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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 347, Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information

( 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
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 71 131 258 266 373 1099
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 254 219 200 147 188 1008
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 147 137 147 166 188 785
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 215 193 147 98 87 740
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 62 59 83 122 163 489
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 96 71 40 48 33 288
XEROX CORPORATION 58 42 41 43 41 225
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 44 36 43 53 44 220
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 27 31 44 48 65 215
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 41 32 39 39 54 205
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 59 50 44 35 5 193
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 0 0 62 102 164
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 26 21 21 33 43 144
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 19 23 30 25 33 130
SONY CORPORATION 8 14 14 25 21 82
KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC. 0 2 21 25 30 78
KONICA CORPORATION 27 20 12 5 3 67
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 17 16 15 10 8 66
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 13 8 6 14 15 56
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 12 8 13 9 9 51
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 9 8 11 6 9 43
BEN Q CORPORATION 15 9 9 8 1 42
HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 16 3 3 5 9 36
OCE-TECHNOLOGIES, B.V. 7 5 11 4 9 36
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 0 9 11 14 34
KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC. 0 1 4 16 12 33
AGFA-GEVAERT N.V. 7 9 10 4 1 31
DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD. 8 3 5 5 9 30
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 2 3 3 6 12 26
NU-KOTE INTERNATIONAL, INC. 6 3 4 4 8 25
RICOH PRINTING SYSTEMS, LTD. 0 2 4 9 9 24
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 3 3 7 7 23
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 1 3 5 9 5 23
POLAROID CORPORATION 4 6 5 4 4 23
FUJIFILM DIMATIX, INC. 0 0 0 7 15 22
CANON FINETECH INC. 6 2 1 7 4 20
HITACHI PRINTING SOLUTIONS, LTD. 15 3 1 0 0 19
NORITSU KOKI CO., LTD. 6 3 3 2 5 19
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 5 1 3 4 5 18
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 1 3 4 3 5 16
VIDEOJET TECHNOLOGIES INC. 3 3 4 1 5 16
OKIDATA CORPORATION 4 0 3 2 5 14
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO. LTD 3 4 4 0 2 13
INTERNATIONAL UNITED TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 7 3 0 2 1 13
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 5 6 2 13
DIMATIX, INC. 0 0 6 5 1 12
SII PRINTEK INC. 5 2 3 2 0 12
XAAR TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 4 1 3 4 0 12
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 3 2 1 2 3 11
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 7 2 1 1 0 11
YAMAHA CORPORATION 0 0 3 2 6 11
KYOCERA CORPORATION 0 1 6 1 2 10
NANODYNAMICS, INC. (TAIWAN) 8 1 1 0 0 10
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 0 1 0 3 6 10
RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION 1 3 0 3 3 10
FRANCOTYP-POSTALIA AG & CO. KG 3 1 0 2 3 9
HI-TOUCH IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 4 2 1 1 1 9
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 5 2 0 1 1 9
PENTAX CORPORATION 5 2 2 0 0 9
SII P & S INC. 4 4 1 0 0 9
ZIH CORPORATION 1 2 3 3 0 9
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 1 4 2 1 0 8
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 2 3 1 0 8
FUJITSU LIMITED 5 0 3 0 0 8
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 2 0 1 2 3 8
SPECTRA, INC. 5 3 0 0 0 8
NEXPRESS SOLUTIONS LLC 7 0 0 0 0 7
NISCA CORPORATION 3 1 1 1 1 7
QISDA CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 7 7
TELECOM ITALIA S.P.A. 0 0 1 5 1 7
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 3 1 0 0 2 6
ELESYS, INC. 2 2 1 1 0 6
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 3 3 0 0 0 6
KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION 1 2 1 0 2 6
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 2 0 1 1 2 6
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 2 1 1 1 1 6
CREO AMERICAS, INC. 2 2 0 1 0 5
IMAJE S.A. 2 0 0 3 0 5
L&P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY 3 0 1 1 0 5
MARKEM CORPORATION 0 1 1 0 3 5
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY LTD. 0 0 0 3 2 5
MONITEK ELECTRONICS LIMITED 2 0 0 3 0 5
OCE PRINTING SYSTEMS GMBH 2 0 2 1 0 5
OLIVETTI TECNOST, S.P.A. 0 2 3 0 0 5
PRIMERA TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 0 1 2 0 5
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 1 3 0 0 5


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