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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 713, Support (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
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 137 149 119 155 155 715
INTEL CORPORATION 73 137 136 134 102 582
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 32 76 97 102 166 473
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 46 115 85 82 69 397
SONY CORPORATION 17 46 51 44 35 193
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 23 45 34 33 44 179
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 10 20 36 44 36 146
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 20 45 23 31 22 141
HITACHI, LTD 9 33 32 30 22 126
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 6 19 30 37 32 124
FUJITSU LIMITED 14 31 23 31 19 118
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 13 24 20 28 28 113
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 10 11 20 30 33 104
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 15 13 17 20 32 97
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 13 32 31 19 2 97
BROADCOM CORPORATION 9 23 16 18 25 91
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 10 14 17 20 24 85
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 0 15 26 19 18 78
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 13 19 12 21 9 74
NOKIA CORPORATION 4 8 16 18 18 64
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 17 15 11 9 10 62
NEC CORPORATION 13 18 9 12 8 60
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 9 14 17 10 9 59
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 7 14 11 10 10 52
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 7 6 9 17 12 51
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 5 15 9 16 6 51
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 4 14 5 11 9 43
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 4 3 7 8 17 39
XILINX, INC. 6 7 10 10 6 39
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 8 10 7 6 5 36
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 8 15 7 2 35
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 1 10 7 7 9 34
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 4 30 34
ALTERA CORPORATION 0 6 10 9 8 33
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 0 5 7 8 11 31
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 6 9 3 7 5 30
XEROX CORPORATION 5 3 8 6 8 30
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 12 8 2 6 1 29
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 1 2 7 12 7 29
INTERTRUST TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 3 11 5 6 3 28
NVIDIA CORPORATION 2 1 6 12 7 28
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 4 3 6 6 8 27
DIGIMARC CORPORATION 1 4 6 7 8 26
FIRST DATA CORPORATION 9 11 1 0 5 26
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 1 0 2 5 18 26
MOTOROLA, INC. 2 11 3 4 5 25
NXP B.V. 0 0 5 6 14 25
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 2 5 4 8 5 24
AT&T CORP. 4 6 6 4 3 23
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 5 6 5 7 0 23
MCAFEE, INC. 3 7 6 3 4 23
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 6 8 4 4 1 23
INVENTEC CORPORATION 3 3 5 7 4 22
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 3 3 7 5 4 22
EMC CORPORATION 2 4 7 4 4 21
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 2 5 4 7 21
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 1 3 6 6 5 21
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 1 3 2 4 11 21
FRANCE TELECOM 0 1 5 4 9 19
QUALCOMM, INC. 2 5 2 6 4 19
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 2 3 9 4 1 19
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 0 3 6 7 3 19
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 3 3 4 4 4 18
CERTICOM CORPORATION 2 1 7 4 4 18
DENSO CORPORATION 0 3 5 6 4 18
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 1 2 2 13 18
RAMBUS, INC. 3 2 2 3 8 18
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC. 0 4 4 3 6 17
ARM LIMITED 2 2 4 3 6 17
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 4 1 5 6 17
MITAC TECHNOLOGY CORP. 2 4 1 5 5 17
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 0 0 5 5 7 17
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 4 4 9 17
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 1 4 8 3 16
ADAPTEC, INC. 2 3 5 2 3 15
AOL LLC 1 3 4 4 3 15
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 1 3 5 5 1 15
3COM CORPORATION 4 8 0 1 1 14
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 1 3 4 4 2 14
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 2 5 2 1 4 14
NOVELL, INC. 3 2 2 4 3 14
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 1 1 1 7 4 14
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 2 1 4 5 13
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 0 1 4 4 4 13
NDS LIMITED 3 3 3 3 1 13
NETWORK ASSOCIATES, INC. 13 0 0 0 0 13
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 0 0 5 7 12
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 0 1 3 4 4 12
PALM, INC. 2 2 1 4 3 12
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 4 3 3 1 1 12
SONY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED 1 3 3 0 5 12
ACTEL CORPORATION 1 0 1 2 7 11
ALCATEL LUCENT 0 0 1 2 8 11
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 3 2 2 4 0 11
GEMPLUS 3 3 0 5 0 11
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 4 2 2 2 11
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 2 4 3 1 1 11
RSA SECURITY INC. 0 2 1 4 4 11
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 2 3 4 1 11
VERITAS OPERATING CORPORATION 1 7 3 0 0 11
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 3 5 2 1 0 11
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 2 3 2 1 2 10
HURON IP LLC 0 1 3 0 6 10
MICROSEMI CORP.-ANALOG MIXED SIGNAL GROUP LTD. 0 0 2 5 3 10
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 3 1 2 0 4 10
SAFENET, INC. 0 3 3 3 1 10
UNISYS CORPORATION 2 2 1 0 5 10
ACTIVCARD IRELAND, LIMITED 1 1 2 2 3 9
BOEING COMPANY 1 1 1 2 4 9
ELPIDA MEMORY, INC. 0 5 2 1 1 9
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 1 2 1 2 3 9
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 0 0 0 5 4 9
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 0 6 2 0 1 9
TECSEC INCORPORATED 1 4 2 0 2 9
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 5 3 8
ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC. 0 2 1 4 1 8
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 1 1 4 1 8
INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 2 1 0 4 8
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 1 1 2 4 0 8
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 3 0 2 3 8
POWER-ONE, INC. 0 2 2 1 3 8
QUANTA COMPUTER INC. 1 1 0 5 1 8
SANDISK CORPORATION 0 2 2 0 4 8
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 2 0 2 1 3 8
TRICIPHER, INC. 0 4 0 2 2 8
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 2 1 2 0 8
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 3 1 2 1 7
ALCATEL 2 0 2 1 2 7
ATI INTERNATIONAL SRL 2 2 2 1 0 7
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 0 1 2 3 1 7
CONTENTGUARD HOLDINGS, INC. 1 0 4 2 0 7
ENTRUST LIMITED 2 2 1 2 0 7
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 3 7
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 2 1 1 2 7
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 1 1 2 2 1 7
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 3 1 2 7
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 0 0 4 1 2 7
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. 0 0 1 5 1 7
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 1 2 1 1 2 7
NCR CORPORATION 0 3 2 1 1 7
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 0 1 1 4 1 7
PHOENIX TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 4 2 1 0 0 7
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 2 1 1 1 2 7
POWERDSINE, LTD. 0 1 6 0 0 7
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 3 2 1 7
SIGMATEL INC. 0 1 4 1 1 7
SYMANTEC OPERATING CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 4 7
WIDEVINE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 1 3 1 7
ACER INCORPORATED 0 1 3 1 1 6
AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC. 0 0 1 3 2 6
AMERICAN POWER CONVERSION CORPORATION 1 2 1 2 0 6
BEA SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 1 1 4 6
CIENA CORPORATION 4 2 0 0 0 6
CLOAKWARE CORPORATION 1 0 0 4 1 6
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 1 0 1 3 6
GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GMBH 0 2 1 2 1 6
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 0 0 1 1 4 6
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 4 1 0 1 6
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 0 0 0 4 2 6
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 1 1 3 1 0 6
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. 1 1 0 2 2 6
NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS OY 0 0 0 6 0 6
O2 MICRO INTERNATIONAL LTD. 0 1 0 4 1 6
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 2 2 1 1 6
SAS VALIDY 0 0 3 2 1 6
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 0 2 2 2 6
SEMTEK INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS, INC. 1 0 2 1 2 6
SILICON INTEGRATED SYSTEMS CORP. 2 0 3 1 0 6
THALES 0 1 1 1 3 6
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. 1 0 1 3 1 6
VOLTAGE SECURITY, INC. 1 0 0 2 3 6
WISTARIA TRADING, INC. 0 3 0 2 1 6
YAMAHA CORPORATION 1 1 0 3 1 6
ADVANTEST CORP. 0 0 0 4 1 5
ALADDIN KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS LTD. 1 2 1 0 1 5
AXALTO SA 0 2 1 2 0 5
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 2 1 2 0 5
BULL S.A. 2 1 0 1 1 5
CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC. 2 1 0 0 2 5
COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG 1 1 1 0 2 5
DIGITAL VIDEO EXPRESS, LP 3 0 1 1 0 5
EXTREME NETWORKS, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
FINISAR CORPORATION 1 0 0 1 3 5
GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 1 0 1 1 2 5
HIGH TECH COMPUTER CORP. 0 2 3 0 0 5
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 0 0 0 0 5 5
IRDETO ACCESS B.V. 0 2 2 1 0 5
MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 0 0 0 4 5
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 2 0 1 2 5
NETAPP, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
NOKIA INC. 0 2 2 1 0 5
PACT XPP TECHNOLOGIES AG 1 2 0 1 1 5
PALMSOURCE INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION 3 0 1 0 1 5
STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION 1 1 2 0 1 5
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 0 1 2 1 5
TRANSMETA CORPORATION 1 1 1 0 2 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, POSTAL SERVICE 0 0 3 0 2 5
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 1 1 2 1 0 5


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