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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 718, Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing 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
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 47 53 44 48 74 266
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 12 24 20 14 17 87
INTEL CORPORATION 10 13 9 18 25 75
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 18 17 13 9 18 75
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 8 24 9 12 13 66
HITACHI, LTD 4 5 5 4 3 21
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 3 2 2 5 6 18
UNISYS CORPORATION 1 4 4 5 2 16
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 4 1 7 1 14
EMC CORPORATION 2 3 4 2 2 13
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 3 4 2 2 2 13
FUJITSU LIMITED 3 5 2 1 1 12
NEC CORPORATION 2 3 3 3 1 12
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 1 0 4 6 11
SONY CORPORATION 3 2 1 3 0 9
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 2 3 1 2 0 8
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 0 5 2 1 0 8
CRAY INC. 1 0 1 3 2 7
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 2 2 1 1 7
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 0 6 1 7
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 2 0 2 3 7
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 2 1 0 2 2 7
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 0 1 1 3 1 6
BEA SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 0 3 1 6
SYMANTEC OPERATING CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 3 6
VMWARE, INC. 0 0 1 2 3 6
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 2 1 0 1 1 5
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 0 1 1 2 5
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 2 2 0 1 5
DENSO CORPORATION 1 2 0 2 0 5
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 2 2 1 0 0 5
MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 1 2 2 0 5
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 0 2 1 2 0 5
WIND RIVER SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 2 1 1 5


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