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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 347, Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information

( 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
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 131 258 266 373 279 1307
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 219 200 147 188 195 949
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 137 147 166 188 226 864
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 193 147 98 87 92 617
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 59 83 122 163 173 600
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 0 62 102 110 274
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 31 44 48 65 65 253
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 32 39 39 54 76 240
XEROX CORPORATION 42 41 43 41 53 220
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 71 40 48 33 18 210
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 36 43 53 44 30 206
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 21 21 33 43 34 152
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 50 44 35 5 4 138
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 23 30 25 33 9 120
KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC. 2 21 25 30 12 90
SONY CORPORATION 14 14 25 21 11 85
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 8 6 14 15 9 52
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 8 13 9 9 12 51
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 16 15 10 8 1 50
OCE-TECHNOLOGIES, B.V. 5 11 4 9 13 42
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 9 11 14 7 41
KONICA CORPORATION 20 12 5 3 1 41
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 8 11 6 9 6 40
KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC. 1 4 16 12 5 38
FUJIFILM DIMATIX, INC. 0 0 7 15 11 33
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 3 5 9 5 9 31
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 3 3 6 12 6 30
RICOH PRINTING SYSTEMS, LTD. 2 4 9 9 5 29
BEN Q CORPORATION 9 9 8 1 0 27
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 3 7 7 5 25
AGFA-GEVAERT N.V. 9 10 4 1 0 24
DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD. 3 5 5 9 2 24
HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 3 3 5 9 3 23
NU-KOTE INTERNATIONAL, INC. 3 4 4 8 3 22
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 3 4 3 5 7 22
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 5 6 2 8 21
POLAROID CORPORATION 6 5 4 4 2 21
CANON FINETECH INC. 2 1 7 4 6 20
QISDA CORPORATION 0 0 0 7 11 18
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 1 3 4 5 4 17
NORITSU KOKI CO., LTD. 3 3 2 5 2 15
VIDEOJET TECHNOLOGIES INC. 3 4 1 5 2 15
KYOCERA CORPORATION 1 6 1 2 4 14
OKIDATA CORPORATION 0 3 2 5 3 13
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 1 0 3 6 3 13
YAMAHA CORPORATION 0 3 2 6 2 13
DIMATIX, INC. 0 6 5 1 0 12
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO. LTD 4 4 0 2 1 11
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 2 1 2 3 3 11
RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION 3 0 3 3 2 11
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 0 1 2 3 5 11
FRANCOTYP-POSTALIA AG & CO. KG 1 0 2 3 3 9
KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION 2 1 0 2 4 9
TELECOM ITALIA S.P.A. 0 1 5 1 2 9
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 1 0 0 2 5 8
SII PRINTEK INC. 2 3 2 0 1 8
XAAR TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 1 3 4 0 0 8
ZIH CORPORATION 2 3 3 0 0 8
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 4 2 1 0 0 7
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 0 1 3 0 3 7
FUJIFILM IMAGING COLORANTS LIMITED 0 0 2 2 3 7
INTERNATIONAL UNITED TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 3 0 2 1 1 7
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY LTD. 0 0 3 2 2 7
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 5 7
AGFA GRAPHICS NV 0 0 2 1 3 6
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 3 1 0 0 6
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 5 6
CARESTREAM HEALTH, INC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC. 0 2 0 1 2 5
ELESYS, INC. 2 1 1 0 1 5
HI-TOUCH IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 2 1 1 1 0 5
JEMTEX INK JET PRINTING LTD. 0 1 1 1 2 5
MARKEM CORPORATION 1 1 0 3 0 5
OLIVETTI TECNOST, S.P.A. 2 3 0 0 0 5
PICOLITER INC. 3 1 0 0 1 5
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 0 1 1 0 3 5
SII P & S INC. 4 1 0 0 0 5


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