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

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2007 - 2011 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 358, Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing

( 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 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Total
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 259 261 247 263 417 1447
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 75 92 108 134 140 549
XEROX CORPORATION 57 75 103 142 150 527
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 60 95 105 110 99 469
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 110 105 52 45 31 343
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 14 44 57 86 103 304
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 60 53 36 50 97 296
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 52 54 55 49 61 271
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 41 24 54 79 72 270
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 7 35 67 81 191
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 29 25 48 47 34 183
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 36 33 39 30 27 165
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 9 20 31 54 43 157
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 9 21 27 32 45 134
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 29 33 20 26 19 127
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 25 30 15 20 23 113
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 41 21 15 15 12 104
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 10 18 25 26 20 99
KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION 6 4 15 18 26 69
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5 15 17 15 11 63
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 20 9 7 11 15 62
OKIDATA CORPORATION 2 4 13 24 18 61
ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC. 13 9 10 15 8 55
INFOPRINT SOLUTIONS COMPANY LLC 4 11 15 12 8 50
SONY CORPORATION 9 12 9 7 13 50
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 9 8 4 12 13 46
AVISION INC. 5 13 15 7 6 46
MURATA KIKAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 14 11 3 8 2 38
TRANSPACIFIC IP, LTD. 13 24 0 0 1 38
OCE PRINTING SYSTEMS GMBH 7 6 5 9 6 33
DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD. 7 8 6 7 4 32
OCE-TECHNOLOGIES, B.V. 5 7 5 5 8 30
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 2 10 10 6 28
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY LTD. 3 1 5 7 11 27
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 0 7 4 9 5 25
FUJITSU LIMITED 10 5 1 4 4 24
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 4 12 5 0 24
HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 8 4 6 4 1 23
PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD. 2 3 6 4 6 21
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 19 0 1 0 0 20
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 0 4 7 8 20
NISCA CORPORATION 5 4 5 1 4 19
NORITSU KOKI CO., LTD. 6 3 5 4 1 19
KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC. 0 7 6 1 3 17
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 11 6 0 0 0 17
KONICA CORPORATION 9 7 0 0 0 16
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 9 4 0 2 1 16
PANASONIC COMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. 7 7 1 0 0 15
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 4 3 3 2 3 15
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 0 1 6 4 3 14
AGFA GRAPHICS NV 2 2 6 0 3 13
MONGONET 1 0 0 5 7 13
RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION 3 4 1 3 2 13
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 2 1 3 4 2 12
KONICA MINOLTA SYSTEMS LABORATORY, INC. 0 1 1 4 6 12
PFU LIMITED 0 2 0 2 8 12
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 1 1 3 2 12
NIKON CORPORATION 4 2 1 3 1 11
CANON DENSHI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 4 5 9
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 0 0 1 0 8 9
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 3 0 1 4 1 9
GOOGLE, INC. 0 0 5 0 3 8
KWE INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 8 0 0 8
MURATA MACHINERY, LTD. 0 0 0 2 6 8
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 2 1 2 7
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 0 3 1 3 7
HITACHI, LTD 3 1 1 2 0 7
MICROTEK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 3 2 0 0 7
RICOH PRINTING SYSTEMS, LTD. 3 4 0 0 0 7
KODAK GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS GROUP CANADA 1 3 2 0 0 6
QISDA CORPORATION 0 1 4 1 0 6
RAH COLOR TECHNOLOGIES LLC 2 0 0 4 0 6
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 1 2 1 1 6
TECO IMAGE SYSTEMS CO., LTD. 3 0 0 2 1 6
TRANSPACIFIC SYSTEMS, LLC 0 0 0 0 6 6
VISTAPRINT TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 1 1 2 0 2 6
BEN Q CORPORATION 4 1 0 0 0 5
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO. LTD 1 1 1 0 2 5
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 1 0 1 2 1 5
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.) 3 0 1 0 1 5
GO DADDY GROUP, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
HOYA CORPORATION 0 1 2 0 2 5
KOENIG + BAUER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 0 2 3 5
NEC CORPORATION 3 1 1 0 0 5
NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 1 3 1 5
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 2 2 0 1 0 5
QUANTA COMPUTER INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
RICOH PRODUCTION PRINT SOLUTIONS LLC 0 0 0 0 5 5
SHUTTERFLY, INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 0 5
VISIONEER, INC. 0 1 0 1 3 5


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