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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 271, Sheet Feeding or Delivering

( 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 25 44 49 59 63 240
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 30 48 52 48 184
XEROX CORPORATION 9 20 33 38 46 146
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 8 11 18 31 39 107
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2 8 16 20 36 82
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 7 11 6 22 25 71
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 13 12 14 20 8 67
HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 14 14 14 13 10 65
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 4 13 13 22 13 65
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 7 14 17 14 11 63
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 11 11 7 17 16 62
KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION 2 4 11 18 20 55
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 8 4 18 19 51
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 1 7 16 9 14 47
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 5 4 9 11 16 45
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 1 2 6 13 9 31
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 5 3 7 11 5 31
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 5 3 6 7 1 22
OKIDATA CORPORATION 2 3 3 4 9 21
PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD. 1 1 4 5 10 21
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 3 2 9 5 2 21
NISCA CORPORATION 4 9 2 1 1 17
GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GMBH 1 3 4 3 5 16
HITACHI-OMRON TERMINAL SOLUTIONS, CORP. 0 3 2 6 5 16
FOXLINK IMAGE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 1 2 4 4 4 15
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 2 7 4 0 15
FERAG AG 2 4 1 5 2 14
LG N-SYS INC. 1 3 5 4 1 14
NEOPOST TECHNOLOGIES 0 1 3 6 4 14
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 2 1 6 2 14
KOMORI CORPORATION 0 2 4 5 2 13
OCE-TECHNOLOGIES, B.V. 0 4 3 4 1 12
GOSS INTERNATIONAL AMERICAS, INC. 3 1 3 2 2 11
AVISION INC. 0 2 1 3 4 10
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 4 3 1 1 1 10
KINPO ELECTRONICS, INC. 0 0 0 5 5 10
MULLER MARTINI HOLDING AG 0 2 2 3 3 10
NAUTILUS HYOSUNG INC. 0 1 1 3 5 10
PFU LIMITED 0 1 2 2 5 10
DIEBOLD SELF SERVICE SYSTEMS, A DIVISION OF DIEBOLD, INCORPORATED 4 2 2 1 0 9
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 0 2 3 3 9
WINCOR NIXDORF INTERNATIONAL GMBH 1 3 1 2 2 9
BOWE BELL & HOWELL COMPANY 3 2 2 1 0 8
BURROUGHS PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 1 6 7
MURATA MACHINERY, LTD. 0 0 3 2 2 7
NCR CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 2 7
PITNEY BOWES LTD. 2 2 0 1 2 7
CANON FINETECH INC. 0 1 1 2 2 6
DUPLO SEIKO CORP. 0 0 1 1 4 6
FUJITSU LIMITED 1 3 1 0 1 6
RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 5 6
TECO IMAGE SYSTEMS CO., LTD. 0 0 2 2 2 6
UNISYS CORPORATION 4 0 1 1 0 6
ASIA OPTICAL CO., INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
GLORY LTD. 0 1 0 3 1 5
KOENIG + BAUER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 2 0 0 1 5
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 2 0 2 0 1 5
MEI, INC. 1 0 1 1 2 5
MURATA KIKAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 2 1 0 0 5
NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 3 5
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 1 0 1 0 3 5
PITNEY BOWES DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 2 0 1 1 1 5
RICOH PRINTING SYSTEMS, LTD. 0 2 3 0 0 5


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