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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 400, Typewriting Machines

( 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
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 19 15 22 26 14 96
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 6 11 21 25 19 82
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 35 28 9 5 3 80
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 8 21 24 18 77
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 25 16 16 9 4 70
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 16 22 16 9 3 66
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 4 5 8 8 7 32
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 9 4 7 3 7 30
SONY CORPORATION 8 10 8 0 2 28
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 2 7 3 7 1 20
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 4 3 2 6 4 19
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 1 3 6 7 17
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 5 5 3 4 0 17
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 8 4 4 0 0 16
XEROX CORPORATION 5 2 5 3 1 16
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 4 4 3 1 2 14
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 3 4 1 3 2 13
DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP. 5 1 6 0 0 12
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 5 3 2 1 1 12
PRINTRONIX, INC. 4 5 1 0 2 12
FARGO ELECTRONICS, INC. 3 3 2 1 2 11
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 3 1 5 2 0 11
FRANCOTYP-POSTALIA AG & CO. KG 6 0 1 1 2 10
PAXAR AMERICAS, INC. 0 2 2 2 4 10
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 1 4 1 2 10
ZIH CORPORATION 1 5 2 1 1 10
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 0 0 5 4 0 9
ESSELTE N.V. 1 4 3 0 0 8
FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED 2 0 2 4 0 8
OCE-TECHNOLOGIES, B.V. 1 3 0 1 3 8
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 0 0 3 3 2 8
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 3 3 1 0 1 8
INTERNATIONAL IMAGING MATERIALS, INC. 2 1 2 2 0 7
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 1 1 1 1 6
BRADY WORLDWIDE, INC. 0 4 1 1 0 6
HI-TOUCH IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 1 1 2 2 0 6
OKIDATA CORPORATION 0 2 1 1 2 6
ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
NISCA CORPORATION 3 2 0 0 0 5
TRANSACT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5


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