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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 348, Television

( 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 115 151 92 168 199 725
SONY CORPORATION 61 93 68 103 181 506
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 0 55 100 104 259
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 20 63 51 56 69 259
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 34 68 47 55 53 257
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 46 58 43 46 1 194
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 28 62 43 29 27 189
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 19 18 28 48 61 174
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 33 45 25 29 35 167
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 17 39 37 25 36 154
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 17 34 31 35 25 142
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 41 65 25 1 1 133
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 22 35 32 21 23 133
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 14 21 24 37 21 117
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 12 20 14 27 29 102
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 11 14 17 21 36 99
NIKON CORPORATION 14 16 21 21 26 98
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 19 37 23 6 6 91
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 35 30 15 4 5 89
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 10 15 12 13 32 82
BROADCOM CORPORATION 6 8 21 23 22 80
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 8 68 76
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 7 15 8 16 30 76
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 5 12 21 21 13 72
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 8 3 15 17 27 70
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 6 9 7 19 28 69
PENTAX CORPORATION 30 20 9 8 0 67
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 13 16 15 14 9 67
INTEL CORPORATION 16 15 16 11 6 64
HOYA CORPORATION 0 0 0 12 43 55
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 12 17 7 8 9 53
HITACHI, LTD 8 7 12 13 10 50
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 4 15 11 7 13 50
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 13 14 14 6 0 47
APTINA IMAGING CORPORATION 0 0 0 10 37 47
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.) 11 10 7 8 10 46
NEC CORPORATION 6 11 7 10 7 41
SAMSUNG TECHWIN CO., LTD. 2 1 3 19 16 41
FUJITSU LIMITED 6 8 8 12 6 40
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 10 11 5 8 6 40
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 5 6 5 5 10 31
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 0 7 6 11 24
NOKIA CORPORATION 2 2 8 3 8 23
MOTOROLA, INC. 6 4 7 2 2 21
POLYCOM, INC. 3 5 3 3 7 21
MEDIATEK INC. 0 1 4 9 6 20
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 4 4 6 5 1 20
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 0 1 5 9 4 19
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 5 2 5 4 3 19
PIXELWORKS, INC. 2 2 2 4 9 19
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 1 3 4 6 4 18
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 2 3 3 4 5 17
PIXIM, INCORPORATED 5 4 2 3 3 17
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 4 5 2 3 3 17
PIONEER CORPORATION 4 4 6 1 1 16
TEKTRONIX INC. 4 4 3 2 3 16
ZORAN CORPORATION 0 5 2 5 4 16
DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEMS GMBH 0 0 0 6 9 15
MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR, LTD. 1 2 0 8 4 15
MICRONAS GMBH 1 10 1 2 1 15
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 2 4 3 3 3 15
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 3 5 6 1 0 15
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 2 0 4 6 3 15
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 2 4 2 4 14
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 2 3 6 3 0 14
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 1 3 3 4 14
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 5 3 3 2 14
ESS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 7 2 1 0 13
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 0 0 5 8 13
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 3 1 1 3 5 13
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 1 3 5 2 2 13
OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES INC. 4 2 0 4 3 13
PELCO 2 2 4 2 3 13
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 3 2 2 4 2 13
SILICON IMAGE, INC. 4 4 1 1 3 13
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 4 5 2 1 13
XEROX CORPORATION 7 3 1 1 1 13
FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 0 0 0 0 12 12
MEGACHIPS CORPORATION 2 3 5 1 1 12
MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 0 1 7 4 12
NXP B.V. 0 0 5 4 3 12
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 0 2 5 4 1 12
KYOCERA CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 7 11
LEADER ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 5 5 1 11
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 0 2 1 7 1 11
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 0 3 5 2 1 11
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 5 1 2 1 2 11
TANDBERG TELECOM AS 0 4 0 4 3 11
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 4 1 5 0 1 11
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 1 1 2 5 1 10
HUAYA MICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 0 1 3 1 5 10
KONICA CORPORATION 4 2 3 0 1 10
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0 4 3 3 0 10
DALSA INC. 1 1 4 1 2 9
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 0 3 2 4 0 9
GENESIS MICROCHIP INC. 1 0 2 4 2 9
LOGITECH EUROPE S.A. 1 5 1 1 1 9
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 0 0 0 2 7 9
STMICROELECTRONICS ASIA PACIFIC PTE LIMITED 2 4 2 0 1 9
HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC. 2 0 2 2 2 8
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 4 2 0 1 1 8
KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC. 0 0 2 1 5 8
KONICA MINOLTA OPTO, INC 0 0 1 2 5 8
KOPLAR INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL LLC 0 3 1 0 4 8
NVIDIA CORPORATION 1 1 0 2 4 8
OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP. 0 0 0 0 8 8
SENSORMATIC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 2 2 2 0 2 8
SILICON INTEGRATED SYSTEMS CORP. 0 6 2 0 0 8
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 1 1 2 3 7
BEN Q CORPORATION 2 2 2 1 0 7
BOEING COMPANY 0 1 2 3 1 7
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 2 0 1 2 7
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 1 1 2 0 3 7
DIGEO, INC. 2 2 1 1 1 7
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY 1 2 3 1 0 7
FOVEON, INC. 3 1 1 0 2 7
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 2 3 0 2 7
HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 0 0 1 5 1 7
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 1 1 1 4 7
KDDI CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 2 7
KONICA MINOLTA PHOTO IMAGING, INC. 0 0 1 3 3 7
MICRONAS USA, INC. 0 1 2 4 0 7
NEC VIEWTECHNOLOGY, LTD. 0 2 2 1 2 7
PACE MICRO TECHNOLOGY PLC 3 2 1 0 1 7
PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD. 0 2 1 0 4 7
RAYTHEON COMPANY 0 0 2 2 3 7
SNELL & WILCOX LIMITED 1 2 2 1 1 7
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 3 2 1 0 1 7
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 0 1 3 2 6
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 2 2 1 0 6
ELMO COMPANY LIMITED 0 0 0 3 3 6
FRANCE TELECOM 1 0 2 2 1 6
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 1 2 2 1 0 6
KOLORIFIC, INC. 0 0 0 4 2 6
MAGNUM SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 0 0 4 2 6
NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 1 1 4 6
PSION TEKLOGIX SYSTEMS INC. 1 2 1 2 0 6
SHIMADZU CORPORATION 2 0 0 3 1 6
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 4 1 1 6
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 0 1 1 3 1 6
XENOGEN CORPORATION 1 2 1 0 2 6
YAMAHA CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 1 6
APPLIED MINDS, INC. 2 1 2 0 0 5
ASIA OPTICAL CO., INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 0 0 2 1 2 5
BE HERE CORPORATION 1 3 1 0 0 5
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 2 1 1 5
FOTOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0 0 0 4 1 5
FOTONATION VISION LIMITED 0 0 1 2 2 5
FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 3 1 0 1 5
FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED 2 1 0 2 0 5
GIVEN IMAGING LTD. 0 1 1 0 3 5
IMAGINATION TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 0 0 0 2 3 5
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON 0 1 1 0 3 5
LIGHTSURF TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 3 5
MICROTUNE (TEXAS), L.P. 0 2 2 1 0 5
MITSUBISHI DIGITAL ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC. 1 0 2 1 1 5
SARNOFF CORPORATION 1 2 0 1 1 5
SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
VXIS TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 1 2 0 2 5


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