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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 348, Television

( 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 92 168 199 215 268 942
SONY CORPORATION 68 103 181 198 274 824
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 55 100 104 127 118 504
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 51 56 69 98 118 392
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 47 55 53 85 71 311
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 8 68 88 141 305
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 28 48 61 49 60 246
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 37 25 36 49 35 182
NIKON CORPORATION 21 21 26 52 53 173
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 43 29 27 39 34 172
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 14 27 29 38 60 168
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 25 29 35 46 29 164
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 31 35 25 22 31 144
APTINA IMAGING CORPORATION 0 10 37 46 47 140
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 24 37 21 17 28 127
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 8 16 30 32 40 126
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 7 19 28 34 30 118
BROADCOM CORPORATION 21 23 22 22 29 117
HOYA CORPORATION 0 12 43 37 22 114
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 21 21 13 20 37 112
THOMSON LICENSING 30 21 23 26 12 112
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 12 13 32 22 25 104
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 15 17 27 23 20 102
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 17 21 36 17 10 101
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 43 46 1 0 0 90
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 11 7 13 9 26 66
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 5 8 19 32 64
HITACHI, LTD 12 13 10 10 14 59
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 15 14 9 11 10 59
INTEL CORPORATION 16 11 6 5 20 58
NOKIA CORPORATION 8 3 8 14 21 54
FUJITSU LIMITED 8 12 6 13 10 49
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.) 7 8 10 11 11 47
SAMSUNG TECHWIN CO., LTD. 3 19 16 0 6 44
OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP. 0 0 8 14 21 43
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 7 6 11 6 10 40
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 5 5 10 8 11 39
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 15 4 5 8 7 39
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 23 6 6 1 0 36
OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 4 3 5 24 36
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 8 6 10 5 34
NEC CORPORATION 7 10 7 4 6 34
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 7 8 9 4 3 31
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 2 4 0 9 15 30
KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC. 2 1 5 10 11 29
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 25 1 1 0 0 27
MEDIATEK INC. 4 9 6 5 3 27
POLYCOM, INC. 3 3 7 5 9 27
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 0 2 7 7 10 26
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 6 5 1 6 8 26
DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEMS GMBH 0 6 9 7 2 24
PIXELWORKS, INC. 2 4 9 8 1 24
ZORAN CORPORATION 2 5 4 9 4 24
NVIDIA CORPORATION 0 2 4 8 9 23
APPLE, INC. 0 1 2 11 8 22
KYOCERA CORPORATION 1 2 7 3 9 22
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 14 6 0 1 0 21
MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 1 7 4 2 7 21
NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 1 1 4 5 10 21
ALTEK CORP. 0 0 2 5 13 20
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 6 9 4 1 0 20
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 3 4 5 5 20
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 1 3 5 5 6 20
KONICA MINOLTA OPTO, INC 1 2 5 6 6 20
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 4 6 3 3 4 20
ASIA OPTICAL CO., INC. 1 1 3 8 6 19
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 2 7 9 19
LSI CORPORATION 0 4 4 6 5 19
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 3 4 5 5 2 19
QUALCOMM, INC. 0 0 1 5 12 18
HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC. 2 2 2 6 5 17
MEGACHIPS CORPORATION 5 1 1 4 6 17
PENTAX CORPORATION 9 8 0 0 0 17
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 2 4 2 6 3 17
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 2 3 3 4 5 17
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 4 2 4 4 2 16
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 2 3 2 6 3 16
ELMO COMPANY LIMITED 0 3 3 3 7 16
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 6 3 0 4 3 16
HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 1 5 1 2 7 16
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 1 4 6 4 16
MOTOROLA, INC. 7 2 2 5 0 16
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 5 4 1 4 2 16
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 5 2 1 5 3 16
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 6 1 0 7 2 16
FOTONATION VISION LIMITED 1 2 2 10 0 15
FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 0 0 12 3 0 15
HUAYA MICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 3 1 5 4 1 14
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 5 2 2 1 4 14
MTEK VISION CO., LTD. 1 0 0 1 12 14
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 5 4 3 0 2 14
NXP B.V. 5 4 3 1 1 14
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 0 0 0 6 7 13
LIFESIZE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 0 2 4 7 13
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 3 3 3 4 0 13
PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD. 1 0 4 3 5 13
TANDBERG TELECOM AS 0 4 3 4 2 13
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 2 1 3 2 13
BOEING COMPANY 2 3 1 1 5 12
LEADER ELECTRONICS CORP. 5 5 1 1 0 12
MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR, LTD. 0 8 4 0 0 12
PIONEER CORPORATION 6 1 1 1 3 12
RAYTHEON COMPANY 2 2 3 3 2 12
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 0 1 2 2 7 12
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 1 3 1 5 2 12
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 2 1 2 3 4 12
TEKTRONIX INC. 3 2 3 2 2 12
ALTASENS, INC. 0 2 2 5 2 11
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 2 5 1 0 3 11
ARNOLD & RICHTER CINE TECHNIK GMBH & CO. BETRIEBS KG 0 1 0 2 8 11
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 2 3 3 2 11
GIVEN IMAGING LTD. 1 0 3 2 5 11
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 2 5 4 11
PELCO 4 2 3 0 2 11
QUANTA COMPUTER INC. 0 1 2 5 3 11
SAMSUNG DIGITAL IMAGING CO., LTD. 0 0 4 7 0 11
XEROX CORPORATION 1 1 1 4 4 11
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 2 1 0 5 2 10
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 2 0 3 1 4 10
PIXIM, INCORPORATED 2 3 3 0 2 10
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 1 7 1 0 1 10
AMBARELLA, INC. 0 1 0 2 6 9
DALSA INC. 4 1 2 1 1 9
DENSO CORPORATION 2 1 0 3 3 9
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 3 0 2 2 2 9
GENESIS MICROCHIP INC. 2 4 2 1 0 9
KONICA MINOLTA PHOTO IMAGING, INC. 1 3 3 1 1 9
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 0 2 0 3 4 9
SCIMEASURE ANALYTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 1 3 4 9
AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 2 1 2 2 1 8
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0 0 3 2 3 8
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 0 2 1 4 1 8
KOLORIFIC, INC. 0 4 2 1 1 8
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 2 3 2 1 8
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 0 1 1 3 3 8
MICROVISION, INC. 2 0 0 2 4 8
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 3 2 0 0 8
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 1 1 0 2 8
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 1 2 1 3 1 8
TRIDENT MICROSYSTEMS (FAR EAST) LTD. 0 0 0 2 6 8
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 5 0 1 1 1 8
ALPINE ELECTRONICS INC. 1 0 2 0 4 7
APPLIED MINDS, INC. 2 0 0 3 2 7
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 0 3 1 3 7
CROSSTEK CAPITAL, LLC 0 0 1 0 6 7
FRANCE TELECOM 2 2 1 2 0 7
KOPLAR INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL LLC 1 0 4 1 1 7
MITSUBISHI DIGITAL ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC. 2 1 1 3 0 7
NEC VIEWTECHNOLOGY, LTD. 2 1 2 1 1 7
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 0 0 2 3 2 7
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 0 0 7 7
SHIMADZU CORPORATION 0 3 1 3 0 7
SILICON IMAGE, INC. 1 1 3 0 2 7
TATUNG CO., LTD. 1 2 1 3 0 7
TELEGENT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 3 0 3 7
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. 1 1 0 3 2 7
3VR SECURITY, INC. 0 0 0 6 0 6
ALTUS TECHNOLOGY INC. 0 0 2 2 2 6
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 2 1 1 1 1 6
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 0 1 2 2 1 6
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 1 1 1 1 2 6
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY 3 1 0 2 0 6
FOTOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0 4 1 0 1 6
FOVEON, INC. 1 0 2 3 0 6
HTC CORPORATION 0 0 2 3 1 6
JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY 0 1 1 2 2 6
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON 1 0 3 1 1 6
KEYENCE CORPORATION 0 1 0 0 5 6
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 4 2 0 0 0 6
MAGNUM SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 4 2 0 0 6
MICRONAS USA, INC. 2 4 0 0 0 6
OBJECTVIDEO, INC. 0 0 0 3 3 6
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 3 3 0 0 0 6
RGB SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 0 5 0 6
ROUND ROCK RESEARCH, LLC 0 0 0 0 6 6
SMARTVUE CORPORATION 0 0 1 4 1 6
SONY TAIWAN LIMITED 1 0 0 1 4 6
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 0 2 1 0 3 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 0 1 3 2 0 6
WALKER DIGITAL, LLC 0 0 3 2 1 6
YAMAHA CORPORATION 1 2 1 0 2 6
ADVASENSE TECHNOLOGIES (2004) LTD 0 0 0 1 4 5
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 1 1 0 1 2 5
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 2 2 1 5
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2 1 0 1 1 5
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
FAIRCHILD IMAGING, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
FLIR SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. 2 0 0 0 3 5
FUJITSU TEN LIMITED 1 2 1 0 1 5
HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD. 0 0 3 1 1 5
IMAGINATION TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 0 2 3 0 0 5
KARL STORZ IMAGING, INC. 2 1 0 1 1 5
KDDI CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 0 5
KONICA CORPORATION 3 0 1 0 1 5
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 1 0 2 0 2 5
LOGITECH EUROPE S.A. 1 1 1 2 0 5
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 1 0 0 3 1 5
MITUTOYO CORPORATION 0 2 0 1 2 5
MOTOROLA-MOBILITY, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
OMRON CORPORATION 0 1 0 3 1 5
ONLIVE, INC. 0 0 4 1 0 5
REAL D 0 0 2 2 1 5
STMICROELECTRONICS ASIA PACIFIC PTE LIMITED 2 0 1 2 0 5
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 2 1 0 1 1 5
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 2 0 1 2 5
VXIS TECHNOLOGY CORP. 2 0 2 1 0 5
XENOGEN CORPORATION 1 0 2 1 1 5


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