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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 331, Oscillators

( 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 20 15 12 9 14 70
BROADCOM CORPORATION 15 22 10 10 12 69
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 10 15 15 10 11 61
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 11 9 9 15 16 60
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 2 8 14 19 9 52
NDK, NIHON DEMPA KOGYO COMPANY, LTD. 6 13 11 7 11 48
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 6 9 4 16 10 45
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 2 8 20 10 2 42
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 8 6 12 7 3 36
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 2 6 12 13 2 35
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 5 3 7 4 15 34
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 7 6 9 4 29
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 2 3 8 11 4 28
FUJITSU LIMITED 1 9 7 7 4 28
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 4 6 10 5 25
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 4 6 4 3 7 24
QUALCOMM, INC. 4 5 6 2 4 21
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 4 8 3 2 3 20
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 6 6 4 2 1 19
MEDIATEK INC. 1 4 5 4 4 18
ALTERA CORPORATION 0 4 1 6 6 17
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 2 5 3 6 17
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 5 4 2 3 3 17
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 5 5 4 2 0 16
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 4 1 5 5 1 16
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 3 3 3 3 15
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 1 3 3 2 6 15
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 5 7 1 1 1 15
NOKIA CORPORATION 3 7 2 2 1 15
NXP B.V. 0 0 4 5 6 15
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 2 3 5 0 5 15
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 1 1 6 3 4 15
XILINX, INC. 2 4 2 1 5 14
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 2 2 4 2 3 13
SYNERGY MICROWAVE CORPORATION 0 2 5 1 5 13
MOBIUS MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 4 3 5 12
NEC CORPORATION 5 1 1 2 3 12
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. 3 2 3 1 3 12
TOYO COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT CO., LTD. 2 6 3 1 0 12
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 3 3 1 3 12
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 1 5 2 1 2 11
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 5 2 1 3 11
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 10 11
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 1 3 4 2 1 11
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 3 4 0 2 11
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 1 3 5 0 10
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 1 4 1 4 0 10
ATMEL GERMANY GMBH 0 4 2 3 1 10
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 1 0 0 3 6 10
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 0 1 3 4 9
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 3 4 1 0 1 9
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 2 3 2 0 2 9
FUJITSU MEDIA DEVICES LIMITED 1 3 0 1 3 8
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 0 1 5 0 8
NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 0 0 1 1 6 8
PERICOM SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 2 4 1 1 0 8
RF MICRO DEVICES, INC. 1 1 2 2 2 8
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 1 1 1 3 7
ANA SEMICONDUCTOR 0 0 5 0 1 6
DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR GMBH 1 4 1 0 0 6
EPSON TOYOCOM CORPORATION 0 0 1 4 1 6
HOLTEK SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 1 1 2 1 1 6
RF MAGIC, INC. 2 0 1 2 1 6
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 0 0 3 2 1 6
SONY CORPORATION 0 0 0 4 2 6
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 1 2 2 6
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 0 4 1 0 5
CTS CORPORATION 1 0 0 2 2 5
LCTANK LLC 0 0 1 1 3 5
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 3 0 0 2 5
RAMBUS, INC. 1 3 0 1 0 5
RAYTHEON COMPANY 1 1 1 1 1 5
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 1 1 1 0 2 5
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 0 3 1 1 0 5
SEQUOIA COMMUNICATIONS CORP. 1 1 0 0 3 5
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 0 1 1 2 1 5
SILICON IMAGE, INC. 3 1 0 0 1 5
SITIME CORPORATION 0 0 0 4 1 5
STMICROELECTRONICS PVT. LTD. 1 0 0 1 3 5
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 4 1 0 0 0 5
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 1 1 0 1 2 5
ZARLINK SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 1 1 0 1 2 5


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