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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 399, Electrophotography

( 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 282 338 409 527 632 2188
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 345 316 351 370 458 1840
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 223 231 249 324 389 1416
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 125 195 223 256 222 1021
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 136 133 105 102 92 568
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 109 136 135 113 30 523
XEROX CORPORATION 140 129 91 76 71 507
KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC. 0 7 34 122 265 428
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 89 82 78 76 53 378
OKIDATA CORPORATION 56 79 61 70 93 359
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 92 69 34 62 63 320
KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION 78 72 54 17 3 224
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 18 43 55 54 14 184
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 40 32 19 36 47 174
KONICA MINOLTA, INC. 0 0 0 28 108 136
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 55 29 23 7 3 117
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 14 9 16 25 11 75
OCE PRINTING SYSTEMS GMBH 6 15 11 5 4 41
STATIC CONTROL COMPONENTS, INC. 5 2 4 13 7 31
MURATA MACHINERY, LTD. 4 1 3 7 3 18
MITSUBISHI KAGAKU IMAGING CORPORATION 3 3 7 1 3 17
MIYAKOSHI PRINTING MACHINERY CO., LTD. 1 4 7 2 2 16
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 4 3 1 5 2 15
CANON FINETECH INC. 0 4 3 2 5 14
HEWLETT-PACKARD INDIGO B.V. 0 0 2 2 10 14
CLOVER TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, LLC 0 0 0 5 7 12
GENERAL PLASTIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 2 3 1 2 4 12
ZHUHAI SEINE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 0 1 2 5 2 10
BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION 3 1 2 1 2 9
CASIO ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 1 0 3 1 4 9
KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC. 0 3 0 6 0 9
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION 1 0 0 0 8 9
NISCA CORPORATION 3 1 1 2 2 9
OCE-TECHNOLOGIES, B.V. 3 2 1 0 3 9
CANON KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 4 2 0 0 8
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD. 2 0 1 2 3 8
PRINT-RITE-UNICORN IMAGE PRODUCTS CO., LTD. OF ZHUHAI 0 0 1 3 3 7
RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION 0 2 3 1 1 7
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 4 2 0 0 0 6
WAZANA BROTHERS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 0 4 0 0 6
KYOCERA CORPORATION 2 2 1 0 0 5
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 0 0 1 3 5
XEIKON IP BV 1 1 0 0 3 5



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