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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 725, Interactive Video Distribution Systems

( 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
SONY CORPORATION 15 42 64 76 86 283
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 10 35 54 64 64 227
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 19 61 53 38 35 206
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 2 8 18 28 85 141
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 7 15 31 36 45 134
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 5 9 24 27 48 113
UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES, INC. 4 14 17 27 26 88
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 9 10 19 23 15 76
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 17 23 11 15 66
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 10 14 21 16 65
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. 5 5 14 26 12 62
THE NIELSEN COMPANY (U.S.), L.L.C. 0 7 15 11 18 51
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 3 15 8 8 16 50
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 16 13 11 3 44
PERSONALIZED MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C. 0 0 29 9 2 40
TIME WARNER CABLE, INC. 0 6 10 8 13 37
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 7 10 7 10 36
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 7 6 8 6 9 36
COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 7 8 9 9 33
INTEL CORPORATION 5 3 5 12 8 33
COMCAST IP HOLDINGS I, LLC 0 6 12 9 4 31
GOOGLE, INC. 1 1 3 8 16 29
BROADCOM CORPORATION 3 4 5 7 8 27
TIVO, INC. 0 2 6 6 12 26
VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC. 0 0 3 5 18 26
ARRIS GROUP, INC. 0 0 4 3 14 21
SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC. 7 6 8 0 0 21
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 0 4 6 2 8 20
STARSIGHT TELECAST, INC. 1 7 3 3 6 20
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 2 2 3 9 4 20
JLB VENTURES LLC 3 2 3 4 7 19
OPENTV, INC. 0 5 2 9 3 19
NDS LIMITED 2 2 5 5 3 17
ALCATEL LUCENT 0 0 1 6 9 16
PRIME RESEARCH ALLIANCE E., INC. 2 2 3 6 3 16
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 0 4 3 6 3 16
TOUCHTUNES MUSIC CORPORATION 3 1 2 4 6 16
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. 0 0 4 7 4 15
HITACHI, LTD 3 2 7 1 2 15
NOKIA CORPORATION 1 6 4 0 4 15
NEC CORPORATION 3 3 0 2 6 14
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 2 0 3 4 5 14
VISIBLE WORLD, INC. 0 1 1 10 2 14
ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C. 0 0 0 1 12 13
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2 2 2 3 3 12
STARZ ENTERTAINMENT GROUP LLC 0 1 5 5 1 12
FUJITSU LIMITED 3 1 1 2 4 11
SEDNA PATENT SERVICES, LLC 9 2 0 0 0 11
SLING MEDIA, INC. 0 0 3 6 2 11
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 1 3 1 3 3 11
YAHOO, INC. 1 0 3 1 6 11
INDEX SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 1 1 5 9
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 0 0 4 5 0 9
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 1 2 2 3 9
TVWORKS, LLC 0 1 2 3 3 9
UNISYS CORPORATION 6 0 2 0 1 9
BOEING COMPANY 0 1 3 3 1 8
ERICSSON TELEVISION INC. 0 0 1 3 4 8
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 3 1 4 0 0 8
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 1 3 1 2 1 8
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 7 1 0 0 0 8
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 4 0 1 2 8
SYNCBAK, INC. 0 0 0 0 8 8
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 0 0 1 2 5 8
TIME WARNER INTERACTIVE VIDEO GROUP, INC. 0 2 4 2 0 8
COMCAST CABLE HOLDINGS, LLC 0 1 1 2 3 7
INTELLOCITY USA, INC. 3 0 3 1 0 7
INVIDI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 3 7
JOHN MEZZALINGUA ASSOCIATES, INC. 0 1 1 2 3 7
KOPLAR INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL LLC 0 3 1 3 0 7
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 2 1 1 3 7
PENTAX OF AMERICA, INC. 1 5 1 0 0 7
AOL LLC 1 1 1 1 2 6
KEEN PERSONAL MEDIA, INC. 1 2 1 2 0 6
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 0 3 1 0 6
ROVI GUIDES, INC. 0 0 0 2 4 6
SONY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED 0 0 1 2 3 6
APPLE, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
AT& T KNOWLEDGE VENTURES, L.P. 0 0 3 2 0 5
AUDIOVOX CORPORATION 0 1 0 0 4 5
COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 0 0 1 1 3 5
CORPORATE MEDIA PARTNERS D/B/A AMERICAST 0 1 2 1 1 5
DIGEO, INC. 5 0 0 0 0 5
DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
GEMSTAR DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 2 5
INTERVAL LICENSING LLC 0 0 1 1 3 5
LSI CORPORATION 0 1 3 0 1 5
MITSUBISHI DIGITAL ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC. 0 0 3 2 0 5
NXP B.V. 0 2 0 2 1 5
QURIO HOLDINGS, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
REDMERE TECHNOLOGY LTD. 0 0 1 3 1 5


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