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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 347, Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information

( 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 328 340 338 355 254 1615
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 174 274 283 132 0 863
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 70 134 149 126 147 626
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 87 92 117 106 96 498
XEROX CORPORATION 59 103 114 73 58 407
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 0 188 215 403
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 0 65 88 73 71 297
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 68 72 38 37 62 277
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 53 63 53 56 44 269
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 30 39 51 56 59 235
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 32 29 43 23 27 154
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 19 24 36 24 41 144
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 20 13 26 24 26 109
NEC CORPORATION 39 37 20 2 2 100
~Individually Owned Patent 19 16 21 20 20 96
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 29 19 18 8 12 86
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 15 26 24 12 9 86
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 31 31 13 5 5 85
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 9 11 21 19 17 77
KONICA CORPORATION 7 13 12 11 27 70
SONY CORPORATION 23 13 10 12 8 66
FUJITSU LIMITED 7 14 16 7 5 49
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 9 4 6 11 13 43
OCE-TECHNOLOGIES, B.V. 6 10 14 4 7 41
OKIDATA CORPORATION 13 11 6 4 4 38
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 9 9 13 2 2 35
BEN Q CORPORATION 0 0 2 17 15 34
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 7 9 5 6 5 32
AGFA-GEVAERT N.V. 10 5 3 5 7 30
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 9 7 8 3 30
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 4 5 10 10 1 30
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 1 7 12 5 1 26
XAAR TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 4 4 5 9 4 26
HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 2 0 3 4 16 25
HITACHI KOKI COMPANY, LIMITED 3 6 4 11 1 25
ARRAY PRINTERS PUBL. AB 15 6 3 0 0 24
RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION 2 9 8 4 1 24
FRANCOTYP-POSTALIA AG & CO. KG 8 4 5 1 3 21
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 2 1 5 6 7 21
CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD. 4 5 7 3 1 20
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO. LTD 6 1 3 6 3 19
HITACHI PRINTING SOLUTIONS, LTD. 0 0 0 4 15 19
SCITEX DIGITAL PRINTING, INC. 0 6 6 3 4 19
ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 6 6 1 0 17
ENCAD, INC. 1 5 9 2 0 17
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 1 4 5 4 3 17
NORITSU KOKI CO., LTD. 0 7 1 2 6 16
APRION DIGITAL LTD. 0 1 8 5 1 15
HITACHI, LTD 3 4 3 4 1 15
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 2 4 6 1 2 15
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 1 1 4 7 1 14
PELIKAN PRODUKTIONS AG 7 5 1 1 0 14
ACER COMMUNICATIONS AND MULTIMEDIA INC. 0 0 10 3 0 13
CREO SRL 1 5 2 3 2 13
INTERNATIONAL UNITED TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 0 1 5 7 13
MARCONI DATA SYSTEMS, INC. 3 5 3 2 0 13
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 3 1 4 1 13
SPECTRA, INC. 0 1 2 5 5 13
DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD. 0 1 1 1 8 11
DOMINO PRINTING SCIENCES PLC 2 6 2 1 0 11
IMAJE S.A. 1 1 5 2 2 11
NEXPRESS SOLUTIONS LLC 0 1 2 1 7 11
POLAROID CORPORATION 2 0 1 4 4 11
COPYER CO., LTD. 1 2 4 3 0 10
NANOD YNAMICS, INC. 0 0 0 2 8 10
CANON FINETECH INC. 0 0 0 3 6 9
INTERMEC IP CORP. 4 3 1 0 1 9
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 4 1 1 1 2 9
WISERTEK INTERNATIONAL CORP. 2 5 2 0 0 9
AGFA CORPORATION 4 2 1 1 0 8
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 0 4 2 8
CANON APTEX INC. 1 2 3 1 1 8
FARGO ELECTRONICS, INC. 0 2 3 1 2 8
GERBER SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTS, INC. 0 1 4 2 1 8
M.A.N. ROLAND DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 1 3 2 2 0 8
OLIVETTI TECNOST, S.P.A. 0 0 4 4 0 8
PENTAX CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 5 8
ARTECH GMBH DESIGN + PRODUCTION IN PLASTIC 0 0 4 1 2 7
BRADY WORLDWIDE, INC. 0 1 0 2 4 7
HI-TOUCH IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 0 0 1 2 4 7
KYOCERA CORPORATION 2 0 2 3 0 7
MICROJET TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 1 1 1 2 2 7
NEOPOST LIMITED 3 0 3 1 0 7
NISCA CORPORATION 0 2 0 2 3 7
SAWGRASS SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 6 1 0 7
TONEJET CORPORATION PTY LTD. 1 4 2 0 0 7
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 0 4 2 0 0 6
FUJICOPIAN CO., LTD. 1 2 0 3 0 6
L&P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY 0 1 1 1 3 6
MUTOH INDUSTRY LTD. 0 4 1 1 0 6
NU-KOTE INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 0 0 6 6
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 2 1 2 1 0 6
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 1 0 1 1 6
SHINKO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 1 3 0 2 6
SII PRINTEK INC. 0 0 0 1 5 6
TDK CORPORATION 0 2 3 1 0 6
TOHOKU RICOH CO., LTD. 1 0 1 1 3 6
VIDEOJET TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 1 2 3 6
AXIOHM TRANSACTION SOLUTIONS, INC. 1 0 2 0 2 5
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 0 0 1 1 3 5
OCE PRINTING SYSTEMS GMBH 2 0 1 0 2 5
OCE-NEDERLAND B.V. 3 1 1 0 0 5
PICOLITER INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
PRESSTEK, INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
TALLY COMPUTERDRUCKER GMBH 0 2 2 0 1 5
TRANSACT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 1 2 0 5


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