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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 386, Television Signal Processing for Dynamic Recording or Reproducing

( 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 57 35 86 65 69 312
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 44 31 50 65 37 227
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 25 14 52 69 51 211
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 33 15 16 22 28 114
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 16 14 10 14 39 93
HITACHI, LTD 15 9 20 18 22 84
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 9 7 23 23 16 78
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 14 12 11 13 10 60
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 2 5 8 21 13 49
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 9 7 12 4 16 48
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 10 10 6 11 11 48
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 5 3 8 5 18 39
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 10 2 4 7 10 33
PIONEER CORPORATION 5 2 9 9 7 32
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 6 6 4 6 4 26
NEC CORPORATION 6 8 4 5 2 25
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 6 1 4 8 21
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 3 0 1 8 4 16
PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORPORATION 4 4 1 3 4 16
FUJITSU LIMITED 2 0 3 3 5 13
INTEL CORPORATION 1 3 3 4 2 13
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 2 3 1 2 5 13
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 3 2 2 5 12
KEEN PERSONAL MEDIA, INC. 2 0 3 5 1 11
ALPINE ELECTRONICS INC. 0 1 1 2 6 10
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 0 2 3 3 2 10
MACROVISION CORPORATION 2 1 2 2 2 9
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 9 9
ATI INTERNATIONAL SRL 5 3 0 0 0 8
SONY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED 0 2 3 2 1 8
TIVO, INC. 1 4 0 1 1 7
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 3 6
GENESIS MICROCHIP INC. 3 1 0 1 1 6
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 0 1 2 1 2 6
AUTODESK CANADA INC. 1 1 0 2 1 5
CYBERLINK CORPORATION 1 0 1 1 2 5
DEUTSCHE THOMSON-BRANDT GMBH 0 0 4 1 0 5
DIGITAL NETWORKS NORTH AMERICA, INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 2 0 2 1 0 5
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 4 5
SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC. 1 0 0 3 1 5
SONIC SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 1 0 0 4 5
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 1 1 2 0 1 5
YAMAHA CORPORATION 1 2 0 1 1 5


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