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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 720, Dynamic Optical 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 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total
PANASONIC CORPORATION 18 24 9 15 1 67
SONY CORPORATION 14 10 11 8 7 50
TOSHIBA SAMSUNG STORAGE TECHNOLOGY KOREA CORPORATION 0 2 8 14 18 42
LG INNOTEK CO., LTD 9 5 15 4 4 37
NIDEC CORPORATION 18 6 4 2 1 31
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 5 8 11 3 0 27
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 11 6 7 0 2 26
HITACHI-LG DATA STORAGE, INC. 6 10 4 2 2 24
QUANTA STORAGE, INC. 10 8 1 1 0 20
HITACHI MEDIA ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 6 4 7 1 1 19
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2 5 5 4 2 18
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 5 4 6 1 0 16
LITE-ON IT CORPORATION 6 4 5 0 0 15
TEAC CORPORATION 6 4 3 1 0 14
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 8 2 0 0 13
PHILIPS & LITE-ON DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION 2 4 7 0 0 13
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 2 4 3 2 0 11
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 1 4 3 0 11
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 6 4 0 1 0 11
HITACHI CONSUMER ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 1 6 2 1 10
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 4 2 1 1 0 8
HITACHI, LTD 2 5 0 0 0 7
VALLEY WOOD ELECTRICAL (SHEN ZHEN) CO., LTD 2 1 1 1 2 7
WISTRON CORPORATION 0 1 3 2 1 7
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 5 1 0 0 6
PIONEER CORPORATION 4 2 0 0 0 6
ALPINE ELECTRONICS INC. 1 2 0 0 2 5
HITACHI-LG DATA STORAGE KOREA, INC. 1 1 2 1 0 5
NEC CORPORATION 0 0 3 2 0 5
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 1 5
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 1 3 0 0 5
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 1 2 2 0 0 5



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