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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 382, Image Analysis

( 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
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 89 105 84 130 115 523
~Individually Owned Patent 66 51 42 59 57 275
XEROX CORPORATION 29 66 50 52 51 248
SONY CORPORATION 36 52 53 53 42 236
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 35 31 54 60 44 224
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 28 49 36 48 49 210
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 27 38 22 48 69 204
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 33 23 19 47 50 172
NEC CORPORATION 31 35 28 26 31 151
DIGIMARC CORPORATION 5 9 24 43 45 126
INTEL CORPORATION 12 25 22 31 33 123
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 15 12 14 31 50 122
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 33 22 21 18 28 122
FUJITSU LIMITED 20 17 20 24 26 107
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 32 25 10 13 22 102
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 20 20 10 14 33 97
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 16 36 42 94
HITACHI, LTD 14 15 17 31 16 93
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 23 21 28 13 0 85
COGNEX CORPORATION 18 22 14 9 21 84
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 0 32 47 79
SARNOFF CORPORATION & CO., LTD. 13 18 17 19 10 77
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 19 18 9 18 11 75
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 12 20 10 14 12 68
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 7 14 10 10 19 60
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 16 8 10 13 8 55
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 5 10 14 13 13 55
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 11 10 13 8 8 50
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 10 9 6 10 11 46
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 20 18 8 0 0 46
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 12 6 6 12 9 45
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 11 12 4 9 5 41
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 6 5 6 13 7 37
ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 10 8 10 2 4 34
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 7 9 6 6 6 34
CUMMINS-ALLISON CORPORATION 4 2 5 11 11 33
SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH, INC. 4 6 4 10 9 33
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 3 11 7 6 5 32
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 2 5 10 3 10 30
AT&T CORP. 11 7 4 4 4 30
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 4 3 5 10 6 28
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 11 3 5 3 6 28
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 10 3 5 5 3 26
ARCH DEVELOPMENT CORP. 8 4 6 3 5 26
MOTOROLA, INC. 8 6 3 7 2 26
NCR CORPORATION 4 7 6 6 3 26
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 1 5 5 8 6 25
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 4 5 2 5 7 23
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 3 11 7 1 0 22
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC 0 0 2 3 16 21
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 4 3 3 7 19
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 0 5 5 4 5 19
MUSTEK SYSTEMS, INC. 2 5 6 4 2 19
OMRON CORPORATION 6 5 1 3 4 19
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 2 2 4 7 4 19
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 4 2 5 5 2 18
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 1 7 3 3 3 17
DAEWOO ELECTRONICS COMPANY, LTD. 11 5 0 0 0 16
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 0 0 3 3 10 16
AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 3 2 3 5 15
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 3 4 1 5 2 15
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 2 3 3 5 15
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 0 4 2 4 4 14
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 0 3 6 4 14
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 2 1 0 2 9 14
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 3 5 3 2 1 14
INTERVAL RESEARCH CORPORATION 1 5 6 2 0 14
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 6 3 3 1 14
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 0 3 1 5 5 14
CHROMAVISION MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 3 4 3 13
DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD. 4 5 2 1 1 13
RAYTHEON COMPANY 3 6 1 2 1 13
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 2 2 5 2 2 13
AGFA-GEVAERT N.V. 0 5 3 0 4 12
ANALOGIC CORPORATION 4 4 1 0 3 12
NIKON CORPORATION 2 0 1 2 7 12
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 0 3 2 1 6 12
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 1 5 1 1 4 12
BACUS RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 2 2 3 1 3 11
ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC. 1 5 1 1 3 11
KONICA CORPORATION 0 3 3 3 2 11
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 0 3 4 3 1 11
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 1 3 2 4 1 11
UNISYS CORPORATION 3 4 1 3 0 11
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 4 3 2 2 0 11
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 4 1 0 1 10
COGNEX TECHNOLOGY AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION 0 0 0 5 5 10
PENTAX CORPORATION 0 0 0 7 3 10
QUALIA COMPUTING, INC. 4 1 1 2 2 10
RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 5 10
SHAREWAVE, INC. 0 9 1 0 0 10
SONY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED 2 1 1 1 5 10
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 1 4 3 10
TEKTRONIX INC. 0 0 1 2 7 10
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 0 3 2 1 3 9
R2 TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 3 1 1 1 9
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 3 0 1 3 2 9
ACUSON CORPORATION 1 2 2 1 2 8
AUTHENTEC, INC. 4 1 0 1 2 8
AUTODESK CANADA INC. 0 0 4 1 3 8
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 2 2 2 1 1 8
CROSS MATCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 2 1 2 2 8
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS S.A. 0 0 1 4 3 8
HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 0 1 3 2 2 8
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 0 1 1 6 8
NEC RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. 4 3 0 1 0 8
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORP. 3 4 1 0 0 8
PICSURF, INC. 0 3 4 1 0 8
SENSAR, INC. 5 1 0 2 0 8
TRIPATH IMAGING, INC. 5 2 1 0 0 8
ACUITY IMAGING, LLC 2 5 0 0 0 7
AMERICA ONLINE, INC. 1 0 1 5 0 7
EYEMATIC INTERFACES, INC. 0 3 2 2 0 7
FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 5 0 2 7
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP. 4 1 0 1 1 7
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON 2 0 2 0 3 7
KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION 2 1 2 1 1 7
OAK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 0 3 2 7
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 0 2 2 2 1 7
TRW INC. 3 0 0 0 4 7
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION 2 0 2 2 1 7
ADVANTEST CORP. 1 2 1 2 0 6
AUTODESK, INC. 4 0 1 0 1 6
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY 1 0 2 1 2 6
COLORCOM, LTD. 0 3 2 0 1 6
COMPETITIVE TECHNOLOGIES OF PA, INC. 1 1 2 2 0 6
DEW ENGINEERING AND DEVELOPMENT LIMITED 4 2 0 0 0 6
DIGITAL PERSONA, INC. 1 4 0 0 1 6
DIVIO, INC. 0 0 2 4 0 6
FACET TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 1 3 1 1 6
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 4 0 1 0 1 6
INTERMEC IP CORP. 4 0 0 1 1 6
KEYENCE CORPORATION 0 0 0 4 2 6
LARGE SCALE PROTEOMICS CORP. 0 1 1 3 1 6
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD. 1 2 0 2 1 6
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 1 0 0 0 5 6
ORAMETRIX, INC. 0 0 0 1 5 6
POLAROID CORPORATION 4 0 0 2 0 6
QUVIS, INC. 0 2 0 3 1 6
SEGA ENTERPRISES, LTD. 1 0 2 0 3 6
SIGNAFY, INC. 1 2 2 1 0 6
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, LELAND JUNIOR, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF 0 1 1 1 3 6
AFFYMETRIX, INC. 0 2 0 1 2 5
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 0 1 2 1 1 5
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 1 0 1 3 5
DENSO CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 2 5
ELECTRO-OPTICAL SCIENCES, INC. 1 3 0 0 1 5
INTELLIGENT REASONING SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
IRIDIAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 3 1 0 5
KENT RIDGE DIGITAL LABS 0 0 1 1 3 5
KOMATSU LTD. 0 3 2 0 0 5
LITTON SYSTEMS INC. 0 3 2 0 0 5
NATIONAL SCIENCE COUNCIL 2 0 0 3 0 5
OKIDATA CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 0 5
PHYSICAL OPTICS CORPORATION 2 0 2 0 1 5
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 5 5
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 0 0 1 0 4 5
TOKYO SEIMITSU CO., LTD. 0 0 0 5 0 5
UMAX DATA SYSTEMS INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 0 0 2 1 2 5
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 0 2 1 0 2 5
VERIDICOM, INC. 2 1 0 2 0 5
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY 0 1 0 3 1 5


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