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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 2000 - 2004 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 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Total
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 241 210 189 179 125 944
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 167 152 151 160 210 840
XEROX CORPORATION 75 90 62 42 46 315
AGFA-GEVAERT N.V. 111 76 58 43 20 308
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 55 67 52 69 37 280
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 60 69 54 51 36 270
KONICA CORPORATION 57 54 69 44 44 268
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 36 23 23 43 42 167
KODAK POLYCHROME GRAPHICS, LLC 21 25 34 40 31 151
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 28 28 40 26 26 148
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 24 25 32 35 27 143
~Individually Owned Patent 26 25 33 27 25 136
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 15 21 22 22 45 125
SHIN ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD. 13 11 26 32 33 115
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 19 26 26 23 20 114
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 28 21 27 15 20 111
NIKON CORPORATION 21 32 20 22 13 108
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 25 30 16 17 15 103
NEC CORPORATION 34 21 25 14 1 95
TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD. 18 23 14 14 19 88
SHIPLEY COMPANY INC. 14 10 14 15 25 78
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 12 22 22 10 6 72
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 24 16 15 11 4 70
FUJITSU LIMITED 18 9 15 11 15 68
HITACHI, LTD 15 9 12 17 7 60
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 11 16 15 9 7 58
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 7 13 11 15 12 58
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 3 9 12 33 57
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 9 17 2 12 15 55
JSR CORPORATION 14 13 10 5 13 55
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 20 14 12 5 2 53
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 17 13 10 7 6 53
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO. LTD 7 10 9 11 13 50
SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED 5 6 12 13 14 50
CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITED 11 5 13 6 12 47
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION 12 12 5 10 6 45
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 8 9 11 14 0 42
INTEL CORPORATION 3 4 8 17 9 41
CIBA SPECIALTY CHEMICALS CORPORATION 17 5 5 5 4 36
SONY CORPORATION 6 8 10 5 7 36
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 6 9 6 7 6 34
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 7 7 9 3 6 32
CORNING INCORPORATED 3 6 7 8 6 30
NUMERICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 2 14 12 30
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 0 0 0 13 16 29
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 3 3 6 8 8 28
KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION 4 6 11 5 1 27
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 25 27
DAINIPPON INK + CHEMICALS, INC. 3 6 3 8 6 26
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 15 9 1 1 0 26
TDK CORPORATION 4 3 10 7 2 26
MOTOROLA, INC. 2 5 5 8 5 25
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 3 2 3 3 13 24
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 3 6 6 6 3 24
HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD. 5 11 3 2 0 21
KAO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (KAO CORPORATION) 5 2 5 3 6 21
MITSUBISHI PAPER MILLS, LTD. 6 6 1 5 3 21
TORAY INDUSTRIES INC. 6 6 2 4 3 21
HOYA CORPORATION 5 1 4 1 8 19
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 4 2 8 2 3 19
NIPPON ZEON CO., LTD. 8 2 5 3 1 19
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 4 10 2 0 19
ARCH SPECIALTY CHEMICALS, INC. 8 4 1 2 3 18
FUJI ELECTRIC IMAGING DEVICE CO., LTD. 0 7 4 3 4 18
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 0 0 4 10 4 18
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 12 3 1 2 0 18
MITSUI CHEMICALS, INCORPORATED 4 3 3 4 3 17
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 5 11 1 0 0 17
CHARTERED SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING PTE LTD 2 3 3 5 2 15
FOTO-WEAR, INC. 5 3 5 2 0 15
KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD. 5 2 2 5 1 15
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 0 10 5 15
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 1 5 6 2 1 15
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 5 1 1 5 3 15
ASAHI KASEI KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 2 5 1 3 14
BASF DRUCKSYSTEME GMBH 2 2 3 5 2 14
IMATION CORP. 3 6 3 2 0 14
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 1 2 2 4 5 14
NEXPRESS SOLUTIONS LLC 0 3 2 6 3 14
TODA KOGYO CORP. 6 0 3 2 3 14
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 4 3 4 2 0 13
POLAROID CORPORATION 3 5 2 3 0 13
DUPONT PHOTOMASKS, INC. 1 1 1 3 6 12
FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 10 1 1 0 0 12
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 0 2 2 7 12
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 0 6 5 0 0 11
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 2 1 2 0 11
CREO SRL 6 1 1 2 1 11
EUV LLC 1 4 2 1 3 11
HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 0 1 0 6 4 11
LG. PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD. 0 0 4 2 5 11
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 0 4 2 1 4 11
NITTO DENKO CORPORATION 6 3 0 0 2 11
BREWER SCIENCE, INC. 3 1 1 2 3 10
CLARIANT GMBH 6 3 1 0 0 10
FERRANIA S.P.A. 0 4 1 4 1 10
MORTON INTERNATIONAL, INC. 6 4 0 0 0 10
PRESSTEK, INC. 5 4 1 0 0 10
TAIYO INK MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 3 2 2 2 1 10
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 3 1 3 1 2 10
AGFA-GEVAERT, AG 6 0 2 1 0 9
MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY 5 3 1 0 0 9
PHOTRONICS, INC. 0 0 2 3 4 9
TOMOEGAWA PAPER CO. LTD. 1 2 2 0 4 9
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 1 1 4 3 0 9
ASML MASKTOOLS NETHERLANDS B.V. 1 1 2 3 1 8
FUJI PHOTO FILM B.V. 1 2 1 3 1 8
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 3 2 2 1 8
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. 7 1 0 0 0 8
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 1 5 2 8
POWDERTECH CO., LTD. 2 2 1 2 1 8
SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO. LTD. 1 3 0 2 2 8
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 2 0 2 3 1 8
WAKO PURE CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. 2 1 2 1 2 8
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 0 2 1 3 1 7
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. 4 1 1 1 0 7
CYCOLOR IMAGING, INC. 4 1 2 0 0 7
GOO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 2 2 2 0 1 7
INDIGO N.V. 2 2 2 1 0 7
KOREA KUMHO PETROCHEMICAL CO., LTD. 2 2 1 1 1 7
MITA INDUSTRIAL COMPANY LTD. 6 1 0 0 0 7
ORION ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 5 2 0 0 0 7
SHOWA DENKO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 2 1 1 1 7
TOYO BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 2 1 1 1 7
TOYO GOSEI KOGYO CO., LTD. 3 0 2 0 2 7
VANTICO, INC. 1 1 2 2 1 7
AGENCY OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 3 1 0 1 1 6
AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC. 2 2 1 1 0 6
ASML NETHERLANDS B.V. 0 1 3 0 2 6
CREO IL. LTD. 1 1 0 3 1 6
DSM DESOTECH, INC. 0 0 1 1 4 6
DSM N.V. 1 4 0 0 1 6
FLEX PRODUCTS, INC. 3 1 2 0 0 6
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 0 3 3 6
MACDERMID GRAPHIC ARTS, INC. 0 1 4 0 1 6
MITSUBISHI GAS-CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC. 0 0 2 3 1 6
MOSEL VITELIC, INCORPORATED 1 1 1 0 3 6
ORIENT CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. 2 1 0 1 2 6
SAMSUNG DISPLAY DEVICES CO., LTD. 5 1 0 0 0 6
TEIJIN SEIKI CO. LTD. 1 2 2 1 0 6
TULALIP CONSULTORIA COMERCIAL SOCIEDADE UNIPESSAOL S.A. 4 2 0 0 0 6
AGFA CORPORATION 4 0 1 0 0 5
AU OPTRONICS CORP. 0 0 2 0 3 5
BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 1 0 0 0 5
CANDESCENT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 0 5
CHROMALINE CORPORATION 2 1 0 2 0 5
EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY 1 0 1 3 0 5
ELECTRON VISION CORPORATION 0 3 2 0 0 5
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 3 0 0 1 5
HITACHI CHEMICAL DUPONT MICROSYSTEMS L.L.C. 1 1 2 0 1 5
HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD. 2 0 1 1 1 5
IDEMITSU KOSAN COMPANY LIMITED 2 2 1 0 0 5
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 2 5
MICROCHEM CORP. 0 1 2 0 2 5
NAN YA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 3 5
NIPPON SHEET GLASS CO., LTD. 0 0 1 2 2 5
NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD. 3 2 0 0 0 5
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 0 1 2 1 1 5
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORP. 3 1 1 0 0 5
POLYFIBRON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 2 0 1 1 5
RESEARCH LABORATORIES OF AUSTRALIA PTY. LIMITED 0 3 0 1 1 5
SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD. 0 1 3 0 1 5
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 0 2 1 2 0 5
TRIDSTORE IP, LLC 0 3 2 0 0 5
XEIKON NV 0 2 0 3 0 5
ZEON CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 3 5


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