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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 396, Photography

( 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 47 27 31 19 48 172
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 58 20 22 11 5 116
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 34 16 15 22 21 108
PENTAX CORPORATION 25 22 32 13 10 102
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 46 14 16 3 0 79
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 16 15 7 11 26 75
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.) 25 3 8 1 8 45
SONY CORPORATION 1 10 4 10 13 38
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 0 0 13 23 36
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 10 15 4 1 0 30
NIKON CORPORATION 15 6 5 1 2 29
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 7 3 4 7 6 27
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 9 7 4 1 3 24
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 4 5 2 3 10 24
NIDEC COPAL CORPORATION 16 3 1 2 2 24
HOYA CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 21 21
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 9 4 2 0 0 15
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 3 4 4 1 14
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 1 0 2 1 10 14
SEIKO PRECISION INC. 3 0 3 1 6 13
DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD. 6 3 1 0 2 12
SAMSUNG TECHWIN CO., LTD. 4 1 0 0 4 9
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 5 8
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 0 0 0 1 6 7
CHAPMAN/LEONARD STUDIO EQUIPMENT, INC. 0 0 4 3 0 7
PELCO 5 1 0 0 1 7
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 0 0 5 1 1 7
ANO-COIL CORPORATION 1 2 0 0 3 6
ASIA OPTICAL CO., INC. 0 0 3 1 2 6
CONCORD CAMERA CORP. 2 4 0 0 0 6
KONICA CORPORATION 5 1 0 0 0 6
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 1 0 0 2 3 6
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 0 0 1 4 5
CAM GUARD SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
ELMO COMPANY LIMITED 3 0 0 0 2 5
FOSTER ASSETS CORPORATION 2 0 0 2 1 5
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 0 1 1 3 5
KONICA MINOLTA PHOTO IMAGING, INC. 0 0 1 0 4 5
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 0 0 1 0 4 5
NISCA CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 2 5
PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD. 3 1 0 0 1 5
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 1 0 2 2 0 5
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 3 5
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 4 0 1 0 0 5


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