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

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2007 - 2011 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 347, Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information

( 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 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Total
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 266 373 279 452 444 1814
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 166 188 226 284 328 1192
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 147 188 195 245 264 1039
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 122 163 173 253 247 958
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 98 87 92 104 86 467
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 62 102 110 106 83 463
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 39 54 76 93 101 363
XEROX CORPORATION 43 41 53 100 105 342
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 48 65 65 58 43 279
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 53 44 30 64 45 236
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 33 43 34 45 45 200
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 48 33 18 50 44 193
SONY CORPORATION 25 21 11 21 21 99
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 25 33 9 16 11 94
KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC. 25 31 12 14 11 93
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 14 15 9 16 16 70
KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC. 16 12 5 15 11 59
FUJIFILM DIMATIX, INC. 7 15 11 9 9 51
OCE-TECHNOLOGIES, B.V. 4 9 13 18 7 51
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 9 9 12 9 11 50
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 9 6 13 16 50
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 6 12 6 10 12 46
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 35 5 4 1 0 45
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 11 14 7 5 2 39
CANON FINETECH INC. 7 4 6 12 3 32
RICOH PRINTING SYSTEMS, LTD. 9 9 5 6 2 31
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 9 5 9 2 5 30
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 1 0 3 15 11 30
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 7 7 5 3 6 28
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 3 5 7 7 5 27
DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD. 5 9 2 4 5 25
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 6 2 8 2 5 23
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 3 6 3 1 10 23
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 2 3 5 4 9 23
QISDA CORPORATION 0 7 11 3 1 22
OKIDATA CORPORATION 2 5 3 7 4 21
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 10 8 1 0 0 19
MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD. 0 0 2 6 11 19
TELECOM ITALIA S.P.A. 5 1 2 5 6 19
HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 5 9 3 1 0 18
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 4 5 4 2 2 17
RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION 3 3 2 4 5 17
FRANCOTYP-POSTALIA AG & CO. KG 2 3 3 3 5 16
KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION 0 2 4 5 5 16
AGFA GRAPHICS NV 2 1 3 3 6 15
NU-KOTE INTERNATIONAL, INC. 4 8 3 0 0 15
YAMAHA CORPORATION 2 6 2 3 1 14
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 2 3 3 2 3 13
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY LTD. 3 2 2 4 2 13
NORITSU KOKI CO., LTD. 2 5 2 1 1 11
SII PRINTEK INC. 2 0 1 2 6 11
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 0 2 5 2 1 10
KONICA CORPORATION 5 3 1 0 1 10
KYOCERA CORPORATION 1 2 4 0 3 10
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 1 5 3 1 10
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 2 5 2 1 10
POLAROID CORPORATION 4 4 2 0 0 10
SEIKO I INFOTECH INC. 0 1 1 3 5 10
VIDEOJET TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 5 2 1 1 10
XAAR TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 4 0 0 3 3 10
BEN Q CORPORATION 8 1 0 0 0 9
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 2 1 2 4 9
CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD. 0 2 2 2 2 8
FUJIFILM IMAGING COLORANTS LIMITED 2 2 3 1 0 8
INTERNATIONAL UNITED TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 2 1 1 1 3 8
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO. LTD 0 2 1 2 2 7
DIMATIX, INC. 5 1 0 1 0 7
ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC. 0 1 2 3 1 7
KODAK GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS GROUP CANADA 2 0 1 3 1 7
NCR CORPORATION 0 1 1 4 1 7
SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 0 4 1 2 7
ZINK IMAGING, INC. 0 0 0 4 3 7
CARESTREAM HEALTH, INC. 0 4 1 0 1 6
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 3 0 3 0 0 6
INFOPRINT SOLUTIONS COMPANY LLC 0 2 1 2 1 6
KBA-METRONIC AG 0 1 0 2 3 6
KONICA MINOLTA IJ TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 0 6 6
RETAIL INKJET SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 0 1 2 3 6
ROLAND DG CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 1 6
ULVAC, INC. 0 0 1 0 5 6
AGFA-GEVAERT N.V. 4 1 0 0 0 5
HITACHI, LTD 2 0 1 1 1 5
LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 2 2 1 0 5
MIYAKOSHI PRINTING MACHINERY CO., LTD. 0 1 2 2 0 5
MVM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 0 2 2 5
NEOPOST TECHNOLOGIES 0 3 0 1 1 5
ZIPHER LIMITED 0 2 2 0 1 5

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