1 1 3 3 0 8
INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 1 1 2 2 8
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 2 2 3 0 1 8
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 2 1 2 2 1 8
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 7 1 0 0 0 8
WALKER DIGITAL, LLC 4 0 1 3 0 8
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 1 4 0 1 7
KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIPPON CONLUX 1 0 3 2 1 7
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 1 1 3 2 7
ORGA KARTENSYSTEME GMBH 1 3 1 2 0 7
PSC, INC. 6 0 0 0 1 7
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 3 0 1 2 1 7
ASAHI SEIKO CO., LTD. 0 1 0 3 2 6
DREXLER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 1 1 1 0 6
FLYING NULL LIMITED 1 2 1 1 1 6
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 0 1 2 2 1 6
GILBARCO, INC. 0 1 1 4 0 6
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 1 3 0 1 6
NEC INFRONTIA CORPORATION 0 1 3 2 0 6
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 1 0 1 2 2 6
SKIDATA AG 0 1 2 1 2 6
WINCOR NIXDORF GMBH & CO. KG 0 0 4 2 0 6
ZIH CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 2 6
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 2 0 2 5
BUNDESDRUCKEREI GMBH 1 0 2 1 1 5
GLORY LTD. 0 1 0 0 4 5
HART INTERCIVIC, INC. 0 0 3 2 0 5
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
LEUZE ELECTRONIC GMBH & CO. 0 1 1 1 2 5
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 2 5
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 0 1 1 2 1 5
PERFECT PLASTIC PRINTING CORP. 2 0 1 2 0 5
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 0 1 3 5
SWISSCOM MOBILE AG 0 1 1 2 1 5
THE CODE CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 2 5
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 1 1 1 1 5
UMAX DATA SYSTEMS INC. 1 1 3 0 0 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA POSTAL SERVICE 0 0 2 0 3 5
VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION 2 2 0 1 0 5


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