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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 345, Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display 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
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 79 102 97 185 262 725
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 153 136 181 138 114 722
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 95 92 100 94 88 469
SONY CORPORATION 73 64 66 102 132 437
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 99 73 64 113 77 426
NVIDIA CORPORATION 48 68 99 80 109 404
LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 41 82 130 146 399
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 67 66 75 86 67 361
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 30 42 83 105 80 340
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 68 70 58 71 56 323
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 71 57 48 57 71 304
SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD. 51 87 70 39 22 269
APPLE, INC. 24 23 35 85 92 259
SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 0 42 77 105 224
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 33 41 38 38 46 196
AU OPTRONICS CORP. 25 26 28 54 60 193
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 9 34 76 64 183
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 30 45 33 36 36 180
HITACHI, LTD 52 34 22 26 23 157
INTEL CORPORATION 37 32 27 30 27 153
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 7 18 38 36 49 148
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 21 21 19 36 33 130
FUJITSU LIMITED 45 20 21 17 26 129
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 28 17 21 38 25 129
HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD. 12 15 15 32 50 124
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 7 16 13 37 40 113
IMMERSION CORPORATION 18 15 22 21 26 102
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 22 30 19 15 10 96
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 14 16 18 20 20 88
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 43 39 0 0 0 82
PIONEER CORPORATION 32 25 12 7 5 81
AUTODESK, INC. 15 9 15 24 17 80
LG. PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD. 46 34 0 0 0 80
HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 5 7 10 30 27 79
NOKIA CORPORATION 15 18 17 19 6 75
PIXAR 12 14 10 16 23 75
TOSHIBA MATSUSHITA DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 8 7 14 21 21 71
NEC CORPORATION 20 11 11 13 14 69
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 11 12 14 27 2 66
CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD. 6 21 7 15 16 65
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 14 8 11 13 18 64
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 13 9 13 14 14 63
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 12 7 7 6 27 59
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 13 3 11 12 20 59
THOMSON LICENSING 14 4 18 12 9 57
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 13 11 8 8 15 55
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 21 14 10 7 3 55
FUJITSU HITACHI PLASMA DISPLAY LIMITED 13 8 11 11 12 55
NINTENDO CO., LTD. 9 7 9 16 14 55
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 8 4 14 14 14 54
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 7 18 10 12 6 53
TPO DISPLAYS CORPORATION 3 15 13 16 3 50
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 8 6 10 16 9 49
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 6 1 16 13 13 49
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 7 7 7 18 9 48
NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 3 4 9 12 20 48
SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC. 5 11 7 15 10 48
BROADCOM CORPORATION 7 7 10 10 13 47
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 1 5 14 10 16 46
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 12 9 12 7 5 45
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 7 5 10 15 7 44
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 9 10 3 12 10 44
PALM, INC. 6 10 10 11 1 38
GLOBAL OLED TECHNOLOGY LLC 0 0 0 13 24 37
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 0 5 32 37
CHI MEI OPTOELECTRONICS CORP. 8 4 14 8 2 36
XEROX CORPORATION 10 4 8 8 6 36
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 9 5 7 8 5 34
HANNSTAR DISPLAY CORP. 5 6 4 7 12 34
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 5 8 7 10 34
E INK CORPORATION 10 6 6 6 4 32
FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED 5 4 10 7 6 32
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 3 3 18 8 32
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 5 9 9 9 0 32
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 3 10 8 4 7 32
MENTAL IMAGES GMBH & CO KG. 10 8 7 4 2 31
CHIMEI-INNOLUX CORPORATION 0 0 0 8 22 30
QUALCOMM, INC. 2 2 2 6 17 29
NEC LCD TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 4 0 6 8 10 28
QUALCOMM MEMS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 0 5 20 26
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 2 2 3 8 11 26
SYNAPTICS, INC. 2 6 3 6 8 25
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 13 4 6 1 0 24
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 3 5 4 5 6 23
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 6 5 3 6 3 23
MOTOROLA, INC. 7 5 4 6 1 23
DENSO CORPORATION 4 0 6 4 8 22
LOGITECH EUROPE S.A. 3 5 5 4 5 22
BOEING COMPANY 2 3 9 4 3 21
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 4 2 7 4 4 21
INNOCOM TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 0 2 19 21
OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 0 0 6 9 6 21
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 1 8 6 3 2 20
EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION 0 0 3 11 5 19
PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD. 0 0 2 9 8 19
VASTVIEW TECHNOLOGY INC. 8 3 1 5 2 19
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 0 0 2 4 12 18
ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 1 1 9 6 18
TPO HONG KONG HOLDING LIMITED 3 1 4 6 4 18
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 4 7 3 2 2 18
WACOM CO., LTD. 2 2 1 7 6 18
ATLAB INC. 2 1 7 2 5 17
CLAIRVOYANTE, INC 16 1 0 0 0 17
LUCID INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LTD. 0 0 0 13 4 17
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 5 5 1 1 5 17
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 1 3 7 5 16
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 5 2 4 3 2 16
SENSABLE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 4 1 4 5 16
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA INC. 2 5 0 6 3 16
ANOTO AB 6 4 0 3 2 15
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 1 1 0 9 4 15
GENESIS MICROCHIP INC. 0 6 4 3 2 15
HITACHI PLASMA PATENT LICENSING CO., LTD. 1 1 2 7 4 15
QUANTA COMPUTER INC. 0 2 3 2 8 15
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 4 1 2 4 4 15
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 2 2 5 4 2 15
SEARETE LLC 3 1 1 10 0 15
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 2 2 2 4 5 15
TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION 7 2 3 1 2 15
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. 0 0 3 5 6 14
GOOGLE, INC. 1 0 3 2 8 14
NAMCO BANDAI GAMES, INC. 4 1 3 5 1 14
NXP B.V. 1 2 7 1 3 14
SMART TECHNOLOGIES ULC 0 3 5 4 2 14
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 2 0 2 2 8 14
WINTEK CORPORATION 5 0 1 3 5 14
IGNIS INNOVATION, INC. 2 1 2 2 6 13
IMAGINATION TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 4 2 0 5 2 13
MICROVISION, INC. 3 0 4 2 4 13
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 7 4 1 1 0 13
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 2 1 2 4 4 13
PIXART IMAGING INC. 1 6 3 1 2 13
PIXELWORKS, INC. 2 4 2 3 2 13
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 4 7 2 0 0 13
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 1 2 2 4 4 13
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 2 3 5 2 1 13
UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS, INC. 1 2 1 5 4 13
DASSAULT SYSTEMES 3 1 2 2 4 12
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 2 0 2 0 8 12
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 0 1 4 6 12
KYE SYSTEMS CORP. 3 2 1 2 4 12
GRAPHICS PROPERTIES HOLDINGS, INC. 0 0 1 6 4 11
HILLCREST LABORATORIES, INC. 4 1 3 2 1 11
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 3 2 1 2 3 11
LANDMARK GRAPHICS CORPORATION 3 2 3 0 3 11
MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 4 0 3 3 1 11
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 3 1 2 2 11
THALES 1 1 2 3 4 11
ALPINE ELECTRONICS INC. 0 3 2 3 2 10
HONEYWOOD TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 0 0 6 4 0 10
INNOLUX DISPLAY CORP. 0 1 1 8 0 10
KABUSHIKI KAISHA SEGA. 2 1 4 3 0 10
KABUSHIKI KAISHA SQUARE ENIX 4 1 2 2 1 10
KOPIN CORPORATION 3 2 1 0 4 10
KYOCERA CORPORATION 2 3 2 1 2 10
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 4 3 1 1 1 10
QISDA CORPORATION 0 5 4 0 1 10
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 1 0 4 5 0 10
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 2 2 2 0 10
SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH, INC. 8 1 1 0 0 10
TEKTRONIX INC. 3 0 1 3 3 10
TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 3 1 2 2 2 10
ATI INTERNATIONAL SRL 3 3 3 0 0 9
AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 3 0 1 1 9
CAMBRIDGE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 1 1 2 3 2 9
DREAMWORKS ANIMATION LLC 1 0 1 3 4 9
IMAGING SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC 1 1 4 1 2 9
INVENTEC CORPORATION 2 3 1 1 2 9
LSI CORPORATION 0 1 2 6 0 9
MICROUNITY SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, INC. 1 0 0 1 7 9
SEGA CORPORATION 1 3 2 1 2 9
VISTAPRINT TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 0 1 2 3 3 9
YAMAHA CORPORATION 1 3 1 2 2 9
3DLABS INC. LTD. 3 1 3 1 0 8
AT&T CORP. 3 3 0 2 0 8
ATMEL CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 5 8
DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP. 1 2 2 1 2 8
DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR GMBH 2 2 3 0 1 8
DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. 0 0 1 1 6 8
EM MICROELECTRONIC-MARIN SA 4 1 0 1 2 8
FUJITSU TEN LIMITED 2 0 5 1 0 8
IDC, LLC 0 0 8 0 0 8
KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD. 0 0 2 2 4 8
KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 4 8
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 3 0 1 1 3 8
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 0 0 1 2 5 8
MEDIATEK INC. 0 2 0 2 4 8
MOTOROLA-MOBILITY, INC. 0 0 0 2 6 8
OCULUS INFO INC. 1 0 3 2 2 8
RIKEN 2 4 0 0 2 8
SILICON QUEST KABUSHIKI-KAISHA 0 0 1 0 7 8
SMART TECHNOLOGIES INC. 6 2 0 0 0 8
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 1 2 3 0 2 8
THE MATH WORKS, INC. 0 3 2 1 2 8
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 1 1 3 1 2 8
ZIOSOFT, INC. 1 1 3 1 2 8
ZIPPY TECHNOLOGY CORP. 2 3 1 2 0 8
AURORA SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 5 1 0 7
BARCO N.V. 3 3 0 1 0 7
BOE-HYDIS TECHNOLOGY CO, LTD. 4 3 0 0 0 7
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 1 1 2 1 7
CIRQUE CORPORATION 1 3 1 2 0 7
CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD. 2 1 0 1 3 7
GIGNO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 1 2 1 1 2 7
HYDIS TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 0 0 3 2 2 7
KENT DISPLAYS INCORPORATED 3 0 1 3 0 7
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 0 1 3 2 1 7
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 1 1 2 1 7
MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR, LTD. 1 1 2 1 2 7
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 2 1 1 1 2 7
PALMSOURCE INC. 1 1 2 3 0 7
RAYTHEON COMPANY 1 5 0 1 0 7
RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 1 0 2 3 7
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 0 2 1 2 2 7
TATUNG CO., LTD. 1 4 2 0 0 7
TEGIC COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 2 0 1 2 2 7
TRIDENT MICROSYSTEMS (FAR EAST) LTD. 0 0 2 2 3 7
VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 2 2 3 7
AOL LLC 3 1 0 0 2 6
ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC. 0 0 1 2 3 6
BEHR PROCESS CORPORATION 3 0 1 0 2 6
BENTLEY SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED 4 0 1 1 0 6
BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 3 6
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 3 0 0 3 0 6
DAKTRONICS, INC. 1 0 1 1 3 6
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 0 3 2 1 0 6
ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC. 2 0 1 0 3 6
ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 0 1 2 2 6
IDELIX SOFTWARE INC. 6 0 0 0 0 6
INTERLINK ELECTRONICS, INC. 2 0 2 1 1 6
INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I, LLC 0 0 0 2 4 6
LEAPFROG ENTERPRISES, INC. 1 1 2 0 2 6
N-TRIG LTD. 1 1 0 2 2 6
NOREGIN ASSETS N.V., L.L.C. 0 0 3 0 3 6
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 1 3 0 2 0 6
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 3 3 6
PACIFIC DATA IMAGES LLC 1 2 1 1 1 6
PHILIPS SOLID-STATE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 2 3 1 0 6
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 3 0 1 1 1 6
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 2 0 0 1 6
TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 1 1 1 2 6
VALVE CORPORATION 1 2 1 1 1 6
YAZAKI CORP. 0 0 2 3 1 6
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 0 0 2 0 5
ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 0 1 2 1 1 5
AUDIOVOX CORPORATION 1 0 0 4 0 5
CANON EUROPA N.V. 2 1 2 0 0 5
CAUSTIC GRAPHICS, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 1 1 1 1 1 5
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. 2 0 1 1 1 5
DOLBY LABORATORIES INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
EIZO GMBH 0 0 3 1 1 5
FIRST INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER, INC. 1 2 0 1 1 5
FREEDESIGN, INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 4 1 0 0 0 5
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 0 0 0 1 4 5
GENOA COLOR TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 1 0 0 2 2 5
IMMERSION MEDICAL, INC. 3 0 1 0 1 5
INTERSIL AMERICAS INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 2 3 0 5
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 0 1 0 3 1 5
NEC VIEWTECHNOLOGY, LTD. 2 0 0 2 1 5
NEMOPTIC 1 1 1 1 1 5
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 2 1 1 1 0 5
NISSHA PRINTING CO., LTD. 1 0 1 2 1 5
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 2 0 1 1 1 5
O2 MICRO INTERNATIONAL LTD. 1 1 0 1 2 5
OMRON CORPORATION 2 0 1 1 1 5
PRODUCTION RESOURCE GROUP L.L.C. 1 1 1 0 2 5
RAMBUS, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
REAL D 0 0 3 2 0 5
ROUND ROCK RESEARCH, LLC 0 0 0 2 3 5
S3 GRAPHICS CO., LTD. 4 1 0 0 0 5
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 0 1 3 0 1 5
SENTELIC CORPORATION 4 1 0 0 0 5
SIEMENS PRODUCT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
SMK CORPORATION 3 2 0 0 0 5
SOLOMON SYSTECH LIMITED 0 1 1 2 1 5
TOPPOLY OPTOELECTRONICS CORP. 2 0 1 2 0 5
TOUCHTABLE, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 1 1 0 0 3 5
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 3 0 0 1 1 5
VIRTUAL IRIS STUDIOS, INC. 1 0 2 1 1 5


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