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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 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 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total
SONY CORPORATION 35 86 65 69 63 318
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 14 52 69 51 53 239
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 31 50 65 37 1 184
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 14 10 14 39 25 102
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 15 16 22 28 20 101
HITACHI, LTD 9 20 18 22 18 87
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 7 23 23 16 18 87
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 7 12 4 16 45 84
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5 8 21 13 13 60
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 8 5 18 22 56
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 12 11 13 10 10 56
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 4 47 51
PIONEER CORPORATION 2 9 9 7 14 41
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 10 6 11 11 1 39
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 2 4 7 10 6 29
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 6 4 6 4 6 26
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 1 4 8 3 22
NEC CORPORATION 8 4 5 2 2 21
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 0 1 8 4 7 20
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 0 0 0 9 7 16
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 3 2 2 5 2 14
INTEL CORPORATION 3 3 4 2 2 14
PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORPORATION 4 1 3 4 1 13
ALPINE ELECTRONICS INC. 1 1 2 6 2 12
FUJITSU LIMITED 0 3 3 5 0 11
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 3 1 2 5 0 11
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 2 3 3 2 1 11
SONY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED 2 3 2 1 3 11
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 0 1 4 5 10
KEEN PERSONAL MEDIA, INC. 0 3 5 1 1 10
MACROVISION CORPORATION 1 2 2 2 2 9
TIVO, INC. 4 0 1 1 3 9
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 0 3 3 0 6
CYBERLINK CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 2 6
MEDIATEK INC. 0 0 0 2 4 6
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 1 2 1 2 0 6
SONIC SOLUTIONS, INC. 1 0 0 4 1 6
YAMAHA CORPORATION 2 0 1 1 2 6
AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 0 0 0 2 5
DEUTSCHE THOMSON-BRANDT GMBH 0 4 1 0 0 5
DIGITAL NETWORKS NORTH AMERICA, INC. 0 2 1 2 0 5
SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC. 0 0 3 1 1 5
STARSIGHT TELECAST, INC. 1 1 2 0 1 5
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5


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