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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2006 - 2010 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 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Total
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 258 266 373 279 452 1628
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 147 166 188 226 284 1011
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 200 147 188 195 245 975
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 83 122 163 173 253 794
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 147 98 87 92 104 528
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 62 102 110 106 380
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 39 39 54 76 93 301
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 44 48 65 65 58 280
XEROX CORPORATION 41 43 41 53 100 278
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 43 53 44 30 64 234
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 40 48 33 18 50 189
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 21 33 43 34 45 176
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 30 25 33 9 16 113
KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC. 21 25 31 12 14 103
SONY CORPORATION 14 25 21 11 21 92
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 44 35 5 4 1 89
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 6 14 15 9 16 60
OCE-TECHNOLOGIES, B.V. 11 4 9 13 18 55
KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC. 4 16 12 5 15 52
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 13 9 9 12 9 52
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 9 11 14 7 5 46
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 11 6 9 6 13 45
FUJIFILM DIMATIX, INC. 0 7 15 11 9 42
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 3 6 12 6 10 37
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 15 10 8 1 0 34
RICOH PRINTING SYSTEMS, LTD. 4 9 9 5 6 33
CANON FINETECH INC. 1 7 4 6 12 30
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 5 9 5 9 2 30
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 4 3 5 7 7 26
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 7 7 5 3 25
DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD. 5 5 9 2 4 25
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 6 2 8 2 23
HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 3 5 9 3 1 21
KONICA CORPORATION 12 5 3 1 0 21
QISDA CORPORATION 0 0 7 11 3 21
OKIDATA CORPORATION 3 2 5 3 7 20
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 1 1 0 3 15 20
NU-KOTE INTERNATIONAL, INC. 4 4 8 3 0 19
BEN Q CORPORATION 9 8 1 0 0 18
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 3 4 5 4 2 18
YAMAHA CORPORATION 3 2 6 2 3 16
AGFA-GEVAERT N.V. 10 4 1 0 0 15
POLAROID CORPORATION 5 4 4 2 0 15
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 1 2 3 5 4 15
TELECOM ITALIA S.P.A. 1 5 1 2 5 14
DIMATIX, INC. 6 5 1 0 1 13
KYOCERA CORPORATION 6 1 2 4 0 13
NORITSU KOKI CO., LTD. 3 2 5 2 1 13
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 0 3 6 3 1 13
VIDEOJET TECHNOLOGIES INC. 4 1 5 2 1 13
KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION 1 0 2 4 5 12
RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION 0 3 3 2 4 12
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 1 2 3 3 2 11
FRANCOTYP-POSTALIA AG & CO. KG 0 2 3 3 3 11
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY LTD. 0 3 2 2 4 11
XAAR TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 3 4 0 0 3 10
AGFA GRAPHICS NV 0 2 1 3 3 9
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 0 0 2 5 2 9
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO. LTD 4 0 2 1 2 9
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 1 5 3 9
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 2 5 2 9
ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC. 2 0 1 2 3 8
FUJIFILM IMAGING COLORANTS LIMITED 0 2 2 3 1 8
MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD. 0 0 0 2 6 8
SII PRINTEK INC. 3 2 0 1 2 8
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 1 3 0 3 0 7
KODAK GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS GROUP CANADA 1 2 0 1 3 7
CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD. 0 0 2 2 2 6
MIYAKOSHI PRINTING MACHINERY CO., LTD. 1 0 1 2 2 6
NCR CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 4 6
ZIH CORPORATION 3 3 0 0 0 6
CARESTREAM HEALTH, INC. 0 0 4 1 0 5
ELESYS, INC. 1 1 0 1 2 5
INFOPRINT SOLUTIONS COMPANY LLC 0 0 2 1 2 5
INTERNATIONAL UNITED TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 2 1 1 1 5
JEMTEX INK JET PRINTING LTD. 1 1 1 2 0 5
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 2 1 2 5
LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 0 2 2 1 5
ROLAND DG CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 2 5
SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 0 0 4 1 5
SEIKO I INFOTECH INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5


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