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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 725, Interactive Video Distribution Systems

( 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 11 20 16 10 14 71
~Individually Owned Patent 11 19 12 11 11 64
UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES, INC. 4 8 5 10 12 39
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 5 4 4 9 9 31
SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC. 3 5 6 6 10 30
INTEL CORPORATION 6 7 2 6 4 25
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 4 7 12 23
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 5 4 3 5 4 21
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 1 8 3 2 7 21
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 8 7 3 1 2 21
WEBTV NETWORKS, INC. 0 3 4 5 8 20
DIVA SYSTEMS CORPORATION 1 5 3 5 5 19
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP. 4 2 1 4 5 16
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 1 2 1 6 6 16
FUJITSU LIMITED 3 4 1 2 5 15
STARSIGHT TELECAST, INC. 5 2 4 1 2 14
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 1 4 1 1 5 12
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 1 4 3 2 1 11
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 0 5 0 5 1 11
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 6 2 3 0 0 11
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 0 2 4 3 10
NEC CORPORATION 5 2 1 1 1 10
OPENTV, INC. 0 1 3 4 2 10
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 2 3 1 4 0 10
INDEX SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 2 3 2 9
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 3 3 1 1 9
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 2 0 2 2 2 8
MOTOROLA, INC. 5 1 1 0 1 8
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 1 0 3 2 1 7
HITACHI, LTD 1 1 1 1 3 7
MASPRO DENKOH CO., LTD. 2 0 0 4 1 7
SONY EUROPA B.V. 2 2 1 0 2 7
SOUNDVIEW TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED 5 2 0 0 0 7
AT&T CORP. 1 1 1 1 2 6
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 2 1 1 2 6
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 0 0 1 3 2 6
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 1 0 2 2 6
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 1 3 1 1 0 6
LIBERATE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 1 1 2 5
NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 1 1 0 2 1 5
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 1 0 1 1 2 5
TRILITHIC, INC. 2 2 0 0 1 5
WINK COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 1 0 1 2 1 5
ZENITH ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 2 0 1 1 5


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