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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 396, Photography

( 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
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 83 61 63 57 20 284
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 63 82 52 46 14 257
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 68 60 37 47 27 239
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 43 58 33 10 15 159
~Individually Owned Patent 21 29 39 34 16 139
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.) 19 32 25 25 3 104
ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 43 57 0 0 0 100
PENTAX CORPORATION 0 3 34 25 22 84
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 37 18 14 9 4 82
NIKON CORPORATION 20 14 20 15 6 75
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 21 20 5 7 3 56
KONICA CORPORATION 9 15 7 5 1 37
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 0 0 0 16 15 31
SONY CORPORATION 3 10 6 1 10 30
NIDEC COPAL CORPORATION 1 4 5 16 3 29
CONCORD CAMERA CORP. 8 4 6 2 4 24
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 4 9 7 20
POLAROID CORPORATION 8 2 6 2 0 18
SEIKO PRECISION INC. 1 10 4 3 0 18
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 2 2 4 4 5 17
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 5 1 4 3 0 13
AGFA-GEVAERT N.V. 1 6 5 1 0 13
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 2 4 2 3 12
APPLIED SCIENCE FICTION, INC. 1 4 6 0 0 11
DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD. 0 0 2 6 3 11
PELCO 0 0 3 5 1 9
SAMSUNG TECHWIN CO., LTD. 0 2 1 4 1 8
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 1 3 3 0 0 7
RECON/OPTICAL, INC. 0 3 2 2 0 7
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 0 1 2 4 0 7
ARC DESIGN, INC. 0 1 3 2 0 6
NORITSU KOKI CO., LTD. 2 2 0 2 0 6
PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD. 0 0 2 3 1 6
FOSTER ASSETS CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 0 5
LEICA CAMERA AG 1 0 4 0 0 5
NCR CORPORATION 4 0 1 0 0 5
NIDEK CO., LTD. 0 1 3 0 1 5
NISCA CORPORATION 0 0 4 0 1 5
ROLLEI FOTOTECHNIC GMBH & CO. 4 1 0 0 0 5
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 0 2 2 1 0 5


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