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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 725, Interactive Video Distribution Systems

( 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
SONY CORPORATION 21 15 42 64 76 218
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 21 19 61 53 38 192
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 2 10 35 54 64 165
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 8 7 15 31 36 97
UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES, INC. 6 4 14 17 27 68
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 1 5 9 24 27 66
THOMSON LICENSING 4 9 9 16 23 61
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 2 8 18 28 56
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 7 4 10 14 21 56
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. 5 5 5 14 26 55
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 17 23 11 51
INTEL CORPORATION 19 5 3 5 12 44
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 1 16 13 11 42
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 6 3 15 8 8 40
PERSONALIZED MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C. 0 0 0 29 9 38
THE NIELSEN COMPANY (U.S.), L.L.C. 0 0 7 15 11 33
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 4 7 6 8 6 31
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 2 7 10 7 28
SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC. 7 7 6 8 0 28
COMCAST IP HOLDINGS I, LLC 0 0 6 12 9 27
TIME WARNER CABLE 2 0 6 10 8 26
COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 0 7 8 9 24
SEDNA PATENT SERVICES, LLC 9 9 2 0 0 20
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 3 4 5 7 19
OPENTV, INC. 1 0 5 2 9 17
PRIME RESEARCH ALLIANCE E., INC. 4 2 2 3 6 17
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 1 2 2 3 9 17
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 4 0 4 6 2 16
STARSIGHT TELECAST, INC. 2 1 7 3 3 16
DIGEO, INC. 10 5 0 0 0 15
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 2 0 4 3 6 15
TIVO, INC. 1 0 2 6 6 15
HITACHI, LTD 1 3 2 7 1 14
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 6 7 1 0 0 14
NDS LIMITED 0 2 2 5 5 14
GOOGLE, INC. 0 1 1 3 8 13
NOKIA CORPORATION 2 1 6 4 0 13
TOUCHTUNES MUSIC CORPORATION 3 3 1 2 4 13
UNISYS CORPORATION 5 6 0 2 0 13
JLB VENTURES LLC 0 3 2 3 4 12
STARZ ENTERTAINMENT GROUP LLC 1 0 1 5 5 12
VISIBLE WORLD, INC. 0 0 1 1 10 12
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. 0 0 0 4 7 11
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 2 2 2 3 10
NEC CORPORATION 2 3 3 0 2 10
KEEN PERSONAL MEDIA, INC. 3 1 2 1 2 9
KOPLAR INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL LLC 2 0 3 1 3 9
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 0 0 0 4 5 9
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 0 2 0 3 4 9
SLING MEDIA, INC. 0 0 0 3 6 9
FUJITSU LIMITED 1 3 1 1 2 8
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 0 3 1 4 0 8
INTELLOCITY USA, INC. 1 3 0 3 1 8
PENTAX OF AMERICA, INC. 1 1 5 1 0 8
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 1 1 2 2 8
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 0 1 3 1 3 8
TIME WARNER INTERACTIVE VIDEO GROUP, INC. 0 0 2 4 2 8
VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC. 0 0 0 3 5 8
ALCATEL LUCENT 0 0 0 1 6 7
ARRIS GROUP, INC. 0 0 0 4 3 7
BOEING COMPANY 0 0 1 3 3 7
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 1 3 1 2 7
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 2 0 1 3 1 7
TVWORKS, LLC 1 0 1 2 3 7
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 0 2 0 3 1 6
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 1 4 0 1 6
AT& T KNOWLEDGE VENTURES, L.P. 0 0 0 3 2 5
AT&T CORP. 1 2 2 0 0 5
COMCAST CABLE HOLDINGS, LLC 1 0 1 1 2 5
GOLDPOCKET INTERACTIVE, INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5
INDEX SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 0 2 1 1 5
MITSUBISHI DIGITAL ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
YAHOO, INC. 0 1 0 3 1 5


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