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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 399, Electrophotography

( 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
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 287 247 260 212 247 1253
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 177 183 176 212 309 1057
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 96 93 126 76 129 520
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 40 64 90 121 158 473
XEROX CORPORATION 70 102 83 71 111 437
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 46 64 64 92 122 388
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 68 64 72 81 83 368
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 28 61 54 84 136 363
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 45 54 55 62 105 321
KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION 14 20 71 82 112 299
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 53 53 44 36 40 226
OKIDATA CORPORATION 25 38 39 22 37 161
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 26 40 32 28 29 155
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 45 25 9 22 10 111
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 23 14 16 7 20 80
OCE PRINTING SYSTEMS GMBH 11 9 18 9 9 56
RICOH PRINTING SYSTEMS, LTD. 10 13 14 3 0 40
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 17 5 4 8 6 40
STATIC CONTROL COMPONENTS, INC. 9 6 7 8 6 36
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 8 7 13 0 0 28
MURATA KIKAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 7 12 2 2 0 23
MURATA MACHINERY, LTD. 0 1 3 7 8 19
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 7 4 0 2 17
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 12 2 0 1 0 15
CARTRIDGE CORPORATION OF AMERICA, INC. 0 6 5 2 0 13
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 5 5 1 0 13
KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC. 10 1 2 0 0 13
CANON FINETECH INC. 3 4 1 0 4 12
FUTURE GRAPHICS IMAGING CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 7 10
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 4 0 4 1 9
GENERAL PLASTIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 3 1 0 4 1 9
AVISION INC. 1 2 1 2 2 8
KYOCERA CORPORATION 1 2 0 2 3 8
OCE-TECHNOLOGIES, B.V. 1 3 0 2 2 8
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 5 3 8
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD. 1 0 2 3 2 8
KONICA CORPORATION 5 2 0 0 0 7
WAZANA BROTHERS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 0 0 1 5 7
CANON KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 4 0 0 1 6
INFOPRINT SOLUTIONS COMPANY LLC 0 0 2 0 4 6
NISCA CORPORATION 2 2 0 0 2 6
BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 1 5
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 0 1 1 0 3 5
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 0 1 1 1 5
NTN CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 1 5
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5


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