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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 369, Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval

( 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
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 44 100 127 189 114 574
SONY CORPORATION 66 123 96 106 88 479
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 95 143 127 81 4 450
PIONEER CORPORATION 57 52 61 45 46 261
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 23 62 57 62 53 257
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 22 35 54 67 22 200
HITACHI, LTD 24 67 38 37 33 199
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 21 32 37 35 73 198
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 22 44 54 35 28 183
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 17 25 27 42 50 161
MEDIATEK INC. 11 31 38 42 20 142
FUJITSU LIMITED 29 36 21 19 19 124
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 8 21 23 21 45 118
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 17 90 107
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 13 24 23 16 21 97
TDK CORPORATION 6 17 28 19 13 83
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 13 20 19 14 16 82
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 15 18 28 11 9 81
TEAC CORPORATION 10 25 20 8 9 72
YAMAHA CORPORATION 16 22 8 6 10 62
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 11 14 8 10 19 62
NEC CORPORATION 9 15 11 13 11 59
DPHI ACQUISITIONS, INC. 31 16 3 1 4 55
LITE-ON IT CORPORATION 4 10 15 15 8 52
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 11 12 9 15 51
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 13 10 17 2 9 51
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 2 9 17 14 8 50
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 5 6 7 14 14 46
KONICA MINOLTA OPTO, INC 1 1 5 15 16 38
KONICA CORPORATION 4 10 9 8 4 35
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 4 5 1 6 11 27
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 4 8 5 1 24
HITACHI-LG DATA STORAGE KOREA, INC. 2 1 5 4 9 21
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 4 1 5 4 7 21
HITACHI MAXELL, LTD. 2 7 3 1 5 18
HITACHI-LG DATA STORAGE, INC. 0 3 5 3 6 17
MITSUBISHI KAGAKU MEDIA CO., LTD. 0 1 2 5 8 16
ALPINE ELECTRONICS INC. 5 4 2 2 1 14
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 1 1 3 5 4 14
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 0 6 2 2 3 13
MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 4 2 2 2 13
PENTAX CORPORATION 2 3 6 2 0 13
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 2 2 5 2 2 13
VIA OPTICAL SOLUTION, INC. 3 7 3 0 0 13
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 2 4 1 1 4 12
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 2 7 2 1 0 12
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 0 2 4 5 11
OPTWARE CORPORATION 0 3 2 5 1 11
BEN Q CORPORATION 2 4 4 0 0 10
HITACHI MEDIA ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 0 1 4 5 10
KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC. 0 0 5 3 2 10
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 8 10
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 4 4 1 0 1 10
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.) 1 1 3 2 2 9
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 2 4 2 0 1 9
DAEWOO ELECTRONICS COMPANY, LTD. 0 2 4 1 1 8
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 4 1 1 1 1 8
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 4 0 1 3 0 8
ALI CORPORATION 0 0 4 2 1 7
BURSTEIN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 3 2 0 7
CLARION CO., LTD. 0 2 0 3 2 7
DISCOVISION ASSOCIATES 1 4 0 2 0 7
NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION 0 0 3 4 0 7
RESEARCH INVESTMENT NETWORK, INC. 1 0 5 1 0 7
SONIC SOLUTIONS, INC. 2 2 1 1 1 7
TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD. 0 2 0 0 5 7
ZORAN CORPORATION 1 2 1 0 3 7
ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC. 1 0 3 2 0 6
D&M HOLDINGS INC. 0 0 2 2 2 6
HOYA CORPORATION 0 0 1 5 0 6
NANOCHIP, INC. 0 0 2 4 0 6
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 1 0 2 2 1 6
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 0 0 1 1 3 5
D DATA INC. 0 3 0 2 0 5
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 0 0 1 4 5
FUJITSU TEN LIMITED 0 0 1 0 4 5
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 1 2 0 2 0 5
IMATION CORP. 1 1 1 2 0 5
MACROVISION CORPORATION 2 0 2 1 0 5
MINEBEA KABUSHIKI-KAISHA (MINEBEA CO., LTD) 2 3 0 0 0 5
SANKYO SEIKI MFG. CO., LTD. 4 1 0 0 0 5
SHINANO KENSHI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 2 1 0 0 5
THALES 3 1 0 1 0 5
TIAN HOLDINGS LLC 0 0 0 3 2 5


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