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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 1969 - 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 386, Television Signal Processing for Dynamic Recording or Reproducing

( 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 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Total
SONY CORPORATION 3 4 2 2 3 8 6 10 7 9 14 11 17 9 13 24 20 16 23 36 27 11 22 34 40 32 30 51 36 85 72 66 70 91 61 57 1022
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 1 1 2 2 3 4 2 6 0 1 1 7 6 2 8 8 6 9 9 7 17 10 4 6 11 15 19 27 15 24 34 32 44 46 53 44 486
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 5 14 6 9 7 25 25 16 26 24 16 10 30 15 32 37 25 29 26 10 17 410
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 0 4 2 7 8 2 0 1 4 3 1 2 3 12 6 27 26 28 34 18 6 4 5 3 4 4 5 11 6 9 14 14 11 10 5 10 309
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 12 18 19 22 27 28 29 21 20 20 16 9 33 278
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 4 2 1 4 4 1 1 6 4 2 5 3 11 33 19 18 18 21 53 25 245
HITACHI, LTD 0 0 0 2 3 1 3 4 1 1 0 1 0 5 5 3 10 12 11 11 9 9 11 4 6 11 10 8 4 6 15 10 18 15 11 15 235
~Individually Owned Patent 2 2 2 1 4 2 4 0 4 3 3 7 2 4 6 6 8 6 6 9 17 12 12 7 7 3 4 6 11 7 10 11 10 13 5 10 226
PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 6 12 12 35 9 13 21 14 10 3 8 4 4 6 12 7 6 4 4 195
RCA CORPORATION 3 2 3 5 3 3 10 13 15 5 6 4 11 14 20 9 9 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 147
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 0 2 0 1 1 3 4 12 3 3 1 4 4 0 1 2 1 2 6 5 10 2 4 0 1 2 4 10 4 7 10 7 14 9 0 0 139
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 5 0 8 2 3 1 3 5 7 12 7 10 13 8 3 5 6 2 107
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 4 11 20 14 5 8 8 3 0 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 1 4 2 105
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 3 4 2 0 4 2 0 1 1 4 1 15 21 6 1 1 4 1 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 89
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 4 2 1 5 2 2 3 1 3 4 2 3 4 3 6 6 63
ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 4 2 6 8 5 9 5 8 3 2 2 1 0 0 62
AMPEX CORP. 4 3 3 3 0 0 0 1 3 4 3 1 3 3 1 5 6 1 3 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 7 5 2 12 8 9 58
GOLDSTAR COMPANY, LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 6 5 8 10 9 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 55
NEC CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 5 3 1 2 8 5 2 6 6 54
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 2 4 2 1 7 4 2 2 4 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 7 12 9 40
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 6 6 5 3 1 1 0 5 1 2 0 0 39
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 14 34
DISCOVISION ASSOCIATES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 3 3 3 4 5 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 33
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 3 6 0 2 2 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 33
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 2 5 1 4 3 28
DEUTSCHE THOMSON-BRANDT GMBH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 4 2 3 0 0 25
DAEWOO ELECTRONICS COMPANY, LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 3 2 6 2 3 0 0 0 23
HITACHI AMERICA, LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 21
MACROVISION CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 3 2 20
TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT CO., L.P. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 2 1 7 2 0 19
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 5 2 5 18
BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 3 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
GEMSTAR DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 4 2 1 17
NIKON CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 17
CBS INC. 4 1 5 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
IIT RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 2 1 3 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 1 2 16
AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 4 0 1 3 1 15
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 4 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15
TEAC CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 3 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 3 2 14
TED BILDPLATTEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT AEG-TELEFUNKEN-TELDEC 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
ZENITH ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
YAMAHA CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 13
INTEL CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 5 1 12
PIONEER VIDEO CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
QUANTEL LIMITED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 12
THOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 12
UNIVERSAL PIONEER CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
HITACHI DENSHI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 3 0 11
LEX COMPUTING & MANAGEMENT CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
POLAROID CORPORATION 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
AKAI ELECTRIC COMPANY, LIMITED 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 1 10
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP. 0 0 1 3 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
BELL + HOWELL COMPANY 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 9
INDEX SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 2 9
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 9
PIONEER CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 9
THOMSON BRANDT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
ATI INTERNATIONAL SRL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 8
FERNSEH GMBH DARMSTADT 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
LICENTIA PATENT-VERWALTUNGS-GMBH 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8
OAK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 0 8
STARSIGHT TELECAST, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 8
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 8
ARVIN INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
AT&T CORP. 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
FUJITSU LIMITED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 7
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
THOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 7
THOMSON-CSF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
BTS BROADCAST TELEVISION SYSTEMS GMBH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
E GUIDE, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
EASTMAN TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
NORTH AMERICAN PHILIPS CORPORATION 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
CONVERGENCE CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
GO-VIDEO, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
INTERNATIONAL VIDEO CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
KEEN PERSONAL MEDIA, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 5
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 5
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 5
NIPPON COLUMBIA COMPANY, LTD. 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
XEROX CORPORATION 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5


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