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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 235, Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.)

( 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
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 95 59 107 100 85 446
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 55 29 48 54 41 227
METROLOGIC INSTRUMENTS INC. 22 43 45 30 24 164
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 14 9 46 34 30 133
DIEBOLD SELF SERVICE SYSTEMS, A DIVISION OF DIEBOLD, INCORPORATED 3 12 32 39 43 129
NCR CORPORATION 29 14 21 18 27 109
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 19 9 17 18 42 105
FUJITSU LIMITED 17 18 26 14 16 91
SONY CORPORATION 13 10 24 14 20 81
DIEBOLD INCORPORATED 15 7 18 14 16 70
FIRST DATA CORPORATION 11 5 16 18 19 69
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 23 7 19 7 9 65
AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC. 7 1 15 13 27 63
HITACHI, LTD 12 19 9 12 8 60
HAND-HELD PRODUCTS, INC. 5 2 13 13 16 49
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 14 7 8 10 5 44
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 7 9 9 11 7 43
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 11 7 9 4 6 37
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 6 5 12 12 35
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 3 4 5 6 14 32
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2 1 11 11 7 32
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 2 8 8 10 29
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 3 6 8 5 6 28
INTERMEC IP CORP. 6 2 4 6 10 28
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 14 3 6 2 0 25
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 0 0 6 11 5 22
PSC SCANNING, INC. 7 4 5 5 0 21
DIGIMARC CORPORATION 1 2 6 5 6 20
GEMPLUS 8 1 2 5 4 20
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 7 4 3 5 20
GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GMBH 1 4 5 4 5 19
NOKIA CORPORATION 3 2 2 7 4 18
DATALOGIC S.P.A. 7 2 5 2 1 17
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 3 5 6 2 1 17
NEC CORPORATION 3 2 4 5 3 17
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC. 0 3 5 5 4 17
TARGET BRANDS, INC. 0 0 2 9 5 16
THE CODE CORPORATION 2 2 5 3 4 16
DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED 1 1 5 5 3 15
SANDISK CORPORATION 2 0 3 3 7 15
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 4 4 3 2 2 15
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, POSTAL SERVICE 0 3 5 4 3 15
ANOTO AB 3 2 2 6 1 14
VISA U.S.A., INC. 0 1 6 1 6 14
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 1 2 1 3 6 13
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 4 1 2 3 3 13
OMRON CORPORATION 4 2 2 2 3 13
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 1 1 4 6 13
XEROX CORPORATION 4 3 0 2 4 13
INTERNATIONAL BARCODE CORPORATION 0 0 1 6 5 12
OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 1 2 4 5 12
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 1 3 1 4 3 12
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 1 2 5 3 12
AXALTO SA 0 2 4 1 4 11
INTEL CORPORATION 0 1 6 1 3 11
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 1 0 4 2 4 11
SANKYO SEIKI MFG. CO., LTD. 5 1 4 1 0 11
SCHLUMBERGER SYSTEMS, INC. 8 2 1 0 0 11
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 2 2 1 2 4 11
CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION 2 1 2 3 2 10
CUBIC CORPORATION 3 0 2 2 3 10
DATALOGIC SCANNING, INC. 0 0 0 5 5 10
MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 1 0 3 5 10
MOTOROLA, INC. 3 0 4 1 2 10
NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION 0 0 3 4 3 10
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 3 2 1 3 10
DATACARD CORPORATION, INC. 2 1 3 1 2 9
E-2 INTERACTIVE, INC. 0 1 3 4 1 9
HITACHI-OMRON TERMINAL SOLUTIONS, CORP. 0 0 1 1 7 9
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. 0 0 0 4 5 9
SICK AG 2 2 2 2 1 9
WALKER DIGITAL, LLC 3 0 1 2 3 9
ZIH CORPORATION 2 2 1 2 2 9
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 1 2 1 3 1 8
ASAHI SEIKO CO., LTD. 3 2 1 1 1 8
AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION 0 1 2 5 0 8
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 3 2 3 0 0 8
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 0 5 3 8
LV PARTNERS, L.P. 2 2 0 2 2 8
ASK S.A. 2 2 1 0 2 7
AUTOMARK TECHNICAL SYSTEMS, LLC 0 0 2 2 3 7
BOEING COMPANY 1 0 3 2 1 7
CATERPILLAR INC. 0 2 0 5 0 7
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 0 0 4 3 7
IKAN TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 2 3 2 7
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 2 0 0 2 7
MICROSCAN SYSTEMS INCORPORATED 1 1 1 3 1 7
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 5 1 1 0 0 7
SKIDATA AG 1 2 0 1 3 7
TRIPLETAIL VENTURES, INC. 0 0 3 1 3 7
ULTRACARD, INC. 0 4 2 1 0 7
ARTHUR BLANK & COMPANY, INC. 0 0 2 1 3 6
DE LA RUE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 0 0 2 1 3 6
DENSO CORPORATION 2 0 3 0 1 6
HITACHI MAXELL, LTD. 1 2 0 1 2 6
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 1 0 2 1 2 6
INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 2 1 1 0 6
LEAPFROG ENTERPRISES, INC. 1 0 1 2 2 6
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0 1 2 3 0 6
PRECISION DYNAMICS CORPORATION 0 0 0 4 2 6
THE WESTERN UNION COMPANY 0 0 0 2 4 6
ACCU-SORT SYSTEMS, INC. 3 0 1 0 1 5
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
ALIEN TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 2 1 0 2 5
ARUZE CORPORATION 1 0 3 0 1 5
BEN Q CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 1 5
ECRIO INC. 2 1 1 0 1 5
ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION 1 0 0 4 0 5
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 2 1 2 0 0 5
GILBARCO, INC. 4 0 0 1 0 5
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 0 1 2 2 5
KEYENCE CORPORATION 0 3 1 0 1 5
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. 1 0 2 0 2 5
NEC INFRONTIA CORPORATION 2 0 1 1 1 5
PIONEER CORPORATION 2 1 2 0 0 5
PSION TEKLOGIX SYSTEMS INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
SCANBUY, INC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 0 0 0 1 4 5
STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 1 5
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 2 1 0 2 0 5
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 0 0 1 1 3 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 1 1 2 1 0 5
VIVOTECH, INC. 0 0 3 1 1 5


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