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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 386, Motion Video Signal Processing for Recording or Reproducing

( 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
SONY CORPORATION 86 65 69 63 89 372
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 52 69 51 53 35 260
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 12 4 16 45 77 154
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 50 65 37 1 0 153
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 16 22 28 20 29 115
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 4 47 62 113
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 10 14 39 25 18 106
HITACHI, LTD 20 18 22 18 22 100
THOMSON LICENSING 23 23 15 16 15 92
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 8 5 18 22 26 79
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 8 21 13 13 9 64
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 11 13 10 10 11 55
PIONEER CORPORATION 9 9 7 14 10 49
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 6 11 11 1 7 36
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 4 8 3 18 35
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 4 7 10 6 7 34
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 1 8 4 7 7 27
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 4 6 4 6 3 23
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 0 0 9 7 1 17
NEC CORPORATION 4 5 2 2 2 15
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 3 3 2 1 6 15
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 2 2 5 2 3 14
ALPINE ELECTRONICS INC. 1 2 6 2 1 12
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 1 4 5 2 12
PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORPORATION 1 3 4 1 3 12
FUJITSU LIMITED 3 3 5 0 0 11
INTEL CORPORATION 3 4 2 2 0 11
KEEN PERSONAL MEDIA, INC. 3 5 1 1 1 11
SONY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED 3 2 1 3 2 11
MACROVISION CORPORATION 2 2 2 2 2 10
MEDIATEK INC. 0 0 2 4 2 8
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. 0 2 1 2 3 8
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 1 1 5 8
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 3 3 0 1 7
CYBERLINK CORPORATION 1 1 2 2 1 7
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 0 0 0 4 2 6
LSI CORPORATION 0 2 3 0 1 6
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 2 0 1 0 3 6
TIVO, INC. 0 1 1 3 1 6
DATCARD SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 0 0 4 5
DEUTSCHE THOMSON-BRANDT GMBH 4 1 0 0 0 5
DIGITAL NETWORKS NORTH AMERICA, INC. 2 1 2 0 0 5
SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC. 0 3 1 1 0 5
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 2 1 2 0 0 5
SONIC SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 0 4 1 0 5
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 0 0 2 3 5


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