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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 345, Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display 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
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 71 73 159 153 136 592
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 82 85 104 99 73 443
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 63 64 111 95 92 425
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 65 70 91 68 70 364
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 41 42 86 79 102 350
SONY CORPORATION 53 54 88 73 64 332
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 48 35 65 71 57 276
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 80 74 44 32 41 271
NVIDIA CORPORATION 32 39 72 48 68 259
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 48 63 72 30 45 258
HITACHI, LTD 54 46 71 52 34 257
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 33 27 52 67 66 245
INTEL CORPORATION 62 45 64 37 32 240
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 36 35 63 43 39 216
LG. PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD. 23 27 58 46 34 188
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 56 47 34 28 17 182
SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD. 10 13 21 51 87 182
FUJITSU LIMITED 34 29 33 45 20 161
PIONEER CORPORATION 22 26 53 32 25 158
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 16 21 46 30 42 155
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 49 40 35 13 4 141
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 16 21 34 22 30 123
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 21 25 34 21 21 122
NEC CORPORATION 37 22 23 20 11 113
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 20 11 21 24 23 99
AU OPTRONICS CORP. 14 9 24 25 26 98
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 10 18 30 21 14 93
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 26 18 21 7 18 90
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 26 21 22 13 3 85
IMMERSION CORPORATION 16 9 22 18 15 80
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 17 15 19 7 18 76
AUTODESK, INC. 10 12 18 15 9 64
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 17 10 11 13 9 60
NOKIA CORPORATION 4 8 14 15 18 59
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 14 14 18 7 4 57
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 10 10 18 15 4 57
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 13 16 19 4 3 55
FUJITSU HITACHI PLASMA DISPLAY LIMITED 4 10 19 13 8 54
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 20 12 10 6 5 53
BROADCOM CORPORATION 15 11 11 7 7 51
NINTENDO CO., LTD. 9 9 17 9 7 51
XEROX CORPORATION 8 15 12 10 4 49
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 7 5 9 13 11 45
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 9 8 9 9 10 45
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 5 15 14 8 45
ATI INTERNATIONAL SRL 19 11 7 3 3 43
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 8 8 12 8 6 42
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 8 6 6 12 9 41
LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 41 41
PIXAR 3 1 9 12 14 39
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 15 3 7 5 9 39
E INK CORPORATION 6 3 12 10 6 37
HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD. 0 0 10 12 15 37
MOTOROLA, INC. 0 8 17 7 5 37
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 4 4 6 11 12 37
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 3 5 9 12 7 36
PALM, INC. 2 3 14 6 10 35
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 10 11 8 4 1 34
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 0 6 5 7 16 34
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 8 5 10 4 7 34
NEC LCD TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 11 8 10 4 0 33
CHI MEI OPTOELECTRONICS CORP. 5 6 9 8 4 32
CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD. 2 0 3 6 21 32
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 10 3 10 4 5 32
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 16 8 4 3 0 31
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 0 0 14 16 30
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 8 7 7 6 1 29
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 0 4 10 3 10 27
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 5 3 4 7 7 26
SEGA ENTERPRISES, LTD. 12 5 7 1 1 26
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 4 3 6 7 5 25
3DLABS INC. LTD. 14 3 3 3 1 24
CLAIRVOYANTE, INC 0 4 3 16 1 24
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 9 5 5 5 24
SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH, INC. 4 5 6 8 1 24
LOGITECH EUROPE S.A. 6 5 4 3 5 23
MENTAL IMAGES GMBH & CO KG. 1 2 2 10 8 23
TPO DISPLAYS CORPORATION 0 0 4 3 15 22
S3 GRAPHICS CO., LTD. 7 3 6 4 1 21
AT&T CORP. 3 5 6 3 3 20
GENESIS MICROCHIP INC. 5 3 6 0 6 20
HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 6 5 7 20
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 2 3 2 8 4 19
NAMCO LIMITED 7 6 6 0 0 19
HANNSTAR DISPLAY CORP. 1 1 5 5 6 18
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 9 2 5 2 0 18
SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC. 0 0 2 5 11 18
TOSHIBA MATSUSHITA DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 0 3 8 7 18
ANOTO AB 1 3 3 6 4 17
CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD. 7 2 6 2 0 17
KONAMI CO., LTD. 4 6 4 1 2 17
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 2 4 3 3 17
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 1 1 9 1 5 17
SMART TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 3 1 6 5 17
AUTODESK CANADA INC. 2 4 6 2 2 16
EVANS & SUTHERLAND COMPUTER CORP. 7 3 6 0 0 16
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 4 1 2 1 8 16
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 0 1 4 4 7 16
AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 2 3 4 3 15
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 2 3 5 3 2 15
IMAGINATION TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 5 3 1 4 2 15
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 0 1 7 5 2 15
TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION 2 0 4 7 2 15
BOEING COMPANY 2 2 5 2 3 14
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 0 0 9 5 14
FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED 0 3 2 5 4 14
NAMCO BANDAI GAMES, INC. 0 0 9 4 1 14
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 4 3 4 2 1 14
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2 1 2 3 5 13
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 3 6 2 1 1 13
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 5 1 1 4 2 13
IDELIX SOFTWARE INC. 3 1 3 6 0 13
INFORMATION DECISION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 3 3 6 1 0 13
KABUSHIKI KAISHA SQUARE ENIX 5 3 0 4 1 13
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 3 4 4 1 1 13
NEC-MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC VISUAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION 5 3 1 2 2 13
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0 3 6 3 1 13
SENSABLE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 3 3 2 4 13
SYNAPTICS, INC. 1 1 3 2 6 13
WACOM CO., LTD. 1 6 2 2 2 13
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 5 2 4 0 1 12
BRILLIAN CORPORATION 7 3 1 1 0 12
CLARE MICRONIX INTEGRATED SYSTEMS, INC. 0 4 8 0 0 12
PIXELWORKS, INC. 1 2 3 2 4 12
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 2 2 4 2 2 12
SILICON INTEGRATED SYSTEMS CORP. 4 4 4 0 0 12
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA INC. 1 0 4 2 5 12
TEKTRONIX INC. 2 5 2 3 0 12
VASTVIEW TECHNOLOGY INC. 0 0 1 8 3 12
BARCO N.V. 0 1 4 3 3 11
BOE-HYDIS TECHNOLOGY CO, LTD. 0 0 4 4 3 11
DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP. 2 2 4 1 2 11
DENSO CORPORATION 2 3 3 3 0 11
FUJITSU DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 6 3 2 0 0 11
KOPIN CORPORATION 2 1 3 3 2 11
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 1 2 3 2 3 11
AIPTEK INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 7 2 0 0 10
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 0 1 2 1 10
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 0 7 1 1 10
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC 3 2 2 2 1 10
HIGH TECH COMPUTER CORP. 1 3 4 2 0 10
KYE SYSTEMS CORP. 0 2 3 3 2 10
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 4 1 4 1 0 10
PALMONE, INC. 3 6 1 0 0 10
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 5 4 0 0 1 10
WINTEK CORPORATION 0 4 1 5 0 10
E-BOOK SYSTEMS PTE LTD 0 0 5 1 3 9
FUJITSU TAKAMISAWA COMPONENT LIMITED 5 1 2 1 0 9
LANDMARK GRAPHICS CORPORATION 1 1 2 3 2 9
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 2 1 3 3 0 9
NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 1 1 0 3 4 9
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 9 9
PIXART IMAGING INC. 0 1 1 1 6 9
SEGA CORPORATION 1 2 2 1 3 9
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 2 4 1 0 2 9
ADVANCED DISPLAY INC. 3 2 2 1 0 8
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 2 2 3 0 1 8
AOL LLC 2 0 2 3 1 8
BEN Q CORPORATION 5 0 0 2 1 8
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 1 4 1 2 0 8
INVENTEC APPLIANCES CORP. 0 2 3 0 3 8
INVENTEC CORPORATION 2 0 1 2 3 8
LEAPFROG ENTERPRISES, INC. 0 2 4 1 1 8
MICROVISION, INC. 0 1 4 3 0 8
NCR CORPORATION 2 2 2 1 1 8
PALMSOURCE INC. 1 1 4 1 1 8
RAYTHEON COMPANY 1 0 1 1 5 8
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 1 1 4 2 8
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 1 1 2 2 2 8
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 1 3 2 8
TOPPOLY OPTOELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 6 2 0 8
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 2 3 0 3 0 8
YAMAHA CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 3 8
BENTLEY SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED 3 0 0 4 0 7
CIRQUE CORPORATION 1 0 2 1 3 7
COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC. 3 1 1 1 1 7
DASSAULT SYSTEMES 2 0 1 3 1 7
KYOCERA CORPORATION 1 1 0 2 3 7
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 4 2 1 7
MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 0 3 4 0 7
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 1 1 2 2 1 7
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 4 1 2 0 0 7
OPTREX CORPORATION 0 3 1 2 1 7
QUALCOMM, INC. 1 2 0 2 2 7
RIKEN CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 4 7
SMK CORPORATION 0 0 2 3 2 7
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 1 0 3 1 2 7
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 2 2 0 1 2 7
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 2 1 2 0 2 7
ACTUALITY SYSTEMS, INC. 0 3 1 2 0 6
AIRBUS FRANCE 0 1 1 3 1 6
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 3 1 1 0 6
CANON EUROPA N.V. 0 2 1 2 1 6
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 0 3 2 0 1 6
DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR GMBH 0 1 1 2 2 6
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 1 2 0 0 3 6
ELECTRONIC ARTS INC. 1 0 2 2 1 6
ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC. 3 1 0 2 0 6
EM MICROELECTRONIC-MARIN SA 1 0 0 4 1 6
FRANCE TELECOM 1 1 2 2 0 6
HARRIS CORP. 2 2 1 1 0 6
HOSIDEN CORPORATION 4 0 2 0 0 6
INTERLINK ELECTRONICS, INC. 1 1 2 2 0 6
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1 2 2 0 1 6
LEADIS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 3 1 1 6
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 0 3 2 0 1 6
NEOMAGIC CORP. 3 1 0 1 1 6
PIONEER PLASMA DISPLAY CORPORATION 0 3 1 1 1 6
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 0 1 4 1 6
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK 1 0 2 1 2 6
SAS INSTITUTE, INC. 1 1 2 1 1 6
SENTELIC CORPORATION 0 1 0 4 1 6
SILICON MOTION, INC. 1 2 0 2 1 6
SOURCEPROSE CORPORATION 0 0 3 3 0 6
TATUNG CO., LTD. 0 0 1 1 4 6
TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 2 3 1 6
ULEAD SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 3 1 0 6
VULCAN PATENTS LLC 0 3 2 0 1 6
ZIPPY TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 1 0 2 3 6
AECHELON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
ALPINE ELECTRONICS INC. 1 1 0 0 3 5
ARCSOFT, INC. 0 1 2 2 0 5
AURORA SYSTEMS, INC. 2 2 0 0 1 5
AVIX, INC. 2 0 0 3 0 5
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE 1 2 1 0 1 5
BEHAVIOR TECH COMPUTER CORP. 2 1 1 1 0 5
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 0 1 1 3 0 5
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 2 2 1 0 5
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 0 2 1 1 1 5
DANGER, INC. 0 0 2 3 0 5
ELCOS MICRODISPLAY TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 1 3 0 5
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.) 0 1 1 3 0 5
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 1 0 1 0 5
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 1 5
HILLCREST LABORATORIES, INC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
IMAGING SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC 1 1 1 1 1 5
KENT DISPLAYS INCORPORATED 0 1 1 3 0 5
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 1 1 0 1 5
MATROX GRAPHICS INC. 1 2 1 0 1 5
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 1 0 3 0 1 5
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE 2 0 1 1 1 5
NEC PLASMA DISPLAY CORPORATION 1 4 0 0 0 5
NGK INSULATORS LTD. 2 0 2 0 1 5
NGRAIN (CANADA) CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 2 5
NICHIA CORPORATION 0 2 3 0 0 5
NOVUS PARTNERS LLC 0 0 5 0 0 5
O2 MICRO INTERNATIONAL LTD. 0 1 2 1 1 5
QINETIQ LIMITED 1 2 1 1 0 5
QISDA CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 5 5
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 2 0 2 1 0 5
SEARETE LLC 0 0 1 3 1 5
SILICON IMAGE, INC. 1 2 1 0 1 5
THREE-FIVE SYSTEMS, INC. 5 0 0 0 0 5
UGS CORP. 0 2 3 0 0 5
UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS, INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 1 1 1 1 1 5


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