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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 348, Television

( 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 92 87 75 59 89 402
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 66 66 84 83 84 383
~Individually Owned Patent 69 54 49 44 53 269
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 68 60 53 33 23 237
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 34 37 44 43 54 212
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 18 23 21 25 34 121
INTEL CORPORATION 16 17 25 34 24 116
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 17 26 20 27 26 116
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 20 36 50 106
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 11 16 29 20 29 105
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 15 12 6 21 46 100
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 18 21 12 23 24 98
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 9 15 16 17 31 88
NEC CORPORATION 13 20 23 16 12 84
HITACHI, LTD 17 12 14 11 12 66
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 16 12 14 9 15 66
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 32 26 5 0 0 63
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 8 12 9 12 19 60
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 2 4 8 16 28 58
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 15 6 10 12 12 55
PENTAX CORPORATION 0 0 0 19 29 48
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 5 8 9 12 12 46
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 16 6 3 11 8 44
NIKON CORPORATION 6 8 7 9 7 37
FLASHPOINT TECHNOLOGY, INC. 6 10 6 8 5 35
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.) 4 4 6 6 14 34
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 8 2 4 6 13 33
FUJITSU LIMITED 5 5 11 7 4 32
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 0 14 18 32
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 4 2 9 8 8 31
MOTOROLA, INC. 11 2 3 6 4 26
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 23 25
SARNOFF CORPORATION & CO., LTD. 8 5 9 3 0 25
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 4 5 9 4 23
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 10 9 3 0 1 23
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 1 5 3 6 7 22
TEKTRONIX INC. 4 8 4 2 3 21
ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 8 7 0 0 20
DEUTSCHE THOMSON-BRANDT GMBH 5 13 2 0 0 20
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 0 6 2 5 7 20
XEROX CORPORATION 4 1 7 6 2 20
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 0 5 3 11 19
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 2 5 4 7 1 19
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORP. 6 10 2 0 0 18
ZENITH ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 5 5 3 3 2 18
AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 4 6 3 4 17
BE HERE CORPORATION 1 3 10 3 0 17
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 2 4 1 5 5 17
ATI INTERNATIONAL SRL 2 5 4 2 3 16
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 2 2 3 3 6 16
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 0 1 6 8 16
SONY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED 1 0 5 5 5 16
HARRIS CORP. 2 3 5 5 0 15
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 0 6 9 15
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 3 3 5 1 3 15
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2 3 2 6 1 14
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 3 9 1 1 0 14
FOVEON, INC. 2 0 2 5 5 14
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 4 1 2 5 2 14
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 0 1 1 2 10 14
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 7 3 0 0 3 13
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 4 0 2 3 4 13
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 1 1 6 1 3 12
AT&T CORP. 3 2 4 2 0 11
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 3 1 4 11
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 5 2 2 2 0 11
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP. 2 6 3 0 0 11
KONICA CORPORATION 2 2 1 4 2 11
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 2 1 4 3 0 10
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 5 2 1 2 10
MITSUBISHI DIGITAL ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC. 2 1 1 1 5 10
OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 0 3 1 4 10
PIONEER CORPORATION 0 1 1 4 4 10
THOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS, INC. 9 0 1 0 0 10
UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES, INC. 2 1 3 2 2 10
GRASS VALLEY (U.S.) INC. 1 2 4 1 1 9
MUSTEK SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 4 3 1 9
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 2 1 2 1 3 9
PICTOS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 6 2 9
PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORPORATION 3 3 2 0 1 9
PIXIM, INCORPORATED 0 0 0 3 6 9
RAYTHEON COMPANY 6 0 0 0 3 9
REVEO, INC. 5 2 1 1 0 9
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 0 1 3 2 3 9
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 2 0 3 0 4 9
FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED 0 2 4 1 1 8
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 1 2 3 1 1 8
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 1 0 5 1 8
NETERGY NETWORKS, INC. 2 6 0 0 0 8
POLYCOM, INC. 0 0 1 3 4 8
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 1 1 2 1 3 8
SENSORMATIC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 2 1 0 2 3 8
TELECRUZ TECHNOLOGY, INC. 6 2 0 0 0 8
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 3 2 2 0 0 7
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 2 0 0 1 4 7
COGNEX CORPORATION 2 2 1 2 0 7
DIGEO, INC. 0 0 1 3 3 7
FORGENT NETWORKS, INC. 0 0 0 3 4 7
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 0 1 4 2 0 7
HITACHI AMERICA, LTD. 1 4 1 1 0 7
HITACHI DENSHI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 1 3 1 1 7
NCR CORPORATION 1 3 0 3 0 7
PANDORA INTERNATIONAL LTD. 2 0 3 1 1 7
SIGMA DESIGNS, INC. 1 3 2 1 0 7
WEBTV NETWORKS, INC. 1 0 3 2 1 7
8.TIMES.8, INC. 3 0 2 0 1 6
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 1 2 0 3 6
ELBEX VIDEO, LTD. 0 2 1 1 2 6
FAROUDJA LABORATORIES, INC. 4 1 0 1 0 6
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 2 2 1 1 0 6
INDEX SYSTEMS, INC. 2 1 1 2 0 6
LDT GMBH & CO. LASER-DISPLAY-TECHNOLOGIE KG 1 4 0 1 0 6
POLAROID CORPORATION 1 0 0 1 4 6
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 1 4 0 0 1 6
ROSEN PRODUCTS LLC 3 3 0 0 0 6
SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC. 1 1 1 3 0 6
SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS S.A. 4 2 0 0 0 6
VTEL CORPORATION 2 1 2 1 0 6
WAVETEK CORPORATION 0 5 0 1 0 6
ACER PERIPHERALS, INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
DAEWOO ELECTRONICS COMPANY, LTD. 4 1 0 0 0 5
DISPLAY LABORATORIES, INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
DVDO, INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 1 0 1 2 5
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 2 1 1 1 0 5
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 0 1 3 1 0 5
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
ORAD HI-TEC SYSTEMS LIMITED 0 3 1 1 0 5
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 0 3 1 0 5
SNELL & WILCOX LIMITED 0 2 2 0 1 5
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 0 0 0 1 4 5
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 2 0 2 0 1 5
TERALOGIC, INCORPORATED 0 1 4 0 0 5
UMAX DATA SYSTEMS INC. 0 2 2 0 1 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 2 2 1 0 0 5
ZILOG, INC. 1 0 2 1 1 5


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