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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 365, Static Information Storage and Retrieval

( 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
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 250 245 246 215 177 1133
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 122 161 197 259 313 1052
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 161 185 166 163 186 861
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 104 174 164 153 217 812
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 160 127 110 106 62 565
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 98 99 122 125 37 481
SANDISK CORPORATION 41 42 81 139 149 452
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 54 74 64 85 97 374
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 25 37 60 62 75 259
FUJITSU LIMITED 69 53 59 45 12 238
INTEL CORPORATION 45 53 52 34 44 228
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 40 52 49 32 0 173
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 74 50 21 10 7 162
ELPIDA MEMORY, INC. 23 21 35 36 45 160
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 22 28 23 25 59 157
SPANSION LLC 0 24 50 40 37 151
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 38 29 26 29 6 128
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 22 13 34 26 30 125
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 18 21 26 27 30 122
HITACHI, LTD 30 26 29 18 18 121
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 18 46 29 12 12 117
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 21 24 16 27 22 110
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 27 19 22 19 22 109
SONY CORPORATION 18 33 26 17 15 109
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 21 19 18 28 22 108
ATMEL CORPORATION 7 11 22 25 19 84
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 9 18 17 20 14 78
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 25 24 13 12 1 75
NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 16 13 15 15 7 66
BROADCOM CORPORATION 30 11 9 6 6 62
SANDISK 3D LLC 0 1 19 13 29 62
XILINX, INC. 8 12 19 9 9 57
ALTERA CORPORATION 6 8 13 17 10 54
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 6 12 8 5 22 53
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 11 9 9 13 8 50
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 24 10 6 3 4 47
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 17 12 8 4 6 47
UNITY SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 11 16 4 10 6 47
SAIFUN SEMICONDUCTORS, LTD. 13 8 5 11 8 45
SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 12 13 10 7 3 45
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 8 35 43
FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 0 0 0 0 40 40
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 13 8 8 6 4 39
QIMONDA AG 0 0 0 19 20 39
NEC CORPORATION 2 9 11 6 8 36
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 6 4 12 4 9 35
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 8 10 8 4 4 34
GRANDIS, INC. 5 6 11 4 7 33
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 5 8 5 10 5 33
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 7 8 7 4 6 32
ACTEL CORPORATION 2 5 6 6 10 29
RAMBUS, INC. 4 6 6 6 7 29
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 1 1 2 9 14 27
QIMONDA NORTH AMERICA CORP. 0 0 0 8 19 27
QUALCOMM, INC. 2 5 9 2 9 27
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 3 3 6 5 9 26
E-MEMORY TECHNOLOGY, INC. 10 1 3 9 3 26
NXP B.V. 0 0 9 9 8 26
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 3 1 5 8 9 26
TDK CORPORATION 1 5 7 8 5 26
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 7 3 6 7 3 26
ELITE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY TECHNOLOGY INC. 3 5 3 10 4 25
OVONYX, INC. 4 4 1 10 5 24
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 5 5 6 7 24
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 5 5 6 6 23
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 3 8 9 2 1 23
VIRAGE LOGIC CORPORATION 3 8 5 2 5 23
T-RAM, INC. 10 5 2 5 0 22
STMICROELECTRONICS PVT. LTD. 0 4 7 6 4 21
MATRIX SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 13 6 1 0 0 20
APLUS FLASH TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 7 4 5 0 19
INNOVATIVE SILICON S.A. 5 2 9 3 0 19
ARM LIMITED 1 2 4 5 6 18
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES FLASH GMBH & CO. KG 0 0 10 5 3 18
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 3 1 3 4 6 17
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 3 2 6 1 16
NSCORE INC. 0 2 3 5 6 16
HALO LSI, INC. 2 5 2 6 0 15
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 5 6 0 3 1 15
KILOPASS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 3 2 2 3 14
MAGIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 4 9 14
MEDIATEK INC. 0 3 3 2 5 13
NANTERO, INC. 1 3 5 2 2 13
UNITED MEMORIES, INC. 1 6 1 2 3 13
ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 3 3 2 3 12
IMPINJ, INC. 2 1 8 1 0 12
OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 0 0 0 1 11 12
THIN FILM ELECTRONICS ASA 3 3 4 2 0 12
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 3 5 1 1 2 12
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES NORTH AMERICA CORP. 4 2 2 2 1 11
INNOVATIVE SILICON ISI SA 0 0 0 0 11 11
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 1 3 1 4 1 10
POWERCHIP SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 3 2 2 2 1 10
PROMOS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 4 4 1 0 10
SANDISK IL LTD. 0 0 1 3 6 10
APPLIED SPINE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 7 2 0 0 0 9
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 3 3 3 0 9
UNION SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 4 5 0 0 0 9
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 0 0 1 0 7 8
MOSYS, INCORPORATED 0 0 0 3 5 8
NAN YA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 0 1 4 2 8
NETLIST, INC. 3 0 2 0 3 8
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 1 2 1 2 8
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 1 1 2 2 2 8
SOLID STATE STORAGE SOLUTIONS, LLC 0 0 0 6 2 8
CONTOUR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 1 0 0 2 4 7
NVIDIA CORPORATION 0 1 0 0 6 7
PROGRESSANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 5 0 0 0 7
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 2 1 2 2 0 7
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 3 0 1 3 0 7
SIGMATEL INC. 0 0 4 3 0 7
SOLID STATE SYSTEM CO., LTD. 1 3 2 1 0 7
SUPER TALENT ELECTRONICS, INC. 0 2 0 3 2 7
TOWER SEMICONDUCTOR LTD. 2 1 1 2 1 7
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 1 4 1 6
DONGBU ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 1 3 1 1 6
INTERSIL AMERICAS INC. 3 0 1 0 2 6
KAWASAKI MICROELECTRONICS, INC. 4 0 1 0 1 6
MAGLABS, INC. 2 2 1 1 0 6
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 2 1 1 2 6
NOVELICS, LLC 0 0 0 4 2 6
QIMONDA FLASH GMBH & CO. KG 0 0 0 2 4 6
SILICON MAGNETIC SYSTEMS 2 3 1 0 0 6
SKYMEDI CORPORATION 0 1 1 3 1 6
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 1 0 3 2 0 6
SYMETRIX CORPORATION 1 2 2 0 1 6
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 1 3 0 1 1 6
ZMOS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 2 0 1 2 6
APTINA IMAGING CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 5 5
AXON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 2 2 0 1 0 5
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5
BTG INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 3 1 0 0 5
CATALYST SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 2 1 0 2 0 5
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 1 0 0 3 1 5
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELEKTRONICA CENTRUM (IMEC VZW) 1 2 0 1 1 5
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
METARAM, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
NANOCHIP, INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
NORTHERN LIGHTS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 0 0 2 1 2 5
P.A. SEMI, INC. 0 0 3 1 1 5
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 0 1 1 0 5
SPIN OP CORPORATION 0 1 4 0 0 5
SYNOPSYS INC. 1 0 2 2 0 5
YAMAHA CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 1 5


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