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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 348, Television

( 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
SONY CORPORATION 96 114 92 87 74 463
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 81 83 66 66 85 381
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 59 73 68 60 53 313
~Individually Owned Patent 67 63 69 54 49 302
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 47 38 34 37 44 200
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 36 31 32 26 5 130
NEC CORPORATION 28 28 13 20 23 112
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 18 25 18 23 21 105
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 17 13 17 26 20 93
INTEL CORPORATION 15 10 16 17 24 82
HITACHI, LTD 21 15 17 12 14 79
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 19 17 16 12 14 78
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 17 17 9 15 16 74
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 7 12 18 21 12 70
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 19 19 15 6 10 69
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 18 17 8 12 9 64
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 18 12 15 12 6 63
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 0 0 11 16 29 56
ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 17 12 5 8 7 49
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 16 9 10 9 3 47
THOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS, INC. 17 18 9 0 1 45
NIKON CORPORATION 15 8 6 8 7 44
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 9 7 5 8 9 38
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 5 8 16 6 3 38
FUJITSU LIMITED 6 9 5 5 11 36
TEKTRONIX INC. 10 7 4 8 4 33
DEUTSCHE THOMSON-BRANDT GMBH 5 6 5 13 2 31
SARNOFF CORPORATION & CO., LTD. 1 7 8 5 10 31
DAEWOO ELECTRONICS COMPANY, LTD. 14 11 4 1 0 30
MOTOROLA, INC. 6 8 11 2 3 30
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORP. 6 6 6 10 2 30
FLASHPOINT TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 6 6 10 6 29
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 8 4 2 4 8 26
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 7 2 8 2 4 23
FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD. 6 2 4 4 6 22
ZENITH ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 7 2 5 5 3 22
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 0 0 20 20
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 4 9 2 4 1 20
XEROX CORPORATION 3 2 4 1 7 17
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 0 4 2 9 15
BE HERE CORPORATION 0 1 1 3 10 15
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 3 1 2 5 4 15
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 5 5 1 4 0 15
AT&T CORP. 2 3 3 2 4 14
AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 1 0 4 6 14
THOMSON MULTIMEDIA S.A. 8 6 0 0 0 14
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 3 3 3 2 2 13
ATI INTERNATIONAL SRL 0 2 2 5 4 13
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 1 7 3 0 13
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 0 0 3 9 1 13
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 3 4 4 0 2 13
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 2 2 1 5 3 13
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 1 5 4 1 2 13
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 3 2 2 2 3 12
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 2 2 0 6 2 12
LG SEMICON CO., LTD. 3 7 0 0 2 12
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 0 1 3 3 5 12
TELECRUZ TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 4 6 2 0 12
HARRIS CORP. 1 0 2 3 5 11
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 2 6 3 11
PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORPORATION 2 1 3 3 2 11
RAYTHEON COMPANY 2 3 6 0 0 11
REVEO, INC. 3 0 5 2 1 11
SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS S.A. 3 2 4 2 0 11
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 4 5 10
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 6 2 2 0 0 10
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 0 1 5 2 2 10
HITACHI AMERICA, LTD. 2 2 1 4 1 10
LDT GMBH & CO. LASER-DISPLAY-TECHNOLOGIE KG 3 2 1 4 0 10
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 2 1 0 3 10
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 3 1 2 2 1 9
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 2 2 0 1 4 9
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 4 1 2 1 1 9
OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES INC. 4 0 2 0 3 9
SAMSUNG AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES, LTD. 4 3 1 1 0 9
SENSORMATIC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 5 2 1 0 9
SNELL & WILCOX LIMITED 4 1 0 2 2 9
ULTRAK INC. 2 4 3 0 0 9
8.TIMES.8, INC. 0 3 3 0 2 8
AGFA-GEVAERT N.V. 7 0 1 0 0 8
BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION 0 6 1 1 0 8
C-CUBE MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 3 4 1 0 0 8
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 2 3 2 8
DISPLAY LABORATORIES, INC. 2 1 2 2 1 8
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 0 0 0 5 8
HITACHI DENSHI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 2 1 1 3 8
INTERACTIVE PICTURES CORPORATION 0 4 1 3 0 8
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 2 0 1 2 3 8
NETERGY NETWORKS, INC. 0 0 2 6 0 8
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 0 0 1 1 6 8
ACER PERIPHERALS, INC. 0 2 3 2 0 7
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 2 2 1 1 1 7
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0 0 2 1 4 7
GRASS VALLEY (U.S.) INC. 0 0 1 2 4 7
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 0 0 5 2 7
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 2 0 1 3 7
SONY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED 1 0 1 0 5 7
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 0 2 2 2 1 7
VTEL CORPORATION 0 2 2 1 2 7
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 1 1 2 0 3 7
COGNEX CORPORATION 0 1 2 2 1 6
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 1 2 3 6
FOX SPORTS PRODUCTIONS, INC. 0 3 2 1 0 6
FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED 0 0 0 2 4 6
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 2 1 1 0 6
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 1 3 0 0 2 6
KONICA CORPORATION 1 0 2 2 1 6
NCR CORPORATION 0 2 1 3 0 6
ROSEN PRODUCTS LLC 0 0 3 3 0 6
SIGMA DESIGNS, INC. 0 0 1 3 2 6
STARSIGHT TELECAST, INC. 2 0 1 1 2 6
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 2 1 2 1 0 6
UMAX DATA SYSTEMS INC. 0 2 0 2 2 6
UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES, INC. 0 0 2 1 3 6
ZILOG, INC. 1 2 1 0 2 6
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 1 1 2 1 5
CHRONTEL, INC. 3 1 0 1 0 5
COACH MASTER INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 4 1 0 0 0 5
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2 1 2 0 0 5
FAROUDJA LABORATORIES, INC. 0 0 4 1 0 5
FOVEON, INC. 0 1 2 0 2 5
GOLDSTAR COMPANY, LTD. 4 1 0 0 0 5
MUSTEK SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 1 0 4 5
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 3 2 0 0 0 5
ORAD HI-TECH SYSTEMS LTD. 0 2 0 3 0 5
PANDORA INTERNATIONAL LTD. 0 0 2 0 3 5
PIXEL INSTRUMENTS CORP. 1 1 1 0 2 5
POLAROID CORPORATION 1 3 1 0 0 5
PRINCETON VIDEO IMAGE, INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5
ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 2 2 0 1 0 5
S3, INCORPORATED 0 3 1 1 0 5
SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 3 0 0 0 2 5
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 2 0 2 5
SYNTHONICS INCORPORATED 1 0 1 1 2 5
TERALOGIC, INCORPORATED 0 0 0 1 4 5
TRW INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 2 2 1 0 0 5
WAVETEK CORPORATION 0 0 0 5 0 5
WELCH ALLYN INC. 2 0 1 0 2 5


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