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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 714, Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery

( 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 118 156 209 236 282 1001
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 70 107 70 72 63 382
INTEL CORPORATION 41 59 79 92 74 345
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 18 48 70 72 89 297
HITACHI, LTD 28 69 36 78 56 267
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 49 78 57 32 38 254
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 18 33 39 57 73 220
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 19 43 31 49 64 206
FUJITSU LIMITED 22 38 40 40 57 197
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 25 41 55 37 24 182
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 19 20 38 26 57 160
BROADCOM CORPORATION 10 40 26 47 35 158
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 15 36 28 43 31 153
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 25 39 34 23 21 142
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 22 20 28 42 27 139
XILINX, INC. 6 22 18 25 34 105
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 12 21 18 19 26 96
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. 11 19 16 28 18 92
EMC CORPORATION 17 20 21 16 15 89
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 15 32 28 10 0 85
NEC CORPORATION 16 16 15 17 21 85
ADVANTEST CORP. 10 4 28 16 20 78
SONY CORPORATION 11 18 15 13 19 76
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 13 20 15 16 3 67
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 16 24 14 5 7 66
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 7 17 16 18 0 58
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 10 11 18 10 9 58
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 10 15 6 9 17 57
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 7 8 6 13 23 57
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 2 9 13 12 19 55
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 15 16 8 6 9 54
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 12 8 8 13 13 54
NOKIA CORPORATION 6 11 14 7 14 52
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 8 10 6 11 16 51
MEDIATEK INC. 3 13 9 11 14 50
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 10 15 8 5 10 48
QUALCOMM, INC. 3 11 11 11 12 48
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 7 5 7 17 12 48
ALTERA CORPORATION 2 9 11 10 14 46
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 5 5 10 12 14 46
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 8 12 10 10 44
MOTOROLA, INC. 8 6 15 6 6 41
UNISYS CORPORATION 5 11 12 10 3 41
ARM LIMITED 0 7 15 13 5 40
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 2 9 12 10 6 39
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 9 7 8 8 5 37
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 5 2 11 6 13 37
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 7 3 12 8 35
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 6 7 5 13 32
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 4 3 9 8 8 32
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 5 2 16 4 3 30
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 12 6 5 3 2 28
NXP B.V. 0 0 8 10 10 28
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2 9 4 9 4 28
SYMANTEC OPERATING CORPORATION 0 0 4 14 10 28
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 12 7 3 5 0 27
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 2 3 4 11 6 26
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 1 10 8 7 26
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 1 10 6 7 2 26
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 1 5 5 3 10 24
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 4 3 7 5 5 24
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 21 24
INVENTEC CORPORATION 3 1 4 5 10 23
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 3 7 7 3 3 23
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 4 9 2 7 22
VERIGY PTE LTD 0 0 7 8 6 21
CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORPORATION 2 4 8 5 1 20
MAXTOR CORPORATION 7 3 5 3 2 20
NVIDIA CORPORATION 0 2 4 4 10 20
INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 6 3 3 3 4 19
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 3 5 7 1 3 19
ALCATEL 2 6 6 3 1 18
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 7 5 1 4 18
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 2 4 7 2 3 18
SYNTEST TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 4 6 4 3 18
TERADYNE, INC. 3 4 3 4 4 18
ADAPTEC, INC. 6 1 5 3 2 17
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 5 4 5 3 0 17
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. 0 1 5 6 5 17
AT&T CORP. 4 2 4 2 4 16
CIENA CORPORATION 6 8 1 0 1 16
DOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP. 0 1 1 7 7 16
FARADAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 3 4 2 4 15
FINISAR CORPORATION 1 4 3 5 2 15
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 3 3 3 5 15
PIONEER CORPORATION 0 1 6 3 5 15
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 5 1 4 2 15
LOGICVISION, INC. 3 2 6 2 1 14
APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION 5 7 1 0 0 13
ELPIDA MEMORY, INC. 1 0 3 4 5 13
FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 0 0 0 0 13 13
HARRIS CORP. 3 2 1 1 6 13
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 2 3 1 3 4 13
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 1 3 4 2 13
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 7 0 3 3 13
VIRAGE LOGIC CORPORATION 0 5 2 4 2 13
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC. 2 1 7 2 0 12
BEA SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 1 7 2 12
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 2 2 1 1 6 12
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 0 5 7 12
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 1 5 3 2 1 12
RAMBUS, INC. 0 1 4 4 3 12
SANDISK CORPORATION 0 1 2 3 6 12
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 0 1 2 5 4 12
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 1 1 5 1 3 11
MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 3 3 1 4 11
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 1 2 2 5 11
NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA, INC. 0 0 5 1 5 11
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 0 1 1 2 7 11
ALCATEL LUCENT 0 0 2 4 4 10
ATMEL CORPORATION 0 0 2 3 5 10
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 0 1 4 2 3 10
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 1 2 2 2 3 10
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 2 1 4 1 2 10
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 1 1 4 0 4 10
3COM CORPORATION 2 5 2 0 0 9
ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. 0 0 0 2 7 9
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 1 1 3 4 9
KINGSTON TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 1 3 2 0 3 9
PMC-SIERRA LTD. 0 1 1 5 2 9
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 3 1 1 4 9
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 0 2 2 5 0 9
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 4 3 2 0 0 9
XIOTECH CORPORATION 0 6 3 0 0 9
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 2 1 2 1 2 8
DENSO CORPORATION 2 0 2 3 1 8
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN, LTD. 3 2 1 1 1 8
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 3 2 3 8
NETAPP, INC. 0 0 0 0 8 8
STMICROELECTRONICS PVT. LTD. 0 0 3 2 3 8
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 1 1 4 2 0 8
STRATUS TECHNOLOGIES BERMUDA LTD. 4 2 0 0 2 8
TEKTRONIX INC. 1 2 1 2 2 8
ADTRAN 1 2 2 0 2 7
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 1 0 1 3 7
DIGITAL FOUNTAIN, INC. 0 1 3 3 0 7
ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 0 0 2 4 7
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 1 2 1 3 7
INAPAC TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 2 2 3 0 7
IROC TECHNOLOGIES 0 3 0 2 2 7
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 2 2 1 1 1 7
NCR CORPORATION 2 3 2 0 0 7
NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 4 1 0 7
OMRON CORPORATION 0 1 3 1 2 7
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 0 2 1 1 3 7
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS JAPAN, INC. 0 1 1 3 2 7
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 2 2 1 1 1 7
SYNOPSYS INC. 1 2 1 1 2 7
VERITAS OPERATING CORPORATION 1 3 1 1 1 7
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 1 0 1 3 7
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 1 2 0 2 1 6
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. 0 0 0 0 6 6
AVAILIGENT, INC. 0 0 6 0 0 6
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 2 2 2 0 0 6
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 1 1 1 1 6
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP. 5 1 0 0 0 6
NETWORK EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGIES 0 2 1 2 1 6
NOKIA INC. 1 2 1 2 0 6
ON-CHIP TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 4 0 0 6
QUANTUM CORP. (CA) 0 1 4 0 1 6
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 0 2 1 2 1 6
STMICROELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 1 1 4 6
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 0 3 1 2 6
TYCO TELECOMMUNICATIONS (US) INC. 1 1 1 3 0 6
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 1 1 1 1 2 6
VIA TELECOM CO., LTD. 0 1 3 2 0 6
YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORP. 3 1 0 1 1 6
3PARDATA, INC. 0 5 0 0 0 5
ABB RESEARCH LTD. 0 2 3 0 0 5
ACTEL CORPORATION 1 1 0 2 1 5
ARRAYCOMM, INC. 2 2 0 1 0 5
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 1 2 1 1 5
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 2 2 1 0 0 5
BOEING COMPANY 2 1 0 1 1 5
BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 1 0 2 5
COMPELLENT TECHNOLOGIES 0 0 0 2 3 5
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 1 0 0 0 5
FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC. 2 0 1 1 1 5
IKANOS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 1 0 1 1 2 5
INOVYS CORPORATION 0 4 0 0 1 5
INTELLI-TECH CORPORATION 1 1 0 2 1 5
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 1 2 1 0 1 5
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 1 0 4 0 0 5
MARVELL ISRAEL (MISL) LTD. 0 0 0 3 2 5
MARVELL SEMICONDUCTOR ISRAEL LTD. 0 1 1 3 0 5
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 0 0 2 2 1 5
MAXWELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
MICREL INCORPORATED 0 0 0 1 4 5
NEWISYS, INC. 0 3 2 0 0 5
OKI TECHNO CENTRE (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 0 1 3 1 0 5
QLOGIC CORPORATION 1 0 2 1 1 5
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 1 0 2 1 1 5
ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO., KG 1 0 0 1 3 5
SANDISK IL LTD. 0 0 0 1 4 5
THE SHOREGROUP, INC. 0 2 1 0 2 5


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