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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 430, Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof

( 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 296 280 241 210 189 1216
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 153 153 167 152 151 776
AGFA-GEVAERT N.V. 57 70 111 76 58 372
XEROX CORPORATION 60 72 75 90 62 359
KONICA CORPORATION 83 72 57 54 69 335
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 81 67 55 67 52 322
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 34 49 59 69 53 264
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 24 30 36 23 23 136
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 31 24 28 21 27 131
NEC CORPORATION 18 33 34 21 25 131
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 25 31 25 30 16 127
~Individually Owned Patent 23 22 26 24 32 127
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 15 13 28 28 40 124
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 19 28 19 26 26 118
NIKON CORPORATION 12 25 21 32 20 110
KODAK POLYCHROME GRAPHICS, LLC 5 21 21 25 34 106
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 10 10 24 25 32 101
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 30 24 20 14 12 100
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 25 17 12 22 22 98
TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD. 16 18 18 23 14 89
FUJITSU LIMITED 20 22 18 9 15 84
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 14 9 15 21 22 81
HITACHI, LTD 16 15 15 9 12 67
SHIN ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD. 9 8 13 11 26 67
AGFA-GEVAERT, AG 27 31 6 0 2 66
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 3 8 24 16 15 66
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 10 25 8 9 11 63
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 9 12 17 13 10 61
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 15 15 9 17 2 58
SHIPLEY COMPANY INC. 6 12 14 10 14 56
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 11 11 7 13 11 53
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION 17 7 12 12 5 53
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 11 13 15 9 1 49
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO. LTD 12 10 7 10 9 48
CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITED 8 9 11 5 13 46
JSR CORPORATION 0 9 14 13 10 46
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 0 3 11 16 15 45
CIBA SPECIALTY CHEMICALS CORPORATION 5 13 17 5 5 45
SONY CORPORATION 11 10 6 8 10 45
SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED 14 7 5 6 12 44
FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 13 16 10 1 1 41
IMATION CORP. 13 13 3 6 3 38
MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY 16 13 5 3 1 38
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 8 7 7 9 33
POLAROID CORPORATION 13 9 3 5 2 32
HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD. 5 6 5 11 3 30
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 5 4 6 9 5 29
LG SEMICON CO., LTD. 13 13 3 0 0 29
MOTOROLA, INC. 8 7 2 5 5 27
TDK CORPORATION 6 4 4 3 10 27
MITSUBISHI PAPER MILLS, LTD. 8 5 6 6 1 26
INTEL CORPORATION 3 7 3 4 8 25
MITA INDUSTRIAL COMPANY LTD. 11 7 6 1 0 25
TORAY INDUSTRIES INC. 4 7 6 6 2 25
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 5 4 5 10 1 25
NIPPON ZEON CO., LTD. 4 5 8 2 5 24
KAO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (KAO CORPORATION) 7 4 5 2 5 23
KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION 0 0 4 6 11 21
HOYA CORPORATION 4 6 5 1 4 20
MORTON INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 10 6 4 0 20
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 2 3 3 6 6 20
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 1 12 3 1 19
CORNING INCORPORATED 0 2 3 6 7 18
SAMSUNG DISPLAY DEVICES CO., LTD. 6 6 5 1 0 18
DAINIPPON INK + CHEMICALS, INC. 3 2 3 6 3 17
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 3 3 4 3 4 17
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 1 4 1 5 6 17
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 3 4 10 17
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 0 1 4 2 8 15
PRESSTEK, INC. 3 2 5 4 1 15
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 1 6 2 1 14
CHARTERED SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING PTE LTD 2 4 2 3 3 14
FOTO-WEAR, INC. 0 1 5 3 5 14
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 4 3 1 4 2 14
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 5 2 5 1 1 14
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 0 1 3 3 6 13
ARCH SPECIALTY CHEMICALS, INC. 0 0 8 4 1 13
MITSUI CHEMICALS, INCORPORATED 1 2 4 3 3 13
ASAHI KASEI KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 1 3 2 5 12
CLARIANT GMBH 2 0 6 3 1 12
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 0 0 3 9 12
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 0 0 0 6 5 11
BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 5 1 4 1 0 11
FUJI ELECTRIC IMAGING DEVICE CO., LTD. 0 0 0 7 4 11
KOREA KUMHO PETROCHEMICAL CO., LTD. 2 4 2 2 1 11
NITTO DENKO CORPORATION 1 1 6 3 0 11
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2 1 3 2 3 11
TAIYO INK MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 3 1 3 2 2 11
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 2 2 3 1 3 11
VLSI TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 7 1 0 0 11
BREWER SCIENCE, INC. 1 4 3 1 1 10
INDIGO N.V. 1 3 2 2 2 10
JAPAN SYNTHETIC RUBBER CO., LTD. 7 2 0 1 0 10
KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD. 0 1 5 2 2 10
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. 2 0 7 1 0 10
NIPPON PAINT CO., LTD. 6 3 0 0 1 10
ORIENT CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. 3 4 2 1 0 10
TODA KOGYO CORP. 1 0 6 0 3 10
TOMOEGAWA PAPER CO. LTD. 3 2 1 2 2 10
VANGUARD INTERNATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 2 5 0 2 1 10
CYCOLOR IMAGING, INC. 1 1 4 1 2 9
FLEX PRODUCTS, INC. 3 0 3 1 2 9
HITACHI METALS LTD. 5 3 1 0 0 9
ORION ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 0 5 2 0 9
POLYFIBRON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 5 1 2 0 9
CREO SRL 0 0 6 1 1 8
GOO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 1 1 2 2 2 8
OLIN MICROELECTRONIC CHEMICALS, INC. 0 4 4 0 0 8
TOYO BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 1 2 2 1 8
TOYO GOSEI KOGYO CO., LTD. 1 2 3 0 2 8
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 1 1 1 1 4 8
AGFA CORPORATION 0 2 4 0 1 7
BASF DRUCKSYSTEME GMBH 0 0 2 2 3 7
BAYER CORPORATION 7 0 0 0 0 7
EUV LLC 0 0 1 4 2 7
IDEMITSU KOSAN COMPANY LIMITED 0 2 2 2 1 7
MACDERMID, INC. 1 2 1 2 1 7
NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD. 0 2 3 2 0 7
POWDERTECH CO., LTD. 0 2 2 2 1 7
THOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS, INC. 1 4 2 0 0 7
WAKO PURE CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. 1 1 2 1 2 7
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. 0 0 4 1 1 6
CLEAR LOGIC, INC. 0 4 1 1 0 6
DAEWOO ELECTRONICS COMPANY, LTD. 2 3 0 1 0 6
EBARA CORPORATION 0 4 2 0 0 6
FERRANIA S.P.A. 0 1 0 4 1 6
HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD. 3 1 2 0 0 6
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 0 1 1 2 2 6
NASHUA CORPORATION 0 3 2 1 0 6
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 1 1 3 0 6
SHOWA DENKO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 0 2 2 1 6
TAKASAGO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 1 2 2 1 0 6
TEIJIN SEIKI CO. LTD. 1 0 1 2 2 6
TULALIP CONSULTORIA COMERCIAL SOCIEDADE UNIPESSAOL S.A. 0 0 4 2 0 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 0 2 2 0 2 6
ZENECA LIMITED 2 3 1 0 0 6
AGENCY OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 1 0 3 1 0 5
AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 1 0 2 1 5
BASF LACKE & FARBEN AG 0 2 2 1 0 5
CANDESCENT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 1 5
CLARIANT INTERNATIONAL LTD. 0 2 1 1 1 5
DOW CORNING ASIA, LTD. 1 1 2 1 0 5
DSM N.V. 0 0 1 4 0 5
ELECTRON VISION CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 2 5
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
HOECHST JAPAN LIMITED 3 1 1 0 0 5
LG. PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD. 0 1 0 0 4 5
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY, AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE 0 1 1 0 3 5
MACDERMID GRAPHIC ARTS, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
NEXPRESS SOLUTIONS LLC 0 0 0 3 2 5
NUMERICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 0 2 2 5
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORP. 0 0 3 1 1 5
SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO. LTD. 1 0 1 3 0 5
TEIJIN LIMITED 0 3 2 0 0 5
TRIDSTORE IP, LLC 0 0 0 3 2 5
TRW INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION 0 3 1 0 1 5


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