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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 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 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 63 75 111 99 75 423
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 48 44 58 62 61 273
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 39 39 61 47 38 224
XEROX CORPORATION 46 31 41 20 16 154
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 36 22 29 21 15 123
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 25 28 14 12 19 98
KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC. 0 2 12 39 44 97
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 16 27 18 11 13 85
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 19 15 24 12 1 71
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 16 24 10 4 3 57
OKIDATA CORPORATION 9 9 13 9 13 53
KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION 20 11 15 3 0 49
PFU LIMITED 5 5 5 22 9 46
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 11 10 10 9 5 45
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 13 6 14 6 6 45
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 9 13 8 7 5 42
PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD. 10 11 14 3 0 38
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 8 5 9 10 2 34
RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION 5 3 5 12 9 34
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 4 6 9 12 0 31
FOXLINK IMAGE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 4 5 5 5 7 26
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 14 5 4 2 0 25
HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 10 3 3 5 2 23
NCR CORPORATION 2 6 8 3 4 23
GLORY LTD. 1 10 3 4 3 21
NEOPOST TECHNOLOGIES 4 5 6 4 1 20
GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GMBH 5 5 1 4 2 17
KONICA MINOLTA, INC. 0 0 0 6 11 17
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 5 2 4 3 2 16
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0 3 3 3 6 15
WINCOR NIXDORF INTERNATIONAL GMBH 2 3 3 2 5 15
AVISION INC. 4 4 0 4 2 14
CAL-COMP ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY LIMITED 1 1 6 6 0 14
HITACHI-OMRON TERMINAL SOLUTIONS, CORP. 5 3 5 1 0 14
NAUTILUS HYOSUNG INC. 5 1 4 2 1 13
NISCA CORPORATION 1 4 5 2 1 13
UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION 0 7 4 2 0 13
GOSS INTERNATIONAL AMERICAS, INC. 2 4 5 1 0 12
KINPO ELECTRONICS, INC. 5 4 2 1 0 12
MEI, INC. 2 2 4 3 1 12
GRG BANKING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD. 0 0 1 6 4 11
MULLER MARTINI HOLDING AG 3 4 2 2 0 11
DUPLO SEIKO CORP. 4 5 1 0 0 10
MURATA MACHINERY, LTD. 2 2 5 1 0 10
FERAG AG 2 0 3 3 1 9
OCE-TECHNOLOGIES, B.V. 1 0 4 2 2 9
SHANDONG NEW BEIYANG INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 1 5 1 1 8
BURROUGHS PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC. 6 1 0 0 0 7
SOLYSTIC 0 1 3 1 2 7
CANON FINETECH INC. 2 3 0 0 1 6
KOMORI CORPORATION 2 1 1 2 0 6
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 0 5
J & L GROUP INTERNATIONAL, LLC. 1 2 1 1 0 5
NEC ACCESS TECHNICA, LTD. 0 1 3 1 0 5
NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION 3 1 0 0 1 5
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 3 1 1 0 0 5
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 1 2 0 0 5



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