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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Office of Electronic Information Products
Patent Technology Monitoring Division (PTMD)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 1998 - 2002 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 396, Photography

( 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 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Total
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 176 156 130 83 61 606
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 93 86 115 68 60 422
ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 87 95 68 43 57 350
NIKON CORPORATION 177 68 38 20 14 317
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 54 62 39 63 82 300
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 59 34 49 43 58 243
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 53 40 44 37 18 192
~Individually Owned Patent 61 42 24 21 29 177
FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD. 40 18 23 19 32 132
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 5 4 5 21 20 55
KONICA CORPORATION 11 5 14 9 15 54
NORITSU KOKI CO., LTD. 24 11 13 2 2 52
SONY CORPORATION 9 10 12 3 10 44
POLAROID CORPORATION 10 10 7 8 2 37
AGFA-GEVAERT N.V. 6 9 9 1 6 31
SEIKO PRECISION INC. 5 4 7 1 10 27
SAMSUNG AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES, LTD. 8 9 5 3 0 25
CONCORD CAMERA CORP. 2 1 3 8 4 18
AGFA-GEVAERT, AG 6 6 1 1 1 15
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2 3 2 2 1 10
UMAX DATA SYSTEMS INC. 1 5 1 1 1 9
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 0 2 0 5 1 8
ROLLEI FOTOTECHNIC GMBH & CO. 1 1 1 4 1 8
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 2 2 1 2 1 8
APPLIED SCIENCE FICTION, INC. 0 1 0 1 4 6
DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD. 1 3 2 0 0 6
WEST ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 1 1 1 0 6
CANON DENSHI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 0 3 0 0 5
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 0 0 1 1 3 5
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 1 0 0 2 2 5
NIDEC COPAL CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 4 5
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 0 1 1 2 5


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