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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Electronic Information Products Division
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2004 - 2008 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 725, Interactive Video Distribution Systems

( 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 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Total
SONY CORPORATION 14 13 36 21 15 99
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 6 12 13 21 19 71
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 9 5 22 6 7 49
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 11 6 12 8 7 44
INTEL CORPORATION 4 3 9 19 5 40
SEDNA PATENT SERVICES, LLC 0 4 17 9 9 39
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 12 6 9 4 7 38
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 1 5 16 6 9 37
SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC. 10 2 8 7 7 34
UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES, INC. 12 4 6 6 4 32
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 5 3 10 2 10 30
DIGEO, INC. 0 3 10 10 5 28
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 7 3 9 6 3 28
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 4 8 5 4 0 21
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. 3 5 3 5 5 21
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 1 4 7 4 18
FUJITSU LIMITED 5 3 3 1 3 15
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 2 4 2 2 13
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 2 1 4 1 5 13
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 2 3 4 0 3 12
UNISYS CORPORATION 0 1 0 5 6 12
HITACHI, LTD 3 1 3 1 3 11
OPENTV, INC. 2 3 5 1 0 11
WEBTV NETWORKS, INC. 8 2 0 1 0 11
NEC CORPORATION 1 1 2 2 3 9
PIONEER CORPORATION 1 3 2 1 2 9
PRIME RESEARCH ALLIANCE E., INC. 0 0 3 4 2 9
AT&T CORP. 2 2 1 1 2 8
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 1 2 4 1 0 8
NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH, INC. 1 2 3 0 2 8
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 0 3 3 2 0 8
STARSIGHT TELECAST, INC. 2 0 3 2 1 8
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 1 2 2 0 2 7
3COM CORPORATION 2 2 2 0 0 6
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP. 5 1 0 0 0 6
INTELLOCITY USA, INC. 0 0 2 1 3 6
KEEN PERSONAL MEDIA, INC. 0 0 2 3 1 6
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 2 6
TOUCHTUNES MUSIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 3 6
DIVA SYSTEMS CORPORATION 5 0 0 0 0 5
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 1 2 1 1 5
GOLDPOCKET INTERACTIVE, INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
INDEX SYSTEMS, INC. 2 0 1 1 1 5
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 0 2 0 1 5
MASPRO DENKOH CO., LTD. 1 2 2 0 0 5
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 2 0 2 1 5
PACE MICRO TECHNOLOGY PLC 2 1 1 1 0 5
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 3 0 0 5


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