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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 353, Optics: Image Projectors

( 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
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 84 84 91 78 81 418
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 19 14 24 21 11 89
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 17 10 24 19 15 85
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 29 33 15 6 0 83
PANASONIC CORPORATION 20 20 21 18 2 81
SONY CORPORATION 19 16 11 13 11 70
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 15 17 11 17 9 69
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. 13 8 5 23 19 68
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 6 3 3 11 38 61
CORETRONIC CORPORATION 20 7 15 7 9 58
NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD. 2 4 9 15 25 55
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 20 13 6 4 7 50
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 8 5 12 12 3 40
MICROVISION, INC. 11 6 7 5 7 36
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 11 13 5 4 0 33
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 8 14 6 3 2 33
DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. 4 7 4 9 5 29
HITACHI, LTD 15 10 4 0 0 29
YOUNG OPTICS INC. 9 4 5 2 7 27
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 11 4 5 6 0 26
HITACHI CONSUMER ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 3 9 12 0 24
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 0 9 3 0 12 24
NEC CORPORATION 0 0 0 5 15 20
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 5 5 6 1 1 18
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 8 4 2 2 2 18
NIKON CORPORATION 5 4 3 5 1 18
INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I, LLC 0 3 6 4 4 17
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 4 7 1 3 2 17
KONICA MINOLTA OPTO, INC 6 2 2 3 3 16
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 8 5 3 0 0 16
REAL D 2 2 4 5 3 16
QISDA CORPORATION 3 1 8 1 2 15
DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION 2 2 6 2 1 13
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 1 0 4 3 5 13
CHRISTIE DIGITAL SYSTEMS USA, INC. 1 4 2 2 3 12
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 3 5 1 0 2 11
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 11 11
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 4 3 0 0 10
KYOCERA CORPORATION 0 0 0 8 2 10
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 2 2 2 3 1 10
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 2 4 0 3 1 10
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 7 9
OSRAM GMBH 0 1 3 2 3 9
CORNING INCORPORATED 1 1 4 2 0 8
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 2 0 2 4 8
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 5 2 1 8
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 0 0 5 0 3 8
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO. LTD 0 0 0 1 6 7
DENSO CORPORATION 3 2 0 1 1 7
RAWLES LLC 0 0 0 5 2 7
SILICON QUEST KABUSHIKI-KAISHA 4 3 0 0 0 7
TRANSPACIFIC IMAGE, LLC 0 1 4 2 0 7
JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION 0 3 1 0 2 6
ASIA OPTICAL CO., INC. 3 0 1 1 0 5
BARCO N.V. 1 1 2 0 1 5
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 0 0 1 3 1 5
LEMOPTIX SA 0 1 0 1 3 5
LG INNOTEK CO., LTD 0 0 1 3 1 5
MARTIN PROFESSIONAL A/S 1 0 1 3 0 5
SONY DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 4 0 1 0 0 5
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 1 0 0 0 5
USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISYA 0 0 1 2 2 5



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