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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 345, Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display 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
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 73 159 153 136 181 702
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 64 111 95 92 100 462
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 85 104 99 73 64 425
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 42 86 79 102 97 406
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 70 91 68 70 58 357
SONY CORPORATION 54 88 73 64 66 345
NVIDIA CORPORATION 39 72 48 68 99 326
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 27 52 67 66 75 287
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 35 65 71 57 48 276
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 63 72 30 45 34 244
SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD. 13 21 51 87 70 242
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 74 44 32 41 38 229
HITACHI, LTD 46 71 52 34 22 225
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 21 46 30 42 83 222
INTEL CORPORATION 45 64 37 32 27 205
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 35 63 43 39 0 180
LG. PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD. 27 58 46 34 0 165
FUJITSU LIMITED 29 33 45 20 21 148
PIONEER CORPORATION 26 53 32 25 12 148
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 47 34 28 17 21 147
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 21 34 22 30 19 126
LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 0 0 41 82 123
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 25 34 21 21 19 120
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 11 21 24 23 35 114
AU OPTRONICS CORP. 9 24 25 26 28 112
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 40 35 13 4 6 98
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 15 19 7 18 38 97
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 18 30 21 14 10 93
NEC CORPORATION 22 23 20 11 11 87
IMMERSION CORPORATION 9 22 18 15 22 86
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 18 21 7 18 10 74
NOKIA CORPORATION 8 14 15 18 17 72
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 21 22 13 3 11 70
AUTODESK, INC. 12 18 15 9 15 69
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 10 18 15 4 18 65
FUJITSU HITACHI PLASMA DISPLAY LIMITED 10 19 13 8 11 61
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 10 11 13 9 13 56
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 15 14 8 11 53
HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD. 0 10 12 15 15 52
NINTENDO CO., LTD. 9 17 9 7 9 51
XEROX CORPORATION 15 12 10 4 8 49
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 0 14 16 18 48
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 4 6 11 12 14 47
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 6 5 7 16 13 47
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 5 9 13 11 8 46
BROADCOM CORPORATION 11 11 7 7 10 46
PIXAR 1 9 12 14 10 46
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 6 6 12 9 12 45
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 8 12 8 6 10 44
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 14 18 7 4 1 44
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 16 19 4 3 1 43
PALM, INC. 3 14 6 10 10 43
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 9 34 43
SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 42 42
CHI MEI OPTOELECTRONICS CORP. 6 9 8 4 14 41
MOTOROLA, INC. 8 17 7 5 4 41
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 8 9 9 10 3 39
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 5 9 12 7 6 39
CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD. 0 3 6 21 7 37
E INK CORPORATION 3 12 10 6 6 37
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 7 7 6 1 16 37
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 12 10 6 5 3 36
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 4 10 3 10 8 35
TPO DISPLAYS CORPORATION 0 4 3 15 13 35
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 7 5 9 9 33
TOSHIBA MATSUSHITA DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 3 8 7 14 32
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 3 2 8 4 14 31
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 3 6 7 5 10 31
HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 2 6 5 7 10 30
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 1 9 1 5 14 30
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 10 4 5 8 30
MENTAL IMAGES GMBH & CO KG. 2 2 10 8 7 29
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 3 4 7 7 7 28
NEC LCD TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 8 10 4 0 6 28
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 5 10 4 7 2 28
ATI INTERNATIONAL SRL 11 7 3 3 3 27
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 9 5 5 5 1 25
SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC. 0 2 5 11 7 25
CLAIRVOYANTE, INC 4 3 16 1 0 24
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 11 8 4 1 0 24
FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED 3 2 5 4 10 24
LOGITECH EUROPE S.A. 5 4 3 5 5 22
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 0 9 5 7 21
HANNSTAR DISPLAY CORP. 1 5 5 6 4 21
SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH, INC. 5 6 8 1 1 21
BOEING COMPANY 2 5 2 3 8 20
SMART TECHNOLOGIES INC. 3 1 6 5 5 20
GENESIS MICROCHIP INC. 3 6 0 6 4 19
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 1 7 5 2 4 19
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 1 4 4 7 3 19
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 1 2 1 8 6 18
AT&T CORP. 5 6 3 3 0 17
NAMCO BANDAI GAMES, INC. 0 9 4 1 3 17
NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 1 0 3 4 9 17
ANOTO AB 3 3 6 4 0 16
SEGA ENTERPRISES, LTD. 5 7 1 1 2 16
TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION 0 4 7 2 3 16
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 8 4 3 0 0 15
DENSO CORPORATION 3 3 3 0 6 15
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 2 3 5 4 15
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 1 4 2 7 15
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 2 4 2 2 5 15
SYNAPTICS, INC. 1 3 2 6 3 15
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 2 3 2 3 5 15
AUTODESK CANADA INC. 4 6 2 2 0 14
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 3 5 3 2 1 14
S3 GRAPHICS CO., LTD. 3 6 4 1 0 14
3DLABS INC. LTD. 3 3 3 1 3 13
KONAMI CO., LTD. 6 4 1 2 0 13
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 3 6 3 1 0 13
PIXELWORKS, INC. 2 3 2 4 2 13
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 4 3 3 1 13
SENSABLE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 3 2 4 1 13
VASTVIEW TECHNOLOGY INC. 0 1 8 3 1 13
WACOM CO., LTD. 6 2 2 2 1 13
AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 3 4 3 0 12
CLARE MICRONIX INTEGRATED SYSTEMS, INC. 4 8 0 0 0 12
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 4 4 1 1 2 12
MICROVISION, INC. 1 4 3 0 4 12
NAMCO LIMITED 6 6 0 0 0 12
PIXART IMAGING INC. 1 1 1 6 3 12
ATLAB INC. 0 1 2 1 7 11
BARCO N.V. 1 4 3 3 0 11
BOE-HYDIS TECHNOLOGY CO, LTD. 0 4 4 3 0 11
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 0 7 1 1 2 11
DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP. 2 4 1 2 2 11
KYE SYSTEMS CORP. 2 3 3 2 1 11
LANDMARK GRAPHICS CORPORATION 1 2 3 2 3 11
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 3 4 2 1 1 11
SILICON INTEGRATED SYSTEMS CORP. 4 4 0 0 3 11
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA INC. 0 4 2 5 0 11
TEKTRONIX INC. 5 2 3 0 1 11
WINTEK CORPORATION 4 1 5 0 1 11
CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD. 2 6 2 0 0 10
EVANS & SUTHERLAND COMPUTER CORP. 3 6 0 0 1 10
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 6 2 1 1 0 10
IDC, LLC 0 2 0 0 8 10
IDELIX SOFTWARE INC. 1 3 6 0 0 10
IMAGINATION TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 3 1 4 2 0 10
INFORMATION DECISION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 3 6 1 0 0 10
KABUSHIKI KAISHA SQUARE ENIX 3 0 4 1 2 10
KOPIN CORPORATION 1 3 3 2 1 10
LEAPFROG ENTERPRISES, INC. 2 4 1 1 2 10
MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 3 4 0 3 10
NXP B.V. 0 0 1 2 7 10
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 1 4 2 2 10
SEGA CORPORATION 2 2 1 3 2 10
AIPTEK INTERNATIONAL INC. 7 2 0 0 0 9
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 4 1 2 0 2 9
DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR GMBH 1 1 2 2 3 9
E-BOOK SYSTEMS PTE LTD 0 5 1 3 0 9
HIGH TECH COMPUTER CORP. 3 4 2 0 0 9
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 2 5 2 0 0 9
PALMSOURCE INC. 1 4 1 1 2 9
QISDA CORPORATION 0 0 0 5 4 9
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 1 2 2 2 2 9
TOPPOLY OPTOELECTRONICS CORP. 0 6 2 0 1 9
ACTUALITY SYSTEMS, INC. 3 1 2 0 2 8
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 2 4 0 1 1 8
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 2 3 0 1 2 8
AURORA SYSTEMS, INC. 2 0 0 1 5 8
CANON EUROPA N.V. 2 1 2 1 2 8
HILLCREST LABORATORIES, INC. 0 0 4 1 3 8
IMAGING SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC 1 1 1 1 4 8
INVENTEC APPLIANCES CORP. 2 3 0 3 0 8
KABUSHIKI KAISHA SEGA. 1 0 2 1 4 8
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2 2 0 1 3 8
KYOCERA CORPORATION 1 0 2 3 2 8
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 4 2 1 1 8
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 1 3 3 0 1 8
NEC-MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC VISUAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION 3 1 2 2 0 8
QUALCOMM, INC. 2 0 2 2 2 8
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 1 4 1 2 8
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 4 0 0 1 3 8
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 4 1 0 2 1 8
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 3 1 2 2 8
TATUNG CO., LTD. 0 1 1 4 2 8
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 2 0 1 2 3 8
TPO HONG KONG HOLDING LIMITED 0 0 3 1 4 8
TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 2 3 1 2 8
CIRQUE CORPORATION 0 2 1 3 1 7
DASSAULT SYSTEMES 0 1 3 1 2 7
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 2 0 0 3 2 7
FUJITSU TEN LIMITED 0 0 2 0 5 7
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC 2 2 2 1 0 7
INTERLINK ELECTRONICS, INC. 1 2 2 0 2 7
INVENTEC CORPORATION 0 1 2 3 1 7
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 1 2 2 1 1 7
OPTREX CORPORATION 3 1 2 1 0 7
PALMONE, INC. 6 1 0 0 0 7
QUANTA COMPUTER INC. 0 2 0 2 3 7
RAYTHEON COMPANY 0 1 1 5 0 7
RIKEN CORPORATION 0 1 2 4 0 7
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 0 2 1 0 4 7
SMK CORPORATION 0 2 3 2 0 7
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 0 0 2 2 3 7
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 3 2 0 7
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 1 1 1 1 3 7
VULCAN PATENTS LLC 3 2 0 1 1 7
YAMAHA CORPORATION 1 1 1 3 1 7
ZIPPY TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 0 2 3 1 7
AIRBUS FRANCE 1 1 3 1 0 6
ALPINE ELECTRONICS INC. 1 0 0 3 2 6
AOL LLC 0 2 3 1 0 6
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 2 1 0 1 6
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 2 1 1 1 1 6
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 3 2 0 1 0 6
HARRIS CORP. 2 1 1 0 2 6
HONEYWOOD TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 0 0 0 0 6 6
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 0 3 3 6
KENT DISPLAYS INCORPORATED 1 1 3 0 1 6
LEADIS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 3 1 1 0 6
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 4 1 0 0 6
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 3 2 0 1 0 6
NCR CORPORATION 2 2 1 1 0 6
OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 6 6
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 1 2 0 0 3 6
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 0 1 2 1 2 6
PIONEER PLASMA DISPLAY CORPORATION 3 1 1 1 0 6
SEARETE LLC 0 1 3 1 1 6
SENTELIC CORPORATION 1 0 4 1 0 6
SOURCEPROSE CORPORATION 0 3 3 0 0 6
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 1 1 2 0 2 6
THALES 0 2 1 1 2 6
UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS, INC. 1 1 1 2 1 6
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 3 0 3 0 0 6
ADVANCED DISPLAY INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
ARCSOFT, INC. 1 2 2 0 0 5
ATTENEX CORPORATION 1 0 2 1 1 5
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 3 1 1 0 0 5
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE 2 1 0 1 1 5
BEHR PROCESS CORPORATION 1 0 3 0 1 5
BENTLEY SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED 0 0 4 0 1 5
BRILLIAN CORPORATION 3 1 1 0 0 5
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 1 1 3 0 0 5
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 1 2 1 1 5
CAMBRIDGE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 0 1 1 1 2 5
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO. LTD 0 2 1 1 1 5
DANGER, INC. 0 2 3 0 0 5
EIZO NANAO CORPORATION 2 1 0 1 1 5
ELCOS MICRODISPLAY TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 2 1 2 0 5
ELECTRONIC ARTS INC. 0 2 2 1 0 5
EM MICROELECTRONIC-MARIN SA 0 0 4 1 0 5
ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 1 1 0 1 5
FRANCE TELECOM 1 2 2 0 0 5
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.) 1 1 3 0 0 5
FUJITSU DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 3 2 0 0 0 5
FUJITSU TAKAMISAWA COMPONENT LIMITED 1 2 1 0 1 5
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 1 2 1 1 0 5
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 1 0 1 3 5
IGNIS INNOVATION, INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 1 2 1 0 1 5
NGRAIN (CANADA) CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 0 5
NICHIA CORPORATION 2 3 0 0 0 5
NOVUS PARTNERS LLC 0 5 0 0 0 5
O2 MICRO INTERNATIONAL LTD. 1 2 1 1 0 5
PHILIPS SOLID-STATE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK 0 2 1 2 0 5
SAS INSTITUTE, INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5
SILICON MOTION, INC. 2 0 2 1 0 5
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 1 0 3 0 1 5
THE MATH WORKS, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
UGS CORP. 2 3 0 0 0 5
ULEAD SYSTEMS, INC. 1 3 1 0 0 5
VALVE CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 1 5
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 1 2 0 2 0 5
ZIOSOFT, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5


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