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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2011 - 2015 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 235, Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.)

( 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 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 92 94 116 115 112 529
DIEBOLD SELF SERVICE SYSTEMS, A DIVISION OF DIEBOLD, INCORPORATED 68 55 60 29 25 237
HAND-HELD PRODUCTS, INC. 26 37 39 30 46 178
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 39 25 32 42 37 175
DIEBOLD INCORPORATED 34 30 39 14 9 126
NCR CORPORATION 19 23 23 27 20 112
METROLOGIC INSTRUMENTS INC. 28 12 22 16 20 98
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 62 27 4 0 0 93
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 19 15 12 19 14 79
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 8 16 27 7 14 72
MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL, INC. 13 20 12 9 10 64
VISA U.S.A., INC. 10 15 13 14 6 58
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 8 4 17 16 12 57
DYNAMICS, INC. 6 5 19 13 13 56
AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC. 20 20 10 3 1 54
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 7 12 19 8 8 54
DATALOGIC ADC, INC. 0 9 14 13 14 50
GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GMBH 6 12 12 9 10 49
SONY CORPORATION 14 14 8 6 6 48
SQUARE, INC. 0 3 10 16 19 48
TARGET BRANDS, INC. 18 14 7 8 0 47
NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION 2 15 9 9 10 45
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 8 11 6 9 11 45
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 12 14 9 3 5 43
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 5 11 7 10 9 42
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 5 8 13 14 42
UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA) 8 11 10 10 3 42
VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION 9 5 10 8 7 39
FUJITSU LIMITED 8 9 7 6 5 35
GOOGLE, INC. 1 8 8 10 7 34
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 11 15 8 0 0 34
XEROX CORPORATION 5 11 8 4 6 34
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 7 6 7 5 8 33
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 3 11 6 6 30
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 6 3 3 8 10 30
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 6 6 7 4 5 28
GEMALTO SA 5 4 7 5 7 28
NXP B.V. 1 6 5 12 4 28
OBERTHUR TECHNOLOGIES 3 4 10 5 5 27
THE CODE CORPORATION 1 4 3 6 13 27
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 5 6 5 3 8 27
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 11 6 5 2 1 25
APPLE, INC. 3 4 7 6 4 24
INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I, LLC 1 7 11 4 1 24
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. 5 3 7 7 2 24
FIRST DATA CORPORATION 8 1 6 5 3 23
WAL-MART STORES, INC. 2 4 4 3 9 22
EBAY INC. 2 2 5 6 6 21
GLORY LTD. 1 3 7 5 5 21
TYFONE, INC. 4 3 4 1 8 20
COGNEX CORPORATION 2 1 4 5 7 19
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 11 3 0 2 3 19
BLACKBERRY LIMITED 0 0 2 9 7 18
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 9 6 1 2 0 18
AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION 5 3 1 2 6 17
WINCOR NIXDORF INTERNATIONAL GMBH 1 2 7 5 2 17
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 6 2 5 2 1 16
INTERMEC IP CORP. 7 4 1 0 4 16
WESTERN UNION COMPANY 4 4 3 3 2 16
COGNEX TECHNOLOGY AND INVESTMENT LLC 6 4 1 3 1 15
INTUIT, INC. 2 3 5 4 1 15
YOTTAMARK, INC. 2 7 4 2 0 15
ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C. 0 1 6 5 2 14
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2 3 1 1 7 14
KONICA MINOLTA LABORATORY U.S.A., INC. 2 3 3 4 2 14
BOEING COMPANY 2 1 1 3 6 13
FEINICS AMATECH TEORANTA 1 1 3 3 5 13
FELICA NETWORKS, INC. 5 2 4 1 1 13
QUALCOMM, INC. 0 3 4 3 3 13
DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED 2 1 4 1 4 12
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 1 0 5 3 3 12
L-1 SECURE CREDENTIALING, INC. 9 1 0 1 1 12
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 6 4 0 2 0 12
NAUTILUS HYOSUNG INC. 7 2 1 2 0 12
OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 1 0 6 1 4 12
PANASONIC CORPORATION 6 1 4 1 0 12
PRIVASYS, INC. 1 4 2 4 1 12
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 4 1 2 5 0 12
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC. 1 1 4 4 2 12
SICK AG 0 0 4 3 5 12
VARCODE LTD. 0 2 4 1 5 12
ZIH CORPORATION 3 0 5 2 2 12
CUBIC CORPORATION 1 3 1 2 4 11
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 1 3 3 3 11
MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 1 3 2 3 11
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION, LTD. 0 3 2 3 3 11
VERI-FONE, INC. 3 1 2 3 2 11
BROADCOM CORPORATION 3 3 2 1 1 10
CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION 3 0 2 3 2 10
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 0 3 1 5 1 10
DEVICEFIDELITY, INC. 2 1 2 1 4 10
SERVE VIRTUAL ENTERPRISES, INC. 3 3 4 0 0 10
SICPA HOLDING, S.A. 0 2 0 4 4 10
TOSHIBA GLOBAL COMMERCE SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS CORPORATION 0 0 2 5 3 10
ENPULZ, LLC 0 0 8 1 0 9
GIFTCODES.COM, LLC 0 0 2 5 2 9
HITACHI, LTD 4 2 1 2 0 9
III HOLDINGS 1, LLC 0 0 0 3 6 9
INCARD SA 4 1 4 0 0 9
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 2 2 2 2 1 9
RAYTHEON COMPANY 2 4 1 2 0 9
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 3 4 0 1 1 9
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 5 1 0 1 1 8
COMPAGNIE INDUSTRIELLE ET FINANCIERE D'INGENIERIE INGENICO 3 0 1 2 2 8
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 1 1 1 4 1 8
ELECTION SYSTEMS & SOFTWARE, LLC 0 0 0 5 3 8
INTEL CORPORATION 0 1 3 2 2 8
INTELLECTUAL VENTURES FUND 83 LLC 0 0 3 3 2 8
NOKIA CORPORATION 2 3 2 1 0 8
PSION INC. 1 1 4 2 0 8
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 4 1 3 0 0 8
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 1 1 1 3 8
SOCKET MOBILE, INC. 1 3 0 2 2 8
TRUTAG TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 3 3 2 8
WISTRON CORPORATION 1 1 0 4 2 8
ASSA ABLOY AB 0 3 0 1 3 7
BLACKHAWK NETWORK, INC. 0 1 0 3 3 7
BURROUGHS PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC. 3 4 0 0 0 7
CAREFUSION 303 INC. 0 1 1 1 4 7
DATACARD CORPORATION, INC. 3 3 1 0 0 7
DATALOGIC SCANNING GROUP S.R.L. 0 4 2 1 0 7
DIGIMARC CORPORATION 0 5 0 1 1 7
EWINWIN, INC. 0 1 5 1 0 7
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 1 3 2 0 1 7
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 2 0 0 3 2 7
KEYENCE CORPORATION 0 2 3 1 1 7
LEAD CORE FUND, L.L.C. 0 0 1 6 0 7
ON TRACK INNOVATIONS LTD. 1 3 1 2 0 7
PICTECH MANAGEMENT LIMITED 0 0 0 0 7 7
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 4 2 0 1 0 7
PROMEGA CORPORATION 5 2 0 0 0 7
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 1 1 1 1 7
SMARTRAC IP B.V. 1 0 3 0 3 7
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. 1 0 1 4 1 7
WEST VIEW RESEARCH, LLC 0 0 3 3 1 7
ASK S.A. 1 0 3 1 1 6
CFPH, L.L.C. 0 0 1 4 1 6
CPI CARD GROUP-COLORADO, INC. 0 0 1 2 3 6
DE LA RUE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1 0 2 1 2 6
DIRECT MEASUREMENTS INC. 1 2 2 1 0 6
GAMING PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL USA, INC. 3 0 0 1 2 6
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 1 2 3 6
LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC. 1 0 5 0 0 6
LUMIDIGM, INC. 0 0 1 3 2 6
MOTOROLA-MOBILITY, INC. 2 2 1 1 0 6
NATIONAL PAYMENT CARD ASSOCIATION 1 1 2 2 0 6
NEOLOGY, INC. 0 0 1 2 3 6
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 1 1 2 2 0 6
PEKING UNIVERSITY FOUNDER GROUP CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 6 6
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 1 0 2 0 6
ROELESIS WIRELESS LLC 2 2 1 0 1 6
STAMPS.COM INC. 2 3 1 0 0 6
STOPLIFT, INC. 0 3 2 1 0 6
UNIFORM INDUSTRIAL CORP. 0 1 2 3 0 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, POSTAL SERVICE 0 1 1 1 3 6
WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC. 2 3 0 1 0 6
ALIEN TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 0 1 1 1 5
ALTIERRE CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 0 5
ARJOWIGGINS SECURITY 3 1 1 0 0 5
CATALINA MARKETING CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 0 5
CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH 2 2 1 0 0 5
DATALOGIC SCANNING, INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
DOMINION VOTING SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 5 0 5
EM MICROELECTRONIC-MARIN SA 0 1 2 1 1 5
EUFORA, LLC 2 0 1 2 0 5
GETAC TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 4 0 1 5
HARRIS TECHNOLOGY, LLC 1 0 1 3 0 5
IMPINJ, INC. 0 1 1 0 3 5
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 3 1 1 0 5
MAG TEK, INC. 2 1 0 1 1 5
NAGRAID S.A. 0 1 3 1 0 5
NEC CORPORATION 0 2 1 2 0 5
OMNI-ID CAYMAN LIMITED 0 0 1 3 1 5
OMNICARE, INC. 0 2 2 0 1 5
ORIDION MEDICAL 1987, LTD. 0 0 0 3 2 5
REAGAN INVENTIONS, LLC 2 0 1 1 1 5
SENSORMATIC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 0 5
SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 2 0 2 1 0 5
SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
SMARTFLASH TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 3 2 0 0 0 5
TRANSACTION HOLDINGS LTD. L.L.C. 0 3 0 2 0 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 1 1 1 0 2 5
VANGUARD IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 0 1 2 5
VIVOTECH, INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
X-CARD HOLDINGS, LLC 0 0 1 2 2 5



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