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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 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 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Total
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 100 127 189 114 97 627
SONY CORPORATION 123 96 106 88 109 522
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 143 127 81 4 2 357
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 62 57 62 53 40 274
PIONEER CORPORATION 52 61 45 46 51 255
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 32 37 35 73 69 246
HITACHI, LTD 67 38 37 33 64 239
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 17 90 122 229
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 35 54 67 22 27 205
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 45 54 35 28 33 195
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 25 27 42 50 39 183
MEDIATEK INC. 31 38 42 20 51 182
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 21 23 21 45 52 162
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 24 23 16 21 30 114
TDK CORPORATION 17 28 19 13 26 103
FUJITSU LIMITED 36 21 19 19 3 98
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 20 19 14 16 19 88
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 11 12 9 15 33 80
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 18 28 11 9 10 76
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 14 8 11 19 24 76
TEAC CORPORATION 25 20 8 9 7 69
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 6 7 14 14 24 65
KONICA MINOLTA OPTO, INC 1 5 15 16 28 65
LITE-ON IT CORPORATION 10 15 15 8 13 61
NEC CORPORATION 15 11 13 11 11 61
YAMAHA CORPORATION 22 8 6 10 11 57
THOMSON LICENSING 8 17 14 8 8 55
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 10 17 2 9 4 42
KONICA CORPORATION 10 9 8 4 2 33
DPHI ACQUISITIONS, INC. 16 3 1 4 7 31
HITACHI-LG DATA STORAGE, INC. 3 5 3 6 14 31
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 8 5 1 10 28
HITACHI MAXELL, LTD. 7 3 1 5 9 25
HITACHI-LG DATA STORAGE KOREA, INC. 1 5 4 9 6 25
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 1 5 4 7 7 24
HITACHI MEDIA ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 1 4 5 13 23
MITSUBISHI KAGAKU MEDIA CO., LTD. 1 2 5 8 5 21
TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD. 2 0 0 5 14 21
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 6 2 2 3 7 20
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 2 4 5 6 17
LSI CORPORATION 0 1 4 10 2 17
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 1 3 5 4 3 16
HOYA CORPORATION 0 1 5 0 10 16
OPTWARE CORPORATION 3 2 5 1 2 13
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 0 2 8 3 13
ALPINE ELECTRONICS INC. 4 2 2 1 3 12
DAEWOO ELECTRONICS COMPANY, LTD. 2 4 1 1 4 12
KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC. 0 5 3 2 1 11
PENTAX CORPORATION 3 6 2 0 0 11
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 2 5 2 2 0 11
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 7 2 1 0 1 11
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.) 1 3 2 2 2 10
MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 4 2 2 2 0 10
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 4 1 1 4 0 10
VIA OPTICAL SOLUTION, INC. 7 3 0 0 0 10
ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LTD. 1 1 1 0 6 9
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 1 1 1 1 5 9
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 2 0 3 1 3 9
NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION 0 3 4 0 2 9
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 4 2 0 1 2 9
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 1 1 1 6 9
ALI CORPORATION 0 4 2 1 1 8
BEN Q CORPORATION 4 4 0 0 0 8
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 0 1 1 3 3 8
INTEL CORPORATION 0 2 0 0 6 8
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 5 0 2 1 0 8
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 0 2 2 1 3 8
ZORAN CORPORATION 2 1 0 3 2 8
BURSTEIN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 3 2 0 0 7
CLARION CO., LTD. 2 0 3 2 0 7
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 0 1 4 2 7
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 0 2 1 4 7
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 0 0 1 2 4 7
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 4 1 0 1 1 7
TOSHIBA SAMSUNG STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 7 7
ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC. 0 3 2 0 1 6
D&M HOLDINGS INC. 0 2 2 2 0 6
DISCOVISION ASSOCIATES 4 0 2 0 0 6
FUJITSU TEN LIMITED 0 1 0 4 1 6
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 2 0 2 0 2 6
NANOCHIP, INC. 0 2 4 0 0 6
PHILIPS & LITE-ON DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 5 6
RESEARCH INVESTMENT NETWORK, INC. 0 5 1 0 0 6
SONIC SOLUTIONS, INC. 2 1 1 1 1 6
SONY DADC AUSTRIA AG 1 1 0 1 3 6
TIAN HOLDINGS LLC 0 0 3 2 1 6
D DATA INC. 3 0 2 0 0 5
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0 1 3 0 1 5
IMATION CORP. 1 1 2 0 1 5
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 0 1 0 2 5
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 1 2 0 2 5
QUANTA STORAGE, INC. 0 1 0 1 3 5
SEARETE LLC 0 0 2 1 2 5


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