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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 379, Telephonic Communications

( 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
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 59 67 52 40 47 265
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 71 94 37 0 1 203
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 30 50 40 33 35 188
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 0 0 40 109 149
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 30 31 30 23 14 128
AT&T CORP. 22 29 26 13 22 112
SBC PROPERTIES, L.P. 30 40 27 9 0 106
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 16 33 14 10 16 89
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 23 19 13 7 12 74
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 23 27 13 3 6 72
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 16 31 11 7 0 65
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC. 0 0 18 45 0 63
NOKIA CORPORATION 11 17 14 8 10 60
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 12 21 12 7 6 58
INTEL CORPORATION 20 14 13 5 3 55
SIEMENS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 8 22 9 5 9 53
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 14 9 6 9 13 51
ALCATEL 17 20 7 2 4 50
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 6 6 11 6 17 46
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 9 7 13 8 4 41
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 9 11 9 7 1 37
AT& T BLS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC. 0 0 27 9 0 36
MOTOROLA, INC. 5 15 4 2 10 36
SBC TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES, INC. 7 15 8 3 3 36
AT& T KNOWLEDGE VENTURES, L.P. 0 0 7 27 1 35
FUJITSU LIMITED 10 9 8 5 2 34
NEC CORPORATION 12 11 3 3 5 34
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 10 15 5 1 2 33
SBC KNOWLEDGE VENTURES, L.P. 3 11 7 7 5 33
TEKELEC 6 14 7 4 1 32
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 13 11 3 0 4 31
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 10 10 2 0 9 31
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. 4 12 8 2 4 30
VERIZON SERVICES CORP. 7 8 6 5 4 30
ROCKWELL ELECTRONIC COMMERCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 10 11 4 3 0 28
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 9 10 6 1 1 27
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 6 7 4 5 3 25
SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P. 4 7 6 3 5 25
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 6 3 8 3 4 24
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 10 6 6 2 0 24
MITEL NETWORKS CORPORATION 1 7 5 5 6 24
VERIZON BUSINESS GLOBAL LLC 0 0 6 7 9 22
ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. 0 0 0 1 20 21
AOL LLC 1 6 7 4 3 21
AT& T LABS, INC. 0 0 10 8 3 21
BROADCOM CORPORATION 5 7 1 4 3 20
GENESYS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LABORATORIES, INC. 0 8 4 6 2 20
VERIZON LABORATORIES INC. 3 3 6 3 3 18
FRANCE TELECOM 1 6 3 2 5 17
MCI, INC. 10 7 0 0 0 17
3COM CORPORATION 5 4 2 3 2 16
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 1 5 3 6 1 16
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 6 6 2 1 16
LEGERITY, INC. 7 3 6 0 0 16
METRO ONE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 7 7 1 1 0 16
MICROSTRATEGY, INC. 7 3 2 3 1 16
VERIZON CORPORATE SERVICES GROUP INC. 9 5 0 1 1 16
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 5 3 2 4 15
NEC INFRONTIA CORPORATION 1 3 3 4 4 15
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 8 1 3 0 3 15
TELLABS OPERATIONS INC. 1 7 3 4 0 15
ADTRAN 4 6 1 0 3 14
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 1 1 1 1 10 14
ADC DSL SYSTEMS, INC. 3 1 2 3 3 12
ALCATEL LUCENT 0 0 1 6 5 12
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. 0 0 0 3 9 12
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 4 2 1 1 12
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 0 2 3 3 4 12
SONY CORPORATION 3 3 1 2 3 12
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 2 1 0 1 8 12
CALLWAVE, INC. 2 1 2 3 3 11
MCI, LLC 0 7 4 0 0 11
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 3 1 2 1 4 11
CINGULAR WIRELESS II, LLC 1 4 4 1 0 10
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 2 6 1 0 1 10
INTELLECT WIRELESS INC. 0 0 8 2 0 10
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 2 6 1 1 0 10
PARADYNE CORPORATION 2 6 2 0 0 10
PLANTRONICS INC 0 5 1 2 2 10
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 4 3 1 0 2 10
EVERCOM SYSTEMS, INC. 0 3 1 1 4 9
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 1 4 2 1 1 9
HITACHI, LTD 2 0 4 0 3 9
INTERSIL AMERICAS INC. 2 4 3 0 0 9
LG-NORTEL CO., LTD. 0 3 4 1 1 9
POLYCOM, INC. 3 3 2 0 1 9
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 3 3 1 0 9
SIEBEL SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 3 1 2 9
VTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 1 2 1 3 2 9
AUSTIN LOGISTICS INC. 2 3 2 0 1 8
DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG 0 1 6 1 0 8
INLINE CONNECTION CORPORATION 1 3 3 0 1 8
INTRADO INC. 0 2 5 0 1 8
KONINKLIJKE KPN N.V. 2 0 3 2 1 8
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 2 5 0 0 1 8
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 6 8
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 2 0 2 3 8
SERCONET LTD. 1 1 0 1 5 8
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 1 3 2 1 1 8
TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 3 0 0 0 8
AMERITECH CORPORATION 1 3 1 2 0 7
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 2 3 1 1 0 7
AT& T MOBILITY II LLC 0 0 0 4 3 7
COMVERSE, LTD. 1 3 1 1 1 7
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 2 3 0 2 0 7
GRAPE TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC. 0 1 0 5 1 7
INTERVOICE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 3 1 0 2 1 7
ITXC IP HOLDINGS S.A.R.L. 0 2 3 0 2 7
NICE SYSTEMS LTD. 1 2 1 1 2 7
NOKIA NETWORKS OY 5 2 0 0 0 7
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 2 4 1 0 0 7
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 1 3 3 0 0 7
ULTRATEC, INC. 2 2 1 1 1 7
ZARLINK SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 1 5 1 0 0 7
@SECURITY BROADBAND CORP 0 5 0 1 0 6
ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 2 0 1 2 6
ASPECT COMMUNICATIONS CORP. 2 2 2 0 0 6
BEN Q CORPORATION 0 4 0 1 1 6
ESTECH SYSTEMS, INC. 3 1 1 1 0 6
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 1 6
GLENAYRE ELECTRONICS, INC. 0 1 4 0 1 6
QUALCOMM, INC. 0 1 2 0 3 6
SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 2 2 2 0 0 6
T-NETIX, INC. 2 3 1 0 0 6
TECH RADIUM, INC. 0 1 1 2 2 6
TERADYNE, INC. 3 2 1 0 0 6
TOLLGRADE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 0 0 2 4 6
UTBK, INC. 0 0 3 2 1 6
VERIZON DATA SERVICES INC. 0 1 3 1 1 6
ALTIGEN COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 1 2 2 0 0 5
ASCENDENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 0 4 1 0 5
CIENA CORPORATION 1 3 1 0 0 5
CONVERGYS CMG UTAH INC. 1 3 1 0 0 5
CORNING CABLE SYSTEMS LLC 2 2 0 0 1 5
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 1 1 2 0 1 5
GN NETCOM, INC. 0 4 0 0 1 5
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 2 2 0 1 0 5
MCI COMMUNICATIONS CORP. 2 1 1 0 1 5
MINDSPEED TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 1 0 2 5
NMS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 2 1 2 0 0 5
POINTSET CORPORATION 1 0 2 2 0 5
ROCKWELL ELECTRONIC COMMERCE CORP. 2 0 1 2 0 5
SBC SERVICES, INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 0 0 0 2 3 5
SK TELECOM CO., LTD 0 1 3 1 0 5
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 1 4 0 0 0 5
T. MOBILE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 1 0 0 2 2 5
TANDBERG TELECOM AS 0 1 2 1 1 5
TELESECTOR RESOURCES GROUP, INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
UT STARCOM, INC. 2 0 2 1 0 5
VERINT AMERICAS INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
WALKER DIGITAL, LLC 0 1 2 2 0 5
YAMAHA CORPORATION 2 1 0 2 0 5


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