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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 400, Typewriting Machines

( 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
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 15 22 26 14 13 90
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 11 21 25 19 8 84
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 8 21 24 18 9 80
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 22 16 9 3 3 53
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 28 9 5 3 3 48
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 16 16 9 4 2 47
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 5 8 8 7 1 29
SONY CORPORATION 10 8 0 2 5 25
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 7 3 7 2 23
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 3 6 7 4 21
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 7 3 7 1 2 20
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 3 2 6 4 3 18
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 4 3 1 2 5 15
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 5 3 4 0 3 15
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 0 5 4 0 6 15
XEROX CORPORATION 2 5 3 1 3 14
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 4 1 3 2 1 11
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 3 2 1 1 3 10
PAXAR AMERICAS, INC. 2 2 2 4 0 10
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 4 1 2 2 10
ZIH CORPORATION 5 2 1 1 1 10
OCE-TECHNOLOGIES, B.V. 3 0 1 3 2 9
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 0 3 3 2 1 9
DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP. 1 6 0 0 1 8
FARGO ELECTRONICS, INC. 3 2 1 2 0 8
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 4 4 0 0 0 8
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 1 5 2 0 0 8
PRINTRONIX, INC. 5 1 0 2 0 8
ESSELTE N.V. 4 3 0 0 0 7
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 2 2 2 7
BRADY WORLDWIDE, INC. 4 1 1 0 0 6
FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED 0 2 4 0 0 6
OKIDATA CORPORATION 2 1 1 2 0 6
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 3 1 0 1 1 6
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 1 1 1 1 5
HI-TOUCH IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 1 2 2 0 0 5
INTERNATIONAL IMAGING MATERIALS, INC. 1 2 2 0 0 5
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 2 0 0 3 5


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