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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 386, Motion Video Signal Processing for Recording or Reproducing

( 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
SONY CORPORATION 79 132 124 143 50 528
PANASONIC CORPORATION 59 134 99 44 4 340
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 171 39 83 31 9 333
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 24 24 50 51 42 191
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 16 41 43 47 34 181
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 35 40 39 24 7 145
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 11 12 20 18 18 79
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 11 10 24 14 19 78
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 7 11 22 31 72
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 23 17 13 4 0 57
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 3 11 16 15 11 56
HITACHI, LTD 13 33 7 2 0 55
ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C. 0 5 13 13 21 52
TIVO, INC. 4 6 10 10 17 47
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 2 12 14 14 0 42
APPLE, INC. 4 12 4 14 6 40
GOOGLE, INC. 0 1 5 11 20 37
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 5 8 13 7 33
FUJITSU LIMITED 2 9 8 10 3 32
BROADCOM CORPORATION 3 9 4 11 4 31
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 5 4 5 9 6 29
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 0 6 9 7 5 27
VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC. 0 2 3 10 12 27
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 22 22
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 13 8 0 1 0 22
ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED 2 5 4 8 2 21
ROVI GUIDES, INC. 0 3 2 4 11 20
PIONEER CORPORATION 10 5 4 0 0 19
HITACHI CONSUMER ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 5 9 4 0 18
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 7 6 4 0 0 17
DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. 1 2 3 5 5 16
INTEL CORPORATION 0 2 6 3 5 16
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 0 0 5 5 6 16
CYBERLINK CORPORATION 1 6 4 1 2 14
NIKON CORPORATION 1 2 4 4 3 14
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 1 0 3 4 5 13
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 3 8 0 2 13
NEC CORPORATION 0 3 2 4 3 12
SONY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED 2 1 4 5 0 12
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 4 2 2 0 3 11
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 3 5 2 1 0 11
UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES, INC. 0 3 2 6 0 11
ELDON TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 0 1 2 7 0 10
JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION 0 1 3 5 1 10
NVIDIA CORPORATION 3 2 1 1 3 10
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 3 3 2 1 9
MEDIATEK INC. 1 3 2 1 2 9
ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION 2 3 2 1 1 9
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA LLC 1 1 1 3 3 9
AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 3 1 3 1 8
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 0 2 2 2 2 8
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 1 3 1 1 2 8
HITACHI MAXELL, LTD. 0 0 0 0 8 8
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 0 1 3 2 2 8
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. 1 1 3 2 1 8
THE NIELSEN COMPANY (U.S.), L.L.C. 0 3 1 2 2 8
YAMAHA CORPORATION 1 0 3 2 2 8
ATI TECHNOLOGIES ULC 1 1 2 1 2 7
CAPSHORE, LLC 0 1 0 4 2 7
COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 0 1 0 4 2 7
DCS COPY PROTECTION LIMITED 2 1 2 2 0 7
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC. 0 0 0 0 7 7
COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 0 3 1 2 6
DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION 0 0 1 3 2 6
GVBB HOLDINGS S.A.R.L. 0 0 0 4 2 6
KYOCERA CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 1 6
OPENTV, INC. 0 2 1 2 1 6
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 2 6
ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 0 1 2 2 1 6
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 4 0 2 0 0 6
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 0 0 4 5
CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 2 3 0 5
CORE WIRELESS LICENSING S.A.R.L. 1 1 0 1 2 5
COREL CORPORATION 0 2 3 0 0 5
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 0 1 3 0 1 5
HOLLINBECK MGMT. GMBH, LLC 1 2 0 2 0 5
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 0 4 1 0 5
HULU LLC 0 0 0 3 2 5
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 1 5
PELCO 0 1 1 2 1 5
QUALCOMM, INC. 3 0 0 0 2 5
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 1 2 0 2 0 5
VERINT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 0 3 1 5
YAHOO, INC. 1 0 1 1 2 5



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