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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 396, Photography

( 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
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 48 59 65 71 53 296
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 21 33 33 46 46 179
SONY CORPORATION 13 31 58 44 23 169
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 23 55 55 17 9 159
HOYA CORPORATION 21 47 41 27 2 138
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 10 17 22 35 30 114
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 3 18 22 31 22 96
NIKON CORPORATION 2 14 35 28 16 95
PANASONIC CORPORATION 1 11 20 29 32 93
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 26 19 13 4 5 67
OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP. 3 13 21 9 6 52
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 6 12 16 10 7 51
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 6 14 12 5 4 41
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.) 8 9 15 5 3 40
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 7 13 9 6 36
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 5 12 12 2 4 35
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 2 8 13 7 1 31
SEIKO PRECISION INC. 6 1 9 9 4 29
ASIA OPTICAL CO., INC. 2 14 5 4 0 25
NOKIA CORPORATION 5 10 7 3 0 25
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 1 2 12 6 1 22
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 3 3 11 3 2 22
ALTEK CORPORATION 1 4 7 2 4 18
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 3 9 3 2 1 18
KONICA MINOLTA OPTO, INC 3 5 3 4 2 17
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 4 8 3 2 0 17
NIDEC COPAL CORPORATION 2 0 8 3 3 16
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 5 2 2 5 15
SIIMPEL CORPORATION 0 3 11 0 0 14
FUJITSU LIMITED 3 2 5 3 0 13
LAB PARTNERS ASSOCIATES, INC. 2 0 3 2 6 13
PENTAX RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. 0 0 0 0 12 12
SAMSUNG TECHWIN CO., LTD. 4 4 0 4 0 12
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 1 2 6 2 0 11
SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0 1 2 7 1 11
VA. INC. 2 2 1 1 5 11
ELMO COMPANY LIMITED 2 2 2 3 1 10
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 2 5 1 2 10
KONICA MINOLTA PHOTO IMAGING, INC. 4 5 1 0 0 10
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 10 0 0 0 0 10
PENTAX CORPORATION 10 0 0 0 0 10
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 0 1 3 2 4 10
TAMRON CO., LTD. 0 4 2 3 1 10
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 0 3 5 0 2 10
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 0 3 5 9
APPLE, INC. 0 0 0 5 4 9
FLEXTRONICS AP, LLC 1 0 3 3 2 9
MICROSCAN SYSTEMS INCORPORATED 0 0 3 4 2 9
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 3 1 3 1 1 9
PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD. 1 3 0 5 0 9
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 1 3 4 0 1 9
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 3 2 2 1 1 9
SOKUDO CO., LTD. 1 2 6 0 0 9
DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD. 2 2 3 1 0 8
FU ZHUN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 3 5 0 0 8
HITACHI, LTD 2 2 2 2 0 8
TESSERA MEMS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 5 3 0 8
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 4 2 1 0 0 7
KYOCERA CORPORATION 1 1 3 2 0 7
CHAPMAN/LEONARD STUDIO EQUIPMENT, INC. 0 1 1 1 3 6
DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEMS GMBH 0 0 2 2 2 6
FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD 0 3 3 0 0 6
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 1 3 0 1 1 6
LG INNOTEK CO., LTD 0 1 2 2 1 6
ABILITY ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. 0 0 0 1 4 5
DIGITALOPTICS CORPORATION MEMS 0 0 0 0 5 5
FLIR SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 0 1 1 5
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 2 0 1 0 5
NAUTICAM INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 0 0 0 2 3 5
NISCA CORPORATION 2 3 0 0 0 5
OMRON CORPORATION 1 2 0 2 0 5
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 0 2 0 0 3 5
TDK TAIWAN CORP. 0 1 0 2 2 5


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