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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 382, Image Analysis

( 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 128 111 89 105 84 517
~Individually Owned Patent 51 57 66 51 42 267
XEROX CORPORATION 69 38 29 66 50 252
SONY CORPORATION 24 34 36 52 53 199
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 27 47 35 31 54 194
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 24 35 28 49 36 172
NEC CORPORATION 28 36 31 35 28 158
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 29 32 27 38 22 148
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 22 34 33 23 19 131
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 26 32 23 21 28 130
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 23 23 33 22 21 122
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 19 31 32 25 10 117
FUJITSU LIMITED 23 28 20 17 20 108
COGNEX CORPORATION 13 20 18 22 14 87
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 12 29 19 18 9 87
INTEL CORPORATION 15 11 12 25 22 85
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 22 19 12 20 10 83
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 12 20 20 18 8 78
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 28 14 11 10 13 76
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 10 16 20 20 10 76
HITACHI, LTD 10 14 14 15 17 70
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 12 15 15 12 14 68
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 23 15 12 6 6 62
SARNOFF CORPORATION & CO., LTD. 1 10 13 18 17 59
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 12 11 16 8 10 57
DAEWOO ELECTRONICS COMPANY, LTD. 22 17 11 5 0 55
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 19 9 10 9 6 53
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 20 11 10 3 5 49
DIGIMARC CORPORATION 9 2 5 9 24 49
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 6 6 7 14 10 43
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 10 9 7 9 6 41
MOTOROLA, INC. 13 8 8 6 3 38
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 4 5 11 12 4 36
ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 3 10 8 9 34
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 2 9 3 11 7 32
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 1 2 5 10 14 32
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 3 7 11 3 5 29
CUMMINS-ALLISON CORPORATION 7 10 4 2 5 28
NCR CORPORATION 7 4 4 7 6 28
NEOPATH, INC. 13 12 2 1 0 28
AT&T CORP. 0 5 11 7 4 27
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 7 6 5 6 27
SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH, INC. 4 8 4 6 4 26
DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD. 6 8 4 5 2 25
ARCH DEVELOPMENT CORP. 4 2 8 4 6 24
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 3 3 2 5 10 23
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 1 1 3 11 7 23
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 8 5 1 6 3 23
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 6 5 1 7 3 22
UNISYS CORPORATION 8 5 3 4 1 21
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 1 7 3 5 3 19
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 3 5 4 5 2 19
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 6 4 2 5 19
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 5 7 0 4 2 18
OMRON CORPORATION 3 3 6 5 1 18
POLAROID CORPORATION 10 4 4 0 0 18
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 6 3 2 2 5 18
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 3 2 4 3 5 17
MUSTEK SYSTEMS, INC. 2 2 2 5 6 17
RAYTHEON COMPANY 0 7 3 6 1 17
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 5 3 4 1 16
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 0 0 16 16
AGFA-GEVAERT N.V. 6 1 0 5 3 15
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 3 4 4 1 15
HARRIS CORP. 5 7 0 1 1 14
INTERVAL RESEARCH CORPORATION 0 1 1 5 6 13
NEC RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. 4 2 4 3 0 13
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 6 4 2 1 0 13
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 5 4 3 0 1 13
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 0 1 1 5 5 12
DEW ENGINEERING AND DEVELOPMENT LIMITED 3 3 4 2 0 12
MITA INDUSTRIAL COMPANY LTD. 9 1 2 0 0 12
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 2 4 4 0 1 11
NIKON CORPORATION 7 1 2 0 1 11
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORP. 2 1 3 4 1 11
ADVANTEST CORP. 1 5 1 2 1 10
ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC. 0 3 1 5 1 10
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 5 4 0 0 1 10
KONICA CORPORATION 1 3 0 3 3 10
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 0 0 0 5 5 10
SHAREWAVE, INC. 0 0 0 9 1 10
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC. 3 4 2 1 0 10
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 1 4 3 2 10
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 2 4 3 9
ANALOGIC CORPORATION 0 0 4 4 1 9
AUTODESK, INC. 4 0 4 0 1 9
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 3 0 2 2 2 9
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 2 3 2 2 0 9
ITERATED SYSTEMS, INC. 4 4 0 0 1 9
R2 TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 3 3 1 9
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 0 0 2 2 5 9
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 0 2 1 5 1 9
ACUITY IMAGING, LLC 0 1 2 5 0 8
KOMATSU LTD. 0 3 0 3 2 8
SENSAR, INC. 0 2 5 1 0 8
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 2 3 1 1 1 8
THOMSON-CSF 3 1 1 1 2 8
TRIPATH IMAGING, INC. 0 0 5 2 1 8
AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 2 3 2 7
BACUS RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 0 0 2 2 3 7
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 4 1 0 0 7
HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 3 0 0 1 3 7
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 2 4 1 0 7
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 2 2 3 7
OKIDATA CORPORATION 1 2 2 1 1 7
PICSURF, INC. 0 0 0 3 4 7
QUALIA COMPUTING, INC. 0 1 4 1 1 7
SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 2 1 0 4 0 7
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 0 0 0 3 4 7
THOMSON MULTIMEDIA S.A. 1 4 1 0 1 7
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 2 1 0 3 1 7
YAMAHA CORPORATION 4 2 0 1 0 7
C-CUBE MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 2 2 2 0 0 6
CHROMAVISION MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 1 2 3 6
COMPETITIVE TECHNOLOGIES OF PA, INC. 0 2 1 1 2 6
DIGITAL PERSONA, INC. 1 0 1 4 0 6
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 1 1 0 3 6
FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 0 0 0 5 6
INTERMEC IP CORP. 0 2 4 0 0 6
KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 2 6
LITTON SYSTEMS INC. 0 1 0 3 2 6
MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORP. 2 4 0 0 0 6
MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY 3 2 1 0 0 6
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 3 3 0 0 0 6
PANASONIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 0 1 0 0 6
PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORPORATION 2 0 1 2 1 6
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 2 0 0 2 2 6
SIGNAFY, INC. 0 1 1 2 2 6
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 1 2 1 1 1 6
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 0 0 1 3 2 6
TRW INC. 3 0 3 0 0 6
UMAX DATA SYSTEMS INC. 2 2 0 1 1 6
ACUSON CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 2 5
ART ADVANCED REGCOGNITION TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
AUTHENTEC, INC. 0 0 4 1 0 5
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY 1 1 1 0 2 5
COLORCOM, LTD. 0 0 0 3 2 5
DEUTSCHE THOMSON-BRANDT GMBH 1 2 0 1 1 5
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION 0 3 2 0 0 5
EYEMATIC INTERFACES, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 2 0 2 1 0 5
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON 1 0 2 0 2 5
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 2 5
OCE-NEDERLAND B.V. 3 2 0 0 0 5
SEGA ENTERPRISES, LTD. 1 1 1 0 2 5
SMARTTOUCH, LLC. 5 0 0 0 0 5
SYNAPTICS, INC. 1 1 2 0 1 5
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 0 0 0 3 2 5
TERALOGIC, INCORPORATED 0 2 2 1 0 5
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH 1 1 2 1 0 5
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION 1 0 2 0 2 5
YAMATAKE-HONEYWELL CO., LTD. 0 1 2 1 1 5


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