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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 347, Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information

( 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
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 184 233 328 340 338 1423
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 117 132 174 274 283 980
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 41 55 70 134 149 449
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 76 52 88 93 117 426
XEROX CORPORATION 87 44 59 103 114 407
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 43 54 68 72 38 275
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 14 28 53 63 53 211
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 21 23 30 39 51 164
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 0 0 0 65 88 153
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 14 17 32 29 43 135
NEC CORPORATION 4 12 39 37 20 112
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 20 32 20 13 26 111
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 17 14 19 24 36 110
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 22 15 29 19 18 103
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 7 10 31 31 13 92
~Individually Owned Patent 17 10 19 16 21 83
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 1 15 26 24 66
SONY CORPORATION 11 6 23 13 10 63
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 9 4 9 11 21 54
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 12 11 9 9 13 54
FUJITSU LIMITED 8 8 7 14 16 53
KONICA CORPORATION 8 5 7 13 12 45
OKIDATA CORPORATION 4 9 13 11 6 43
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 5 15 7 9 5 41
AGFA-GEVAERT N.V. 12 7 10 5 3 37
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 13 5 9 4 6 37
ARRAY PRINTERS PUBL. AB 4 7 15 6 3 35
FRANCOTYP-POSTALIA AG & CO. KG 9 9 8 4 5 35
ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 10 8 4 6 6 34
OCE-TECHNOLOGIES, B.V. 1 1 6 10 14 32
TEKTRONIX INC. 16 10 4 0 0 30
HITACHI KOKI COMPANY, LIMITED 10 6 3 6 4 29
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 2 4 4 5 10 25
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 3 3 9 7 24
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 0 2 1 7 12 22
PELIKAN PRODUKTIONS AG 5 3 7 5 1 21
RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION 0 1 2 9 8 20
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO. LTD 5 4 6 1 3 19
SCITEX DIGITAL PRINTING, INC. 5 2 0 6 6 19
CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD. 1 1 4 5 7 18
ENCAD, INC. 1 2 1 5 9 18
DOMINO PRINTING SCIENCES PLC 3 4 2 6 2 17
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 6 4 3 1 17
HITACHI, LTD 3 2 3 4 3 15
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 2 1 2 4 6 15
XAAR TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 0 1 4 4 5 14
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 7 3 1 1 1 13
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 6 1 4 1 1 13
FUTABA DENSHI KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 5 0 3 1 12
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 1 1 1 4 5 12
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TEC 6 3 2 1 0 12
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 4 0 2 1 5 12
HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 5 1 2 0 3 11
MARCONI DATA SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 3 5 3 11
OCE-NEDERLAND B.V. 5 1 3 1 1 11
ACER COMMUNICATIONS AND MULTIMEDIA INC. 0 0 0 0 10 10
CANON APTEX INC. 2 2 1 2 3 10
GERBER SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTS, INC. 3 2 0 1 4 10
ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 1 5 4 0 0 10
AGFA CORPORATION 0 2 4 2 1 9
APRION DIGITAL LTD. 0 0 0 1 8 9
IMAJE S.A. 1 1 1 1 5 9
IMATION CORP. 3 5 1 0 0 9
INTERMEC IP CORP. 0 1 4 3 1 9
MOORE BUSINESS FORMS INC. 4 4 0 0 1 9
OCE PRINTING SYSTEMS GMBH 5 1 2 0 1 9
WISERTEK INTERNATIONAL CORP. 0 0 2 5 2 9
AGFA DIVISION, BAYER CORPORATION 6 2 0 0 0 8
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 1 1 0 4 2 8
CREO SRL 0 0 1 5 2 8
KYOCERA CORPORATION 3 1 2 0 2 8
NORITSU KOKI CO., LTD. 0 0 0 7 1 8
POLAROID CORPORATION 0 5 2 0 1 8
PRESSTEK, INC. 2 1 2 2 1 8
SPECTRA, INC. 5 0 0 1 2 8
COLORSPAN CORPORATION 2 3 1 1 0 7
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 4 0 2 1 0 7
COPYER CO., LTD. 0 0 1 2 4 7
DATAPRODUCTS CORPORATION 4 1 1 1 0 7
FARGO ELECTRONICS, INC. 1 1 0 2 3 7
M.A.N. ROLAND DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 0 1 1 3 2 7
MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY 5 1 1 0 0 7
NEOPOST INDUSTRIE 1 3 1 1 1 7
SAWGRASS SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 0 0 6 7
SHINKO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 2 0 1 3 7
TONEJET CORPORATION PTY LTD. 0 0 1 4 2 7
VIDEOJET SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 3 3 0 0 1 7
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 0 0 1 1 4 6
IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC 2 3 0 1 0 6
MITA INDUSTRIAL COMPANY LTD. 5 1 0 0 0 6
MUTOH INDUSTRY LTD. 0 1 0 4 1 6
NEOPOST LIMITED 0 0 3 0 3 6
OLIVETTI LEXIKON S.P.A. 0 2 3 1 0 6
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 0 1 2 1 2 6
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 1 3 1 0 6
CALCOMP, INC. 5 0 0 0 0 5
CREO PRODUCTS INC. 1 0 2 2 0 5
INTERMEC CORPORATION 3 2 0 0 0 5
MARKEM CORPORATION 1 2 1 1 0 5
MITSUBISHI PENCIL CORPORATION OF AMERICA 1 2 2 0 0 5
NISCA CORPORATION 2 1 0 2 0 5
TDK CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 3 5
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 3 0 1 1 0 5


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