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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 235, Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.)

( 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
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 100 85 80 91 92 448
DIEBOLD SELF SERVICE SYSTEMS, A DIVISION OF DIEBOLD, INCORPORATED 39 43 28 44 68 222
METROLOGIC INSTRUMENTS INC. 30 24 66 66 28 214
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 34 30 25 45 62 196
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 54 41 28 28 39 190
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 18 42 33 32 19 144
DIEBOLD INCORPORATED 14 16 21 27 34 112
AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC. 13 27 27 21 20 108
NCR CORPORATION 18 27 29 15 19 108
HAND-HELD PRODUCTS, INC. 13 16 14 20 26 89
FIRST DATA CORPORATION 18 19 22 10 8 77
FUJITSU LIMITED 14 16 13 13 8 64
SONY CORPORATION 14 20 7 9 14 64
TARGET BRANDS, INC. 9 5 5 20 18 57
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 12 12 9 9 8 50
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 11 5 10 11 11 48
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 3 6 13 16 6 44
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 7 9 6 15 5 42
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 11 7 2 9 11 40
MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL, INC. 3 5 5 13 13 39
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 11 7 3 11 7 39
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 6 14 7 5 4 36
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 10 5 5 9 5 34
VISA U.S.A., INC. 1 6 6 11 10 34
HITACHI, LTD 12 8 5 3 4 32
INTERMEC IP CORP. 6 10 3 1 7 27
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 1 2 3 9 11 26
GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GMBH 4 5 6 4 6 25
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 6 4 9 2 25
NOKIA CORPORATION 7 4 7 4 2 24
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 8 10 4 2 0 24
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 3 5 7 5 4 24
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 3 3 5 7 23
DATALOGIC SCANNING, INC. 5 5 6 3 3 22
L-1 SECURE CREDENTIALING, INC. 0 0 2 11 9 22
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 0 0 3 7 12 22
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 5 6 2 2 6 21
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 1 5 9 6 21
UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA) 0 0 1 12 8 21
XEROX CORPORATION 2 4 4 6 5 21
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. 4 5 1 4 5 19
WESTERN UNION COMPANY 2 4 2 6 5 19
CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION 3 2 8 2 3 18
DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED 5 3 6 2 2 18
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 1 6 3 6 16
AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION 5 0 3 3 5 16
DIGIMARC CORPORATION 5 6 2 3 0 16
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 3 1 2 9 15
NEC CORPORATION 5 3 2 5 0 15
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC. 5 4 4 1 1 15
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 3 0 2 1 8 14
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5 3 2 4 0 14
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 4 3 4 3 0 14
HITACHI-OMRON TERMINAL SOLUTIONS, CORP. 1 7 2 3 1 14
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 2 4 1 1 6 14
NAUTILUS HYOSUNG INC. 1 3 2 1 7 14
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 0 3 3 5 3 14
VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION 0 1 0 4 9 14
ANOTO AB 6 1 3 1 2 13
COGNEX TECHNOLOGY AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION 1 0 4 2 6 13
GEMALTO SA 0 0 2 6 5 13
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 0 1 1 3 8 13
NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION 4 3 2 2 2 13
OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 4 5 3 0 1 13
WALKER DIGITAL, LLC 2 3 2 4 2 13
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 3 1 3 0 5 12
INTERNATIONAL BARCODE CORPORATION 6 5 1 0 0 12
OMRON CORPORATION 2 3 2 3 2 12
PROMEGA CORPORATION 2 0 1 4 5 12
SANDISK CORPORATION 3 7 1 0 1 12
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 2 4 2 3 1 12
TRANSACTION HOLDINGS LTD. L.L.C. 0 0 8 4 0 12
AVANTE INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 3 4 1 3 11
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 0 2 6 3 11
FELICA NETWORKS, INC. 1 1 1 3 5 11
KONICA MINOLTA SYSTEMS LABORATORY, INC. 0 0 5 5 1 11
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 3 3 4 10
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 4 6 0 0 0 10
THE CODE CORPORATION 3 4 1 1 1 10
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 3 2 2 2 0 9
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 2 2 3 2 0 9
DATACARD CORPORATION, INC. 1 2 1 2 3 9
DE LA RUE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1 3 3 1 1 9
DYNAMICS, INC. 0 0 0 3 6 9
E-2 INTERACTIVE, INC. 4 1 4 0 0 9
GEMPLUS 5 4 0 0 0 9
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 2 2 1 3 1 9
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 3 3 1 0 2 9
IKAN TECHNOLOGIES INC. 3 2 0 1 3 9
INTUIT, INC. 0 0 2 5 2 9
MICROSCAN SYSTEMS INCORPORATED 3 1 0 3 2 9
OBERTHUR TECHNOLOGIES 0 2 0 4 3 9
SANDISK IL LTD. 1 3 0 3 2 9
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 3 0 2 3 9
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, POSTAL SERVICE 4 3 0 2 0 9
BOEING COMPANY 2 1 1 2 2 8
CATERPILLAR INC. 5 0 0 3 0 8
CUBIC CORPORATION 2 3 0 2 1 8
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 1 1 2 2 2 8
LEAPFROG ENTERPRISES, INC. 2 2 2 1 1 8
MICROVISION, INC. 1 2 2 2 1 8
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 3 0 3 8
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 1 4 0 1 2 8
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 2 2 1 1 2 8
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 4 3 0 1 0 8
VERI-FONE, INC. 0 0 2 3 3 8
VIVOTECH, INC. 1 1 3 0 3 8
ZIH CORPORATION 2 2 1 0 3 8
DATALOGIC S.P.A. 2 1 3 1 0 7
MAG TEK, INC. 0 1 1 3 2 7
MOTOROLA, INC. 1 2 2 2 0 7
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 0 1 3 2 1 7
NXP B.V. 2 2 2 0 1 7
PSION TEKLOGIX INC. 0 0 0 3 4 7
SENSORMATIC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 2 7
SICK AG 2 1 1 3 0 7
SKIDATA AG 1 3 1 2 0 7
SONIX TECHNOLOGY CO. 0 1 1 3 2 7
TYFONE, INC. 0 1 1 1 4 7
XATRA FUND MX, LLC 0 0 3 0 4 7
AXALTO SA 1 4 0 1 0 6
BLACKHAWK NETWORK, INC. 0 0 2 4 0 6
COINSTAR, INC. 1 1 1 1 2 6
I2 TECHNOLOGIES US, INC. 1 0 2 1 2 6
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 0 1 0 3 2 6
MARSHALL FEATURE RECOGNITION, LLC 0 0 1 5 0 6
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 3 0 3 0 0 6
PRECISION DYNAMICS CORPORATION 4 2 0 0 0 6
PSION TEKLOGIX SYSTEMS INC. 3 2 0 0 1 6
QSECURE, INC. 0 1 3 2 0 6
SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 0 0 1 3 2 6
SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P. 1 2 1 1 1 6
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 2 0 2 1 1 6
VERITEC INC. 1 0 4 0 1 6
YOTTAMARK, INC. 0 0 1 3 2 6
ALIEN TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 2 1 0 2 5
ALTIERRE CORPORATION 0 1 2 0 2 5
APPLE, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
ARTHUR BLANK & COMPANY, INC. 1 3 0 1 0 5
ASK S.A. 0 2 1 1 1 5
AUTOMARK TECHNICAL SYSTEMS, LLC 2 3 0 0 0 5
BARTEX RESEARCH LLC 0 0 1 0 4 5
CERNER INNOVATION, INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
CUMMINS-ALLISON CORPORATION 1 0 3 0 1 5
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 3 0 1 0 1 5
DIGITAL ENVOY, INC. 0 1 2 2 0 5
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 2 1 0 1 1 5
GOLIATH SOLUTIONS, LLC. 0 1 3 0 1 5
GTECH RHODE ISLAND CORPORATION 0 0 2 1 2 5
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 1 2 1 0 1 5
HYPERCOM, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
INTEL CORPORATION 1 3 1 0 0 5
INTERNATIONAL CURRENCY TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 0 0 3 0 2 5
LINTEC CORPORATION 0 2 2 0 1 5
LV PARTNERS, L.P. 2 2 0 1 0 5
MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 1 0 1 2 5
OBERTHUR CARD SYSTEMS SA 3 0 1 0 1 5
PISAFE, INC. 0 2 3 0 0 5
PSC SCANNING, INC. 5 0 0 0 0 5
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 0 1 4 5
SCANBUY, INC. 4 1 0 0 0 5
SCIENTIFIC GAMES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 2 2 1 0 5
STAMPS.COM INC. 1 0 0 2 2 5
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 1 3 0 0 1 5
WAL-MART STORES, INC. 0 2 1 0 2 5


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