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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 386, Motion Video Signal Processing for Recording or Reproducing

( 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
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 69 51 53 35 171 379
SONY CORPORATION 65 69 63 94 79 370
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 4 16 45 78 35 178
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 4 47 65 59 175
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 14 39 25 19 24 121
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 22 28 20 29 16 115
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 65 37 1 0 0 103
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 5 18 22 27 23 95
HITACHI, LTD 18 22 18 24 13 95
THOMSON LICENSING 23 15 16 15 10 79
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 21 13 13 11 2 60
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 13 10 10 11 7 51
PIONEER CORPORATION 9 7 14 10 10 50
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 11 11 1 7 13 43
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 7 10 6 7 11 41
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 8 3 18 1 34
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 8 4 7 8 3 30
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 6 4 6 3 4 23
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 0 9 7 1 3 20
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 1 4 5 2 4 16
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 2 5 2 3 1 13
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 3 2 1 6 0 12
ALPINE ELECTRONICS INC. 2 6 2 1 0 11
BROADCOM CORPORATION 3 3 0 2 3 11
NEC CORPORATION 5 2 2 2 0 11
PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORPORATION 3 4 1 3 0 11
FUJITSU LIMITED 3 5 0 0 2 10
SONY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED 2 1 3 2 2 10
TIVO, INC. 1 1 3 1 4 10
INTEL CORPORATION 4 2 2 1 0 9
LSI CORPORATION 2 3 0 1 3 9
MEDIATEK INC. 0 2 4 2 1 9
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. 2 1 2 3 1 9
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 1 5 1 9
KEEN PERSONAL MEDIA, INC. 5 1 1 1 0 8
MACROVISION CORPORATION 2 2 2 2 0 8
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 0 2 4 2 8
APPLE, INC. 1 0 1 1 4 7
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 0 2 0 5 7
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 0 0 4 2 1 7
CYBERLINK CORPORATION 1 2 2 1 1 7
DATCARD SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 0 4 0 5
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 1 2 1 1 0 5
NVIDIA CORPORATION 2 0 0 0 3 5
SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC. 3 1 1 0 0 5
SONIC SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 4 1 0 0 5
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 0 1 0 3 1 5
YAMAHA CORPORATION 1 1 2 0 1 5


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