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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 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 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Total
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 133 148 269 258 261 1069
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 80 86 169 110 105 550
XEROX CORPORATION 56 64 75 57 75 327
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 32 34 59 75 92 292
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 29 39 37 60 95 260
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 29 37 50 52 54 222
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 13 24 68 60 53 218
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 25 35 42 41 21 164
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 24 34 43 29 33 163
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 42 50 43 19 0 154
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 17 9 45 29 25 125
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 14 19 25 41 24 123
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 17 29 32 20 9 107
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 15 15 14 14 44 102
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 7 7 16 25 30 85
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 14 15 20 9 21 79
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 0 0 36 33 69
PANASONIC COMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. 8 16 25 7 7 63
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 12 18 13 11 6 60
MURATA KIKAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 12 16 14 11 56
KONICA CORPORATION 8 12 13 9 7 49
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 8 6 5 9 20 48
FUJITSU LIMITED 8 11 12 10 5 46
ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC. 3 8 12 13 9 45
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 5 5 4 10 18 42
AVISION INC. 12 5 4 5 13 39
SONY CORPORATION 6 5 7 9 12 39
TRANSPACIFIC IP, LTD. 0 1 0 13 24 38
NEC CORPORATION 11 10 7 3 1 32
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 4 3 10 9 4 30
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 4 4 4 9 8 29
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 2 2 5 5 15 29
HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 7 6 2 8 4 27
DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD. 0 0 6 7 8 21
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 5 3 6 3 4 21
OCE PRINTING SYSTEMS GMBH 3 3 2 7 6 21
OCE-TECHNOLOGIES, B.V. 2 4 3 5 7 21
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 4 5 5 1 18
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 3 2 5 0 7 17
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 4 6 0 4 3 17
KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION 2 2 2 6 4 16
NISCA CORPORATION 0 0 7 5 4 16
INFOPRINT SOLUTIONS COMPANY LLC 0 0 0 4 11 15
MUSTEK SYSTEMS, INC. 11 4 0 0 0 15
NORITSU KOKI CO., LTD. 0 4 2 6 3 15
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 5 6 1 0 14
NIKON CORPORATION 1 3 4 4 2 14
HELL GRAVURE SYSTEMS GMBH 5 3 5 0 0 13
OKIDATA CORPORATION 1 3 3 2 4 13
BEN Q CORPORATION 5 2 0 4 1 12
HITACHI, LTD 4 2 2 3 1 12
PENTAX CORPORATION 5 5 1 1 0 12
RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION 2 2 1 3 4 12
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.) 3 1 4 3 0 11
RICOH PRINTING SYSTEMS, LTD. 0 0 2 3 4 9
AGFA-GEVAERT N.V. 0 2 2 3 1 8
CREO IL. LTD. 0 5 3 0 0 8
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 1 7 8
KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC. 1 0 0 0 7 8
MICROTEK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 1 0 2 3 8
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 1 2 1 2 2 8
AGFA CORPORATION 1 1 1 4 0 7
KODAK GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS CANADA COMPANY 0 0 3 1 3 7
PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD. 2 0 0 2 3 7
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 2 1 2 0 2 7
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 1 0 2 2 1 6
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 1 3 1 1 0 6
TESSERON LTD. 3 0 0 1 2 6
UMAX DATA SYSTEMS INC. 5 0 0 1 0 6
ZORAN CORPORATION 0 1 3 1 1 6
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 1 1 0 1 2 5
POLAROID CORPORATION 1 2 2 0 0 5
TECO IMAGE SYSTEMS CO., LTD. 0 1 1 3 0 5
TOHOKU RICOH CO., LTD. 1 1 2 0 1 5


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