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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2011 - 2015 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 347, Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information

( 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 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 328 358 462 593 643 2384
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 264 288 318 317 386 1573
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 247 254 203 264 240 1208
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 101 143 176 258 209 887
XEROX CORPORATION 105 163 159 190 135 752
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 86 94 125 164 129 598
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 83 131 116 140 55 525
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 444 60 1 0 0 505
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 44 94 107 127 56 428
ZAMTEC LIMITED 0 52 126 32 0 210
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 45 49 37 21 22 174
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 43 49 36 18 10 156
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 16 23 29 35 43 146
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 16 13 28 38 39 134
RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION 5 33 19 22 27 106
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 45 36 12 6 5 104
KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC. 0 2 9 29 43 83
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 11 16 16 13 20 76
MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD. 11 17 12 19 14 73
SONY CORPORATION 21 29 7 1 1 59
SII PRINTEK INC. 6 9 13 9 20 57
FUJIFILM DIMATIX, INC. 9 14 16 8 8 55
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 0 14 23 14 53
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 10 5 14 4 16 49
MEMJET TECHNOLOGY LTD. 0 0 0 16 30 46
OCE-TECHNOLOGIES, B.V. 7 2 5 12 17 43
VIDEOJET TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 6 16 10 10 43
KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC. 11 8 10 9 2 40
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 5 17 11 5 2 40
OKIDATA CORPORATION 4 10 13 10 1 38
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 11 9 4 9 2 35
KYOCERA CORPORATION 3 7 6 6 11 33
AGFA GRAPHICS NV 6 7 4 7 8 32
ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC. 1 6 7 10 8 32
DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD. 5 6 5 11 3 30
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 9 5 6 3 28
KONICA MINOLTA, INC. 0 0 0 7 20 27
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 3 5 8 5 5 26
KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION 5 5 10 4 2 26
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 1 3 1 12 8 25
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 11 3 6 1 4 25
KONICA MINOLTA IJ TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 6 8 4 5 0 23
FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED 1 3 2 2 14 22
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 1 6 8 4 2 21
PANASONIC CORPORATION 1 2 12 4 2 21
CANON FINETECH INC. 3 4 3 1 9 20
SCREEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD. 0 0 0 2 18 20
FRANCOTYP-POSTALIA GMBH 5 5 2 3 4 19
HITACHI INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS CO., LTD. 1 5 1 7 5 19
MIYAKOSHI PRINTING MACHINERY CO., LTD. 0 5 2 7 5 19
ROHM CO., LTD. 9 1 6 1 2 19
HEWLETT PACKARD INDUSTRIAL PRINTING LTD. 1 1 2 6 8 18
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 2 4 10 2 0 18
OCE PRINTING SYSTEMS GMBH 0 0 6 7 5 18
SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 1 4 4 8 17
KODAK ALARIS INC. 0 0 2 10 4 16
ROLAND DG CORPORATION 1 3 6 4 2 16
SEIKO I INFOTECH INC. 5 4 4 2 1 16
TELECOM ITALIA S.P.A. 6 7 2 0 0 15
KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC. 11 1 1 1 0 14
NCR CORPORATION 1 3 3 4 3 14
CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD. 2 2 6 3 0 13
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 1 4 1 5 2 13
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 12 0 1 0 0 13
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 2 8 3 0 0 13
RICOH PRODUCTION PRINT SOLUTIONS LLC 0 4 2 4 3 13
MARKEM IMAJE 1 3 2 2 4 12
NISCA CORPORATION 1 1 1 0 9 12
ZHUHAI NINESTAR MANAGEMENT CO., LTD. 1 2 4 4 1 12
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 1 2 0 2 6 11
KATEEVA, INC. 0 1 2 2 5 10
KODAK GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS GROUP CANADA 1 5 4 0 0 10
ULVAC, INC. 5 4 1 0 0 10
ZINK IMAGING, INC. 3 3 3 1 0 10
ALLTEC ANGEWANDTE LASER LICHT TECHNOLOGIE GMBH 0 0 1 0 8 9
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 6 2 1 0 0 9
DATAMAX-O'NEIL CORPORATION 0 0 0 6 3 9
INFOPRINT SOLUTIONS COMPANY LLC 1 1 6 1 0 9
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 0 3 4 1 1 9
PEKING UNIVERSITY FOUNDER GROUP CO., LTD. 0 0 1 2 6 9
R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS CO. 2 0 0 4 3 9
AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION 0 1 4 2 1 8
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO. LTD 2 1 1 2 2 8
HITI DIGITAL, INC. 0 1 4 1 2 8
INCA DIGITAL PRINTERS LIMITED 0 0 2 1 5 8
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 5 2 1 0 0 8
INKTEC CO., LTD. 1 2 4 0 1 8
KINPO ELECTRONICS, INC. 1 2 1 3 1 8
MICROJET TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 0 3 3 2 8
NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST-NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO 0 0 3 0 5 8
XAAR TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 3 1 3 1 0 8
DOMINO PRINTING SCIENCES PLC 0 0 1 2 4 7
DURST PHOTOTECHNIK DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY GMBH 0 1 2 2 2 7
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 7 7
PLASTIPAK PACKAGING, INC. 0 2 3 2 0 7
BRADY WORLDWIDE, INC. 2 0 1 1 2 6
DELPHAX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 5 1 6
KABUSHIKI KAISHA ISHII HYOKI 1 0 3 0 2 6
KAO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (KAO CORPORATION) 2 0 3 0 1 6
RETAIL INKJET SOLUTIONS, INC. 3 0 2 1 0 6
SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 1 2 3 6
STATIC CONTROL COMPONENTS, INC. 3 0 2 1 0 6
APPLIED MINDS, INC. 1 2 0 2 0 5
ENJET CO., LTD. 0 0 2 1 2 5
FUJIFILM IMAGING COLORANTS LIMITED 0 0 0 3 2 5
HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 0 0 0 2 3 5
HEWLETT-PACKARD INDIGO B.V. 0 0 2 2 1 5
JETBEST CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 0 5
MACHINES DUBUIT 1 0 0 1 3 5
NIKE, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
NIPPON KAYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 1 1 2 1 5
OCE PRINTING SYSTEMS GMBH & CO. KG 0 0 0 1 4 5
PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD. 1 0 2 2 0 5
SAWGRASS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 2 2 0 5
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 0 2 1 2 0 5
TONEJET LIMITED 1 1 0 2 1 5
ZIH CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 4 5



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