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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 351, Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting

( 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 76 99 101 88 111 475
NIDEK CO., LTD. 6 21 28 15 19 89
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON 5 19 13 25 18 80
ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'OPTIQUE 4 9 15 10 12 50
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 12 11 6 5 37
JOHNSON & JOHNSON VISION CARE, INC. 6 8 7 6 9 36
NOVARTIS AG (FORMERLY SANDOZ LTD.) 11 8 5 6 6 36
CARL ZEISS MEDITEC AG 1 3 6 4 15 29
AMO MANUFACTURING USA, LLC 0 0 9 8 9 26
BAUSCH & LOMB, INC. 7 5 4 3 7 26
KOWA COMPANY LTD. 0 8 6 4 7 25
E-VISION LLC 4 5 5 5 3 22
OAKLEY, INC. 3 7 6 2 4 22
RODENSTOCK GMBH 8 3 3 3 3 20
OPHTHONIX, INC. 2 4 3 5 5 19
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 4 5 3 2 3 17
VISX, INCORPORATED 3 7 6 0 0 16
HOYA CORPORATION 3 3 3 2 2 13
SYNERGEYES,INC. 4 1 4 3 1 13
IPVENTURE, INC. 0 0 3 6 3 12
NIKE, INC. 2 0 3 3 3 11
SEARETE LLC 0 2 7 1 0 10
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER 4 1 3 1 1 10
CARL ZEISS VISION GMBH 3 1 1 2 2 9
BACOU-DALLOZ EYE & FACE PROTECTION, INC. 3 5 0 0 0 8
CARESTREAM HEALTH, INC. 0 3 4 1 0 8
HIGH RAINBOW ENT. CO., LTD. 3 0 0 2 3 8
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. 0 1 0 4 3 8
ALCON, INC. 1 0 2 2 2 7
E'LITE OPTIK, INC. 5 1 1 0 0 7
MENICON CO., LTD. 4 1 0 1 1 7
PENTAX CORPORATION 5 0 2 0 0 7
AMO GRONINGEN B.V. 1 0 2 1 2 6
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 2 0 3 1 6
CARL ZEISS MEDITEC, INC. 0 1 3 1 1 6
CHIC OPTIC INC. 2 1 2 1 0 6
COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL HOLDING COMPANY, LP 0 0 1 4 1 6
COOPERVISION, INC. 4 1 1 0 0 6
CRT TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 2 0 1 1 6
NEURO KINETICS, INC. 0 0 1 1 4 6
NOVAVISION, INC. 0 0 1 1 4 6
OCULUS-OPTIKGERATE G.M.B.H. 0 2 2 1 1 6
PIXELOPTICS INC. 0 0 0 4 2 6
VISION OPTIC CO., LTD. 1 2 2 0 1 6
WELCH ALLYN INC. 0 1 1 2 2 6
AMO DEVELOPMENT, LLC 0 0 0 1 4 5
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 1 0 1 2 5
CARL ZEISS SURGICAL GMBH 0 0 1 0 4 5
CLARITY MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 1 2 1 5
GRIPPING EYEWEAR, INC. 1 3 0 1 0 5
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 3 5
NEUROPTICS, INC. 1 1 0 1 2 5
SAFILO SOCIETA' AZIONARIA FABBRICA ITALIANA LAVORAZIONE OCCHIALI S.P.A. 0 0 1 3 1 5


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