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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2005 - 2009 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 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 148 269 258 261 247 1183
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 86 169 110 105 52 522
XEROX CORPORATION 64 75 57 75 103 374
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 34 59 75 92 108 368
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 39 37 60 95 105 336
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 37 50 52 54 55 248
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 24 68 60 53 36 241
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 19 25 41 24 54 163
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 34 43 29 33 20 159
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 9 45 29 25 48 156
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 35 42 41 21 15 154
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 15 14 14 44 57 144
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 50 43 19 0 1 113
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 0 36 33 39 108
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 29 32 20 9 7 97
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 7 16 25 30 15 93
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 15 20 9 21 27 92
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 6 5 9 20 31 71
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 5 4 10 18 25 62
MURATA KIKAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 12 16 14 11 3 56
PANASONIC COMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. 16 25 7 7 1 56
ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC. 8 12 13 9 10 52
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 18 13 11 6 0 48
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 2 5 5 15 17 44
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 7 35 43
AVISION INC. 5 4 5 13 15 42
SONY CORPORATION 5 7 9 12 9 42
KONICA CORPORATION 12 13 9 7 0 41
FUJITSU LIMITED 11 12 10 5 1 39
TRANSPACIFIC IP, LTD. 1 0 13 24 0 38
INFOPRINT SOLUTIONS COMPANY LLC 0 0 4 11 15 30
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 4 4 9 8 4 29
KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION 2 2 6 4 15 29
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 6 3 4 12 28
DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD. 0 6 7 8 6 27
HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 6 2 8 4 6 26
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 3 10 9 4 0 26
OKIDATA CORPORATION 3 3 2 4 13 25
OCE-TECHNOLOGIES, B.V. 4 3 5 7 5 24
OCE PRINTING SYSTEMS GMBH 3 2 7 6 5 23
NEC CORPORATION 10 7 3 1 1 22
NISCA CORPORATION 0 7 5 4 5 21
NORITSU KOKI CO., LTD. 4 2 6 3 5 20
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 2 5 0 7 4 18
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 6 1 0 4 16
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 6 0 4 3 3 16
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 5 5 1 1 16
NIKON CORPORATION 3 4 4 2 1 14
KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC. 0 0 0 7 6 13
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 10 12
PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD. 0 0 2 3 6 11
RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION 2 1 3 4 1 11
AGFA GRAPHICS NV 0 0 2 2 6 10
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.) 1 4 3 0 1 9
HITACHI, LTD 2 2 3 1 1 9
KODAK GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS GROUP CANADA 0 3 1 3 2 9
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY LTD. 0 0 3 1 5 9
RICOH PRINTING SYSTEMS, LTD. 0 2 3 4 0 9
AGFA-GEVAERT N.V. 2 2 3 1 0 8
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 0 2 2 1 3 8
CREO IL. LTD. 5 3 0 0 0 8
HELL GRAVURE SYSTEMS GMBH 3 5 0 0 0 8
KWE INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 0 0 8 8
MICROTEK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 0 2 3 2 8
BEN Q CORPORATION 2 0 4 1 0 7
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 6 7
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 2 1 2 2 0 7
PENTAX CORPORATION 5 1 1 0 0 7
AGFA CORPORATION 1 1 4 0 0 6
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 3 1 1 0 1 6
ZORAN CORPORATION 1 3 1 1 0 6
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 1 0 1 2 1 5
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO. LTD 0 2 1 1 1 5
GOOGLE, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
QISDA CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 4 5
SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 1 5
TECO IMAGE SYSTEMS CO., LTD. 1 1 3 0 0 5
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 1 2 0 2 0 5


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