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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 235, Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.)

( 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
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 59 107 100 85 80 431
METROLOGIC INSTRUMENTS INC. 43 45 30 24 66 208
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 29 48 54 41 28 200
DIEBOLD SELF SERVICE SYSTEMS, A DIVISION OF DIEBOLD, INCORPORATED 12 32 39 43 28 154
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 9 46 34 30 25 144
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 9 17 18 42 33 119
NCR CORPORATION 14 21 18 27 29 109
FUJITSU LIMITED 18 26 14 16 13 87
AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC. 1 15 13 27 27 83
FIRST DATA CORPORATION 5 16 18 19 22 80
DIEBOLD INCORPORATED 7 18 14 16 21 76
SONY CORPORATION 10 24 14 20 7 75
HAND-HELD PRODUCTS, INC. 2 13 13 16 14 58
HITACHI, LTD 19 9 12 8 5 53
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 7 19 7 9 6 48
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 6 5 12 12 9 44
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 9 9 11 7 2 38
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 4 5 6 14 7 36
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 7 8 10 5 5 35
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 1 11 11 7 3 33
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 0 6 11 5 10 32
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 8 8 10 4 32
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 6 8 5 6 2 27
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 7 9 4 6 0 26
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 7 4 3 5 7 26
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 2 1 3 6 13 25
INTERMEC IP CORP. 2 4 6 10 3 25
GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GMBH 4 5 4 5 6 24
NOKIA CORPORATION 2 2 7 4 7 22
DIGIMARC CORPORATION 2 6 5 6 2 21
TARGET BRANDS, INC. 0 2 9 5 5 21
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC. 3 5 5 4 4 21
DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED 1 5 5 3 6 20
VISA U.S.A., INC. 1 6 1 6 6 20
CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION 1 2 3 2 8 16
DATALOGIC SCANNING, INC. 0 0 5 5 6 16
NEC CORPORATION 2 4 5 3 2 16
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 1 4 6 4 16
OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 1 2 4 5 3 15
THE CODE CORPORATION 2 5 3 4 1 15
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, POSTAL SERVICE 3 5 4 3 0 15
ANOTO AB 2 2 6 1 3 14
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 5 6 2 1 0 14
MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 0 3 5 5 14
PSC SCANNING, INC. 4 5 5 0 0 14
SANDISK CORPORATION 0 3 3 7 1 14
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 2 5 3 3 14
DATALOGIC S.P.A. 2 5 2 1 3 13
E-2 INTERACTIVE, INC. 1 3 4 1 4 13
INTERNATIONAL BARCODE CORPORATION 0 1 6 5 1 13
XEROX CORPORATION 3 0 2 4 4 13
GEMPLUS 1 2 5 4 0 12
INTEL CORPORATION 1 6 1 3 1 12
NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION 0 3 4 3 2 12
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 4 3 2 2 1 12
AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION 1 2 5 0 3 11
AXALTO SA 2 4 1 4 0 11
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 0 4 3 4 11
HITACHI-OMRON TERMINAL SOLUTIONS, CORP. 0 1 1 7 2 11
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 3 6 2 0 0 11
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 0 4 2 4 1 11
OMRON CORPORATION 2 2 2 3 2 11
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 2 1 2 4 2 11
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 3 1 4 3 0 11
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 2 1 3 1 3 10
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 5 3 2 10
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 2 3 3 1 10
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. 0 0 4 5 1 10
DE LA RUE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 0 2 1 3 3 9
MOTOROLA, INC. 0 4 1 2 2 9
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 1 2 3 0 3 9
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 2 1 3 0 9
TRANSACTION HOLDINGS LTD. L.L.C. 1 0 0 0 8 9
AVANTE INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 0 3 4 8
DATACARD CORPORATION, INC. 1 3 1 2 1 8
SICK AG 2 2 2 1 1 8
ULTRACARD, INC. 4 2 1 0 1 8
VIVOTECH, INC. 0 3 1 1 3 8
WALKER DIGITAL, LLC 0 1 2 3 2 8
WESTERN UNION COMPANY 0 0 2 4 2 8
ZIH CORPORATION 2 1 2 2 1 8
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 3 2 2 7
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 0 0 1 6 7
AUTOMARK TECHNICAL SYSTEMS, LLC 0 2 2 3 0 7
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 0 2 2 3 7
BOEING COMPANY 0 3 2 1 1 7
CATERPILLAR INC. 2 0 5 0 0 7
CUBIC CORPORATION 0 2 2 3 0 7
CUMMINS-ALLISON CORPORATION 2 1 1 0 3 7
GOLIATH SOLUTIONS, LLC. 2 1 0 1 3 7
IKAN TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 2 3 2 0 7
LEAPFROG ENTERPRISES, INC. 0 1 2 2 2 7
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 0 1 1 2 3 7
SKIDATA AG 2 0 1 3 1 7
TRIPLETAIL VENTURES, INC. 0 3 1 3 0 7
ALIEN TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 1 0 2 1 6
ARTHUR BLANK & COMPANY, INC. 0 2 1 3 0 6
ASK S.A. 2 1 0 2 1 6
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 1 2 2 1 6
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 0 2 1 2 1 6
LV PARTNERS, L.P. 2 0 2 2 0 6
MICROSCAN SYSTEMS INCORPORATED 1 1 3 1 0 6
NAUTILUS HYOSUNG INC. 0 0 1 3 2 6
NXP B.V. 0 0 2 2 2 6
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 5 6
PRECISION DYNAMICS CORPORATION 0 0 4 2 0 6
SANKYO SEIKI MFG. CO., LTD. 1 4 1 0 0 6
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 0 0 0 3 3 6
ARUZE CORPORATION 0 3 0 1 1 5
ASAHI SEIKO CO., LTD. 2 1 1 1 0 5
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 0 0 3 0 2 5
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 2 3 0 0 0 5
BEN Q CORPORATION 1 2 1 1 0 5
BROADCOM CORPORATION 1 2 0 0 2 5
COGNEX TECHNOLOGY AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION 0 0 1 0 4 5
DENSO CORPORATION 0 3 0 1 1 5
HITACHI MAXELL, LTD. 2 0 1 2 0 5
INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 1 1 0 1 5
KEYENCE CORPORATION 3 1 0 1 0 5
KONICA MINOLTA SYSTEMS LABORATORY, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 0 0 2 1 5
MICROVISION, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 1 0 0 1 3 5
PISAFE, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
PSION TEKLOGIX SYSTEMS INC. 0 0 3 2 0 5
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
SCANBUY, INC. 0 0 4 1 0 5
SCIENTIFIC GAMES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 1 0 2 2 5
SENSORMATIC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 2 1 1 1 5
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 0 0 1 4 0 5
STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION 0 2 2 1 0 5
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 1 0 2 0 2 5
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 0 1 1 3 0 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 1 2 1 0 1 5
VERITEC INC. 0 0 1 0 4 5


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