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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2006 - 2010 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 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Total
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 107 100 85 80 91 463
METROLOGIC INSTRUMENTS INC. 45 30 24 66 66 231
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 48 54 41 28 28 199
DIEBOLD SELF SERVICE SYSTEMS, A DIVISION OF DIEBOLD, INCORPORATED 32 39 43 28 44 186
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 46 34 30 25 45 180
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 17 18 42 33 32 142
NCR CORPORATION 21 18 27 29 15 110
AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC. 15 13 27 27 21 103
DIEBOLD INCORPORATED 18 14 16 21 27 96
FIRST DATA CORPORATION 16 18 19 22 10 85
FUJITSU LIMITED 26 15 16 13 13 83
HAND-HELD PRODUCTS, INC. 13 13 16 14 20 76
SONY CORPORATION 24 14 20 7 9 74
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 19 7 9 6 15 56
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 5 12 12 9 9 47
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 6 11 5 10 11 43
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 11 11 7 3 11 43
TARGET BRANDS, INC. 2 9 5 5 20 41
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 1 3 6 13 16 39
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 9 11 7 2 9 38
HITACHI, LTD 9 12 8 5 3 37
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 5 6 14 7 5 37
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 8 10 5 5 9 37
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 8 8 10 4 2 32
VISA U.S.A., INC. 6 1 6 6 11 30
MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 3 5 5 13 26
GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GMBH 5 4 5 6 4 24
INTERMEC IP CORP. 4 6 10 3 1 24
NOKIA CORPORATION 2 7 4 7 4 24
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 4 3 5 7 5 24
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 4 6 4 9 24
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 8 5 6 2 2 23
DIGIMARC CORPORATION 6 5 6 2 3 22
DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED 5 5 3 6 2 21
DATALOGIC SCANNING, INC. 0 5 5 6 3 19
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 9 4 6 0 0 19
NEC CORPORATION 4 5 3 2 5 19
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC. 5 5 4 4 1 19
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 5 3 3 5 18
CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION 2 3 2 8 2 17
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 1 1 2 3 9 16
XEROX CORPORATION 0 2 4 4 6 16
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 1 5 9 15
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 5 3 2 4 14
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 4 3 4 3 14
HITACHI-OMRON TERMINAL SOLUTIONS, CORP. 1 1 7 2 3 14
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. 0 4 5 1 4 14
NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION 3 4 3 2 2 14
OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 2 4 5 3 0 14
SANDISK CORPORATION 3 3 7 1 0 14
THE CODE CORPORATION 5 3 4 1 1 14
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, POSTAL SERVICE 5 4 3 0 2 14
WESTERN UNION COMPANY 0 2 4 2 6 14
ANOTO AB 2 6 1 3 1 13
AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION 2 5 0 3 3 13
INTERNATIONAL BARCODE CORPORATION 1 6 5 1 0 13
L-1 SECURE CREDENTIALING, INC. 0 0 0 2 11 13
UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA) 0 0 0 1 12 13
DATALOGIC S.P.A. 5 2 1 3 1 12
E-2 INTERACTIVE, INC. 3 4 1 4 0 12
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 4 2 4 1 1 12
OMRON CORPORATION 2 2 3 2 3 12
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 1 2 4 2 3 12
TRANSACTION HOLDINGS LTD. L.L.C. 0 0 0 8 4 12
WALKER DIGITAL, LLC 1 2 3 2 4 12
GEMPLUS 2 5 4 0 0 11
INTEL CORPORATION 6 1 3 1 0 11
MOTOROLA, INC. 4 1 2 2 2 11
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 0 0 3 3 5 11
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 0 1 6 3 10
AXALTO SA 4 1 4 0 1 10
BROADCOM CORPORATION 2 0 0 2 6 10
DE LA RUE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2 1 3 3 1 10
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 6 2 1 0 1 10
KONICA MINOLTA SYSTEMS LABORATORY, INC. 0 0 0 5 5 10
PSC SCANNING, INC. 5 5 0 0 0 10
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 0 0 0 3 7 10
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 0 3 2 2 2 9
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 2 2 3 2 9
AVANTE INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 0 3 4 1 9
BOEING COMPANY 3 2 1 1 2 9
CUBIC CORPORATION 2 2 3 0 2 9
DATACARD CORPORATION, INC. 3 1 2 1 2 9
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 1 2 2 1 3 9
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 3 3 1 0 9
SICK AG 2 2 1 1 3 9
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 3 2 2 1 1 9
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 1 4 3 0 1 9
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 1 3 1 3 0 8
CATERPILLAR INC. 0 5 0 0 3 8
GEMALTO SA 0 0 0 2 6 8
IKAN TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 3 2 0 1 8
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 6 2 0 0 0 8
LEAPFROG ENTERPRISES, INC. 1 2 2 2 1 8
MICROSCAN SYSTEMS INCORPORATED 1 3 1 0 3 8
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 2 3 0 3 0 8
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 1 3 0 2 8
VIVOTECH, INC. 3 1 1 3 0 8
ARTHUR BLANK & COMPANY, INC. 2 1 3 0 1 7
AUTOMARK TECHNICAL SYSTEMS, LLC 2 2 3 0 0 7
COGNEX TECHNOLOGY AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION 0 1 0 4 2 7
INTUIT, INC. 0 0 0 2 5 7
MICROVISION, INC. 0 1 2 2 2 7
NAUTILUS HYOSUNG INC. 0 1 3 2 1 7
PROMEGA CORPORATION 0 2 0 1 4 7
SANDISK IL LTD. 0 1 3 0 3 7
SENSORMATIC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 2 7
SKIDATA AG 0 1 3 1 2 7
TRIPLETAIL VENTURES, INC. 3 1 3 0 0 7
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 3 3 6
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 0 3 0 2 1 6
BLACKHAWK NETWORK, INC. 0 0 0 2 4 6
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 3 1 2 6
DENSO CORPORATION 3 0 1 1 1 6
FELICA NETWORKS, INC. 0 1 1 1 3 6
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 2 1 2 1 0 6
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 0 1 1 2 2 6
MAG TEK, INC. 1 0 1 1 3 6
MARSHALL FEATURE RECOGNITION, LLC 0 0 0 1 5 6
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 0 0 1 3 2 6
NXP B.V. 0 2 2 2 0 6
OBERTHUR TECHNOLOGIES 0 0 2 0 4 6
PRECISION DYNAMICS CORPORATION 0 4 2 0 0 6
QSECURE, INC. 0 0 1 3 2 6
SCIENTIFIC GAMES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 0 2 2 1 6
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 0 1 4 0 1 6
VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION 1 0 1 0 4 6
ZIH CORPORATION 1 2 2 1 0 6
ARUZE CORPORATION 3 0 1 1 0 5
ASK S.A. 1 0 2 1 1 5
COINSTAR, INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
CUMMINS-ALLISON CORPORATION 1 1 0 3 0 5
DIGITAL ENVOY, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
E-MICRO CORPORATION 1 0 0 1 3 5
GOLIATH SOLUTIONS, LLC. 1 0 1 3 0 5
GTECH RHODE ISLAND CORPORATION 2 0 0 2 1 5
INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY (IGT) 1 0 2 1 1 5
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5
LV PARTNERS, L.P. 0 2 2 0 1 5
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 0 0 1 1 3 5
PISAFE, INC. 0 0 2 3 0 5
PSION TEKLOGIX SYSTEMS INC. 0 3 2 0 0 5
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 1 3 0 5
SANKYO SEIKI MFG. CO., LTD. 4 1 0 0 0 5
SCANBUY, INC. 0 4 1 0 0 5
SONIX TECHNOLOGY CO. 0 0 1 1 3 5
SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P. 0 1 2 1 1 5
STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION 2 2 1 0 0 5
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 0 2 0 2 1 5
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 1 1 3 0 0 5
VERI-FONE, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
VERITEC INC. 0 1 0 4 0 5
WINCOR NIXDORF INTERNATIONAL GMBH 2 0 1 0 2 5


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