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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 1969 - 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 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Total
SONY CORPORATION 3 4 2 2 3 8 6 10 7 9 14 11 17 9 13 24 20 16 23 36 27 11 22 34 40 32 30 51 36 85 72 66 70 91 61 57 35 1057
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 1 1 2 2 3 4 2 6 0 1 1 7 6 2 8 8 6 9 9 7 17 10 4 6 11 15 19 27 15 24 34 32 44 46 53 44 31 517
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 5 14 6 9 7 25 25 16 26 24 16 10 30 15 32 37 25 29 26 10 16 14 423
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 0 4 2 7 8 2 0 1 4 3 1 2 3 12 6 27 26 28 34 18 6 4 5 3 4 4 5 11 6 9 14 14 11 10 5 10 10 319
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 12 18 19 22 27 28 29 21 20 20 16 9 33 15 293
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 4 2 1 4 4 1 1 6 4 2 5 3 11 33 19 18 18 21 53 25 14 259
HITACHI, LTD 0 0 0 2 3 1 3 4 1 1 0 1 0 5 5 3 10 12 11 11 9 9 11 4 6 11 10 8 4 6 15 10 18 15 11 15 9 244
~Individually Owned Patent 2 2 2 1 4 2 4 0 4 3 3 7 2 4 6 6 8 6 6 9 17 12 12 7 7 3 4 6 11 7 10 11 10 13 5 10 2 228
PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 6 12 12 35 9 13 21 14 10 3 8 4 4 6 12 7 6 4 4 4 199
RCA CORPORATION 3 2 3 5 3 3 10 13 15 5 6 4 11 14 20 9 9 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 147
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 0 2 0 1 1 3 4 12 3 3 1 4 4 0 1 2 1 2 6 5 10 2 4 0 1 2 4 10 4 7 10 7 14 9 0 0 0 139
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 5 0 8 2 3 1 3 5 7 12 7 10 13 8 3 5 6 2 6 113
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 4 11 20 14 5 8 8 3 0 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 1 4 2 0 105
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 3 4 2 0 4 2 0 1 1 4 1 15 21 6 1 1 4 1 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 89
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 4 2 1 5 2 2 3 1 3 4 2 3 4 3 6 6 6 69
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 7 5 2 12 8 9 7 65
ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 4 2 6 8 5 9 5 8 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 62
NEC CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 5 3 1 2 8 5 2 6 6 8 62
AMPEX CORP. 4 3 3 3 0 0 0 1 3 4 3 1 3 3 1 5 6 1 3 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60
GOLDSTAR COMPANY, LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 6 5 8 10 9 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 55
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 7 12 9 7 47
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 14 12 46
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 2 4 2 1 7 4 2 2 4 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 6 6 5 3 1 1 0 5 1 2 0 0 2 41
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 3 6 0 2 2 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 34
DISCOVISION ASSOCIATES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 3 3 3 4 5 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 33
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 2 5 1 4 3 0 28
DEUTSCHE THOMSON-BRANDT GMBH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 4 2 3 0 0 0 25
DAEWOO ELECTRONICS COMPANY, LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 3 2 6 2 3 0 0 0 0 23
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 5 2 5 3 21
HITACHI AMERICA, LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 21
MACROVISION CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 3 2 1 21
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 1 2 3 19
TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT CO., L.P. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 2 1 7 2 0 0 19
AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 4 0 1 3 1 3 18
BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 3 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
GEMSTAR DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 4 2 1 0 17
NIKON CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 17
CBS INC. 4 1 5 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
IIT RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 2 1 3 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 4 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
INTEL CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 5 1 3 15
TEAC CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 3 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
YAMAHA CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 2 15
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 14
TED BILDPLATTEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT AEG-TELEFUNKEN-TELDEC 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
ZENITH ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
PIONEER VIDEO CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
QUANTEL LIMITED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 12
THOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 12
UNIVERSAL PIONEER CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
ATI INTERNATIONAL SRL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 3 11
HITACHI DENSHI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 3 0 0 11
LEX COMPUTING & MANAGEMENT CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
PIONEER CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 2 11
POLAROID CORPORATION 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
AKAI ELECTRIC COMPANY, LIMITED 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 10
INDEX SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 2 1 10
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 5 10
MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 10
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP. 0 0 1 3 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
BELL + HOWELL COMPANY 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 9
STARSIGHT TELECAST, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 9
THOMSON BRANDT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
FERNSEH GMBH DARMSTADT 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
LICENTIA PATENT-VERWALTUNGS-GMBH 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 8
OAK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 0 0 8
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 8
ARVIN INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
AT&T CORP. 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
FUJITSU LIMITED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 7
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
THOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 7
THOMSON-CSF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
TIVO, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 7
BTS BROADCAST TELEVISION SYSTEMS GMBH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
E GUIDE, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
EASTMAN TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
NORTH AMERICAN PHILIPS CORPORATION 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
CONVERGENCE CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
GO-VIDEO, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
INTERNATIONAL VIDEO CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
KEEN PERSONAL MEDIA, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 5
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
NIPPON COLUMBIA COMPANY, LTD. 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
XEROX CORPORATION 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5


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