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

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2005 - 2009 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 327, Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems

( 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 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 42 54 62 46 76 280
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 29 53 39 53 80 254
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 35 58 45 31 25 194
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 35 38 33 38 47 191
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 35 38 43 34 36 186
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 40 34 39 27 28 168
INTEL CORPORATION 45 42 34 24 19 164
BROADCOM CORPORATION 41 50 24 17 16 148
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 30 44 26 23 23 146
FUJITSU LIMITED 23 29 29 36 9 126
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 26 29 36 28 0 119
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 20 29 18 20 22 109
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 18 21 20 13 35 107
ALTERA CORPORATION 11 24 24 15 25 99
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 28 23 19 17 12 99
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 9 13 13 25 28 88
XILINX, INC. 20 24 17 7 10 78
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 14 21 9 19 13 76
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 15 14 19 9 15 72
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 21 14 16 10 2 63
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 7 18 18 8 7 58
RAMBUS, INC. 21 13 12 6 5 57
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 9 11 11 11 10 52
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 8 8 18 9 7 50
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 9 14 8 8 10 49
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 8 3 16 13 8 48
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 2 11 11 9 14 47
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 6 7 8 10 15 46
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 10 14 10 6 4 44
DENSO CORPORATION 6 5 14 11 7 43
MEDIATEK INC. 5 9 10 8 11 43
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 13 14 5 4 4 40
NXP B.V. 0 0 16 9 15 40
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 11 7 6 6 9 39
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 16 11 6 2 4 39
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 5 10 12 5 7 39
ATMEL CORPORATION 4 7 13 9 5 38
ELPIDA MEMORY, INC. 9 3 7 10 9 38
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 6 31 37
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 3 10 9 7 7 36
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 8 9 4 10 35
INTERSIL AMERICAS INC. 6 10 5 7 7 35
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 12 15 2 4 2 35
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 10 8 8 3 6 35
SONY CORPORATION 5 7 8 3 12 35
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 18 8 1 4 1 32
NEC CORPORATION 9 7 6 6 4 32
INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORPORATION 5 4 11 5 6 31
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 2 6 12 7 4 31
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 2 10 4 7 3 26
STMICROELECTRONICS PVT. LTD. 4 5 8 5 3 25
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 3 5 5 6 5 24
ADVANTEST CORP. 3 6 2 3 8 22
FARADAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 5 4 5 5 22
NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 1 1 6 5 9 22
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 6 4 4 6 21
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 0 4 8 6 20
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 2 4 4 6 4 20
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC 6 3 2 2 7 20
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 1 2 5 7 5 20
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 4 0 9 4 2 19
HITACHI, LTD 0 4 1 3 10 18
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 3 5 4 4 18
QUALCOMM, INC. 3 6 3 1 5 18
SANDISK CORPORATION 2 5 2 3 6 18
RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 2 4 5 5 17
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 5 8 3 0 1 17
FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 3 5 1 3 4 16
OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 16 16
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 2 3 2 4 4 15
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 4 6 1 2 2 15
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 4 4 4 2 1 15
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 2 2 7 1 2 14
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 4 4 2 2 2 14
ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 2 3 4 4 14
FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 0 0 0 0 14 14
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 3 7 4 14
MICREL INCORPORATED 3 4 5 2 0 14
POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC. 1 5 3 2 2 13
DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR GMBH 2 5 2 0 3 12
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 2 5 4 1 12
NVIDIA CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 6 11
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 2 1 3 2 3 11
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 5 0 2 1 11
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 3 4 1 3 0 11
TRANSMETA CORPORATION 2 3 4 1 1 11
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 5 3 0 2 10
E-MEMORY TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 1 1 4 1 10
NOKIA CORPORATION 3 2 2 1 2 10
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. 3 4 1 1 1 10
SPANSION LLC 0 4 1 2 3 10
ARM LIMITED 0 2 2 1 4 9
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 2 1 1 1 9
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 3 2 2 2 9
EXAR CORPORATION 1 3 1 4 0 9
HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 0 0 1 5 3 9
MARVELL SEMICONDUCTOR ISRAEL LTD. 0 5 3 1 0 9
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 3 2 3 1 0 9
MOTOROLA, INC. 2 2 2 2 1 9
TERADYNE, INC. 2 4 1 1 1 9
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 1 0 0 3 5 9
AU OPTRONICS CORP. 0 2 1 2 3 8
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 2 1 1 1 3 8
ELANTEC SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 1 5 1 1 0 8
ELITE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY TECHNOLOGY INC. 0 0 2 3 3 8
O2 MICRO INTERNATIONAL LTD. 2 2 0 4 0 8
STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION 2 2 0 1 3 8
ACTEL CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 3 7
ALCATEL 3 4 0 0 0 7
ATMEL GERMANY GMBH 0 2 1 3 1 7
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 0 1 1 3 2 7
NAN YA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 6 7
SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD. 1 3 0 2 1 7
SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL (SHANGHAI) CORPORATION 0 0 3 2 2 7
SYSTEM-GENERAL CORPORATION 0 2 1 1 3 7
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 2 1 1 3 0 7
AIMTRON TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 2 3 1 0 6
ASAHI KASEI MICROSYSTEMS CO. LTD. 1 2 1 2 0 6
ATHEROS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 3 0 2 1 6
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 2 1 0 2 6
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 2 1 0 3 6
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 0 2 2 1 1 6
PRINCETON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 2 0 1 3 6
QIMONDA AG 0 0 0 3 3 6
SAIFUN SEMICONDUCTORS, LTD. 2 1 3 0 0 6
SILICON INTEGRATED SYSTEMS CORP. 0 2 3 1 0 6
SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 1 0 1 1 6
YAMAHA CORPORATION 1 1 3 0 1 6
ZILOG, INC. 0 0 1 2 3 6
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 0 1 1 1 5
ATMEL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH 0 0 0 0 5 5
ATMEL NANTES S.A. 1 1 2 0 1 5
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 0 3 1 1 5
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 3 1 1 0 0 5
FAIRCHILD KOREA SEMICONDUCTOR, LTD. 1 1 0 2 1 5
INTEGRANT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
PERICOM SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 2 1 0 2 0 5
PROMOS TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD. 0 0 1 0 4 5
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 1 2 1 0 1 5
RF MICRO DEVICES, INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 3 1 0 1 0 5
SUPERTEX, INC. 0 1 0 3 1 5


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