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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 348, Television

( 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 103 181 198 274 439 1195
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 168 199 215 268 333 1183
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 100 104 127 118 107 556
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 56 69 98 118 211 552
PANASONIC CORPORATION 8 68 88 141 196 501
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 55 53 85 71 105 369
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 48 61 49 60 105 323
NIKON CORPORATION 21 26 52 53 97 249
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 27 29 38 60 89 243
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 25 36 49 35 41 186
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 29 35 46 29 36 175
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 35 25 22 31 61 174
APTINA IMAGING CORPORATION 10 37 46 47 26 166
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 16 30 32 40 43 161
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 19 28 34 30 43 154
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 29 27 39 34 24 153
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 13 32 22 25 46 138
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 21 13 20 37 39 130
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 5 8 19 32 64 128
HOYA CORPORATION 12 43 37 22 13 127
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 21 36 17 10 37 121
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 37 21 17 28 15 118
BROADCOM CORPORATION 23 22 22 29 21 117
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 21 23 26 12 25 107
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 7 13 9 26 46 101
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 17 27 23 20 4 91
HITACHI, LTD 13 10 10 14 22 69
OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES INC. 4 3 5 24 32 68
FUJITSU LIMITED 12 6 13 10 26 67
OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP. 0 8 14 21 24 67
NOKIA CORPORATION 3 8 14 21 19 65
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 14 9 11 10 20 64
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 2 7 9 42 61
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 5 10 8 11 23 57
INTEL CORPORATION 11 6 5 20 9 51
APPLE, INC. 1 2 11 8 28 50
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.) 8 10 11 11 10 50
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 46 1 0 0 0 47
SAMSUNG TECHWIN CO., LTD. 19 16 0 6 5 46
ALTEK CORPORATION 0 2 5 13 24 44
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 8 6 10 5 15 44
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 6 11 6 10 10 43
MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 7 4 2 7 21 41
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 2 7 7 10 15 41
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 4 0 9 15 12 40
POLYCOM, INC. 3 7 5 9 15 39
QUALCOMM, INC. 0 1 5 12 18 36
KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC. 1 5 10 11 8 35
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 4 5 8 7 11 35
NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 1 4 5 10 14 34
NEC CORPORATION 10 7 4 6 6 33
OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. 0 0 0 3 29 32
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 2 5 4 20 31
KONICA MINOLTA OPTO, INC 2 5 6 6 12 31
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 3 5 5 6 11 30
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 4 6 4 15 30
MEDIATEK INC. 9 6 5 3 7 30
NVIDIA CORPORATION 2 4 8 9 7 30
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 4 5 5 12 29
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 6 3 3 4 12 28
ZORAN CORPORATION 5 4 9 4 6 28
KYOCERA CORPORATION 2 7 3 9 6 27
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 4 1 4 2 16 27
DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEMS GMBH 6 9 7 2 2 26
HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 5 1 2 7 11 26
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 5 1 6 8 6 26
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 8 9 4 3 1 25
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 0 7 18 25
PENTAX RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. 0 0 0 1 23 24
ASIA OPTICAL CO., INC. 1 3 8 6 5 23
ELMO COMPANY LIMITED 3 3 3 7 7 23
LIFESIZE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 2 4 7 10 23
PIXELWORKS, INC. 4 9 8 1 1 23
QUANTA COMPUTER INC. 1 2 5 3 12 23
LSI CORPORATION 4 4 6 5 3 22
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 3 3 4 5 7 22
HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC. 2 2 6 5 6 21
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 0 0 6 7 7 20
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 4 2 6 3 5 20
TRUESENSE IMAGING, INC. 0 0 0 0 20 20
ARNOLD & RICHTER CINE TECHNIK GMBH & CO. BETRIEBS KG 1 0 2 8 8 19
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 3 1 3 12 19
BOEING COMPANY 3 1 1 5 9 19
DIGITALOPTICS CORPORATION EUROPE LIMITED 0 0 0 1 18 19
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 4 5 5 2 3 19
DENSO CORPORATION 1 0 3 3 11 18
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 2 0 3 4 9 18
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 1 0 7 2 8 18
ALTASENS, INC. 2 2 5 2 6 17
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 1 2 2 7 5 17
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 2 3 3 2 6 16
ATI TECHNOLOGIES ULC 2 4 4 2 3 15
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 3 2 6 3 1 15
FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 0 12 3 0 0 15
GIVEN IMAGING LTD. 0 3 2 5 5 15
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 2 1 4 1 7 15
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 1 0 1 2 11 15
MTEK VISION CO., LTD. 0 0 1 12 2 15
NXP B.V. 4 3 1 1 6 15
PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD. 0 4 3 5 3 15
AMBARELLA, INC. 1 0 2 6 5 14
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 9 4 1 0 0 14
CSR TECHNOLOGY INC. 0 0 0 0 14 14
FOTONATION VISION LIMITED 2 2 10 0 0 14
MEGACHIPS CORPORATION 1 1 4 6 2 14
MOTOROLA-MOBILITY, INC. 0 0 0 5 9 14
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 2 1 5 3 3 14
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 6 6 1 0 0 13
RAYTHEON COMPANY 2 3 3 2 3 13
TANDBERG TELECOM AS 4 3 4 2 0 13
TEKTRONIX INC. 2 3 2 2 4 13
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 2 1 3 1 6 13
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 5 1 0 3 3 12
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0 3 2 3 4 12
HUAYA MICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 1 5 4 1 1 12
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 2 2 1 4 3 12
MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR, LTD. 8 4 0 0 0 12
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 1 1 3 3 4 12
STMICROELECTRONICS (RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT) LIMITED 0 0 1 3 8 12
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 3 1 5 2 1 12
XEROX CORPORATION 1 1 4 4 2 12
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 3 8 11
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 3 0 4 3 1 11
GOOGLE, INC. 0 1 0 0 10 11
KDDI CORPORATION 1 2 1 0 7 11
KEYENCE CORPORATION 1 0 0 5 5 11
LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 11 11
LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 1 2 1 7 11
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 4 3 0 2 2 11
PIONEER CORPORATION 1 1 1 3 5 11
SAMSUNG DIGITAL IMAGING CO., LTD. 0 4 7 0 0 11
SRI INTERNATIONAL 0 0 0 2 9 11
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 1 3 2 3 11
ALPINE ELECTRONICS INC. 0 2 0 4 4 10
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 6 0 1 0 3 10
AU OPTRONICS CORP. 0 1 1 2 6 10
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 0 2 2 6 10
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 2 2 2 4 10
INTELLECTUAL VENTURES II LLC 0 0 0 2 8 10
INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I, LLC 0 0 0 4 6 10
KOLORIFIC, INC. 4 2 1 1 2 10
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 3 3 4 0 0 10
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 0 2 3 2 3 10
ROHM CO., LTD. 7 1 0 1 1 10
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 1 2 3 4 0 10
TRIDENT MICROSYSTEMS (FAR EAST) LTD. 0 0 2 6 2 10
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 0 3 1 4 1 9
FLIR SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 2 2 4 9
FRANCE TELECOM 2 1 2 0 4 9
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 3 2 1 1 9
MICROVISION, INC. 0 0 2 4 3 9
MOTOROLA, INC. 2 2 5 0 0 9
OMRON CORPORATION 1 0 3 1 4 9
PELCO 2 3 0 2 2 9
RGB SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 5 0 3 9
SCIMEASURE ANALYTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 3 4 0 9
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC 0 0 0 2 7 9
SHIMADZU CORPORATION 3 1 3 0 2 9
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 3 5 8
ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC. 0 2 0 1 5 8
AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 1 2 2 1 2 8
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 1 0 5 2 0 8
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 2 2 1 3 8
CORE LOGIC INC. 0 0 2 2 4 8
DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. 0 0 0 3 5 8
ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C. 0 1 0 1 6 8
FUJITSU TEN LIMITED 2 1 0 1 4 8
GENESIS MICROCHIP INC. 4 2 1 0 1 8
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC. 0 0 0 2 6 8
HIMAX MEDIA SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 0 0 0 8 8
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON 0 3 1 1 3 8
KONICA MINOLTA PHOTO IMAGING, INC. 3 3 1 1 0 8
LEADER ELECTRONICS CORP. 5 1 1 0 1 8
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC VISUAL SOLUTIONS AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 2 6 8
PENTAX CORPORATION 8 0 0 0 0 8
PIXIM, INCORPORATED 3 3 0 2 0 8
REAL D 0 2 2 1 3 8
SILICON MOTION, INC. 0 0 0 1 7 8
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 2 1 0 3 2 8
TELEGENT SYSTEMS, INC. 1 3 0 3 1 8
3VR SECURITY, INC. 0 0 6 0 1 7
APPLIED MINDS, INC. 0 0 3 2 2 7
AUDIOVOX CORPORATION 1 1 0 0 5 7
CROSSTEK CAPITAL, LLC 0 1 0 6 0 7
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 2 1 2 7
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. 0 0 0 3 4 7
GRANDEYE LTD. 1 1 0 2 3 7
HIMAX IMAGING, INC. 0 0 0 0 7 7
HTC CORPORATION 0 2 3 1 1 7
KARL STORZ IMAGING, INC. 1 0 1 1 4 7
KOPLAR INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL LLC 0 4 1 1 1 7
LOGITECH EUROPE S.A. 1 1 2 0 3 7
NEWPORT MEDIA, INC. 0 0 0 1 6 7
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 1 0 1 1 4 7
OBJECTVIDEO, INC. 0 0 3 3 1 7
ON SEMICONDUCTOR TRADING LTD. 0 0 0 4 3 7
PIXART IMAGING INC. 0 0 0 0 7 7
ROUND ROCK RESEARCH, LLC 0 0 0 6 1 7
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 1 0 2 3 7
SMARTVUE CORPORATION 0 1 4 1 1 7
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 1 3 2 0 1 7
ALTUS TECHNOLOGY INC. 0 2 2 2 0 6
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 0 1 1 0 4 6
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 1 0 1 2 2 6
CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD. 1 0 1 0 4 6
CLARION CO., LTD. 1 1 1 1 2 6
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 2 0 0 1 3 6
CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 1 0 2 1 2 6
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 1 2 2 1 0 6
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 1 1 1 2 1 6
DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 3 6
DONNELLY CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 2 6
FOTOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES LLC 4 1 0 1 0 6
FRONT ROW TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 0 0 3 1 2 6
FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 1 1 1 3 6
GENTEX CORPORATION 1 1 0 0 4 6
HITACHI CONSUMER ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 0 0 2 4 6
HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD. 0 3 1 1 1 6
JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY 1 1 2 2 0 6
MAGNUM SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 4 2 0 0 0 6
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 0 0 1 0 5 6
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 0 0 3 1 2 6
MITUTOYO CORPORATION 2 0 1 2 1 6
NEC VIEWTECHNOLOGY, LTD. 1 2 1 1 1 6
NINTENDO CO., LTD. 2 0 0 0 4 6
PRINCETON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 4 6
SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 0 0 3 3 6
SILICON IMAGE, INC. 1 3 0 2 0 6
SNELL LIMITED 0 0 1 3 2 6
TATUNG CO., LTD. 2 1 3 0 0 6
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. 1 0 3 2 0 6
TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 0 1 0 2 3 6
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 2 0 1 2 1 6
VISIONSENSE LTD. 0 0 1 1 4 6
WALKER DIGITAL, LLC 0 3 2 1 0 6
WISTRON CORPORATION 1 0 1 2 2 6
ADVASENSE TECHNOLOGIES (2004) LTD 0 0 1 4 0 5
ALCATEL LUCENT 0 0 0 0 5 5
AMTRAN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 0 1 2 2 5
CHI MEI COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
CORETRONIC CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 2 5
DALSA INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5
E2V TECHNOLOGIES (UK) LTD. 1 0 1 2 1 5
ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD. 1 0 0 1 3 5
FAIRCHILD IMAGING, INC. 0 0 3 2 0 5
FOVEON, INC. 0 2 3 0 0 5
IMAGINATION TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 2 3 0 0 0 5
JOHN FLUKE MFG. CO., INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 5 5
LIFETOUCH INC. 1 2 1 0 1 5
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 0 0 1 1 3 5
MAVS LAB INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
MITSUBISHI DIGITAL ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC. 1 1 3 0 0 5
MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 1 1 2 1 5
ONLIVE, INC. 0 4 1 0 0 5
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 0 0 2 2 1 5
PFU LIMITED 0 0 0 4 1 5
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 2 0 0 0 5
REVOLUTIONARY CONCEPTS, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
SCALAR CORPORATION 2 1 0 0 2 5
SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0 0 0 1 4 5
SONY DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 1 2 0 0 2 5
SONY TAIWAN LIMITED 0 0 1 4 0 5
SONY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED 0 0 1 1 3 5
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 1 1 0 0 3 5
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 1 1 0 1 5
TELEBUYER, LLC 2 0 0 0 3 5
THAT CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 1 5
UTC FIRE & SECURITY AMERICAS CORPORATION, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
XENOGEN CORPORATION 0 2 1 1 1 5
YAMAHA CORPORATION 2 1 0 2 0 5
YOULIZA, GEHTS B.V. LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 0 0 0 2 3 5


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