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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 704, DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (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 28 87 93 96 110 414
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 42 68 55 71 55 291
AT&T CORP. 14 37 43 32 3 129
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 12 29 25 30 23 119
SONY CORPORATION 17 25 28 31 11 112
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 23 32 23 16 0 94
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 7 27 20 15 16 85
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 15 20 10 11 18 74
INTEL CORPORATION 6 22 22 14 9 73
MOTOROLA, INC. 11 24 15 9 8 67
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 14 11 15 18 58
MINDSPEED TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 12 21 5 4 4 46
NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 3 7 8 3 25 46
FUJITSU LIMITED 6 14 13 8 4 45
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 6 11 11 7 10 45
NEC CORPORATION 9 9 9 8 8 43
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. 0 0 0 6 36 42
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 1 6 9 10 15 41
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 4 17 9 5 4 39
XEROX CORPORATION 9 7 1 5 9 31
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 3 2 9 7 9 30
BROADCOM CORPORATION 2 4 7 7 9 29
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 26 28
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 7 6 6 7 1 27
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 8 4 8 5 0 25
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 0 5 5 6 8 24
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 4 7 9 4 0 24
YAMAHA CORPORATION 2 8 3 6 5 24
QUALCOMM, INC. 5 6 3 4 5 23
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 1 5 5 7 3 21
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 1 5 4 4 5 19
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 1 2 8 7 18
DOLBY LABORATORIES INC. 0 1 3 9 4 17
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. 0 2 1 9 5 17
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 5 4 5 2 17
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 1 1 4 6 5 17
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 4 5 3 1 3 16
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 6 1 3 2 15
CODING TECHNOLOGIES AB 1 2 5 3 4 15
HITACHI, LTD 3 4 2 2 3 14
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 4 3 6 0 1 14
PIONEER CORPORATION 3 8 2 1 0 14
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 0 2 7 4 14
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 0 2 3 2 6 13
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 6 4 0 3 0 13
DENSO CORPORATION 1 0 1 5 5 12
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 1 5 4 1 1 12
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 0 8 3 0 1 12
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 2 4 1 3 11
FRANCE TELECOM 0 0 2 5 4 11
SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P. 0 3 5 2 0 10
SRI INTERNATIONAL 0 4 3 1 2 10
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 2 0 4 1 2 9
PHOENIX SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 2 3 2 2 9
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 5 1 1 0 9
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 0 0 3 2 4 9
VERIZON CORPORATE SERVICES GROUP INC. 1 1 1 5 1 9
ALPINE ELECTRONICS INC. 2 0 1 1 4 8
DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG 1 1 3 2 1 8
SIEBEL SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 1 2 3 8
SONY DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 0 2 2 3 1 8
STMICROELECTRONICS ASIA PACIFIC PTE LIMITED 2 1 1 2 2 8
TELLME NETWORKS, INC. 2 2 2 0 2 8
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 1 2 1 3 1 8
WEST CORPORATION 0 2 4 1 1 8
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 0 0 1 6 7
BEVOCAL, INC. 0 2 3 2 0 7
DILITHIUM NETWORKS PTY LTD. 0 0 4 3 0 7
GOOGLE, INC. 0 1 0 2 4 7
HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GMBH 1 1 0 5 0 7
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 1 1 2 2 1 7
NOVELL, INC. 0 1 2 2 2 7
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 0 0 1 1 5 7
SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH, INC. 1 4 1 1 0 7
SPEECHWORKS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 4 1 0 1 7
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 1 3 2 7
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DIRECTOR NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY 0 1 0 5 1 7
VOICE SIGNAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 2 0 4 7
COMVERSE, INC. 1 3 2 0 0 6
DICTAPHONE CORPORATION 0 2 1 1 2 6
EASTERN INVESTMENTS, LLC 0 0 1 5 0 6
KABUSHIKI KAISHA KENWOOD 0 0 1 2 3 6
KONINKLIJKE KPN N.V. 0 2 1 2 1 6
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 0 2 4 0 0 6
SCANSOFT, INC. 3 1 0 0 2 6
TELLABS OPERATIONS INC. 1 1 1 3 0 6
BEN FRANKLIN PATENT HOLDING L.L.C. 0 3 1 0 1 5
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 3 1 0 1 0 5
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0 1 1 2 1 5
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 0 2 1 1 1 5
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 4 1 0 0 0 5
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 1 1 1 0 2 5
QNX SOFTWARE SYSTEMS (WAVEMAKERS), INC. 0 0 1 0 4 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 0 4 1 0 0 5
VOICEBOX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5


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