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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 348, Television

( 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
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 84 115 150 92 168 609
SONY CORPORATION 89 61 93 68 103 414
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 53 34 68 47 55 257
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 54 46 58 43 46 247
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 23 20 63 51 56 213
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 18 28 62 43 29 180
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 46 41 65 25 1 178
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 33 33 45 25 29 165
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 0 0 55 100 155
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 31 17 34 31 35 148
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 26 17 39 37 25 144
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 29 22 35 32 21 139
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 23 19 18 28 48 136
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 50 35 30 15 4 134
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 28 19 37 23 6 113
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 8 14 21 24 37 104
PENTAX CORPORATION 29 30 20 9 8 96
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 15 12 20 14 27 88
INTEL CORPORATION 24 16 15 16 11 82
NIKON CORPORATION 7 14 16 21 21 79
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 19 13 16 15 14 77
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 13 5 12 21 21 72
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 7 11 14 17 21 70
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 24 12 17 7 8 68
BROADCOM CORPORATION 3 6 8 21 23 61
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 11 10 15 12 13 61
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 8 13 14 14 6 55
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 10 8 3 15 17 53
HITACHI, LTD 12 8 7 12 13 52
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.) 14 11 10 7 8 50
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2 7 15 8 16 48
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 6 6 9 7 19 47
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 12 10 11 5 8 46
NEC CORPORATION 12 6 11 7 10 46
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 8 4 15 11 7 45
FUJITSU LIMITED 4 6 8 8 12 38
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 12 5 6 5 5 33
SAMSUNG TECHWIN CO., LTD. 0 2 1 3 19 25
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 5 4 4 6 5 24
MOTOROLA, INC. 4 6 4 7 2 23
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 9 2 4 3 3 21
PIXIM, INCORPORATED 6 5 4 2 3 20
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 4 0 1 5 9 19
PIONEER CORPORATION 4 4 4 6 1 19
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 4 2 3 6 3 18
POLYCOM, INC. 4 3 5 3 3 18
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 3 3 5 6 1 18
ESS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 3 7 2 1 17
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 5 2 5 4 17
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 3 4 5 2 3 17
NOKIA CORPORATION 1 2 2 8 3 16
TEKTRONIX INC. 3 4 4 3 2 16
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 1 1 3 4 6 15
MICRONAS GMBH 1 1 10 1 2 15
MEDIATEK INC. 0 0 1 4 9 14
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 2 2 3 3 4 14
OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES INC. 4 4 2 0 4 14
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 1 5 3 3 14
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 3 3 2 2 4 14
XEROX CORPORATION 2 7 3 1 1 14
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 3 2 2 4 2 13
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 3 0 4 3 3 13
PIXELWORKS, INC. 3 2 2 2 4 13
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 0 0 7 6 13
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 1 2 0 4 6 13
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 3 1 3 3 12
HOYA CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 12 12
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 1 1 3 5 2 12
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 1 0 2 5 4 12
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 4 5 2 12
ZORAN CORPORATION 0 0 5 2 5 12
KONICA CORPORATION 2 4 2 3 0 11
MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR, LTD. 0 1 2 0 8 11
MEGACHIPS CORPORATION 0 2 3 5 1 11
PELCO 1 2 2 4 2 11
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 1 0 2 1 7 11
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 1 0 3 5 2 11
SILICON IMAGE, INC. 1 4 4 1 1 11
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 1 4 1 5 0 11
APTINA IMAGING CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 10 10
BEN Q CORPORATION 3 2 2 2 1 10
FOVEON, INC. 5 3 1 1 0 10
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 7 2 1 0 0 10
LEADER ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 0 5 5 10
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 0 1 1 2 5 9
DIGEO, INC. 3 2 2 1 1 9
FLASHPOINT TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5 1 1 1 1 9
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 0 0 3 2 4 9
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 2 4 2 0 1 9
LOGITECH EUROPE S.A. 1 1 5 1 1 9
MITSUBISHI DIGITAL ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC. 5 1 0 2 1 9
NXP B.V. 0 0 0 5 4 9
SENSORMATIC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 3 2 2 2 0 9
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 0 5 1 2 1 9
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 3 1 0 0 8
APPLIED MINDS, INC. 3 2 1 2 0 8
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 4 0 1 2 1 8
DALSA INC. 1 1 1 4 1 8
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY 1 1 2 3 1 8
GENESIS MICROCHIP INC. 1 1 0 2 4 8
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 0 3 1 1 3 8
MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 0 0 1 7 8
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 8 8
SILICON INTEGRATED SYSTEMS CORP. 0 0 6 2 0 8
SONY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED 5 0 3 0 0 8
STMICROELECTRONICS ASIA PACIFIC PTE LIMITED 0 2 4 2 0 8
TANDBERG TELECOM AS 0 0 4 0 4 8
ATI INTERNATIONAL SRL 3 1 2 1 0 7
AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 1 1 1 0 7
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 1 2 2 1 7
HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC. 1 2 0 2 2 7
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 1 1 2 2 1 7
MICRONAS USA, INC. 0 0 1 2 4 7
PACE MICRO TECHNOLOGY PLC 1 3 2 1 0 7
POLAROID CORPORATION 4 0 3 0 0 7
RAYTHEON COMPANY 3 0 0 2 2 7
SNELL & WILCOX LIMITED 1 1 2 2 1 7
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 4 0 1 0 2 7
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 1 3 2 1 0 7
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 3 1 1 1 1 7
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 4 1 2 0 0 7
BOEING COMPANY 0 0 1 2 3 6
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 2 2 0 1 6
DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEMS GMBH 0 0 0 0 6 6
FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED 1 2 1 0 2 6
HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 1 5 6
MICROTUNE (TEXAS), L.P. 1 0 2 2 1 6
PSION TEKLOGIX SYSTEMS INC. 0 1 2 1 2 6
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 0 1 1 2 5
AVISION INC. 3 1 0 1 0 5
BE HERE CORPORATION 0 1 3 1 0 5
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 1 2 1 1 0 5
BIOMORPHIC VLSI, INC. 3 1 1 0 0 5
FRANCE TELECOM 0 1 0 2 2 5
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 0 2 3 0 5
HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GMBH 1 0 2 1 1 5
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 5 5
HUAYA MICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 0 0 1 3 1 5
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 2 1 1 0 1 5
KDDI CORPORATION 0 2 1 1 1 5
LIGHTSURF TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 1 1 2 5
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 0 2 1 1 5
NEC VIEWTECHNOLOGY, LTD. 0 0 2 2 1 5
NIDEC COPAL CORPORATION 1 3 0 1 0 5
PANAVISION, INCORPORATED 1 3 1 0 0 5
SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC. 0 2 2 1 0 5
SHIMADZU CORPORATION 0 2 0 0 3 5
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 0 4 1 5
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 0 0 1 1 3 5
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 2 0 0 1 2 5
UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS, INC. 1 1 2 1 0 5
YAMAHA CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 2 5
ZENITH ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 2 3 0 0 0 5


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