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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 369, Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval

( 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
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 106 95 143 127 81 552
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 64 44 100 127 189 524
SONY CORPORATION 100 66 123 96 106 491
PIONEER CORPORATION 63 57 52 61 45 278
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 29 23 62 57 62 233
HITACHI, LTD 47 24 67 38 37 213
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 29 22 35 54 67 207
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 43 22 44 54 35 198
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 31 21 32 37 35 156
FUJITSU LIMITED 41 29 36 21 19 146
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 19 17 25 27 42 130
MEDIATEK INC. 4 11 31 38 42 126
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 20 15 18 28 11 92
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 21 13 20 19 14 87
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 12 8 21 23 21 85
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 8 13 24 23 16 84
TDK CORPORATION 9 6 17 28 19 79
TEAC CORPORATION 10 10 25 20 8 73
DPHI ACQUISITIONS, INC. 15 31 16 3 1 66
NEC CORPORATION 13 9 15 11 13 61
YAMAHA CORPORATION 6 16 22 8 6 58
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 15 11 14 8 10 58
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 7 2 9 17 14 49
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 7 13 10 17 2 49
LITE-ON IT CORPORATION 3 4 10 15 15 47
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 4 11 12 9 39
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 7 5 6 7 14 39
KONICA CORPORATION 4 4 10 9 8 35
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 9 6 4 8 5 32
KONICA MINOLTA OPTO, INC 0 1 1 5 15 22
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 6 4 5 1 6 22
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 7 4 1 5 4 21
HITACHI MAXELL, LTD. 6 2 7 3 1 19
PENTAX CORPORATION 5 2 3 6 2 18
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 17 17
PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORPORATION 11 1 3 0 0 15
ALPINE ELECTRONICS INC. 1 5 4 2 2 14
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 6 2 4 2 0 14
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 2 2 2 5 2 13
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 5 2 4 1 1 13
VIA OPTICAL SOLUTION, INC. 0 3 7 3 0 13
HITACHI-LG DATA STORAGE KOREA, INC. 0 2 1 5 4 12
MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 3 4 2 2 12
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 0 2 7 2 1 12
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 4 4 1 1 1 11
HITACHI-LG DATA STORAGE, INC. 0 0 3 5 3 11
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 1 0 6 2 2 11
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 2 4 4 1 0 11
BEN Q CORPORATION 0 2 4 4 0 10
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 0 1 1 3 5 10
IMATION CORP. 5 1 1 1 2 10
OPTWARE CORPORATION 0 0 3 2 5 10
RESEARCH INVESTMENT NETWORK, INC. 3 1 0 5 1 10
DISCOVISION ASSOCIATES 2 1 4 0 2 9
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 4 0 1 3 9
KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC. 1 0 0 5 3 9
ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC. 2 1 0 3 2 8
CLARION CO., LTD. 3 0 2 0 3 8
MITSUBISHI KAGAKU MEDIA CO., LTD. 0 0 1 2 5 8
SANKYO SEIKI MFG. CO., LTD. 3 4 1 0 0 8
ALI CORPORATION 1 0 0 4 2 7
BEHAVIOR TECH COMPUTER CORP. 3 2 0 0 2 7
BURSTEIN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 2 3 2 7
DAEWOO ELECTRONICS COMPANY, LTD. 0 0 2 4 1 7
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.) 0 1 1 3 2 7
NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 4 7
D DATA INC. 1 0 3 0 2 6
DENON, LTD. 3 2 1 0 0 6
DEUTSCHE THOMSON-BRANDT GMBH 3 1 2 0 0 6
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 3 1 2 0 0 6
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 3 0 2 1 0 6
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 0 0 2 4 6
HOYA CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 5 6
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION 2 0 4 0 0 6
NANOCHIP, INC. 0 0 0 2 4 6
SHINANO KENSHI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 2 2 1 0 6
SONIC SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 2 2 1 1 6
TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD. 4 0 2 0 0 6
ZORAN CORPORATION 2 1 2 1 0 6
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 0 1 2 0 2 5
HITACHI MEDIA ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 0 0 1 4 5
MACROVISION CORPORATION 0 2 0 2 1 5
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 2 0 1 5
MINEBEA KABUSHIKI-KAISHA (MINEBEA CO., LTD) 0 2 3 0 0 5
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 4 1 0 0 0 5
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 3 2 0 0 0 5
OPTICAL DISC CORPORATION 1 0 3 1 0 5
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 0 1 0 2 2 5
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 1 1 1 1 5
THALES 0 3 1 0 1 5


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