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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 347, Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information

( 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
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 373 279 452 444 60 1608
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 188 226 284 328 358 1384
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 188 195 245 264 288 1180
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 163 173 253 247 254 1090
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 102 110 106 83 131 532
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 54 76 93 101 143 467
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 87 92 104 86 94 463
XEROX CORPORATION 41 53 100 105 163 462
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 65 65 58 43 49 280
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 33 18 50 44 94 239
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 44 30 64 45 36 219
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 43 34 45 45 49 216
SONY CORPORATION 21 11 21 21 29 103
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 33 9 16 11 16 85
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 15 9 16 16 23 79
KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC. 31 12 14 11 8 76
FUJIFILM DIMATIX, INC. 15 11 9 9 14 58
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 9 6 13 16 13 57
ZAMTEC LIMITED 0 0 0 0 52 52
OCE-TECHNOLOGIES, B.V. 9 13 18 7 2 49
RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION 3 2 4 5 33 47
KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC. 12 5 15 11 1 44
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 9 12 9 11 3 44
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 5 7 7 5 17 41
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 12 6 10 12 0 40
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 0 3 15 11 9 38
MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD. 0 2 6 11 17 36
CANON FINETECH INC. 4 6 12 3 4 29
OKIDATA CORPORATION 5 3 7 4 10 29
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 14 7 5 2 0 28
DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD. 9 2 4 5 6 26
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 8 2 5 9 26
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 6 3 1 10 5 25
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 7 5 3 6 2 23
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 5 9 2 5 2 23
RICOH PRINTING SYSTEMS, LTD. 9 5 6 2 1 23
QISDA CORPORATION 7 11 3 1 0 22
ROHM CO., LTD. 3 5 4 9 1 22
KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION 2 4 5 5 5 21
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 5 4 2 2 8 21
TELECOM ITALIA S.P.A. 1 2 5 6 7 21
AGFA GRAPHICS NV 1 3 3 6 7 20
FRANCOTYP-POSTALIA GMBH 2 3 3 5 5 18
SII PRINTEK INC. 0 1 2 6 9 18
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 3 3 2 3 5 16
KYOCERA CORPORATION 2 4 0 3 7 16
VIDEOJET TECHNOLOGIES INC. 5 2 1 1 6 15
KONICA MINOLTA IJ TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 6 8 14
SEIKO I INFOTECH INC. 1 1 3 5 4 14
ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC. 1 2 3 1 6 13
HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 9 3 1 0 0 13
YAMAHA CORPORATION 6 2 3 1 1 13
PANASONIC CORPORATION 2 5 2 1 2 12
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY LTD. 2 2 4 2 1 11
NU-KOTE INTERNATIONAL, INC. 8 3 0 0 0 11
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 2 5 2 1 0 10
CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD. 2 2 2 2 2 10
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 5 4 1 0 0 10
KODAK GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS GROUP CANADA 0 1 3 1 5 10
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 5 3 1 0 10
MIYAKOSHI PRINTING MACHINERY CO., LTD. 1 2 2 0 5 10
NCR CORPORATION 1 1 4 1 3 10
ULVAC, INC. 0 1 0 5 4 10
ZINK IMAGING, INC. 0 0 4 3 3 10
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 2 1 2 4 0 9
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 8 1 0 0 0 9
NORITSU KOKI CO., LTD. 5 2 1 1 0 9
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO. LTD 2 1 2 2 1 8
HITACHI INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS CO., LTD. 0 1 1 1 5 8
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 0 2 2 4 8
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 0 0 1 1 6 8
ROLAND DG CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 3 8
CARESTREAM HEALTH, INC. 4 1 0 1 1 7
INFOPRINT SOLUTIONS COMPANY LLC 2 1 2 1 1 7
KBA-METRONIC AG 1 0 2 3 1 7
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 0 0 2 1 4 7
SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 4 1 2 0 7
XAAR TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 0 0 3 3 1 7
FUJIFILM IMAGING COLORANTS LIMITED 2 3 1 0 0 6
FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED 2 0 0 1 3 6
INKTEC CO., LTD. 0 1 2 1 2 6
INTERNATIONAL UNITED TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 1 1 1 3 0 6
MVM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 2 2 1 6
POLAROID CORPORATION 4 2 0 0 0 6
RETAIL INKJET SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 1 2 3 0 6
ZIPHER LIMITED 2 2 0 1 1 6
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 1 0 0 1 3 5
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 0 2 0 0 3 5
KONICA CORPORATION 3 1 0 1 0 5
LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. 2 2 1 0 0 5
NEOPOST TECHNOLOGIES 3 0 1 1 0 5
RICOH ELEMEX CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 1 5


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