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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 715, DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (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
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 74 113 177 266 313 943
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 145 153 126 118 208 750
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 32 63 50 35 37 217
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 19 17 34 17 33 120
SONY CORPORATION 23 31 13 18 32 117
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 22 25 17 23 22 109
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 4 17 34 43 99
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 8 7 10 20 41 86
FUJITSU LIMITED 17 19 22 16 12 86
XEROX CORPORATION 19 25 19 10 11 84
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 10 11 14 17 25 77
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 15 18 13 7 13 66
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 3 13 11 11 21 59
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 5 8 13 13 9 48
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 6 22 7 5 7 47
NOKIA CORPORATION 6 12 12 6 9 45
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 1 6 11 14 12 44
INTEL CORPORATION 12 8 7 10 5 42
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 11 19 2 5 5 42
AOL LLC 0 5 9 12 11 37
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 5 7 6 5 10 33
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 6 9 5 4 8 32
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 4 8 5 5 10 32
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 7 7 5 11 30
AUTODESK, INC. 7 2 4 2 12 27
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 1 2 10 9 5 27
GOOGLE, INC. 0 1 6 3 16 26
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 10 1 6 6 26
HITACHI, LTD 3 7 8 2 5 25
YAHOO, INC. 3 3 1 4 10 21
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 6 6 4 2 1 19
NEC CORPORATION 4 6 1 5 2 18
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 4 8 1 3 1 17
EMC CORPORATION 2 1 0 8 6 17
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 2 3 9 2 1 17
TANGIS CORPORATION 3 11 1 0 1 16
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 0 0 3 11 14
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 7 3 2 0 14
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 3 1 8 2 0 14
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 0 1 3 3 7 14
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 2 6 2 0 4 14
SIEBEL SYSTEMS, INC. 0 5 5 1 2 13
DIGEO, INC. 0 7 3 1 1 12
BEA SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 2 3 4 11
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 0 1 5 5 11
PALM, INC. 2 1 1 2 5 11
PALMSOURCE INC. 3 2 1 2 3 11
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 1 2 3 2 3 11
YAMAHA CORPORATION 3 1 3 2 2 11
ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES GMBH 0 3 0 4 3 10
MOTOROLA, INC. 2 0 4 1 3 10
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 2 3 1 2 2 10
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 1 1 3 4 1 10
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 1 1 2 4 2 10
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 1 5 3 0 0 9
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 0 0 4 3 2 9
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 1 2 2 2 2 9
SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS HEALTH SERVICES CORPORATION 2 1 3 1 2 9
ACCENTURE LLP 2 3 2 1 0 8
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 1 5 0 2 0 8
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 8 8
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 2 0 0 1 7
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 0 1 2 3 7
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 0 3 0 2 2 7
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC. 0 0 0 6 0 6
AT&T CORP. 2 1 3 0 0 6
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 1 1 4 6
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 2 4 0 0 0 6
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0 2 1 2 1 6
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 0 1 0 3 2 6
NBOR CORPORATION 0 0 2 1 3 6
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 0 1 2 1 2 6
OPEN INVENTION NETWORK 0 2 2 1 1 6
SAS INSTITUTE, INC. 1 2 1 0 2 6
SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH, INC. 2 2 2 0 0 6
UNISYS CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 1 6
VERIZON CORPORATE SERVICES GROUP INC. 1 1 1 1 2 6
VISTAPRINT TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 0 1 0 3 2 6
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 1 3 0 1 5
AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 2 0 1 5
BOEING COMPANY 0 1 3 1 0 5
BROADBAND GRAPHICS, LLC 0 2 2 0 1 5
CLARIA CORPORATION 2 1 1 0 1 5
COREL CORPORATION 2 1 1 0 1 5
DANGER, INC. 1 2 2 0 0 5
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
I2 TECHNOLOGIES US, INC. 2 2 0 1 0 5
KONICA CORPORATION 0 0 2 1 2 5
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 2 0 1 0 2 5
NCR CORPORATION 1 1 2 0 1 5
NOVELL, INC. 0 2 0 2 1 5
OPENWAVE SYSTEMS INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
THE MATH WORKS, INC. 1 1 0 1 2 5
UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS, INC. 0 1 2 1 1 5


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