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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 378, X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices

( 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
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC 0 10 86 60 69 225
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 37 85 45 22 18 207
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 31 38 45 27 30 171
~Individually Owned Patent 32 28 26 26 17 129
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 43 44 25 112
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 10 17 24 11 21 83
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 23 46 14 0 0 83
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 16 15 13 14 17 75
ANALOGIC CORPORATION 12 14 7 2 10 45
VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 8 4 13 7 10 42
SHIMADZU CORPORATION 4 9 10 15 1 39
SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC. 0 2 11 8 11 32
PICKER INTERNATIONAL, INC. 20 7 0 0 0 27
SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH, INC. 9 8 5 3 2 27
HITACHI MEDICAL CORPORATION 5 3 10 6 2 26
AMERICAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, INC. 3 7 8 4 0 22
NIKON CORPORATION 2 5 4 8 3 22
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 2 5 4 5 5 21
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS S.A. 2 9 5 4 1 21
SIEMENS MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 11 8 1 0 0 20
RIGAKU CORPORATION 1 6 4 3 4 18
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 3 3 5 6 1 18
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 0 2 7 3 2 14
PHOTOELECTRON CORPORATION 1 7 5 1 0 14
HEIMANN SYSTEMS GMBH & CO. KG 1 3 3 6 0 13
RIGAKU DENKI COMPANY LIMITED 1 2 4 3 3 13
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 3 2 5 12
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 0 4 4 2 12
JORDAN VALLEY APPLIED RADIATION LTD. 2 0 4 4 1 11
LUNAR CORPORATION 4 4 2 1 0 11
CARDIAC MARINERS, INCORPORATED 3 7 0 0 0 10
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 1 5 0 2 2 10
HITACHI, LTD 1 2 2 2 3 10
OSMIC, INC. 3 1 2 2 2 10
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 4 2 2 2 0 10
GE YOKOGAWA MEDICAL SYSTEMS, LIMITED 2 2 5 0 0 9
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 5 1 1 2 9
THERMA-WAVE, INC. 0 0 2 3 4 9
EUV LLC 0 3 2 2 1 8
J. MORITA MANUFACTURING CORP. 4 2 0 2 0 8
MEDTRONIC AVE, INC. 1 1 3 1 2 8
XCOUNTER AB 0 0 3 4 1 8
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 0 2 3 1 1 7
AGFA-GEVAERT N.V. 1 1 2 1 2 7
CARL ZEISS STIFTUNG 0 1 3 1 2 7
DIRECT RADIOGRAPHY CORP. 1 2 2 1 1 7
HOLOGIC, INC. 2 3 2 0 0 7
INSTRUMENTARIUM CORP. 0 0 0 3 4 7
INVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 3 3 7
KONICA CORPORATION 0 2 3 1 1 7
SIEMENS ELEMA AB 1 2 2 2 0 7
BRAINLAB AG 0 0 0 3 3 6
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 5 1 0 0 0 6
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 1 4 0 1 6
SIRONA DENTAL SYSTEMS GMBH & CO. KG 2 1 1 1 1 6
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, LELAND JUNIOR, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF 2 1 0 1 2 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 0 1 1 2 2 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 2 4 0 0 0 6
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER 1 1 2 2 0 6
BEDE SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS LIMITED 0 1 0 1 3 5
BRUKER AXS ANALYTICAL X-RAY SYSTEMS GMBH 1 3 1 0 0 5
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. 0 0 2 1 2 5
KLA-TENCOR TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 0 0 0 0 5 5
MARCONI MEDICAL SYSTEMS ISRAEL LTD. 1 4 0 0 0 5
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 0 1 1 0 3 5
PLANMECA OY 0 1 3 1 0 5
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA 0 0 1 1 3 5
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 0 3 0 0 2 5
X-RAY TECHNOLOGIES PTY LTD 2 1 2 0 0 5


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