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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 330, Amplifiers

( 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
BROADCOM CORPORATION 25 42 30 15 22 134
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 21 32 24 27 21 125
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 6 20 21 26 15 88
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 3 7 22 32 19 83
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 18 13 24 19 0 74
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 20 20 17 10 7 74
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 6 17 13 21 16 73
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 4 9 20 12 17 62
INTEL CORPORATION 11 13 13 10 9 56
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 9 20 3 8 13 53
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 5 5 18 6 17 51
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 6 8 15 8 10 47
FUJITSU LIMITED 14 9 2 11 8 44
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 9 9 6 6 9 39
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 7 13 6 6 7 39
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 6 10 9 11 37
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 4 6 7 4 13 34
NEC CORPORATION 4 6 5 11 4 30
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 8 5 4 12 29
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 4 4 9 7 4 28
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. 5 4 5 7 7 28
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 2 7 4 10 4 27
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 4 10 9 4 0 27
SONY CORPORATION 3 7 9 5 3 27
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 3 7 8 4 5 27
ANDREW CORPORATION 11 8 3 2 2 26
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 3 2 8 8 4 25
MOTOROLA, INC. 3 6 7 7 2 25
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 2 7 7 5 4 25
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 9 15 0 0 0 24
NOKIA CORPORATION 6 11 4 2 1 24
RF MICRO DEVICES, INC. 4 4 5 7 3 23
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 4 4 5 2 8 23
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 5 3 6 5 3 22
NXP B.V. 0 1 12 6 3 22
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 7 3 3 8 1 22
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 19 22
POWERWAVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 9 7 1 0 22
YAMAHA CORPORATION 6 0 4 7 4 21
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 6 12 0 1 1 20
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 8 6 5 19
MEDIATEK INC. 1 1 4 4 8 18
TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTORS, INC. 4 3 4 4 3 18
ANADIGICS, INC. 4 3 4 4 2 17
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES WIRELESS IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 3 4 4 6 17
HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC. 2 1 5 5 4 17
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 3 2 5 2 4 16
INTEGRANT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 6 0 0 7 3 16
MICRO MOBIO CORPORATION 3 5 4 1 3 16
RAYTHEON COMPANY 1 7 2 1 5 16
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 2 4 3 3 16
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 7 4 0 0 15
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 0 0 5 6 4 15
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 0 5 2 5 15
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 1 2 5 4 2 14
M/A COM, INC. 2 8 4 0 0 14
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 1 5 2 1 5 14
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 1 3 4 3 3 14
FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 3 0 2 2 5 12
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 2 3 6 0 1 12
NIIGATA SEIMITSU CO., LTD. 7 4 0 0 1 12
NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 0 1 3 3 5 12
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2 2 2 3 2 11
D2AUDIO CORPORATION 0 3 3 2 3 11
QUALCOMM, INC. 2 4 2 0 3 11
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 2 3 1 4 1 11
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 0 0 7 2 11
INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORPORATION 0 1 1 4 4 10
SCINTERA NETWORKS, INC. 2 4 4 0 0 10
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 2 2 2 1 9
ATMEL GERMANY GMBH 0 2 1 4 2 9
FINISAR CORPORATION 2 1 1 2 3 9
INTERSIL AMERICAS INC. 1 3 1 1 3 9
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 4 2 1 0 9
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 0 0 3 0 6 9
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 3 0 3 1 8
JAM TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 1 5 2 0 0 8
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC 0 3 3 0 2 8
SIGE SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 4 1 2 1 0 8
ALCATEL 1 2 1 3 0 7
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 2 1 2 0 2 7
DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR GMBH 3 2 1 0 1 7
HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 1 0 3 0 3 7
NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY 0 0 0 3 4 7
PRINCETON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 1 2 2 2 7
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 0 2 0 3 2 7
XILINX, INC. 3 3 1 0 0 7
ZARBANA DIGITAL FUND LLC 0 0 3 4 0 7
AIMTRON TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 0 3 2 0 6
ASP TECHNOLOGIES 0 0 1 5 0 6
ATHEROS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 2 2 1 0 1 6
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 0 5 0 1 6
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 0 3 0 2 1 6
IMPINJ, INC. 1 3 2 0 0 6
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 0 0 0 2 4 6
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 0 4 0 1 1 6
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR GERMANY AG 0 0 0 4 2 6
RAMBUS, INC. 0 3 1 0 2 6
RICHWAVE TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 1 3 2 0 6
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 0 1 1 1 3 6
SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY ACADEMIC RESEARCH CENTER 0 0 1 2 3 6
SIGMATEL INC. 1 1 1 3 0 6
SIRENZA MICRODEVICES, INC. 5 0 1 0 0 6
STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION 5 0 0 0 1 6
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 2 0 1 2 1 6
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 1 1 0 2 2 6
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 0 0 1 1 4 6
AMALFI SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 1 2 2 0 5
ANALOG AND POWER ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 2 2 1 5
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 0 0 5 0 5
BLACK SAND TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
BOEING COMPANY 2 2 0 1 0 5
CREE, INC. 0 1 2 0 2 5
DENSO CORPORATION 2 1 2 0 0 5
ELANTEC SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 1 4 0 0 0 5
HITACHI, LTD 0 3 0 2 0 5
MICREL INCORPORATED 1 2 0 1 1 5
MICROTUNE (TEXAS), L.P. 4 0 0 1 0 5
MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 0 1 1 1 5
MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 0 1 2 2 0 5
NEWPORT MEDIA, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
PARKERVISION, INC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
PIONEER CORPORATION 2 0 1 1 1 5
RGB SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 4 0 1 5
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 0 0 1 1 3 5
SEQUOIA COMMUNICATIONS CORP. 1 2 2 0 0 5
SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 2 1 1 5
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS JAPAN, INC. 0 0 3 1 1 5
TROPIAN, INC. 2 3 0 0 0 5


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