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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 345, Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems

( 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
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 160 153 136 181 138 768
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 86 79 102 97 185 549
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 111 95 92 100 94 492
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 104 99 73 64 113 453
SONY CORPORATION 88 73 64 66 102 393
NVIDIA CORPORATION 72 48 68 99 80 367
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 91 68 70 58 71 358
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 52 67 66 75 86 346
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 46 30 42 83 105 306
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 65 71 57 48 57 298
SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD. 21 51 87 70 39 268
LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 0 41 82 130 253
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 72 30 45 33 36 216
HITACHI, LTD 71 52 34 22 26 205
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 44 33 41 38 38 194
INTEL CORPORATION 64 37 32 27 30 190
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 21 24 23 35 85 188
AU OPTRONICS CORP. 24 25 26 28 54 157
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 63 43 39 0 0 145
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 34 28 17 21 38 138
LG. PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD. 58 46 34 0 0 138
FUJITSU LIMITED 33 45 20 21 17 136
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 34 21 21 19 36 131
PIONEER CORPORATION 53 32 25 12 7 129
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 34 22 30 19 15 120
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 9 34 76 119
SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 0 0 42 77 119
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 19 7 18 38 36 118
IMMERSION CORPORATION 22 18 15 22 21 98
HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD. 10 12 15 15 32 84
NOKIA CORPORATION 14 15 18 17 19 83
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 30 21 14 10 7 82
AUTODESK, INC. 18 15 9 15 24 81
NEC CORPORATION 23 20 11 11 13 78
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 5 7 16 13 37 78
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 6 11 12 14 27 70
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 14 16 18 20 68
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 21 7 18 10 12 68
FUJITSU HITACHI PLASMA DISPLAY LIMITED 19 13 8 11 11 62
THOMSON LICENSING 14 14 4 18 12 62
PIXAR 9 12 14 10 16 61
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 22 13 3 11 12 61
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 15 14 8 11 13 61
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 11 13 9 13 14 60
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 35 13 4 6 1 59
HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 6 5 7 10 30 58
NINTENDO CO., LTD. 17 9 7 9 16 58
TOSHIBA MATSUSHITA DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 3 8 7 14 21 53
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 12 8 6 10 16 52
CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD. 3 6 21 7 15 52
PALM, INC. 14 6 10 10 11 51
TPO DISPLAYS CORPORATION 4 3 15 13 16 51
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 9 13 11 8 8 49
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 6 12 9 12 7 46
BROADCOM CORPORATION 11 7 7 10 10 45
CHI MEI OPTOELECTRONICS CORP. 9 8 4 14 8 43
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 7 6 1 16 13 43
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 4 7 7 7 18 43
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 6 7 5 10 15 43
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 9 9 10 3 12 43
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 2 8 4 14 14 42
XEROX CORPORATION 12 10 4 8 8 42
E INK CORPORATION 12 10 6 6 6 40
SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC. 2 5 11 7 15 40
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 9 12 7 6 6 40
MOTOROLA, INC. 17 7 5 4 6 39
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 7 5 9 9 9 39
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 9 1 5 14 10 39
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 10 3 10 8 4 35
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 10 4 5 8 7 34
MENTAL IMAGES GMBH & CO KG. 2 10 8 7 4 31
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 18 7 4 1 1 31
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 10 6 5 3 6 30
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 9 5 7 8 29
FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED 2 5 4 10 7 28
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 19 4 3 1 1 28
NEC LCD TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 10 4 0 6 8 28
NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 0 3 4 9 12 28
HANNSTAR DISPLAY CORP. 5 5 6 4 7 27
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 3 3 18 24
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 10 4 7 2 0 23
BOEING COMPANY 5 2 3 8 4 22
NAMCO BANDAI GAMES, INC. 9 4 1 3 5 22
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 7 5 2 4 3 21
LOGITECH EUROPE S.A. 4 3 5 5 4 21
CLAIRVOYANTE, INC 3 16 1 0 0 20
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 2 1 8 6 3 20
SYNAPTICS, INC. 3 2 6 3 6 20
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 4 4 7 3 2 20
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2 3 5 4 5 19
GENESIS MICROCHIP INC. 6 0 6 4 3 19
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 4 2 7 4 18
VASTVIEW TECHNOLOGY INC. 1 8 3 1 5 18
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 5 5 5 1 1 17
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 4 2 2 5 4 17
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA INC. 4 2 5 0 6 17
TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION 4 7 2 3 1 17
ANOTO AB 3 6 4 0 3 16
ATI INTERNATIONAL SRL 7 3 3 3 0 16
DENSO CORPORATION 3 3 0 6 4 16
SEARETE LLC 1 3 1 1 10 16
SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH, INC. 6 8 1 1 0 16
OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 0 0 0 6 9 15
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 0 2 2 3 8 15
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 3 2 3 5 2 15
AT&T CORP. 6 3 3 0 2 14
EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 11 14
PIXELWORKS, INC. 3 2 4 2 3 14
SENSABLE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 2 4 1 4 14
TPO HONG KONG HOLDING LIMITED 0 3 1 4 6 14
WACOM CO., LTD. 2 2 2 1 7 14
ATLAB INC. 1 2 1 7 2 13
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 8 4 1 0 0 13
GLOBAL OLED TECHNOLOGY LLC 0 0 0 0 13 13
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 5 3 2 1 2 13
LUCID INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LTD. 0 0 0 0 13 13
MICROVISION, INC. 4 3 0 4 2 13
MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 3 4 0 3 3 13
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 3 3 1 2 13
ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 9 12
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 1 0 1 3 7 12
IMAGINATION TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 1 4 2 0 5 12
PIXART IMAGING INC. 1 1 6 3 1 12
PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD. 1 0 0 2 9 12
QUALCOMM, INC. 0 2 2 2 6 12
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 4 1 2 4 12
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 2 1 0 4 5 12
SMART TECHNOLOGIES ULC 0 0 3 5 4 12
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 2 2 2 2 4 12
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 3 1 2 2 4 12
3DLABS INC. LTD. 3 3 1 3 1 11
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 1 1 0 9 11
AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 4 3 0 1 11
BARCO N.V. 4 3 3 0 1 11
BOE-HYDIS TECHNOLOGY CO, LTD. 4 4 3 0 0 11
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 7 1 1 2 0 11
HITACHI PLASMA PATENT LICENSING CO., LTD. 0 1 1 2 7 11
KYE SYSTEMS CORP. 3 3 2 1 2 11
NXP B.V. 0 1 2 7 1 11
PALMSOURCE INC. 4 1 1 2 3 11
S3 GRAPHICS CO., LTD. 6 4 1 0 0 11
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 4 2 2 2 11
SEGA ENTERPRISES, LTD. 7 1 1 2 0 11
TOPPOLY OPTOELECTRONICS CORP. 6 2 0 1 2 11
AUTODESK CANADA INC. 6 2 2 0 0 10
DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP. 4 1 2 2 1 10
HILLCREST LABORATORIES, INC. 0 4 1 3 2 10
HONEYWOOD TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 0 0 0 6 4 10
IDC, LLC 2 0 0 8 0 10
INNOLUX DISPLAY CORP. 0 0 1 1 8 10
KABUSHIKI KAISHA SEGA. 0 2 1 4 3 10
LANDMARK GRAPHICS CORPORATION 2 3 2 3 0 10
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 4 2 1 1 2 10
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 6 3 1 0 0 10
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 1 2 1 2 4 10
TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 2 3 1 2 2 10
UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS, INC. 1 1 2 1 5 10
WINTEK CORPORATION 1 5 0 1 3 10
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 3 0 0 2 9
CIRQUE CORPORATION 2 1 3 1 2 9
DASSAULT SYSTEMES 1 3 1 2 2 9
E-BOOK SYSTEMS PTE LTD 5 1 3 0 0 9
IDELIX SOFTWARE INC. 3 6 0 0 0 9
KABUSHIKI KAISHA SQUARE ENIX 0 4 1 2 2 9
KOPIN CORPORATION 3 3 2 1 0 9
LSI CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 6 9
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 4 2 1 1 1 9
QISDA CORPORATION 0 0 5 4 0 9
QUANTA COMPUTER INC. 2 0 2 3 2 9
SEGA CORPORATION 2 1 3 2 1 9
SMART TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 6 2 0 0 9
TEKTRONIX INC. 2 3 0 1 3 9
THALES 2 1 1 2 3 9
ALPINE ELECTRONICS INC. 0 0 3 2 3 8
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. 0 0 0 3 5 8
CAMBRIDGE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 1 1 1 2 3 8
CHIMEI-INNOLUX CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 8 8
CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD. 6 2 0 0 0 8
CLARE MICRONIX INTEGRATED SYSTEMS, INC. 8 0 0 0 0 8
DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR GMBH 1 2 2 3 0 8
EVANS & SUTHERLAND COMPUTER CORP. 6 0 0 1 1 8
FUJITSU TEN LIMITED 0 2 0 5 1 8
IMAGING SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC 1 1 1 4 1 8
INVENTEC CORPORATION 1 2 3 1 1 8
KENT DISPLAYS INCORPORATED 1 3 0 1 3 8
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2 0 1 3 2 8
KYOCERA CORPORATION 0 2 3 2 1 8
LEAPFROG ENTERPRISES, INC. 4 1 1 2 0 8
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 3 3 0 1 1 8
RAYTHEON COMPANY 1 1 5 0 1 8
TATUNG CO., LTD. 1 1 4 2 0 8
YAMAHA CORPORATION 1 1 3 1 2 8
ZIPPY TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 2 3 1 2 8
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 4 0 1 1 1 7
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 3 0 1 2 1 7
AURORA SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 1 5 1 7
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 1 3 0 0 3 7
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 2 1 1 2 7
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 1 0 0 2 4 7
GRAPHICS PROPERTIES HOLDINGS, INC. 0 0 0 1 6 7
IGNIS INNOVATION, INC. 0 2 1 2 2 7
INFORMATION DECISION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 6 1 0 0 0 7
INTERLINK ELECTRONICS, INC. 2 2 0 2 1 7
KONAMI CO., LTD. 4 1 2 0 0 7
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 2 2 1 1 1 7
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 5 2 0 0 0 7
RIKEN 1 2 4 0 0 7
SILICON INTEGRATED SYSTEMS CORP. 4 0 0 3 0 7
SMK CORPORATION 2 3 2 0 0 7
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 1 2 0 2 2 7
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 1 1 1 3 1 7
VISTAPRINT TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 1 0 1 2 3 7
AOL LLC 2 3 1 0 0 6
BENTLEY SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED 0 4 0 1 1 6
CANON EUROPA N.V. 1 2 1 2 0 6
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 0 0 3 2 1 6
EM MICROELECTRONIC-MARIN SA 0 4 1 0 1 6
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 1 0 1 4 6
GOOGLE, INC. 0 1 0 3 2 6
HIGH TECH COMPUTER CORP. 4 2 0 0 0 6
INVENTEC APPLIANCES CORP. 3 0 3 0 0 6
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 0 2 3 6
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 2 1 0 1 2 6
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2 0 1 0 3 6
NAMCO LIMITED 6 0 0 0 0 6
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 0 1 3 0 2 6
OCULUS INFO INC. 0 1 0 3 2 6
PHILIPS SOLID-STATE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 0 2 3 1 6
QUALCOMM MEMS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 0 5 6
SOURCEPROSE CORPORATION 3 3 0 0 0 6
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 1 0 2 1 2 6
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 3 2 0 0 6
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 0 1 2 3 0 6
THE MATH WORKS, INC. 0 0 3 2 1 6
VALVE CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 1 6
YAZAKI CORP. 1 0 0 2 3 6
ZIOSOFT, INC. 0 1 1 3 1 6
ACTUALITY SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 0 2 0 5
AIRBUS FRANCE 1 3 1 0 0 5
ARCSOFT, INC. 2 2 0 0 1 5
AUDIOVOX CORPORATION 0 1 0 0 4 5
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 1 1 1 1 1 5
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO. LTD 2 1 1 1 0 5
DANGER, INC. 2 3 0 0 0 5
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 1 2 0 2 0 5
DREAMWORKS ANIMATION LLC 0 1 0 1 3 5
ELCOS MICRODISPLAY TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 1 2 0 0 5
ELECTRONIC ARTS INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 0 1 2 5
FIRST INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER, INC. 1 1 2 0 1 5
FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC. 1 3 0 0 1 5
FREEDESIGN, INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC 2 2 1 0 0 5
GIGNO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 1 2 1 1 5
HARRIS CORP. 1 1 0 2 1 5
HYDIS TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 0 0 0 3 2 5
LEADIS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 1 1 0 0 5
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 4 1 0 0 0 5
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 4 1 0 0 0 5
MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR, LTD. 0 1 1 2 1 5
NCR CORPORATION 2 1 1 0 1 5
NEC VIEWTECHNOLOGY, LTD. 1 2 0 0 2 5
NEC-MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC VISUAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION 1 2 2 0 0 5
NISSHA PRINTING CO., LTD. 1 1 0 1 2 5
NOVUS PARTNERS LLC 5 0 0 0 0 5
O2 MICRO INTERNATIONAL LTD. 2 1 1 0 1 5
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 2 0 0 3 0 5
PACIFIC DATA IMAGES LLC 0 1 2 1 1 5
REAL D 0 0 0 3 2 5
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 0 0 5 5
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK 2 1 2 0 0 5
SENTELIC CORPORATION 0 4 1 0 0 5
SOLOMON SYSTECH LIMITED 1 0 1 1 2 5
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 0 3 0 1 1 5
TEGIC COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 2 0 1 2 5
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 4 0 0 0 1 5
TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO K.K. 1 2 0 1 1 5
VULCAN PATENTS LLC 2 0 1 1 1 5
ZORAN CORPORATION 2 0 0 1 2 5


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