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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 719, Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (Ipc) (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
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 37 54 24 81 93 289
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 48 45 34 57 55 239
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 20 35 13 19 20 107
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 10 9 5 11 16 51
INTEL CORPORATION 14 12 6 8 7 47
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 2 1 9 16 28
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 2 6 5 5 5 23
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 2 4 6 5 17
UNISYS CORPORATION 6 2 2 4 3 17
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 2 6 0 3 6 17
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 4 4 3 3 16
BEA SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 0 5 7 14
SIEBEL SYSTEMS, INC. 1 3 3 2 3 12
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 4 1 2 3 2 12
EMC CORPORATION 0 3 0 1 7 11
HITACHI, LTD 1 4 0 2 3 10
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 2 1 7 0 10
SONY CORPORATION 4 0 2 4 0 10
FUJITSU LIMITED 1 2 2 0 3 8
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 2 1 1 6
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 1 0 1 2 2 6
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 0 3 0 3 6
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 0 1 0 2 3 6
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 2 0 1 2 1 6
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 1 1 1 2 1 6
ALCATEL 1 2 0 1 1 5
IONA TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 2 0 0 2 1 5
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 2 1 2 0 0 5
NEXT SOFTWARE, INC. 0 1 0 0 4 5
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 1 1 1 2 5
THE MATH WORKS, INC. 0 3 1 1 0 5
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 1 0 2 2 0 5
VERITAS OPERATING CORPORATION 1 1 3 0 0 5
XEROX CORPORATION 2 0 0 2 1 5


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