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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 396, Photography

( 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 130 83 61 63 57 394
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 115 68 60 37 47 327
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 39 63 82 52 46 282
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 49 43 58 33 10 193
ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 68 43 57 0 0 168
~Individually Owned Patent 24 21 29 39 34 147
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.) 23 19 32 25 25 124
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 44 37 18 14 9 122
NIKON CORPORATION 38 20 14 20 15 107
PENTAX CORPORATION 0 0 3 34 25 62
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 5 21 20 5 7 58
KONICA CORPORATION 14 9 15 7 5 50
SONY CORPORATION 12 3 10 6 1 32
NIDEC COPAL CORPORATION 0 1 4 5 16 26
POLAROID CORPORATION 7 8 2 6 2 25
SEIKO PRECISION INC. 7 1 10 4 3 25
CONCORD CAMERA CORP. 3 8 4 6 2 23
AGFA-GEVAERT N.V. 9 1 6 5 1 22
NORITSU KOKI CO., LTD. 13 2 2 0 2 19
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 16 16
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 0 5 1 4 3 13
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 0 4 9 13
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 0 2 2 4 4 12
APPLIED SCIENCE FICTION, INC. 0 1 4 6 0 11
DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD. 2 0 0 2 6 10
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 1 2 4 2 10
PELCO 1 0 0 3 5 9
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 1 1 3 3 0 8
SAMSUNG AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES, LTD. 5 3 0 0 0 8
RECON/OPTICAL, INC. 0 0 3 2 2 7
SAMSUNG TECHWIN CO., LTD. 0 0 2 1 4 7
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 4 7
ARC DESIGN, INC. 0 0 1 3 2 6
ROLLEI FOTOTECHNIC GMBH & CO. 1 4 1 0 0 6
AGFA-GEVAERT, AG 1 1 1 1 1 5
FOSTER ASSETS CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 2 5
LEICA CAMERA AG 0 1 0 4 0 5
NCR CORPORATION 0 4 0 1 0 5
NISCA CORPORATION 1 0 0 4 0 5
PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD. 0 0 0 2 3 5
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 1 2 1 0 1 5
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2 2 1 0 0 5
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 0 0 2 2 1 5


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