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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 382, Image Analysis

( 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
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 95 143 102 112 138 590
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 39 120 107 123 121 510
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 53 98 76 57 81 365
SONY CORPORATION 37 56 49 84 87 313
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 42 61 45 58 46 252
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 23 46 45 57 71 242
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 31 41 37 60 46 215
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 27 36 41 36 60 200
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 11 25 49 58 54 197
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 45 63 49 16 23 196
DIGIMARC CORPORATION 25 51 41 36 41 194
XEROX CORPORATION 27 45 40 41 36 189
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 36 66 30 28 23 183
FUJITSU LIMITED 27 43 20 29 33 152
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 9 26 25 45 42 147
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 0 38 47 54 139
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 29 50 27 29 0 135
HITACHI, LTD 24 25 34 30 12 125
SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC. 1 2 5 44 72 124
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 17 24 19 23 33 116
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 9 18 22 22 36 107
INTEL CORPORATION 17 26 23 16 22 104
NEC CORPORATION 19 32 25 10 14 100
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 12 11 18 12 34 87
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 7 16 16 33 15 87
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 17 36 17 9 5 84
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 17 50 14 0 0 81
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 14 11 16 15 20 76
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 6 12 15 24 16 73
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC 8 21 16 19 8 72
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 5 8 15 22 22 72
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 11 20 19 17 5 72
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 10 15 26 12 6 69
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 4 9 5 18 32 68
SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH, INC. 9 19 12 8 12 60
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 10 14 14 7 14 59
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 3 9 11 11 11 45
NIKON CORPORATION 4 9 13 10 7 43
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 1 6 7 18 11 43
NOKIA CORPORATION 4 6 8 9 13 40
FOTONATION VISION LIMITED 0 0 4 17 18 39
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 4 34 38
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 3 11 7 7 9 37
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 2 2 4 11 16 35
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 3 5 5 4 15 32
OMRON CORPORATION 6 3 8 8 7 32
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 11 7 9 2 32
SARNOFF CORPORATION 4 6 5 6 11 32
BOEING COMPANY 2 2 10 9 8 31
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 5 5 8 8 5 31
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 1 5 14 5 6 31
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 8 5 10 2 29
CARESTREAM HEALTH, INC. 0 0 4 8 16 28
MOTOROLA, INC. 3 7 8 6 4 28
SONY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED 0 6 5 6 10 27
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 2 6 8 6 5 27
MITUTOYO CORPORATION 1 9 0 4 11 25
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 6 8 6 4 1 25
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 3 7 6 3 6 25
COGNEX TECHNOLOGY AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION 7 3 7 3 4 24
CUMMINS-ALLISON CORPORATION 1 5 7 4 7 24
NORITSU KOKI CO., LTD. 0 2 3 13 5 23
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 3 6 7 2 4 22
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 8 5 7 0 21
KONICA CORPORATION 3 8 8 2 0 21
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 5 4 3 6 3 21
ACTIVCARD IRELAND, LIMITED 2 2 6 6 4 20
ARCSOFT, INC. 2 3 4 8 3 20
COGNEX CORPORATION 6 11 3 0 0 20
QUALCOMM, INC. 3 4 1 7 5 20
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 1 4 3 4 7 19
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 6 6 1 2 3 18
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 5 7 6 18
DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD. 0 5 3 8 2 18
HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 0 0 1 7 10 18
KLA-TENCOR TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 0 2 7 5 4 18
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 1 8 7 18
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 1 7 3 6 17
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 2 6 2 3 4 17
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 6 5 1 3 2 17
PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD. 0 1 8 8 0 17
R2 TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 4 4 4 0 16
CROSS MATCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 7 6 1 0 15
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 2 3 3 4 3 15
NCR CORPORATION 3 2 1 3 6 15
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 3 7 3 1 1 15
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 1 4 4 3 3 15
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 1 0 5 8 14
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 1 1 4 4 4 14
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 5 4 3 2 0 14
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 0 3 2 5 4 14
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 2 1 0 4 7 14
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 2 2 1 3 5 13
FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 4 2 1 5 13
KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC. 0 0 4 5 4 13
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 2 1 2 8 13
MEDIATEK INC. 1 0 4 5 3 13
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 2 4 1 3 3 13
ORBOTECH LTD. 0 2 9 1 1 13
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK 0 3 3 1 6 13
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 2 1 5 4 1 13
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 1 2 3 6 12
DENSO CORPORATION 0 3 1 4 4 12
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 0 3 2 4 3 12
NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA, INC. 3 5 1 1 2 12
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 1 1 3 6 1 12
SYNOPSYS INC. 2 1 3 3 3 12
ACCURAY, INC. 0 0 2 5 4 11
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 3 0 0 6 11
FANUC LTD. 0 1 5 2 3 11
FRANCE TELECOM 1 2 0 5 3 11
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 3 1 6 11
GRAPHIC SECURITY SYSTEMS CORPORATION 0 1 0 4 6 11
HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC. 0 3 4 2 2 11
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 0 0 6 1 4 11
NXP B.V. 0 0 0 4 7 11
ORAMETRIX, INC. 0 4 4 2 1 11
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 0 3 1 2 4 10
ANALOGIC CORPORATION 0 1 4 3 2 10
APTINA IMAGING CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 7 10
AT&T CORP. 2 2 5 1 0 10
AUTHENTEC, INC. 1 1 1 2 5 10
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 3 2 3 2 0 10
COREL CORPORATION 2 3 2 1 2 10
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 5 0 1 0 10
ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC. 1 2 4 2 1 10
IKONISYS INC. 1 2 2 4 1 10
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 3 1 3 1 2 10
KABUSHIKI KAISHA SHINKAWA 3 1 2 4 0 10
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON 1 4 2 1 2 10
KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION 0 4 2 3 1 10
LUMIDIGM, INC. 0 0 2 3 5 10
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 2 3 3 1 1 10
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 1 3 3 0 3 10
SRI INTERNATIONAL 1 2 4 2 1 10
TOKYO SEIMITSU CO., LTD. 2 0 1 5 2 10
AGFA-GEVAERT N.V. 0 3 3 2 1 9
AMNIS CORPORATION 1 2 2 0 4 9
ANOTO AB 0 4 2 3 0 9
BRAINLAB AG 2 0 2 0 5 9
CARL ZEISS MICROIMAGING AIS, INC. 0 0 0 6 3 9
GOOGLE, INC. 0 0 0 3 6 9
HOLOGIC, INC. 1 0 0 1 7 9
MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR, LTD. 0 1 2 4 2 9
NVIDIA CORPORATION 1 0 2 2 4 9
OBJECTVIDEO, INC. 0 2 1 3 3 9
PENTAX CORPORATION 6 0 3 0 0 9
PIXELWORKS, INC. 0 2 2 2 3 9
RUDOLPH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 2 2 4 9
TRANSPACIFIC IP, LTD. 0 0 1 7 1 9
AFFYMETRIX, INC. 3 4 1 0 0 8
ALTERA CORPORATION 0 2 3 2 1 8
CLARIENT, INC. 1 2 5 0 0 8
CRANIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 6 0 0 8
GESTURETEK, INC. 0 1 0 4 3 8
HITACHI MEDICAL CORPORATION 1 1 2 2 2 8
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 3 0 3 1 8
MONOLITH CO., LTD. 0 7 1 0 0 8
PEGASUS IMAGING CORPORATION 0 1 2 4 1 8
PIXART IMAGING INC. 0 3 0 4 1 8
QINETIQ LIMITED 0 1 2 1 4 8
RAYTHEON COMPANY 1 3 0 3 1 8
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 0 3 2 2 8
SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 0 3 2 1 2 8
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 1 1 3 1 2 8
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 3 2 1 1 1 8
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 2 1 2 2 1 8
WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC. 2 3 0 1 2 8
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 2 0 2 0 3 7
ADVANCED MASK INSPECTION TECHNOLOGY INC. 0 0 0 0 7 7
APERIO TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 1 3 1 7
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. 0 0 0 4 3 7
AUTODESK CANADA INC. 2 3 1 1 0 7
AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 2 1 1 2 7
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 1 1 2 2 1 7
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 2 3 0 0 2 7
COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION 0 0 1 0 6 7
EUCLID DISCOVERIES LLC 0 0 1 5 1 7
FUJITSU TEN LIMITED 0 2 3 2 0 7
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 0 2 3 2 0 7
ICAD, INC. 1 0 3 2 1 7
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1 4 1 1 0 7
L'OREAL S.A. 1 3 0 2 1 7
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 0 1 2 3 7
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 3 1 1 0 2 7
PIONEER CORPORATION 1 3 0 3 0 7
RAMOT AT TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY LTD. 2 2 1 0 2 7
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 0 2 1 4 7
SANDIA CORPORATION 0 1 3 1 2 7
SILICON INTEGRATED SYSTEMS CORP. 3 1 0 3 0 7
TEKTRONIX INC. 5 2 0 0 0 7
TRW AUTOMOTIVE U.S. LLC 0 0 0 3 4 7
UNISYS CORPORATION 1 2 1 2 1 7
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES 0 2 2 2 1 7
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 2 2 2 7
VIDEOMINING CORPORATION 0 0 3 2 2 7
ZIOSOFT, INC. 0 0 0 1 6 7
AOL LLC 1 2 3 0 0 6
BEN Q CORPORATION 0 0 4 2 0 6
CANESTA, INC. 1 0 3 1 1 6
CARDIFF SOFTWARE, INC. 2 1 0 2 1 6
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY 1 0 2 1 2 6
CORPUS.E AG 0 1 3 1 1 6
CYTOKINETICS, INC. 2 2 2 0 0 6
DAEWOO ELECTRONICS COMPANY, LTD. 2 0 0 1 3 6
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 0 1 4 6
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE, FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE 0 2 2 0 2 6
ESS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 3 2 0 0 6
FACET TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 2 0 1 2 6
FOTONATION IRELAND LTD. 0 0 0 0 6 6
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. 0 1 4 1 0 6
GIVEN IMAGING LTD. 1 0 1 1 3 6
HARRIS CORP. 0 0 1 2 3 6
LEICA MICROSYSTEMS CMS GMBH 0 2 2 2 0 6
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 3 1 1 1 0 6
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY LTD. 0 0 1 3 2 6
MIRADA SOLUTIONS LIMITED 0 3 1 2 0 6
NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 0 1 1 3 1 6
NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI 2 1 0 1 2 6
PFU LIMITED 1 0 1 3 1 6
PTS CORPORATION 3 3 0 0 0 6
SHUTTERFLY, INC. 1 1 0 2 2 6
SOLYSTIC 0 3 1 1 1 6
ULTRA-SCAN CORPORATION 1 0 1 3 1 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 1 0 1 2 2 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DIRECTOR NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY 1 3 1 1 0 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 1 1 2 1 1 6
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 1 2 3 0 0 6
ZI DECUMA AB 0 1 1 2 2 6
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 1 4 5
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
APPLIED MATERIALS ISRAEL LTD. 0 1 1 1 2 5
APPLIED PRECISION, INC. 1 1 2 1 0 5
APPLIED VISION COMPANY, LLC 0 0 3 2 0 5
ASML NETHERLANDS B.V. 0 0 0 2 3 5
ATRUA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 2 0 3 5
AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 1 1 2 1 0 5
DEERE + COMPANY 0 0 2 0 3 5
DYNAMIC DIGITAL DEPTH RESEARCH PTY. LTD. 0 2 1 0 2 5
EATON CORPORATION 2 1 2 0 0 5
ELECTRO SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIES, INC. 3 0 0 1 1 5
EVERNOTE CORP. 0 1 1 3 0 5
EXBIBLIO B.V. 0 0 0 2 3 5
FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 0 0 0 0 5 5
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS S.A. 1 3 0 0 1 5
GENTEX CORPORATION 3 0 0 0 2 5
HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY 0 0 2 0 3 5
HUPER LABORATORIES CO., LTD. 0 0 1 0 4 5
IDEX ASA 0 0 4 0 1 5
IMAGING SOLUTIONS AG. 2 2 1 0 0 5
INFOPRINT SOLUTIONS COMPANY LLC 0 0 0 3 2 5
INTERMEC IP CORP. 0 1 1 3 0 5
KEYENCE CORPORATION 1 0 3 0 1 5
KOENIG + BAUER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 1 2 2 5
KWE INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
LIGHTSURF TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 0 1 0 0 5
LUMENIQ, INC. 0 3 1 1 0 5
MATROX ELECTRONICS SYSTEMS LIMITED 0 1 0 3 1 5
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD. 1 1 0 2 1 5
MEDICSIGHT PLC 0 2 1 1 1 5
NEC INFRONTIA CORPORATION 0 1 0 1 3 5
OKIDATA CORPORATION 1 0 1 3 0 5
ORBIMAGE SI OPCO, INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 0 1 4 0 0 5
PARASCRIPT LLC 3 1 0 0 1 5
RADIOLOGICAL IMAGING TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION 0 3 0 1 1 5
SICK AG 0 1 1 2 1 5
SILICON OPTIX INC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
SONIC SOLUTIONS, INC. 1 0 1 3 0 5
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 2 0 2 5
T. MOBILE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 0 0 1 2 2 5
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 1 0 0 3 1 5
TOMOTHERAPY INCORPORATED 1 1 0 0 3 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE 2 1 1 0 1 5
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA 1 0 0 2 2 5
VECTORSGI, INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
VIRTUALSCOPICS LLC 1 1 1 2 0 5
ZORAN CORPORATION 1 1 3 0 0 5


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