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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 271, Sheet Feeding or Delivering

( 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 27 25 44 49 59 204
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 11 6 30 48 52 147
XEROX CORPORATION 11 9 20 33 38 111
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 8 8 11 18 31 76
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 15 13 12 14 20 74
HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 13 14 14 14 13 68
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 12 7 14 17 14 64
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 5 4 13 13 22 57
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 6 7 11 6 22 52
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 4 11 11 7 17 50
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 3 2 8 16 20 49
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 6 1 7 16 9 39
KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION 1 2 4 11 18 36
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 8 4 18 32
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 8 1 2 6 13 30
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 1 5 4 9 11 30
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 4 5 3 7 11 30
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 5 3 6 7 23
NISCA CORPORATION 7 4 9 2 1 23
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 3 3 2 9 5 22
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 2 2 7 4 16
FERAG AG 2 2 4 1 5 14
GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GMBH 3 1 3 4 3 14
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 3 2 1 6 14
LG N-SYS INC. 0 1 3 5 4 13
OCE-TECHNOLOGIES, B.V. 2 0 4 3 4 13
DIEBOLD SELF SERVICE SYSTEMS, A DIVISION OF DIEBOLD, INCORPORATED 3 4 2 2 1 12
OKIDATA CORPORATION 0 2 3 3 4 12
FOXLINK IMAGE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 1 2 4 4 11
HITACHI-OMRON TERMINAL SOLUTIONS, CORP. 0 0 3 2 6 11
KOMORI CORPORATION 0 0 2 4 5 11
PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD. 0 1 1 4 5 11
BOWE BELL & HOWELL COMPANY 2 3 2 2 1 10
GOSS INTERNATIONAL AMERICAS, INC. 1 3 1 3 2 10
NEOPOST TECHNOLOGIES 0 0 1 3 6 10
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 4 3 1 1 9
MULLER MARTINI HOLDING AG 0 0 2 2 3 7
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 1 0 2 3 7
UNISYS CORPORATION 1 4 0 1 1 7
WINCOR NIXDORF INTERNATIONAL GMBH 0 1 3 1 2 7
AVISION INC. 0 0 2 1 3 6
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 2 2 0 2 0 6
RICOH PRINTING SYSTEMS, LTD. 1 0 2 3 0 6
ASAHI SEIKO CO., LTD. 2 1 2 0 0 5
CANON FINETECH INC. 1 0 1 1 2 5
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 2 3 0 0 0 5
FUJITSU LIMITED 0 1 3 1 0 5
GLORY LTD. 1 0 1 0 3 5
KINPO ELECTRONICS, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
KOENIG + BAUER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 2 2 0 0 5
MURATA KIKAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 2 2 1 0 5
MURATA MACHINERY, LTD. 0 0 0 3 2 5
NAUTILUS HYOSUNG INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
NCR CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 1 5
PFU LIMITED 0 0 1 2 2 5
PITNEY BOWES LTD. 0 2 2 0 1 5


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