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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 353, Optics: Image Projectors

( 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
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 49 40 51 84 84 308
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 13 10 9 29 33 94
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 20 11 9 15 17 72
SONY CORPORATION 15 5 8 19 16 63
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 19 7 11 8 14 59
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 9 10 4 19 14 56
HITACHI, LTD 7 7 14 15 10 53
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 17 18 9 3 5 52
CORETRONIC CORPORATION 5 7 12 20 7 51
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 4 7 20 20 51
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 2 9 10 17 10 48
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 1 0 11 20 13 45
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 12 4 9 5 5 35
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 2 3 0 11 13 29
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 7 2 5 11 4 29
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. 0 2 4 13 8 27
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 5 9 9 1 0 24
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 1 7 8 5 24
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 3 7 8 4 23
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 3 3 4 8 5 23
YOUNG OPTICS INC. 1 1 6 9 4 21
KONICA MINOLTA OPTO, INC 2 3 7 6 2 20
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 4 4 6 3 19
INFOCUS CORPORATION 11 7 0 0 0 18
MICROVISION, INC. 0 0 1 11 6 18
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 3 2 2 4 7 18
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.) 5 7 1 3 1 17
NEC VIEWTECHNOLOGY, LTD. 5 3 6 1 0 15
NIKON CORPORATION 1 1 3 5 4 14
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 8 2 3 0 0 13
DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. 0 0 1 4 7 12
DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION 5 1 2 2 2 12
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 1 1 1 0 9 12
QISDA CORPORATION 0 2 6 3 1 12
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 0 3 3 2 4 12
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 5 1 2 2 0 10
BARCO N.V. 4 2 1 1 1 9
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 2 3 4 9
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 0 1 4 2 1 8
NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD. 1 1 0 2 4 8
CHRISTIE DIGITAL SYSTEMS USA, INC. 0 0 2 1 4 7
SILICON QUEST KABUSHIKI-KAISHA 0 0 0 4 3 7
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 2 4 1 7
ASIA OPTICAL CO., INC. 2 0 1 3 0 6
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 1 0 3 2 0 6
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 2 0 0 2 2 6
REAL D 0 0 2 2 2 6
SONY DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 2 0 0 4 0 6
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 2 2 1 0 1 6
DENSO CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 2 5
LIGHTMASTER SYSTEMS, INC. 3 1 1 0 0 5
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 5 0 0 0 0 5
MOTOROLA-MOBILITY, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
TTE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 0 2 2 0 5


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