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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 399, Electrophotography

( 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
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 176 212 309 345 316 1358
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 260 212 247 282 338 1339
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 90 121 158 223 231 823
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 126 76 129 136 133 600
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 64 92 122 125 195 598
XEROX CORPORATION 83 71 111 140 129 534
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 55 62 105 109 136 467
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 54 84 136 89 82 445
KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION 71 82 112 78 72 415
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 72 81 83 92 69 397
OKIDATA CORPORATION 39 22 37 56 79 233
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 44 36 40 55 29 204
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 32 28 29 40 32 161
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 9 22 10 18 43 102
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 16 7 20 14 9 66
OCE PRINTING SYSTEMS GMBH 18 9 9 6 15 57
STATIC CONTROL COMPONENTS, INC. 7 8 6 5 2 28
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 4 8 6 4 3 25
MURATA MACHINERY, LTD. 3 7 8 4 1 23
RICOH PRINTING SYSTEMS, LTD. 14 3 0 0 0 17
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 13 0 0 0 0 13
FUTURE GRAPHICS IMAGING CORPORATION 0 3 7 0 0 10
GENERAL PLASTIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 0 4 1 2 3 10
MITSUBISHI KAGAKU IMAGING CORPORATION 0 0 4 3 3 10
CANON FINETECH INC. 1 0 4 0 4 9
KYOCERA CORPORATION 0 2 3 2 2 9
OCE-TECHNOLOGIES, B.V. 0 2 2 3 2 9
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 1 0 2 4 2 9
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD. 2 3 2 2 0 9
BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION 1 2 1 3 1 8
CARTRIDGE CORPORATION OF AMERICA, INC. 5 2 0 1 0 8
INFOPRINT SOLUTIONS COMPANY LLC 2 0 4 1 1 8
MIYAKOSHI PRINTING MACHINERY CO., LTD. 0 0 3 1 4 8
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 5 3 0 0 8
WAZANA BROTHERS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 1 5 2 0 8
CANON KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 1 2 4 7
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 5 1 0 0 1 7
KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC. 0 0 0 0 7 7
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 0 2 1 0 7
AVISION INC. 1 2 2 1 0 6
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 4 1 1 0 6
NISCA CORPORATION 0 0 2 3 1 6
NTN CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 1 6
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 0 3 2 0 1 6
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 1 0 3 0 1 5
KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC. 2 0 0 0 3 5
SYNZTEC CO., LTD. 2 0 2 0 1 5


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