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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2008 - 2012 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 235, Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.)

( 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 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 85 80 91 92 94 442
DIEBOLD SELF SERVICE SYSTEMS, A DIVISION OF DIEBOLD, INCORPORATED 43 28 44 68 55 238
METROLOGIC INSTRUMENTS INC. 24 66 66 28 12 196
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 30 25 45 62 27 189
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 41 28 28 39 25 161
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 42 33 32 19 15 141
DIEBOLD INCORPORATED 16 21 27 34 30 128
AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC. 27 27 21 20 20 115
HAND-HELD PRODUCTS, INC. 16 14 20 26 37 113
NCR CORPORATION 27 29 15 19 23 113
SONY CORPORATION 20 7 9 14 14 64
TARGET BRANDS, INC. 5 5 20 18 14 62
FIRST DATA CORPORATION 19 22 10 8 1 60
FUJITSU LIMITED 16 13 13 8 9 59
MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL, INC. 5 5 13 13 20 56
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 12 9 9 8 11 49
VISA U.S.A., INC. 6 6 11 10 15 48
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 9 6 15 5 11 46
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 6 13 16 6 2 43
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5 10 11 11 3 40
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 2 3 9 11 15 40
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 0 3 7 12 14 36
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 7 2 9 11 6 35
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 7 3 11 7 6 34
GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GMBH 5 6 4 6 12 33
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 14 7 5 4 2 32
UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA) 0 1 12 8 11 32
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 5 5 9 5 6 30
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 3 5 7 12 30
XEROX CORPORATION 4 4 6 5 11 30
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 0 2 1 8 16 27
INTERMEC IP CORP. 10 3 1 7 4 25
NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION 3 2 2 2 15 24
L-1 SECURE CREDENTIALING, INC. 0 2 11 9 1 23
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 1 6 3 6 6 22
HITACHI, LTD 8 5 3 4 2 22
PANASONIC CORPORATION 1 5 9 6 1 22
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 5 7 5 4 1 22
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 6 4 9 2 1 22
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 1 2 9 6 21
WESTERN UNION COMPANY 4 2 6 5 4 21
NOKIA CORPORATION 4 7 4 2 3 20
DATALOGIC SCANNING, INC. 5 6 3 3 2 19
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 6 2 2 6 3 19
VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION 1 0 4 9 5 19
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. 5 1 4 5 3 18
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 3 3 5 3 4 18
GEMALTO SA 0 2 6 5 4 17
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 1 1 3 8 4 17
COGNEX TECHNOLOGY AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION 0 4 2 6 4 16
DIGIMARC CORPORATION 6 2 3 0 5 16
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 4 1 1 6 4 16
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 10 4 2 0 0 16
CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION 2 8 2 3 0 15
NAUTILUS HYOSUNG INC. 3 2 1 7 2 15
TRANSACTION HOLDINGS LTD. L.L.C. 0 8 4 0 3 15
AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION 0 3 3 5 3 14
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 2 6 3 3 14
DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED 3 6 2 2 1 14
DYNAMICS, INC. 0 0 3 6 5 14
HITACHI-OMRON TERMINAL SOLUTIONS, CORP. 7 2 3 1 1 14
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 3 3 4 3 13
OBERTHUR TECHNOLOGIES 2 0 4 3 4 13
YOTTAMARK, INC. 0 1 3 2 7 13
FELICA NETWORKS, INC. 1 1 3 5 2 12
INTUIT, INC. 0 2 5 2 3 12
NEC CORPORATION 3 2 5 0 2 12
PROMEGA CORPORATION 0 1 4 5 2 12
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 4 2 3 1 2 12
WALKER DIGITAL, LLC 3 2 4 2 1 12
AVANTE INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 4 1 3 0 11
DATACARD CORPORATION, INC. 2 1 2 3 3 11
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 3 4 3 0 1 11
GOOGLE, INC. 1 0 1 1 8 11
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 3 1 0 2 5 11
KONICA MINOLTA SYSTEMS LABORATORY, INC. 0 5 5 1 0 11
NXP B.V. 2 2 0 1 6 11
THE CODE CORPORATION 4 1 1 1 4 11
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 1 3 0 5 1 10
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 2 4 0 1 10
INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I, LLC 0 0 2 1 7 10
OMRON CORPORATION 3 2 3 2 0 10
TYFONE, INC. 1 1 1 4 3 10
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC. 4 4 1 1 0 10
APPLE, INC. 0 0 2 3 4 9
CUBIC CORPORATION 3 0 2 1 3 9
DATALOGIC ADC, INC. 0 0 0 0 9 9
OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 5 3 0 1 0 9
QSECURE, INC. 1 3 2 0 3 9
SANDISK CORPORATION 7 1 0 1 0 9
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 0 2 3 1 9
VERI-FONE, INC. 0 2 3 3 1 9
VIVOTECH, INC. 1 3 0 3 2 9
WAL-MART STORES, INC. 2 1 0 2 4 9
ANOTO AB 1 3 1 2 1 8
DE LA RUE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 3 3 1 1 0 8
LEAPFROG ENTERPRISES, INC. 2 2 1 1 2 8
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 1 0 3 2 2 8
MAG TEK, INC. 1 1 3 2 1 8
MARSHALL FEATURE RECOGNITION, LLC 0 1 5 0 2 8
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 1 3 2 1 1 8
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 3 0 3 1 8
SANDISK IL LTD. 3 0 3 2 0 8
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 2 3 2 0 0 7
BLACKHAWK NETWORK, INC. 0 2 4 0 1 7
BOEING COMPANY 1 1 2 2 1 7
BURROUGHS PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 3 4 7
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 2 1 3 1 0 7
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 1 2 2 2 0 7
MICROSCAN SYSTEMS INCORPORATED 1 0 3 2 1 7
MICROVISION, INC. 2 2 2 1 0 7
PRIVASYS, INC. 0 2 0 1 4 7
PSION TEKLOGIX INC. 0 0 3 4 0 7
SCIENTIFIC GAMES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 2 1 0 2 7
SENSORMATIC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 1 2 2 1 7
SONIX TECHNOLOGY CO. 1 1 3 2 0 7
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 4 0 1 2 0 7
STAMPS.COM INC. 0 0 2 2 3 7
VERITEC INC. 0 4 0 1 2 7
XATRA FUND MX, LLC 0 3 0 4 0 7
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 2 2 2 0 0 6
ALTIERRE CORPORATION 1 2 0 2 1 6
ASSA ABLOY AB 1 2 0 0 3 6
E-2 INTERACTIVE, INC. 1 4 0 0 1 6
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 1 0 2 3 6
GLORY LTD. 0 0 2 1 3 6
IKAN TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 0 1 3 0 6
INTERNATIONAL BARCODE CORPORATION 5 1 0 0 0 6
LINTEC CORPORATION 2 2 0 1 1 6
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 6 0 0 0 0 6
MOTOROLA, INC. 2 2 2 0 0 6
QUALCOMM, INC. 0 1 2 0 3 6
RAYTHEON COMPANY 0 0 0 2 4 6
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 1 4 1 6
SERVE VIRTUAL ENTERPRISES, INC. 0 0 0 3 3 6
SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0 1 3 2 0 6
SKIDATA AG 3 1 2 0 0 6
SOCKET MOBILE, INC. 0 0 2 1 3 6
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 2 1 1 2 0 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, POSTAL SERVICE 3 0 2 0 1 6
WINCOR NIXDORF INTERNATIONAL GMBH 1 0 2 1 2 6
ZIH CORPORATION 2 1 0 3 0 6
ALIEN TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 1 0 2 0 5
ASK S.A. 2 1 1 1 0 5
AXALTO SA 4 0 1 0 0 5
BARTEX RESEARCH LLC 0 1 0 4 0 5
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 0 1 1 0 3 5
CERNER INNOVATION, INC. 0 2 2 1 0 5
COGNEX CORPORATION 1 0 1 2 1 5
COINSTAR, INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
DATALOGIC S.P.A. 1 3 1 0 0 5
DATALOGIC SCANNING GROUP S.R.L. 0 0 1 0 4 5
DIGITAL ENVOY, INC. 1 2 2 0 0 5
DIRECT MEASUREMENTS INC. 0 2 0 1 2 5
E-MICRO CORPORATION 0 1 3 0 1 5
GOLIATH SOLUTIONS, LLC. 1 3 0 1 0 5
GTECH RHODE ISLAND CORPORATION 0 2 1 2 0 5
HYPERCOM, INC. 0 0 3 2 0 5
I2 TECHNOLOGIES US, INC. 0 2 1 2 0 5
INCARD SA 0 0 0 4 1 5
INTEL CORPORATION 3 1 0 0 1 5
INTERNATIONAL CURRENCY TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 0 3 0 2 0 5
KONICA MINOLTA LABORATORY U.S.A., INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 0 1 2 1 5
MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
PISAFE, INC. 2 3 0 0 0 5
SICK AG 1 1 3 0 0 5
SMARTFLASH TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 0 0 0 3 2 5
SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P. 2 1 1 1 0 5
STOPLIFT, INC. 0 2 0 0 3 5
VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC. 0 0 3 1 1 5
WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5


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