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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 353, Optics: Image Projectors

( 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
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 60 49 40 51 84 284
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 12 13 10 9 29 73
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 23 17 18 9 3 70
HITACHI, LTD 22 7 7 14 15 65
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 7 20 11 9 15 62
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 16 9 10 4 19 58
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 12 19 7 11 8 57
SONY CORPORATION 9 15 5 8 19 56
CORETRONIC CORPORATION 11 5 7 12 20 55
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 5 2 9 10 17 43
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 8 12 4 9 5 38
INFOCUS CORPORATION 16 11 7 0 0 34
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 10 5 9 9 1 34
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 8 7 2 5 11 33
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 1 0 11 20 32
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 4 7 20 31
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 5 1 3 7 8 24
NEC VIEWTECHNOLOGY, LTD. 9 5 3 6 1 24
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 3 1 7 8 23
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. 3 0 2 4 13 22
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.) 6 5 7 1 3 22
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 4 3 3 4 8 22
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 5 2 3 0 11 21
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 11 5 1 2 2 21
KONICA MINOLTA OPTO, INC 0 2 3 7 6 18
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 2 4 4 6 18
YOUNG OPTICS INC. 1 1 1 6 9 18
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 8 2 3 0 17
THOMSON LICENSING 4 3 2 2 4 15
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 7 0 3 3 2 15
MICROVISION, INC. 0 0 0 1 11 12
BARCO N.V. 3 4 2 1 1 11
BEN Q CORPORATION 7 2 0 1 1 11
QISDA CORPORATION 0 0 2 6 3 11
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 4 1 0 3 2 10
DOLBY LABORATORIES INC. 0 5 1 2 2 10
NIKON CORPORATION 0 1 1 3 5 10
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 4 5 0 0 0 9
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 3 2 2 1 0 8
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 0 0 1 4 2 7
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3 2 0 0 2 7
SONY DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 1 2 0 0 4 7
TTE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 1 0 2 2 7
ASIA OPTICAL CO., INC. 0 2 0 1 3 6
DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. 1 0 0 1 4 6
LIGHTMASTER SYSTEMS, INC. 1 3 1 1 0 6
NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD. 2 1 1 0 2 6
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 2 4 6
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 2 3 5
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 1 2 1 0 5
PIXELWORKS, INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5


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