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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 386, Motion Video Signal Processing for Recording or Reproducing

( 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 69 63 94 79 132 437
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 51 53 35 171 39 349
PANASONIC CORPORATION 4 47 65 59 134 309
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 16 45 78 35 40 214
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 28 20 29 16 41 134
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 39 25 19 24 24 131
HITACHI, LTD 22 18 24 13 33 110
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 18 22 27 23 17 107
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 16 18 16 11 12 73
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 13 13 11 2 12 51
PIONEER CORPORATION 7 14 10 10 5 46
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 10 10 11 7 6 44
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 10 6 7 11 10 44
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 11 1 7 13 8 40
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 37 1 0 0 0 38
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 8 3 18 1 7 37
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 4 7 8 3 11 33
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 9 7 1 3 5 25
APPLE, INC. 0 1 1 4 12 18
BROADCOM CORPORATION 3 0 2 3 9 17
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 4 5 2 4 2 17
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 4 6 3 4 0 17
FUJITSU LIMITED 5 0 0 2 9 16
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 2 1 6 0 6 15
TIVO, INC. 1 3 1 4 6 15
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 5 2 3 1 3 14
CYBERLINK CORPORATION 2 2 1 1 6 12
MEDIATEK INC. 2 4 2 1 3 12
ALPINE ELECTRONICS INC. 6 2 1 0 2 11
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 2 0 5 4 11
NEC CORPORATION 2 2 2 0 3 9
SONY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED 1 3 2 2 1 9
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 2 4 2 1 9
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 5 1 1 9
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 0 2 5 8
LSI CORPORATION 3 0 1 3 1 8
PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORPORATION 4 1 3 0 0 8
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. 1 2 3 1 1 8
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 0 4 2 1 0 7
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 2 0 0 5 7
ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C. 0 1 1 0 5 7
INTEL CORPORATION 2 2 1 0 2 7
MACROVISION CORPORATION 2 2 2 0 1 7
ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 3 7
HITACHI CONSUMER ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 0 1 0 5 6
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 1 0 3 1 1 6
ATI TECHNOLOGIES ULC 2 0 1 1 1 5
AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 2 0 0 3 5
DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. 0 2 0 1 2 5
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 0 2 1 0 2 5
INDEX SYSTEMS, INC. 0 3 0 1 1 5
LITE-ON IT CORPORATION 0 2 1 0 2 5
NVIDIA CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 2 5
SONIC SOLUTIONS, INC. 4 1 0 0 0 5
TIME WARNER CABLE, INC. 1 1 0 0 3 5


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