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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 271, Sheet Feeding or Delivering

( 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 44 49 59 63 75 290
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 30 48 52 48 44 222
XEROX CORPORATION 20 33 38 46 31 168
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 11 18 31 39 39 138
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 8 16 20 36 22 102
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 11 6 22 25 28 92
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 11 7 17 16 24 75
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 4 9 11 16 27 67
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 13 13 22 13 6 67
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 14 17 14 11 10 66
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 8 4 18 19 15 64
KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION 4 11 18 20 11 64
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 12 14 20 8 5 59
HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 14 14 13 10 3 54
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 7 16 9 14 5 51
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 2 6 13 9 13 43
PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD. 1 4 5 10 11 31
OKIDATA CORPORATION 3 3 4 9 9 28
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 3 7 11 5 2 28
GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GMBH 3 4 3 5 5 20
FOXLINK IMAGE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 2 4 4 4 5 19
HITACHI-OMRON TERMINAL SOLUTIONS, CORP. 3 2 6 5 3 19
NEOPOST TECHNOLOGIES 1 3 6 4 5 19
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 2 9 5 2 1 19
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 6 7 1 1 18
NISCA CORPORATION 9 2 1 1 4 17
GLORY LTD. 1 0 3 1 10 15
PFU LIMITED 1 2 2 5 5 15
AVISION INC. 2 1 3 4 4 14
KINPO ELECTRONICS, INC. 0 0 5 5 4 14
KOMORI CORPORATION 2 4 5 2 1 14
LG N-SYS INC. 3 5 4 1 1 14
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 7 4 0 1 14
MULLER MARTINI HOLDING AG 2 2 3 3 4 14
FERAG AG 4 1 5 2 0 12
GOSS INTERNATIONAL AMERICAS, INC. 1 3 2 2 4 12
NCR CORPORATION 1 2 1 2 6 12
OCE-TECHNOLOGIES, B.V. 4 3 4 1 0 12
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 1 6 2 1 12
DUPLO SEIKO CORP. 0 1 1 4 5 11
NAUTILUS HYOSUNG INC. 1 1 3 5 1 11
WINCOR NIXDORF INTERNATIONAL GMBH 3 1 2 2 3 11
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 0 0 4 6 10
UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION 0 0 3 0 7 10
CANON FINETECH INC. 1 1 2 2 3 9
MURATA MACHINERY, LTD. 0 3 2 2 2 9
RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION 0 0 1 5 3 9
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 2 3 3 1 9
BURROUGHS PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 1 6 1 8
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 3 1 1 1 1 7
DIEBOLD SELF SERVICE SYSTEMS, A DIVISION OF DIEBOLD, INCORPORATED 2 2 1 0 1 6
LAUREL PRECISION MACHINE CO., LTD. 0 2 0 1 3 6
MEI, INC. 0 1 1 2 2 6
NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION 0 1 1 3 1 6
TECO IMAGE SYSTEMS CO., LTD. 0 2 2 2 0 6
ASIA OPTICAL CO., INC. 0 2 2 1 0 5
BDT AG 1 3 0 0 1 5
BOWE BELL & HOWELL COMPANY 2 2 1 0 0 5
CANON DENSHI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 1 2 1 1 5
FUJITSU LIMITED 3 1 0 1 0 5
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 0 1 0 3 1 5
PITNEY BOWES LTD. 2 0 1 2 0 5
RICOH PRINTING SYSTEMS, LTD. 2 3 0 0 0 5
SILITEK ELECTRONIC (GUANGZHOU) CO.,LTD. 0 0 2 1 2 5


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