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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 369, Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval

( 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
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 189 114 97 97 55 552
PANASONIC CORPORATION 17 90 122 180 131 540
SONY CORPORATION 106 88 108 114 99 515
HITACHI, LTD 37 33 63 63 51 247
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 35 73 69 51 18 246
PIONEER CORPORATION 45 46 51 73 27 242
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 62 53 40 30 17 202
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 67 22 27 30 32 178
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 21 45 52 31 18 167
MEDIATEK INC. 42 20 51 27 26 166
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 42 50 39 25 4 160
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 35 28 33 42 15 153
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 16 21 30 38 37 142
TDK CORPORATION 19 13 26 22 56 136
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 14 16 19 24 29 102
KONICA MINOLTA OPTO, INC 15 16 28 24 15 98
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 81 4 2 2 1 90
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 14 14 23 23 10 84
HITACHI-LG DATA STORAGE, INC. 3 6 14 19 32 74
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 11 19 24 13 7 74
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 9 15 32 14 2 72
HITACHI MEDIA ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 4 5 13 26 24 72
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 1 10 27 22 65
LITE-ON IT CORPORATION 15 8 13 15 10 61
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 14 8 8 14 17 61
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 1 2 4 22 25 54
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 4 7 7 20 13 51
NEC CORPORATION 13 11 11 11 4 50
FUJITSU LIMITED 19 19 3 0 2 43
TEAC CORPORATION 8 9 7 16 2 42
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 11 9 10 4 5 39
HITACHI CONSUMER ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 0 0 7 32 39
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 1 1 5 10 20 37
YAMAHA CORPORATION 6 10 11 7 2 36
HOYA CORPORATION 5 0 10 9 10 34
TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD. 0 5 14 8 4 31
HITACHI-LG DATA STORAGE KOREA, INC. 4 9 6 3 5 27
LSI CORPORATION 4 10 2 5 5 26
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 2 0 2 3 18 25
HITACHI MAXELL, LTD. 1 5 9 4 4 23
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 4 5 6 6 1 22
MITSUBISHI KAGAKU MEDIA CO., LTD. 5 8 5 4 0 22
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 3 0 1 4 13 21
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 1 11 8 20
KONICA CORPORATION 8 4 2 5 0 19
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 9 4 2 2 19
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 1 1 5 10 1 18
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 5 4 3 2 3 17
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 2 3 7 4 1 17
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 2 1 4 8 1 16
ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LTD. 1 0 6 4 4 15
INTEL CORPORATION 0 0 6 6 3 15
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 1 3 3 6 1 14
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 4 10 14
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 2 8 3 0 1 14
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 1 4 0 4 5 14
DPHI ACQUISITIONS, INC. 1 4 7 0 0 12
WESTERN DIGITAL (FREMONT), LLC 0 0 0 1 11 12
INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I, LLC 0 0 2 5 4 11
JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 11 11
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 7 4 11
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 0 1 1 6 3 11
TIAN HOLDINGS LLC 3 2 1 4 1 11
TOSHIBA SAMSUNG STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 7 2 2 11
KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC. 3 2 1 4 0 10
OPTWARE CORPORATION 5 1 2 2 0 10
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 1 0 1 3 5 10
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.) 2 2 2 3 0 9
QUANTA STORAGE, INC. 0 1 3 5 0 9
ROHM CO., LTD. 2 1 3 1 2 9
DOUG CARSON & ASSOCIATES, INC. 0 1 2 1 4 8
INTERSIL AMERICAS INC. 1 1 2 2 2 8
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3 1 3 1 0 8
PHILIPS & LITE-ON DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION 0 1 5 2 0 8
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 0 1 2 3 2 8
TOSHIBA SAMSUNG STORAGE TECHNOLOGY KOREA CORPORATION 0 0 2 4 2 8
CINRAM INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 2 1 4 0 7
CLARION CO., LTD. 3 2 0 2 0 7
DAEWOO ELECTRONICS COMPANY, LTD. 1 1 4 1 0 7
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 4 2 0 0 7
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 0 0 3 4 0 7
SONY DADC AUSTRIA AG 0 1 3 3 0 7
ALPINE ELECTRONICS INC. 2 1 3 0 0 6
FUJITSU TEN LIMITED 0 4 1 1 0 6
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 2 2 0 2 6
NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION 4 0 2 0 0 6
SONY NEC OPTIARC INC. 0 0 4 2 0 6
ZORAN CORPORATION 0 3 2 1 0 6
APPLE, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
D&M HOLDINGS INC. 2 2 0 1 0 5
EPSON TOYOCOM CORPORATION 1 0 1 3 0 5
IMATION CORP. 2 0 1 2 0 5
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 0 2 0 2 5
ONKYO CORPORATION 1 1 0 0 3 5
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 2 2 0 0 1 5
SEARETE LLC 2 1 2 0 0 5
SONY DISC & DIGITAL SOLUTIONS INC. 0 0 1 0 4 5


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