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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 326, Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry

( 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
ALTERA CORPORATION 48 61 68 54 44 275
XILINX, INC. 37 42 49 36 42 206
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 42 26 32 42 38 180
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 7 17 29 35 29 117
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 28 12 12 20 19 91
ACTEL CORPORATION 16 17 12 25 20 90
INTEL CORPORATION 17 18 19 20 7 81
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 23 16 16 7 19 81
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 19 15 14 22 7 77
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 3 12 18 21 20 74
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 9 6 18 13 19 65
TABULA, INC. 0 0 11 12 31 54
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 11 11 11 8 12 53
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 7 5 13 12 13 50
BROADCOM CORPORATION 14 18 6 4 5 47
FUJITSU LIMITED 7 7 10 13 7 44
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 10 11 7 11 5 44
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 9 9 12 8 6 44
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 12 9 8 3 2 34
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 8 4 9 13 0 34
RAMBUS, INC. 3 10 9 4 4 30
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 4 6 12 3 4 29
STMICROELECTRONICS PVT. LTD. 5 6 11 4 3 29
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 5 4 8 4 5 26
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 5 4 9 2 23
VICICIV TECHNOLOGY 0 7 11 5 0 23
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 1 3 9 5 4 22
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 1 2 11 3 5 22
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 9 5 4 0 4 22
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 2 5 1 9 4 21
ELPIDA MEMORY, INC. 3 1 5 3 7 19
HITACHI, LTD 6 7 1 2 3 19
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 6 3 3 6 0 18
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 3 4 4 3 2 16
SONY CORPORATION 2 2 5 4 3 16
TRANSMETA CORPORATION 1 2 5 5 2 15
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 4 2 7 1 0 14
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 4 0 0 4 5 13
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 0 1 3 5 4 13
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 2 1 6 1 12
NEC CORPORATION 2 2 2 3 3 12
NXP B.V. 0 0 5 3 4 12
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 11 12
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 1 3 3 3 2 12
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 1 3 5 3 0 12
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 1 3 5 2 1 12
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 3 2 6 0 0 11
CSWITCH CORPORATION 0 0 0 8 3 11
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 1 3 4 2 11
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 2 3 4 2 0 11
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 2 3 4 1 0 10
EASIC CORPORATION 1 4 1 2 2 10
FARADAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 4 3 1 0 10
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 0 1 3 4 2 10
IP FIRST LLC 5 2 2 0 0 9
NANTERO, INC. 0 1 5 1 2 9
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 2 4 0 1 2 9
TIER-LOGIC, INC. 0 0 0 3 6 9
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 3 8
ADVANTAGE LOGIC, INC. 2 0 1 3 1 7
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 0 3 2 1 7
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 0 2 1 2 2 7
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 4 1 1 0 7
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 2 2 1 2 7
NORTHERN LIGHTS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 0 0 1 6 0 7
ATMEL CORPORATION 0 0 3 1 2 6
AU OPTRONICS CORP. 1 0 2 2 1 6
HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 0 0 0 4 2 6
KLP INTERNATIONAL, LTD. 1 2 2 1 0 6
QUALCOMM, INC. 0 1 2 1 2 6
ADVANTEST CORP. 1 0 1 1 2 5
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 0 2 1 1 5
BTR, INC. 0 5 0 0 0 5
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 3 1 0 0 1 5
D-WAVE SYSTEMS INC. 0 0 2 0 3 5
ELEMENT CXI, LLC 0 0 0 3 2 5
FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 3 1 0 0 1 5
INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORPORATION 1 0 1 1 2 5
MICREL INCORPORATED 3 0 2 0 0 5
NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 2 2 1 5
NVIDIA CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 4 5
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 1 1 3 0 5
SIGMATEL INC. 0 3 1 1 0 5
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 3 2 0 0 0 5
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 1 1 1 0 2 5


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