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Rank Ordered Listing of Organizations Receiving
5
or More Utility Patents During the Period
Having Primary Classification In
Class 369, Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval
( 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 )
First-Named Assignee | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PANASONIC CORPORATION | 90 | 122 | 180 | 131 | 78 | 601 |
SONY CORPORATION | 88 | 108 | 114 | 99 | 68 | 477 |
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 114 | 97 | 97 | 55 | 33 | 396 |
HITACHI, LTD | 33 | 63 | 63 | 51 | 19 | 229 |
LG ELECTRONICS INC. | 73 | 69 | 51 | 18 | 4 | 215 |
PIONEER CORPORATION | 46 | 51 | 73 | 27 | 4 | 201 |
TDK CORPORATION | 13 | 26 | 22 | 56 | 45 | 162 |
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. | 45 | 52 | 31 | 18 | 14 | 160 |
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. | 21 | 30 | 38 | 37 | 31 | 157 |
TOSHIBA CORPORATION | 22 | 27 | 30 | 32 | 34 | 145 |
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. | 53 | 40 | 30 | 17 | 1 | 141 |
MEDIATEK INC. | 20 | 51 | 27 | 26 | 15 | 139 |
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. | 28 | 33 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 125 |
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED | 50 | 39 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 120 |
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) | 16 | 19 | 24 | 29 | 23 | 111 |
KONICA MINOLTA OPTO, INC | 16 | 28 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 92 |
HITACHI MEDIA ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 5 | 13 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 91 |
HITACHI-LG DATA STORAGE, INC. | 6 | 14 | 19 | 32 | 18 | 89 |
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. | 2 | 4 | 22 | 25 | 35 | 88 |
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC | 7 | 7 | 20 | 13 | 35 | 82 |
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION | 14 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 79 |
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT | 19 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 74 |
HITACHI CONSUMER ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 0 | 0 | 7 | 32 | 31 | 70 |
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 1 | 10 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 69 |
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 15 | 32 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 66 |
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. | 8 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 59 |
LITE-ON IT CORPORATION | 8 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 47 |
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. | 0 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 44 |
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | 1 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 44 |
NEC CORPORATION | 11 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 39 |
TEAC CORPORATION | 9 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 37 |
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 35 |
HOYA CORPORATION | 0 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 34 |
TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD. | 5 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 34 |
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. | 9 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 32 |
WESTERN DIGITAL (FREMONT), LLC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 31 |
YAMAHA CORPORATION | 10 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 30 |
LSI CORPORATION | 10 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 28 |
FUJITSU LIMITED | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26 |
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 24 |
HITACHI MAXELL, LTD. | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 23 |
HITACHI-LG DATA STORAGE KOREA, INC. | 9 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 23 |
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 23 |
TOSHIBA SAMSUNG STORAGE TECHNOLOGY KOREA CORPORATION | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 22 |
FUJIFILM CORPORATION | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 21 |
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 21 |
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 |
ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LTD. | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 |
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. | 1 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
MITSUBISHI KAGAKU MEDIA CO., LTD. | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
INTEL CORPORATION | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 16 |
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I, LLC | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
TOSHIBA SAMSUNG STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 |
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 |
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
DPHI ACQUISITIONS, INC. | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
KONICA CORPORATION | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
QUANTA STORAGE, INC. | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
PHILIPS & LITE-ON DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
APPLE, INC. | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
CINRAM INTERNATIONAL INC. | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
DOUG CARSON & ASSOCIATES, INC. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
FUJITSU TEN LIMITED | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
ROHM CO., LTD. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
TIAN HOLDINGS LLC | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
INTERSIL AMERICAS INC. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC. | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
SHOWA DENKO KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
SONY DADC AUSTRIA AG | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
SONY NEC OPTIARC INC. | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
DAEWOO ELECTRONICS COMPANY, LTD. | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
ZORAN CORPORATION | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE - CNRS | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
OPTWARE CORPORATION | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
SONY DISC & DIGITAL SOLUTIONS INC. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
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Electronic Information Products Division - PTMT
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