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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 712, Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (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
INTEL CORPORATION 50 61 47 48 37 243
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 38 35 38 63 55 229
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 20 22 22 30 42 136
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 17 16 9 15 3 60
ARM LIMITED 7 10 9 16 9 51
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 18 7 11 9 4 49
FUJITSU LIMITED 8 10 9 12 10 49
MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 7 13 8 15 43
BROADCOM CORPORATION 9 9 12 6 4 40
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 4 10 7 7 11 39
IP FIRST LLC 4 9 15 6 3 37
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 10 5 2 7 12 36
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 8 8 3 9 6 34
NVIDIA CORPORATION 0 1 6 7 18 32
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 12 5 2 5 6 30
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 2 7 6 9 0 24
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 1 5 8 6 3 23
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 7 5 4 6 23
QUALCOMM, INC. 0 2 3 4 12 21
ALTERA CORPORATION 0 2 6 5 6 19
XILINX, INC. 4 1 3 3 7 18
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 4 6 2 3 2 17
PTS CORPORATION 8 8 0 1 0 17
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 1 3 1 6 5 16
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 7 8 0 0 0 15
NXP B.V. 0 0 5 4 6 15
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 0 3 2 7 3 15
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 5 2 2 3 3 15
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 4 2 3 5 1 15
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 4 3 3 4 0 14
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 4 5 4 1 0 14
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 3 4 1 1 5 14
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 4 2 5 1 13
HITACHI, LTD 2 5 1 1 4 13
NEC CORPORATION 6 1 2 2 2 13
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 3 2 2 2 4 13
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 4 4 2 12
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 1 2 4 2 2 11
MICROUNITY SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, INC. 0 0 4 4 3 11
TRANSMETA CORPORATION 1 4 2 3 1 11
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 7 8
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 2 4 0 1 1 8
STRETCH, INC. 1 0 1 1 5 8
VERISILICON HOLDINGS, CO., LTD. 0 0 5 2 0 7
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 3 2 0 1 0 6
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 1 0 5 6
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 1 0 3 1 1 6
VIA-CYRIX, INC. 0 4 1 0 1 6
ATI INTERNATIONAL SRL 2 2 1 0 0 5
CLEARSPEED TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 1 0 0 1 3 5
FARADAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 4 0 1 0 0 5
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 0 1 1 3 0 5
PACT XPP TECHNOLOGIES AG 1 1 2 0 1 5
SONY CORPORATION 0 2 2 0 1 5


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