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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 717, DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (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
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 98 134 110 150 199 691
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 40 79 95 94 171 479
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 40 96 68 55 38 297
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 40 49 35 31 23 178
INTEL CORPORATION 19 35 36 29 26 145
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 4 20 24 38 87
BEA SYSTEMS, INC. 4 8 15 15 26 68
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 10 9 12 14 15 60
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 3 13 5 9 5 35
FUJITSU LIMITED 12 10 7 3 2 34
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 2 3 7 6 15 33
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 7 11 6 3 5 32
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5 7 5 9 2 28
HITACHI, LTD 2 10 6 3 5 26
UNISYS CORPORATION 2 9 4 5 3 23
EMC CORPORATION 1 3 7 4 6 21
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 5 8 6 2 0 21
THE MATH WORKS, INC. 2 0 2 6 10 20
BORLAND SOFTWARE CORPORATION 6 7 2 2 2 19
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 1 0 6 8 4 19
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 4 8 1 3 2 18
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 6 3 4 2 16
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 3 2 1 6 4 16
NEC CORPORATION 1 6 5 1 3 16
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 2 4 4 4 16
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 0 3 1 5 6 15
SONY CORPORATION 2 4 3 4 2 15
TRANSITIVE LIMITED 0 0 4 9 1 14
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 4 2 4 2 1 13
NOKIA CORPORATION 1 1 6 2 3 13
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 12 13
WIND RIVER SYSTEMS, INC. 3 5 4 0 1 13
ARM LIMITED 1 7 1 1 2 12
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 2 2 4 2 2 12
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 3 2 1 5 1 12
SIEBEL SYSTEMS, INC. 1 5 3 2 1 12
ESMERTEC AG 5 3 3 0 0 11
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 3 1 5 1 1 11
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 3 4 3 1 0 11
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 1 0 3 1 5 10
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 0 2 4 1 3 10
ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION 0 3 3 2 1 9
XILINX, INC. 1 2 1 1 3 8
ATI INTERNATIONAL SRL 3 3 1 0 0 7
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 1 5 1 0 0 7
BROADCOM CORPORATION 1 0 1 1 4 7
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 4 1 1 0 1 7
MCAFEE, INC. 2 2 2 0 1 7
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 0 0 1 3 3 7
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 1 1 1 3 1 7
TRANSMETA CORPORATION 1 2 1 3 0 7
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 0 1 2 1 2 6
AUTODESK, INC. 2 1 0 1 2 6
BOEING COMPANY 1 0 4 0 1 6
COMPUWARE CORPORATION 2 0 2 2 0 6
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 0 3 1 1 1 6
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. 0 0 3 3 0 6
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 3 0 2 0 1 6
NVIDIA CORPORATION 0 0 3 3 0 6
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 1 0 1 3 1 6
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 1 2 2 0 1 6
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5
ALTERA CORPORATION 0 0 3 1 1 5
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 0 2 1 2 0 5
BULL S.A. 0 2 0 1 2 5
EMPIRIX INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 0 3 0 2 5
INVENSYS SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 1 0 2 5
KYOCERA WIRELESS CORP. 1 2 1 1 0 5
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 1 5
MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 2 3 0 0 5
PARASOFT CORPORATION 1 0 1 1 2 5
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 1 2 0 1 1 5
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD. 1 1 0 3 0 5
VMWARE, INC. 0 2 2 0 1 5
XEROX CORPORATION 0 2 2 0 1 5


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