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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 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 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Total
SONY CORPORATION 66 70 91 61 57 345
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 32 44 46 53 44 219
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 18 18 21 53 25 135
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 25 29 26 10 17 107
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 20 20 16 9 33 98
HITACHI, LTD 10 18 15 11 15 69
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 14 11 10 5 10 50
~Individually Owned Patent 11 10 13 5 10 49
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 7 5 7 12 9 40
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 5 2 12 8 9 36
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 10 10 14 34
PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORPORATION 12 7 6 4 4 33
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 7 14 9 0 0 30
NEC CORPORATION 8 5 2 6 6 27
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 8 3 5 6 2 24
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 4 3 6 6 22
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 0 8 5 1 2 16
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 2 5 2 5 15
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 2 5 1 4 3 15
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 2 3 1 4 2 12
TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT CO., L.P. 2 1 7 2 0 12
INTEL CORPORATION 1 2 2 5 1 11
GEMSTAR DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 3 0 4 2 1 10
MACROVISION CORPORATION 0 3 2 3 2 10
AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 0 1 3 1 9
DEUTSCHE THOMSON-BRANDT GMBH 4 2 3 0 0 9
PIONEER CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 5 9
ATI INTERNATIONAL SRL 0 0 2 1 5 8
HITACHI DENSHI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 1 1 3 0 8
INDEX SYSTEMS, INC. 3 1 1 1 2 8
OAK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 4 3 0 8
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 5 1 2 0 0 8
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 0 1 1 3 2 7
ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 2 1 0 0 5
DAEWOO ELECTRONICS COMPANY, LTD. 2 3 0 0 0 5
KEEN PERSONAL MEDIA, INC. 0 0 3 0 2 5


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