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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 400, Typewriting Machines

( 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
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 24 18 9 17 20 88
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 26 14 13 16 18 87
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 25 19 8 14 4 70
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 9 3 3 10 4 29
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 9 4 2 5 6 26
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 6 7 4 3 3 23
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 8 7 1 2 4 22
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 5 3 3 6 3 20
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 7 2 3 5 20
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 1 2 5 6 5 19
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 6 4 3 3 1 17
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 4 0 6 2 4 16
XEROX CORPORATION 3 1 3 2 2 11
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 1 1 3 3 2 10
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 7 1 2 0 0 10
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 2 2 3 2 10
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 3 2 1 2 1 9
SONY CORPORATION 0 2 5 2 0 9
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 2 0 1 2 3 8
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 3 2 1 0 2 8
OKIDATA CORPORATION 1 2 0 2 3 8
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 4 0 3 0 1 8
FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED 4 0 0 1 2 7
ZIH CORPORATION 1 1 1 1 3 7
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 2 2 0 0 6
OCE-TECHNOLOGIES, B.V. 1 3 2 0 0 6
PAXAR AMERICAS, INC. 2 4 0 0 0 6
CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD. 1 1 1 1 1 5
SANFORD, L.P. 2 0 1 1 1 5
ZIPHER LIMITED 0 0 0 4 1 5


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