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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Electronic Information Products Division
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2003 - 2007 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 725, Interactive Video Distribution Systems

( 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 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Total
SONY CORPORATION 10 14 13 36 21 94
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 6 6 12 13 21 58
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 9 9 5 22 6 51
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 11 11 6 12 8 48
INTEL CORPORATION 6 4 3 9 19 41
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 7 12 6 9 4 38
UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES, INC. 10 12 4 6 6 38
SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC. 6 10 2 8 7 33
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 5 1 5 16 6 33
SEDNA PATENT SERVICES, LLC 0 0 4 17 9 30
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 2 7 3 9 6 27
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 5 4 8 5 4 26
DIGEO, INC. 1 0 3 10 10 24
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 1 5 3 10 2 21
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. 0 3 5 3 5 16
WEBTV NETWORKS, INC. 5 8 2 0 1 16
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 2 1 4 7 15
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 3 2 4 2 15
OPENTV, INC. 4 2 3 5 1 15
FUJITSU LIMITED 2 5 3 3 1 14
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 3 2 3 4 0 12
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 2 1 2 4 1 10
DIVA SYSTEMS CORPORATION 5 5 0 0 0 10
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP. 4 5 1 0 0 10
HITACHI, LTD 1 3 1 3 1 9
MASPRO DENKOH CO., LTD. 4 1 2 2 0 9
NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH, INC. 3 1 2 3 0 9
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 1 2 1 4 1 9
NEC CORPORATION 2 1 1 2 2 8
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 0 0 3 3 2 8
STARSIGHT TELECAST, INC. 1 2 0 3 2 8
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 4 0 1 2 1 8
3COM CORPORATION 1 2 2 2 0 7
AT&T CORP. 1 2 2 1 1 7
INDEX SYSTEMS, INC. 3 2 0 1 1 7
PIONEER CORPORATION 0 1 3 2 1 7
PRIME RESEARCH ALLIANCE E., INC. 0 0 0 3 4 7
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. 3 0 0 2 2 7
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 2 1 2 2 0 7
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 2 3 0 6
UNISYS CORPORATION 0 0 1 0 5 6
ARRIS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 1 0 2 0 5
KEEN PERSONAL MEDIA, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 2 0 2 0 5
PACE MICRO TECHNOLOGY PLC 0 2 1 1 1 5
WINK COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 2 1 0 2 0 5

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