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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 355, Photocopying

( 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
NIKON CORPORATION 41 65 57 87 81 331
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 23 57 41 50 73 244
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 21 31 17 19 17 105
ASML NETHERLANDS B.V. 2 5 18 23 43 91
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 20 11 14 9 12 66
~Individually Owned Patent 6 11 7 7 6 37
NORITSU KOKI CO., LTD. 13 7 7 1 3 31
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 4 6 3 5 4 22
KONICA CORPORATION 7 6 4 0 4 21
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 3 5 1 2 7 18
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 1 2 5 4 14
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 2 6 5 1 0 14
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 2 2 1 8 13
ASML HOLDING N.V. 0 0 0 1 11 12
CARL ZEISS STIFTUNG 1 2 2 6 1 12
INTEL CORPORATION 2 0 1 4 5 12
USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISYA 2 1 2 1 6 12
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 1 1 5 1 3 11
AGFA-GEVAERT, AG 3 3 3 0 1 10
ANVIK CORPORATION 1 2 2 2 3 10
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 1 4 4 1 0 10
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 1 2 2 1 4 10
EUV LLC 1 1 1 3 3 9
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 2 4 0 2 1 9
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 7 1 0 0 9
GRETAG IMAGING AG 3 4 1 0 0 8
ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 3 4 0 0 7
CARL ZEISS SMT AG 0 0 0 2 5 7
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 4 2 1 0 7
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 0 2 2 1 2 7
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 2 1 1 2 1 7
ADTEC ENGINEERING CO., LTD. 0 1 0 1 4 6
FUJITSU LIMITED 1 2 2 1 0 6
NEC CORPORATION 1 2 2 1 0 6
SONY CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 2 6
BALL SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 1 1 0 3 0 5
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 3 0 0 0 5
CARL ZEISS SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 0 0 1 4 5
LIFETOUCH PORTRAIT STUDIOS INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0 1 2 0 2 5
SILICON VALLEY GROUP, INC. 0 2 1 2 0 5
SVG LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 2 0 0 5
ULTRATECH STEPPER, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5


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