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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 353, Optics: Image Projectors

( 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
~Individually Owned Patent 19 24 21 16 25 35 32 13 16 23 12 15 17 6 19 12 10 12 6 11 8 13 10 10 15 13 16 13 12 13 15 11 11 9 9 22 544
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 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 2 0 3 3 7 16 17 35 40 31 155
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 6 4 12 14 15 8 3 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 3 4 3 3 5 2 1 0 4 6 15 120
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 5 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 3 2 1 4 6 6 3 2 5 6 4 4 2 5 7 6 15 11 117
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 7 14 13 3 6 82
BELL + HOWELL COMPANY 6 2 5 3 3 3 4 6 9 12 8 5 2 1 1 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 79
MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY 1 5 0 2 2 5 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 5 3 0 3 1 2 2 1 2 5 6 4 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 65
SONY CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 1 3 5 3 3 11 10 10 55
HITACHI, LTD 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 3 4 0 3 5 5 6 10 51
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 1 2 2 0 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 3 2 2 3 4 0 2 0 3 2 1 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 47
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 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 1 2 7 3 0 2 1 5 8 6 39
NIKON CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 7 2 2 2 3 5 1 36
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 5 20 10 35
AGFA-GEVAERT, AG 1 2 1 1 4 3 4 2 0 3 1 2 1 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS 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 1 0 0 2 2 1 2 9 5 9 32
GAF CHEMICALS CORPORATION 4 3 4 5 1 6 1 4 1 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 30
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 1 2 2 3 1 1 4 5 2 30
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 0 0 0 4 7 3 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 30
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 4 4 2 3 2 2 3 0 0 0 28
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 3 5 0 2 1 26
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 5 5 26
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 2 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 1 3 1 4 25
XEROX CORPORATION 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 5 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
INFOCUS 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 1 1 5 5 10 22
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 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 7 6 21
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 5 8 20
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 1 5 3 1 0 0 1 4 5 20
ROLLEI-WERKE FRANKE + HEIDECKE 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 1 5 3 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 19
ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 3 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 17
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 0 1 8 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 4 17
NEC VIEWTECHNOLOGY, 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 7 15
ERNST LEITZ WETZLAR GMBH 2 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 14
HONEYWELL INC. 0 0 5 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
KOPIN 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 1 2 1 5 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 14
NCR CORPORATION 1 0 1 1 3 3 3 1 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 14
SINGER COMPANY 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 0 0 2 2 3 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
BEN Q 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 3 0 10 13
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 13
FUJITSU LIMITED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 3 1 0 13
RCA CORPORATION 1 3 4 1 0 1 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 13
HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
IZON CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
NEC 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 1 0 0 2 0 2 3 1 3 0 0 12
BRAUN A.G. 0 3 0 2 1 2 1 1 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 11
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, 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 0 2 9 11
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 11
PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS INC. 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 3 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 11
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 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 0 0 4 3 1 0 10
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 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 2 10
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, 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 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 3 10
CORETRONIC 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 0 7 9
GOLDSTAR 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 2 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
IN FOCUS 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 3 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 9
MICROFORM DATA SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 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 9
PROXIMA 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 1 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
RAYTHEON COMPANY 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 3 1 2 0 1 1 9
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 9
DELTA 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 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 8
MARVIN GLASS & ASSOCIATES 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 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 8
N-VIEW CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORPORATION 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 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 8
POLAROID CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
AT&T CORP. 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
DUKE UNIVERSITY 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 2 2 2 1 7
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 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 7
PRIMAX ELECTRONICS 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 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 7
REALIST, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
THOMSON-CSF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
KALART COMPANY INC. 0 2 3 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 0 6
LIGHTWARE, 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORP. 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
ROBERT BOSCH PHOTOKINO GMBH 0 0 3 3 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 6
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 6
SLIDEX CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 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 0 0 0 6
VICTOR HASSELBLAD AB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
AURORA 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 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 5
BOEING COMPANY 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
BRUNSWICK CORPORATION 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 5
CARL ZEISS JENA GMBH 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 1 2 2 5
ELMO COMPANY LIMITED 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 5
IMATTE, 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 2 1 2 5
PROKIA TECHNOLOGY 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 5
RAYCHEM 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 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 5
ROCKWELL COLLINS, 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 2 3 0 5
SCRAM 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 2 0 2 5
TECHNICAL OPERATIONS INCORPORATED 0 0 3 1 0 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 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 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 0 0 0 5
VOIGTLANDER AG 4 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 0 0 0 0 5


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