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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 369, Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval

( 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. 127 189 114 97 98 625
SONY CORPORATION 96 106 88 108 114 512
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 17 90 122 180 409
PIONEER CORPORATION 61 45 46 51 73 276
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 37 35 73 69 51 265
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 57 62 53 40 30 242
HITACHI, LTD 38 37 33 63 63 234
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 127 81 4 2 2 216
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 54 67 22 27 30 200
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 54 35 28 33 42 192
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 27 42 50 39 25 183
MEDIATEK INC. 38 42 20 51 27 178
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 23 21 45 52 31 172
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 23 16 21 30 38 128
TDK CORPORATION 28 19 13 26 22 108
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 19 14 16 19 24 92
KONICA MINOLTA OPTO, INC 5 15 16 28 24 88
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 12 9 15 32 14 82
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 7 14 14 23 23 81
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 8 11 19 24 13 75
LITE-ON IT CORPORATION 15 15 8 13 15 66
FUJITSU LIMITED 21 19 19 3 0 62
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 28 11 9 10 4 62
THOMSON LICENSING 17 14 8 8 14 61
TEAC CORPORATION 20 8 9 7 16 60
NEC CORPORATION 11 13 11 11 11 57
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 8 5 1 10 27 51
HITACHI MEDIA ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 1 4 5 13 26 49
HITACHI-LG DATA STORAGE, INC. 5 3 6 14 19 47
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 5 4 7 7 20 43
YAMAHA CORPORATION 8 6 10 11 7 42
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 17 2 9 4 2 34
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 0 1 2 4 22 29
KONICA CORPORATION 9 8 4 2 5 28
HITACHI-LG DATA STORAGE KOREA, INC. 5 4 9 6 3 27
TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD. 0 0 5 14 8 27
HOYA CORPORATION 1 5 0 10 9 25
MITSUBISHI KAGAKU MEDIA CO., LTD. 2 5 8 5 4 24
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 2 4 5 6 6 23
HITACHI MAXELL, LTD. 3 1 5 9 4 22
LSI CORPORATION 1 4 10 2 5 22
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 1 1 1 5 10 18
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 2 2 3 7 4 18
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 1 1 1 5 10 18
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 3 5 4 3 2 17
DPHI ACQUISITIONS, INC. 3 1 4 7 0 15
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 2 1 4 8 15
KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC. 5 3 2 1 4 15
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 1 1 3 3 6 14
INTEL CORPORATION 2 0 0 6 6 14
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 2 8 3 0 13
ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LTD. 1 1 0 6 4 12
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.) 3 2 2 2 3 12
OPTWARE CORPORATION 2 5 1 2 2 12
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 0 1 11 12
DAEWOO ELECTRONICS COMPANY, LTD. 4 1 1 4 1 11
QUANTA STORAGE, INC. 1 0 1 3 5 10
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 1 1 4 0 4 10
TIAN HOLDINGS LLC 0 3 2 1 4 10
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 3 0 1 4 9
NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION 3 4 0 2 0 9
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 2 2 1 3 1 9
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 5 2 2 0 0 9
TOSHIBA SAMSUNG STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 7 2 9
ALI CORPORATION 4 2 1 1 0 8
ALPINE ELECTRONICS INC. 2 2 1 3 0 8
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 0 3 1 3 1 8
PENTAX CORPORATION 6 2 0 0 0 8
PHILIPS & LITE-ON DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION 0 0 1 5 2 8
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 6 8
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 2 0 1 2 3 8
SONY DADC AUSTRIA AG 1 0 1 3 3 8
CINRAM INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 0 2 1 4 7
CLARION CO., LTD. 0 3 2 0 2 7
D&M HOLDINGS INC. 2 2 2 0 1 7
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 1 4 2 0 7
FUJITSU TEN LIMITED 1 0 4 1 1 7
HITACHI CONSUMER ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 7 7
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 0 2 0 2 3 7
INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I, LLC 0 0 0 2 5 7
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 0 0 0 3 4 7
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 0 7 7
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 2 1 0 1 3 7
ZORAN CORPORATION 1 0 3 2 1 7
ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC. 3 2 0 1 0 6
IMATION CORP. 1 2 0 1 2 6
INTERSIL AMERICAS INC. 0 1 1 2 2 6
MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 2 2 0 0 6
NANOCHIP, INC. 2 4 0 0 0 6
RESEARCH INVESTMENT NETWORK, INC. 5 1 0 0 0 6
SONY NEC OPTIARC INC. 0 0 0 4 2 6
TOSHIBA SAMSUNG STORAGE TECHNOLOGY KOREA CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 4 6
BURSTEIN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
EPSON TOYOCOM CORPORATION 0 1 0 1 3 5
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 2 0 2 0 5
SEARETE LLC 0 2 1 2 0 5


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