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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 386, Television Signal Processing for Dynamic Recording or Reproducing

( 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 85 72 66 70 91 384
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 24 34 32 44 46 180
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 32 37 25 29 26 149
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 33 19 18 18 21 109
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 29 21 20 20 16 106
HITACHI, LTD 6 15 10 18 15 64
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 9 14 14 11 10 58
~Individually Owned Patent 7 10 11 10 13 51
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 7 10 7 14 9 47
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 10 13 8 3 5 39
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 10 7 5 2 12 36
PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORPORATION 4 6 12 7 6 35
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 0 0 7 5 7 19
NEC CORPORATION 1 2 8 5 2 18
ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 8 3 2 2 1 16
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 4 2 3 4 3 16
DAEWOO ELECTRONICS COMPANY, LTD. 2 6 2 3 0 13
DEUTSCHE THOMSON-BRANDT GMBH 2 2 4 2 3 13
HITACHI AMERICA, LTD. 7 3 3 0 0 13
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 8 5 13
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 3 2 2 3 1 11
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 3 0 2 5 1 11
TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT CO., L.P. 1 0 2 1 7 11
GEMSTAR DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 0 3 3 0 4 10
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 0 0 10 10
AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 3 4 0 1 9
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 1 1 2 5 9
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 1 0 5 1 2 9
GOLDSTAR COMPANY, LTD. 4 3 0 1 0 8
MACROVISION CORPORATION 1 1 0 3 2 7
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 3 1 0 2 1 7
HITACHI DENSHI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 1 3 1 1 6
NIKON CORPORATION 1 2 1 2 0 6
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 2 2 2 0 0 6
INDEX SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 3 1 1 5
INTEL CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 2 5
OAK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
STARSIGHT TELECAST, INC. 1 2 1 0 1 5
THOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS 0 2 0 3 0 5


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