Skip menu navigation Home > Listing of Viewable PTMT Reports > Table of Contents for This Set of Reports


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 711, Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems)

( 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 178 235 187 260 277 1137
HITACHI, LTD 77 217 193 212 162 861
INTEL CORPORATION 117 146 106 130 110 609
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 93 91 53 68 32 337
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 70 50 67 79 62 328
EMC CORPORATION 40 36 45 50 74 245
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 49 79 49 33 33 243
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 18 46 25 49 36 174
FUJITSU LIMITED 33 26 16 48 28 151
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 15 17 23 27 38 120
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 13 24 18 28 31 114
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 28 27 11 13 9 88
BROADCOM CORPORATION 15 25 17 12 16 85
SANDISK CORPORATION 6 14 16 24 22 82
SONY CORPORATION 13 22 14 16 16 81
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. 1 12 17 32 14 76
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 13 11 17 19 13 73
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 15 27 9 7 13 71
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 17 13 20 15 5 70
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 11 16 21 11 10 69
RAMBUS, INC. 8 16 16 17 11 68
SYMANTEC OPERATING CORPORATION 0 0 7 31 30 68
VERITAS OPERATING CORPORATION 15 27 19 0 1 62
NVIDIA CORPORATION 2 6 9 18 24 59
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 6 13 12 20 7 58
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 7 20 18 11 0 56
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 13 11 12 8 7 51
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 14 11 5 8 9 47
NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 7 6 13 9 7 42
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 3 6 6 16 10 41
NEC CORPORATION 10 8 6 9 8 41
ARM LIMITED 6 8 10 4 12 40
UNISYS CORPORATION 11 8 7 8 5 39
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 6 9 9 5 10 39
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 5 14 6 11 2 38
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 8 4 8 7 6 33
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 12 12 6 3 0 33
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 4 3 5 6 9 27
XILINX, INC. 4 9 6 4 4 27
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 3 14 9 26
VMWARE, INC. 1 5 6 3 11 26
ALTERA CORPORATION 2 7 5 5 6 25
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 1 1 7 6 9 24
ADAPTEC, INC. 8 8 2 2 3 23
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 5 5 7 5 23
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 10 6 4 0 23
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 13 3 4 1 2 23
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 13 3 3 1 3 23
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 4 5 5 2 6 22
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 2 5 2 6 7 22
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 7 11 2 2 0 22
COMMVAULT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 2 9 8 21
IP FIRST LLC 1 13 5 2 0 21
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 3 7 4 3 4 21
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 11 3 2 4 1 21
NEWISYS, INC. 4 8 4 4 0 20
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 20 20
QUALCOMM, INC. 1 0 2 8 9 20
MEDIATEK INC. 0 4 1 10 4 19
MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 3 3 1 11 19
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 2 5 3 8 1 19
ATMEL CORPORATION 0 3 8 3 4 18
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 5 9 1 2 1 18
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 3 3 6 2 4 18
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 2 3 5 2 6 18
LEXAR MEDIA, INC. 6 3 2 3 3 17
NETAPP, INC. 0 0 0 5 12 17
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 3 2 0 9 3 17
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 0 2 7 5 3 17
CRAY INC. 1 2 4 2 7 16
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 6 4 3 3 0 16
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 3 2 4 3 4 16
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 5 3 6 2 0 16
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 6 1 2 2 4 15
NXP B.V. 0 1 2 5 6 14
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 8 4 0 2 14
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 2 1 5 3 2 13
SANDISK IL LTD. 0 0 3 6 4 13
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 5 3 3 2 0 13
TRANSMETA CORPORATION 1 5 1 5 1 13
AZUL SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 3 5 3 12
INVENTEC CORPORATION 0 0 2 5 5 12
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 0 1 3 4 4 12
SPANSION LLC 0 1 3 1 7 12
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 5 1 2 0 3 11
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC. 0 1 3 2 4 10
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 4 3 1 2 0 10
COPAN SYSTEMS, INC 0 2 5 2 1 10
NOKIA CORPORATION 1 3 2 1 3 10
RMI CORPORATION 0 0 0 5 5 10
ARISTOS LOGIC CORPORATION 1 3 3 2 0 9
DATADOMAIN, INC. 1 3 1 1 3 9
DOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP. 1 0 1 4 3 9
MOTOROLA, INC. 2 2 2 1 2 9
SIGMATEL INC. 0 1 0 2 6 9
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 3 1 2 2 1 9
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 1 4 3 1 9
CROSSROADS SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 1 5 1 8
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 0 1 0 1 6 8
TEPLIN APPLICATION LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 0 0 0 2 6 8
XIV LTD. 0 0 4 2 2 8
ACRONIS INC. 0 1 1 3 2 7
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 1 2 0 0 7
MATRIX SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 3 4 0 0 0 7
PILLAR DATA SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 2 1 1 7
QUANTUM CORP. (CA) 1 1 1 3 1 7
TDK CORPORATION 0 2 2 1 2 7
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 1 2 3 6
EMULEX DESIGN & MANUFACTURING CORPORATION 4 1 1 0 0 6
HYWIRE LTD. 2 3 1 0 0 6
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 0 2 0 3 1 6
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 3 1 2 0 0 6
PHISON ELECTRONIC CORP. 0 1 4 1 0 6
RED HAT, INC. 0 0 0 2 4 6
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 2 1 1 6
SONIC SOLUTIONS, INC. 1 2 1 0 2 6
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 1 0 4 1 0 6
SUPER TALENT ELECTRONICS, INC. 0 1 2 1 2 6
SUPERSPEED SOFTWARE, INC. 0 3 0 0 3 6
WIND RIVER SYSTEMS, INC. 3 1 0 2 0 6
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION 2 1 0 2 1 6
BEA SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 1 1 2 5
BULL HN INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC. 5 0 0 0 0 5
DENSO CORPORATION 1 0 2 1 1 5
FALCONSTOR SOFTWARE, INC. 0 3 2 0 0 5
FALCONSTOR, INC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
INTELITRAC, INC. 1 3 1 0 0 5
M-SYSTEMS FLASH DISK PIONEERS LTD. 0 5 0 0 0 5
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 0 2 2 1 0 5
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 1 1 2 1 0 5
SOLID STATE SYSTEM CO., LTD. 0 4 1 0 0 5
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 0 2 1 1 1 5
XIOTECH CORPORATION 1 0 3 1 0 5
YAHOO, INC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
ZILOG, INC. 2 0 1 1 1 5


PTMT Contacts

Questions regarding these reports should be directed to:

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Electronic Information Products Division - PTMT
P.O Box 1450
Alexandria VA 22313-1450

tel: (571) 272-5600
fax: (571) 273-0110
email: oeip@uspto.gov

address of PTMT pages at the USPTO Web Site: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/tafp.html
selected PTMT files available for download at : http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/data/


Top

Skip menu navigation Home > Listing of Viewable PTMT Reports > Table of Contents for This Set of Reports