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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 235, Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.)

( 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
~Individually Owned Patent 66 43 74 104 95 382
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 37 32 26 43 55 193
NCR CORPORATION 26 27 45 51 29 178
METROLOGIC INSTRUMENTS INC. 17 18 29 37 22 123
FUJITSU LIMITED 25 28 23 21 17 114
HITACHI, LTD 15 12 14 19 12 72
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 3 10 14 16 19 62
INTERMEC IP CORP. 23 13 14 2 6 58
PSC SCANNING, INC. 9 17 10 15 7 58
DIEBOLD INCORPORATED 8 12 6 10 15 51
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 0 14 23 37
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 5 4 6 10 11 36
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 4 6 8 4 14 36
SONY CORPORATION 2 5 3 8 13 31
DATALOGIC S.P.A. 9 3 5 6 7 30
XEROX CORPORATION 2 4 11 7 4 28
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 2 11 14 27
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 6 6 3 4 5 24
GEMPLUS 1 0 8 6 8 23
MOTOROLA, INC. 10 5 3 1 3 22
FIRST DATA CORPORATION INC. 2 1 3 4 11 21
DENSO CORPORATION 7 3 5 3 2 20
SANKYO SEIKI MFG. CO., LTD. 2 3 3 7 5 20
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 3 3 4 7 19
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 4 4 1 7 3 19
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 0 1 0 4 14 19
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 10 2 2 3 1 18
TELXON CORPORATION 5 5 2 6 0 18
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 4 0 4 5 3 16
SCHLUMBERGER SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 5 1 8 16
WELCH ALLYN DATA COLLECTION, INC. 4 3 1 7 1 16
GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GMBH 0 4 6 4 1 15
AMPHENOL-TUCHEL ELECTRONICS GMBH 2 2 7 1 1 13
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 3 1 6 3 0 13
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 5 3 2 0 13
MONDEX INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2 3 3 2 3 13
SICK AG 6 1 2 2 2 13
AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC. 0 2 1 2 7 12
AXIOHM TRANSACTION SOLUTIONS, INC. 8 2 2 0 0 12
NEC CORPORATION 5 2 0 2 3 12
ORGA KARTENSYSTEME GMBH 5 1 3 1 2 12
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 4 7 1 0 0 12
HAND-HELD PRODUCTS, INC. 0 0 3 3 5 11
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 2 3 3 3 11
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 1 1 3 0 11
ACCU-SORT SYSTEMS, INC. 2 2 1 2 3 10
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO. LTD 2 1 1 4 2 10
GILBARCO, INC. 4 0 1 1 4 10
PSC, INC. 4 6 0 0 0 10
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 0 2 5 2 1 10
STANDARD REGISTER COMPANY 1 2 3 3 1 10
CUBIC CORPORATION 1 1 1 3 3 9
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 2 2 2 3 0 9
OMRON CORPORATION 0 1 1 3 4 9
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 2 2 1 2 2 9
CITICORP DEVELOPMENT CENTER, INC. 0 1 2 5 0 8
WALKER DIGITAL, LLC 0 4 0 1 3 8
DREXLER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 3 1 1 1 7
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 2 0 1 2 2 7
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 1 3 0 1 2 7
ANOTO AB 0 0 0 3 3 6
ASK S.A. 0 0 2 2 2 6
AT&T CORP. 2 2 0 0 2 6
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 3 6
CITIBANK N.A. 2 1 1 1 1 6
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0 1 1 4 0 6
INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 2 1 1 2 6
KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIPPON CONLUX 0 1 0 3 2 6
METANETICS CORPORATION 4 1 1 0 0 6
NEC INFRONTIA CORPORATION 0 0 1 3 2 6
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 3 2 0 1 0 6
WINCOR NIXDORF GMBH & CO. KG 0 0 0 4 2 6
ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 0 0 0 0 5
ASAHI SEIKO CO., LTD. 1 0 1 0 3 5
FLYING NULL LIMITED 0 1 2 1 1 5
HART INTERCIVIC, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 2 1 0 2 0 5
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 2 1 1 0 1 5
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 1 3 0 0 1 5
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 3 5
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 1 0 1 1 2 5
PERFECT PLASTIC PRINTING CORP. 0 2 0 1 2 5
ROBOTIC VISION SYSTEMS, INC. 2 2 0 1 0 5
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 1 1 0 1 2 5
SMARTDISKETTE GMBH 4 1 0 0 0 5
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 0 0 1 0 4 5
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 1 1 1 1 5
UMAX DATA SYSTEMS INC. 0 1 1 3 0 5
UNISYS CORPORATION 2 0 2 1 0 5
VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION 0 2 2 0 1 5
WELCH ALLYN INC. 3 0 0 2 0 5


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