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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 725, Interactive Video Distribution Systems

( 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 13 36 21 15 42 127
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 12 13 21 19 61 126
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 3 10 2 10 35 60
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 6 12 8 7 15 48
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 5 16 6 9 10 46
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 5 22 6 7 1 41
SEDNA PATENT SERVICES, LLC 4 17 9 9 2 41
INTEL CORPORATION 3 9 19 5 3 39
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 3 9 6 3 15 36
UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES, INC. 4 6 6 4 14 34
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 6 9 4 7 6 32
SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC. 2 8 7 7 6 30
DIGEO, INC. 3 10 10 5 0 28
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 4 7 4 10 26
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. 5 3 5 5 5 23
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 2 1 1 16 21
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 8 5 4 0 4 21
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 1 4 1 5 9 20
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 4 2 2 7 17
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 17 17
OPENTV, INC. 3 5 1 0 4 13
STARSIGHT TELECAST, INC. 0 3 2 1 7 13
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 3 3 2 0 4 12
UNISYS CORPORATION 1 0 5 6 0 12
FUJITSU LIMITED 3 3 1 3 1 11
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 3 4 0 3 1 11
NEC CORPORATION 1 2 2 3 3 11
NOKIA CORPORATION 2 0 2 1 6 11
PRIME RESEARCH ALLIANCE E., INC. 0 3 4 2 2 11
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 0 0 2 8 10
HITACHI, LTD 1 3 1 3 2 10
PIONEER CORPORATION 3 2 1 2 1 9
AT&T CORP. 2 1 1 2 2 8
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 1 0 3 4 8
KEEN PERSONAL MEDIA, INC. 0 2 3 1 2 8
TIME WARNER CABLE 0 0 2 0 6 8
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 1 2 1 2 2 8
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 2 4 1 0 0 7
COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 0 0 0 7 7
NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH, INC. 2 3 0 2 0 7
PENTAX OF AMERICA, INC. 0 0 1 1 5 7
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 2 0 1 4 7
THE NIELSEN COMPANY (U.S.), L.L.C. 0 0 0 0 7 7
TOUCHTUNES MUSIC CORPORATION 0 0 3 3 1 7
COMCAST IP HOLDINGS I, LLC 0 0 0 0 6 6
GOLDPOCKET INTERACTIVE, INC. 0 2 1 2 1 6
INTELLOCITY USA, INC. 0 2 1 3 0 6
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 2 2 1 1 6
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 2 2 0 2 0 6
TERAYON COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC. 2 2 0 0 2 6
CLEARPLAY, INC. 2 0 0 0 3 5
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 0 1 2 2 5
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 1 0 0 1 3 5
JLB VENTURES LLC 0 0 0 3 2 5
KOPLAR INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL LLC 0 0 2 0 3 5
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 2 3 0 0 0 5


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