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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 348, Television

( 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
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 151 92 168 199 215 825
SONY CORPORATION 93 68 103 181 200 645
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 55 100 104 127 386
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 63 51 56 69 98 337
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 68 47 55 53 85 308
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 18 28 48 61 49 204
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 62 43 29 27 39 200
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 39 37 25 36 49 186
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 45 25 29 35 46 180
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 8 68 88 164
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 58 43 46 1 0 148
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 34 31 35 25 22 147
NIKON CORPORATION 16 21 21 26 52 136
THOMSON LICENSING 34 30 21 23 26 134
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 20 14 27 29 38 128
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 21 24 37 21 17 120
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 14 17 21 36 17 105
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 15 8 16 30 32 101
BROADCOM CORPORATION 8 21 23 22 23 97
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 9 7 19 28 34 97
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 15 12 13 32 22 94
APTINA IMAGING CORPORATION 0 0 10 37 46 93
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 65 25 1 1 0 92
HOYA CORPORATION 0 0 12 43 37 92
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 12 21 21 13 20 87
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 3 15 17 27 23 85
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 37 23 6 6 1 73
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 16 15 14 9 11 65
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 30 15 4 5 8 62
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 15 11 7 13 9 55
INTEL CORPORATION 15 16 11 6 5 53
HITACHI, LTD 7 12 13 10 10 52
FUJITSU LIMITED 8 8 12 6 13 47
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.) 10 7 8 10 11 46
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 17 7 8 9 4 45
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 11 5 8 6 10 40
NEC CORPORATION 11 7 10 7 4 39
SAMSUNG TECHWIN CO., LTD. 1 3 19 16 0 39
PENTAX CORPORATION 20 9 8 0 0 37
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 14 14 6 0 1 35
NOKIA CORPORATION 2 8 3 8 14 35
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 6 5 5 10 8 34
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 0 5 8 19 32
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 7 6 11 6 30
MEDIATEK INC. 1 4 9 6 5 25
PIXELWORKS, INC. 2 2 4 9 8 25
ZORAN CORPORATION 5 2 5 4 9 25
POLYCOM, INC. 5 3 3 7 5 23
DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEMS GMBH 0 0 6 9 7 22
OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP. 0 0 0 8 14 22
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 4 6 5 1 6 22
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 1 5 9 4 1 20
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 3 3 4 5 5 20
MOTOROLA, INC. 4 7 2 2 5 20
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 5 6 1 0 7 19
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 3 2 4 0 9 18
KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC. 0 2 1 5 10 18
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 4 3 3 3 4 17
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 5 2 3 3 4 17
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 4 2 4 4 16
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 3 6 3 0 4 16
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 3 3 4 5 16
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 2 2 4 2 6 16
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 2 5 4 1 4 16
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 3 5 2 1 5 16
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 0 0 2 7 7 16
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 4 6 3 3 16
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 1 0 1 2 11 15
FOTONATION VISION LIMITED 0 1 2 2 10 15
FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 0 0 0 12 3 15
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 1 1 3 5 5 15
NVIDIA CORPORATION 1 0 2 4 8 15
TANDBERG TELECOM AS 4 0 4 3 4 15
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 5 2 1 3 15
HUAYA MICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 1 3 1 5 4 14
KONICA MINOLTA OPTO, INC 0 1 2 5 6 14
KYOCERA CORPORATION 1 1 2 7 3 14
LSI CORPORATION 0 0 4 4 6 14
MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR, LTD. 2 0 8 4 0 14
MEGACHIPS CORPORATION 3 5 1 1 4 14
MICRONAS GMBH 10 1 2 1 0 14
MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 1 7 4 2 14
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 2 5 4 3 0 14
OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 0 4 3 5 14
TEKTRONIX INC. 4 3 2 3 2 14
ASIA OPTICAL CO., INC. 0 1 1 3 8 13
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 2 3 2 6 13
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 1 1 4 6 13
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 3 5 2 2 1 13
NXP B.V. 0 5 4 3 1 13
PIONEER CORPORATION 4 6 1 1 1 13
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 5 3 3 2 0 13
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 0 1 2 7 12
HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC. 0 2 2 2 6 12
LEADER ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 5 5 1 1 12
NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 0 1 1 4 6 12
PIXIM, INCORPORATED 4 2 3 3 0 12
PELCO 2 4 2 3 0 11
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 2 1 7 1 0 11
SAMSUNG DIGITAL IMAGING CO., LTD. 0 0 0 4 7 11
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 1 1 3 1 5 11
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 1 2 3 3 10
ESS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 7 2 1 0 0 10
LOGITECH EUROPE S.A. 5 1 1 1 2 10
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 4 3 3 0 0 10
PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD. 2 1 0 4 3 10
RAYTHEON COMPANY 0 2 2 3 3 10
XEROX CORPORATION 3 1 1 1 4 10
ALTASENS, INC. 0 0 2 2 5 9
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 1 2 5 1 0 9
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 1 2 1 0 5 9
DALSA INC. 1 4 1 2 1 9
ELMO COMPANY LIMITED 0 0 3 3 3 9
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 2 3 0 2 2 9
GENESIS MICROCHIP INC. 0 2 4 2 1 9
HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 0 1 5 1 2 9
KOPLAR INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL LLC 3 1 0 4 1 9
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 3 4 2 0 0 9
SILICON IMAGE, INC. 4 1 1 3 0 9
STMICROELECTRONICS ASIA PACIFIC PTE LIMITED 4 2 0 1 2 9
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 1 2 1 2 3 9
ALTEK CORP. 1 0 0 2 5 8
BOEING COMPANY 1 2 3 1 1 8
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY 2 3 1 0 2 8
KONICA MINOLTA PHOTO IMAGING, INC. 0 1 3 3 1 8
NEC VIEWTECHNOLOGY, LTD. 2 2 1 2 1 8
QUANTA COMPUTER INC. 0 0 1 2 5 8
SILICON INTEGRATED SYSTEMS CORP. 6 2 0 0 0 8
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 1 5 0 1 1 8
AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 0 2 1 2 2 7
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 1 2 0 3 1 7
DENSO CORPORATION 1 2 1 0 3 7
FOVEON, INC. 1 1 0 2 3 7
FRANCE TELECOM 0 2 2 1 2 7
GIVEN IMAGING LTD. 1 1 0 3 2 7
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 0 2 5 7
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 0 0 2 1 4 7
KOLORIFIC, INC. 0 0 4 2 1 7
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 2 3 2 7
MICRONAS USA, INC. 1 2 4 0 0 7
MITSUBISHI DIGITAL ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC. 0 2 1 1 3 7
SHIMADZU CORPORATION 0 0 3 1 3 7
TATUNG CO., LTD. 0 1 2 1 3 7
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 0 1 2 1 3 7
3VR SECURITY, INC. 0 0 0 0 6 6
APPLIED MINDS, INC. 1 2 0 0 3 6
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2 2 1 0 1 6
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 1 1 1 6
FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 1 0 1 1 6
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 0 0 0 0 6 6
HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GMBH 2 1 1 0 2 6
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON 1 1 0 3 1 6
KDDI CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 1 6
KONICA CORPORATION 2 3 0 1 0 6
LIFESIZE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 0 0 2 4 6
MAGNUM SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 0 4 2 0 6
MICROTUNE (TEXAS), L.P. 2 2 1 0 1 6
OMRON CORPORATION 2 0 1 0 3 6
PSION TEKLOGIX SYSTEMS INC. 2 1 2 0 1 6
QUALCOMM, INC. 0 0 0 1 5 6
RGB SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 1 0 5 6
SARNOFF CORPORATION 2 0 1 1 2 6
SENSORMATIC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 2 2 0 2 0 6
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 4 1 1 0 6
SNELL & WILCOX LIMITED 2 2 1 1 0 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 0 0 1 3 2 6
VXIS TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 2 0 2 1 6
WALKER DIGITAL, LLC 1 0 0 3 2 6
XENOGEN CORPORATION 2 1 0 2 1 6
BEN Q CORPORATION 2 2 1 0 0 5
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 2 1 1 0 1 5
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 0 0 2 2 5
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 0 0 1 2 2 5
DIGEO, INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5
FOTOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0 0 4 1 0 5
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0 0 0 3 2 5
HTC CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 3 5
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
IMAGINATION TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 0 0 2 3 0 5
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 2 0 1 1 1 5
LIGHTSURF TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 2 1 0 5
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 0 0 1 1 3 5
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 1 1 0 0 3 5
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 0 0 0 2 3 5
ONLIVE, INC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 0 0 2 0 3 5
SCIMEASURE ANALYTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
SMARTVUE CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 4 5
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 2 1 1 5
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. 0 1 1 0 3 5
YAMAHA CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 0 5


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