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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 716, DP: Design and Analysis of Circuit or Semiconductor Mask (Data Processing)

( 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 35 124 99 143 124 525
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 75 93 40 47 68 323
XILINX, INC. 34 59 48 61 61 263
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 41 74 55 61 26 257
ALTERA CORPORATION 9 22 48 56 34 169
SYNOPSYS INC. 24 27 37 30 46 164
FUJITSU LIMITED 26 31 44 42 16 159
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 10 28 32 26 29 125
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 15 21 25 30 29 120
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 9 24 32 19 0 84
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 24 26 10 13 9 82
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 27 38 10 4 2 81
INTEL CORPORATION 16 17 19 14 8 74
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 13 11 11 15 6 56
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 7 14 10 14 10 55
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 8 11 9 10 16 54
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 7 17 9 9 8 50
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 9 18 4 5 5 41
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 5 13 13 6 3 40
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 5 8 7 7 9 36
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 17 6 3 3 2 31
NEC CORPORATION 6 3 3 10 7 29
SYNPLICITY, INC. 4 10 11 4 0 29
MAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION, INC. 3 9 3 9 0 24
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 7 7 2 2 2 20
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 11 5 1 2 0 19
BROADCOM CORPORATION 5 5 2 5 2 19
FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 0 0 0 0 18 18
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 1 3 4 3 7 18
ASML MASKTOOLS, B.V. 3 2 2 3 7 17
MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION 2 3 5 2 5 17
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 0 2 2 4 8 16
PDF SOLUTIONS, INC. 2 3 4 5 2 16
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 3 4 1 4 4 16
HITACHI, LTD 6 6 1 1 1 15
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 5 4 3 3 0 15
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 14 15
FARADAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 3 3 4 3 14
KLA-TENCOR TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 4 2 2 3 3 14
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 2 4 2 5 14
INVENTEC CORPORATION 0 0 3 3 7 13
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 5 6 0 11
SONY CORPORATION 1 5 4 1 0 11
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 4 1 2 1 11
ACTEL CORPORATION 2 2 1 3 2 10
CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY 0 2 4 2 2 10
GRADIENT DESIGN AUTOMATION, INC. 0 0 3 5 2 10
JASPER DESIGN AUTOMATION, INC. 0 3 2 4 1 10
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 2 3 1 3 10
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 2 3 3 2 0 10
ATRENTA, INC. 0 4 1 1 3 9
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 3 5 0 0 1 9
SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 0 0 2 2 5 9
TABULA, INC. 0 0 1 2 6 9
BRION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 6 0 0 2 8
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 0 0 4 4 8
NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA, INC. 0 1 5 1 1 8
SEQUENCE DESIGN, INC. 1 2 3 0 2 8
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 3 0 1 3 1 8
CHARTERED SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING LTD. 0 3 1 2 1 7
INVARIUM, INC. 0 0 3 4 0 7
SPRING SOFT INC. 1 0 4 1 1 7
TAKUMI TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 2 0 1 4 7
UNISYS CORPORATION 5 1 0 1 0 7
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 6 7
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 0 3 0 1 3 7
APPLIED MATERIALS ISRAEL LTD. 0 0 2 1 3 6
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 2 1 1 2 0 6
BARCELONA DESIGN, INC. 2 4 0 0 0 6
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 0 1 2 1 2 6
CALYPTO DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 3 1 2 6
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 2 0 1 0 6
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 1 1 1 1 6
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 0 2 1 2 1 6
NASCENTRIC, INC. 0 3 2 1 0 6
PULSIC LIMITED 0 1 1 2 2 6
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 1 6
TENSILICA, INC. 0 2 0 3 1 6
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 0 2 2 1 5
KAWASAKI MICROELECTRONICS, INC. 0 2 2 1 0 5
LUMINESCENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
MICRONIC LASER SYSTEMS AB 1 0 1 2 1 5
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 0 2 0 0 3 5
STMICROELECTRONICS PVT. LTD. 0 2 2 1 0 5
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 1 2 1 0 1 5
THE MATH WORKS, INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
TRANSMETA CORPORATION 0 0 3 1 1 5
YAZAKI CORP. 0 0 1 3 1 5


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