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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 358, Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing

( 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 136 139 171 145 133 724
XEROX CORPORATION 42 47 35 56 56 236
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 25 27 24 36 42 154
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 40 29 26 21 32 148
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 52 28 37 26 0 143
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 0 41 80 121
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 12 21 29 29 29 120
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 18 27 25 23 25 118
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 27 30 16 22 15 110
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 16 25 15 11 24 91
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 24 22 15 14 8 83
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 12 13 15 20 17 77
~Individually Owned Patent 16 13 17 13 17 76
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 16 7 6 11 29 69
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 20 10 10 13 14 67
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 15 10 12 9 14 60
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 12 7 9 13 12 53
NEC CORPORATION 4 14 11 9 11 49
MUSTEK SYSTEMS, INC. 11 10 8 4 11 44
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 14 8 6 9 5 42
FUJITSU LIMITED 9 8 5 8 8 38
MATSUSHITA GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC. 8 9 11 5 2 35
ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC. 3 12 8 6 3 32
KONICA CORPORATION 6 4 7 3 8 28
HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 2 2 9 7 7 27
UMAX DATA SYSTEMS INC. 2 2 1 17 5 27
SONY CORPORATION 1 1 7 8 6 23
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 0 1 1 7 13 22
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 6 3 4 4 4 21
AVISION INC. 2 1 1 5 12 21
MURATA KIKAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 7 1 5 3 20
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 0 2 7 8 3 20
OKIDATA CORPORATION 6 2 4 5 1 18
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 5 7 3 1 1 17
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 4 2 2 5 4 17
AGFA CORPORATION 2 7 3 2 1 15
ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 3 6 0 0 15
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 0 0 2 6 7 15
PANASONIC COMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. 0 0 0 6 8 14
HITACHI, LTD 3 2 2 2 4 13
MICROTEK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 4 2 2 3 2 13
PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD. 5 2 2 2 2 13
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 1 3 4 2 2 12
OCE-TECHNOLOGIES, B.V. 4 2 0 4 2 12
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 3 1 4 0 4 12
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 4 5 0 2 11
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.) 4 0 2 1 3 10
KING JIM CO., LTD. 3 2 2 1 2 10
PFU LIMITED 2 2 1 3 2 10
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 4 2 2 0 1 9
INTEL CORPORATION 2 1 1 4 1 9
KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION 4 1 2 0 2 9
BEN Q CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 5 8
DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD. 3 4 1 0 0 8
IMAGEX, INC. 0 0 5 2 1 8
NIKON CORPORATION 0 4 1 2 1 8
T R SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 0 4 2 8
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 0 3 0 3 8
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 3 1 1 1 1 7
DESTINY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 0 2 1 3 7
PENTAX CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 5 7
RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION 0 1 3 1 2 7
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 1 2 2 1 0 6
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 3 0 0 2 1 6
MDC MAX DATWYLER AG 0 0 3 3 0 6
NEXPRESS SOLUTIONS LLC 0 1 3 1 1 6
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 2 0 2 1 1 6
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 0 1 1 2 1 5
AGFA-GEVAERT N.V. 3 1 0 1 0 5
APPLIED SCIENCE FICTION, INC. 1 0 1 3 0 5
FLASHPOINT TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 3 0 1 5
HELL GRAVURE SYSTEMS GMBH 0 0 0 0 5 5
KODAK POLYCHROME GRAPHICS, LLC 0 0 1 4 0 5
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 5 5
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 0 1 2 1 5
MOTOROLA, INC. 2 1 1 0 1 5
OAK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 2 0 1 5
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0 1 2 1 1 5
QUALCOMM, INC. 2 1 0 0 2 5
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 0 4 0 1 5
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 0 1 1 1 5
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 0 2 0 3 0 5
SILITEK CORPORATION 2 2 0 1 0 5
TESSERON LTD. 0 0 2 0 3 5


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