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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 353, Optics: Image Projectors

( 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
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 62 60 49 40 51 262
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 28 23 17 18 9 95
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 23 12 19 7 11 72
HITACHI, LTD 19 22 7 7 14 69
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 22 7 20 11 9 69
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 23 16 9 10 4 62
INFOCUS CORPORATION 24 16 11 7 0 58
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 8 12 13 10 9 52
CORETRONIC CORPORATION 9 11 5 7 12 44
SONY CORPORATION 7 9 15 5 8 44
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 6 8 12 4 9 39
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 4 10 5 9 9 37
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 4 5 2 9 10 30
NEC VIEWTECHNOLOGY, LTD. 7 9 5 3 6 30
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 6 8 7 2 5 28
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 8 11 5 1 2 27
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.) 7 6 5 7 1 26
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 8 4 3 1 7 23
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 5 5 1 3 7 21
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 4 8 2 3 18
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 8 4 5 0 0 17
BEN Q CORPORATION 6 7 2 0 1 16
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 2 4 3 3 4 16
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 3 2 2 4 4 15
BARCO N.V. 4 3 4 2 1 14
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 3 5 2 3 0 13
KONICA MINOLTA OPTO, INC 1 0 2 3 7 13
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 0 7 0 3 3 13
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 0 1 0 11 12
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 4 7 11
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. 1 3 0 2 4 10
THOMSON LICENSING 0 3 3 2 2 10
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 2 3 2 2 1 10
YOUNG OPTICS INC. 1 1 1 1 6 10
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 1 4 1 0 3 9
DOLBY LABORATORIES INC. 0 0 5 1 2 8
QISDA CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 6 8
CHINON TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 1 0 0 0 7
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 1 1 2 1 7
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 2 3 2 0 0 7
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 1 6
JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION 2 0 4 0 0 6
LIGHTMASTER SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 3 1 1 6
NIKON CORPORATION 1 0 1 1 3 6
PIXELWORKS, INC. 1 1 2 1 1 6
SUPERIMAGING, INC. 2 2 1 1 0 6
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 0 0 0 1 4 5
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
TTE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 2 1 0 2 5


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