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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 353, Optics: Image Projectors

( 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 37 62 60 49 40 248
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 12 28 23 17 18 98
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 15 23 12 19 7 76
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 14 22 7 20 11 74
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 15 23 16 9 10 73
HITACHI, LTD 12 19 22 7 7 67
INFOCUS CORPORATION 9 24 16 11 7 67
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 5 8 12 13 10 48
SONY CORPORATION 7 7 9 15 5 43
CORETRONIC CORPORATION 4 9 11 5 7 36
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 4 6 8 12 4 34
NEC VIEWTECHNOLOGY, LTD. 9 7 9 5 3 33
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 4 4 10 5 9 32
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 7 6 8 7 2 30
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.) 3 7 6 5 7 28
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 3 8 11 5 1 28
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 14 3 5 2 3 27
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 0 4 5 2 9 20
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 5 5 5 1 3 19
BEN Q CORPORATION 3 6 7 2 0 18
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 6 2 4 3 3 18
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 1 8 4 5 0 18
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 8 4 3 1 17
BARCO N.V. 2 4 3 4 2 15
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 4 8 2 15
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 3 0 7 0 3 13
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 3 2 2 4 12
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 2 2 3 2 2 11
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. 4 1 3 0 2 10
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 2 0 3 3 2 10
JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION 3 2 0 4 0 9
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 1 2 3 2 0 8
CHINON TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 6 1 0 0 7
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 2 1 1 2 7
KONICA MINOLTA OPTO, INC 1 1 0 2 3 7
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 0 1 4 1 0 6
DOLBY LABORATORIES INC. 0 0 0 5 1 6
PIXELWORKS, INC. 1 1 1 2 1 6
SUPERIMAGING, INC. 0 2 2 1 1 6
CARL ZEISS JENA GMBH 3 1 0 0 1 5
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 0 2 1 1 1 5
LIGHTMASTER SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 0 3 2 0 0 5
YOUNG OPTICS INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5


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