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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 726, Information Security

( 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 43 58 43 64 110 318
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 12 27 52 66 135 292
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 5 9 14 32 55 115
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 17 31 20 15 32 115
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 7 17 17 22 41 104
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 10 14 23 23 23 93
MCAFEE, INC. 2 31 27 17 13 90
SONY CORPORATION 0 14 12 23 32 81
INTEL CORPORATION 2 22 17 18 16 75
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 7 9 13 12 22 63
HITACHI, LTD 4 4 13 13 6 40
FUJITSU LIMITED 5 5 6 9 12 37
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 5 5 7 19 36
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 1 3 4 6 9 23
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 0 2 8 7 5 22
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 2 2 4 12 21
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 0 4 6 4 7 21
AOL LLC 2 1 8 3 5 19
NOVELL, INC. 0 0 3 7 8 18
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 1 6 3 3 4 17
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 3 6 3 4 0 16
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 14 16
BEA SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 2 6 5 15
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 0 3 7 3 2 15
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 2 1 5 2 5 15
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 3 6 5 14
SECURE COMPUTING CORPORATION 0 0 8 1 5 14
TREND MICRO, INC. 0 0 3 4 7 14
KASPERSKY LAB, ZAO 0 0 0 3 10 13
NEC CORPORATION 1 3 0 3 6 13
NETWORK ASSOCIATES, INC. 12 1 0 0 0 13
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 0 0 7 3 3 13
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 2 1 3 5 11
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 3 0 5 1 2 11
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 0 1 3 4 2 10
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 0 0 3 7 10
AT&T CORP. 1 2 2 2 3 10
EMC CORPORATION 0 1 1 3 5 10
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 0 3 1 2 4 10
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 0 3 2 2 3 10
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 1 1 5 3 10
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 1 3 0 5 9
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 0 2 4 1 2 9
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 0 2 2 1 4 9
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC. 0 0 1 7 0 8
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 1 2 2 2 8
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 1 2 3 0 2 8
XEROX CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 4 8
3COM CORPORATION 2 3 0 0 2 7
ALCATEL LUCENT 0 0 0 2 5 7
ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. 0 0 0 0 7 7
ARCSIGHT, INC. 0 0 2 2 3 7
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 0 1 0 4 2 7
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 1 1 3 0 2 7
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 0 2 1 1 3 7
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 3 0 4 7
MOTOROLA, INC. 0 1 1 3 2 7
QUALCOMM, INC. 1 1 3 0 2 7
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 0 1 1 4 7
AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC. 1 0 2 1 2 6
DIGITAL DOORS, INC. 0 3 1 1 1 6
FINJAN SOFTWARE, LTD. 0 3 2 1 0 6
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 0 2 1 1 2 6
GRAPHON CORPORATION 0 1 0 5 0 6
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 1 2 2 1 6
MACROVISION CORPORATION 0 1 1 3 1 6
MAZU NETWORKS, INC. 0 2 2 2 0 6
NCIRCLE NETWORK SECURITY, INC. 1 1 2 0 2 6
NXP B.V. 0 0 2 1 3 6
STONESOFT CORPORATION 0 0 2 4 0 6
YAHOO, INC. 0 1 1 2 2 6
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 3 1 1 5
ARCOT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 1 2 0 5
CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 0 1 2 1 1 5
CORENTE, INC. 0 3 1 0 1 5
ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION 0 2 0 2 1 5
F5 NETWORKS, INC., 0 1 0 3 1 5
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 1 0 3 0 1 5
MESSAGELABS LIMITED 0 0 0 1 4 5
NOKIA INC. 1 2 0 1 1 5
PROTEGRITY CORPORATION 0 1 2 0 2 5
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 0 0 0 1 4 5
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 0 1 2 2 0 5
SONICWALL, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P. 0 2 0 1 2 5
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 2 0 0 2 1 5
TUMBLEWEED COMMUNICATIONS CORP. 0 1 1 3 0 5
VERIZON CORPORATE SERVICES GROUP INC. 2 0 1 1 1 5


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