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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 375, Pulse or Digital Communications

( 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 32 80 87 109 120 428
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 39 45 68 102 138 392
INTEL CORPORATION 39 57 63 81 66 306
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 42 76 71 72 41 302
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 30 66 63 44 60 263
SONY CORPORATION 40 70 48 52 49 259
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 52 67 58 52 0 229
QUALCOMM, INC. 29 74 44 36 42 225
NOKIA CORPORATION 16 38 61 69 40 224
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 22 44 39 44 55 204
FUJITSU LIMITED 27 33 33 48 48 189
NEC CORPORATION 46 57 38 20 24 185
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 63 87 22 6 5 183
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 20 44 17 36 55 172
INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 22 37 20 44 48 171
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 46 31 20 34 29 160
MOTOROLA, INC. 44 46 30 20 18 158
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 27 37 22 35 31 152
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 20 26 23 25 32 126
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 25 35 32 24 0 116
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 12 21 24 27 24 108
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 23 29 22 15 17 106
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 10 19 27 27 22 105
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 10 25 12 17 40 104
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 15 18 14 20 27 94
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 16 24 16 12 12 80
MEDIATEK INC. 3 14 19 20 21 77
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 3 10 12 19 32 76
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 11 60 71
RAMBUS, INC. 4 15 17 15 19 70
AT&T CORP. 14 20 15 15 2 66
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 6 19 11 17 11 64
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 14 12 16 13 9 64
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 5 17 6 17 17 62
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 9 16 9 18 7 59
XILINX, INC. 4 7 13 16 19 59
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 13 13 9 11 10 56
HITACHI, LTD 9 13 16 13 5 56
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 8 8 21 10 4 51
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 11 14 14 7 4 50
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 9 8 14 11 47
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 8 15 12 7 5 47
ALCATEL 9 10 7 13 5 44
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 12 5 15 9 44
ALTERA CORPORATION 1 3 10 11 17 42
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 8 9 10 7 8 42
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 5 11 10 16 42
NXP B.V. 0 0 12 10 19 41
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. 1 7 10 10 13 41
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 5 11 3 14 6 39
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 2 8 11 7 11 39
HARRIS CORP. 2 3 6 12 15 38
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 8 10 10 8 2 38
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 3 6 10 5 13 37
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 6 15 6 9 37
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 5 10 8 8 5 36
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 4 10 8 7 7 36
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 3 6 11 10 4 34
HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC. 9 10 7 4 4 34
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 6 4 10 4 9 33
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 11 15 2 2 2 32
ERICSSON, INC. 13 10 3 3 2 31
ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO., KG 4 11 6 6 4 31
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 7 6 8 7 2 30
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 7 7 5 8 3 30
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 9 4 4 5 7 29
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 7 8 7 1 6 29
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 7 8 4 5 5 29
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 5 3 8 3 10 29
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 2 6 8 6 7 29
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 2 2 6 13 5 28
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 6 7 9 3 3 28
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 4 8 6 4 5 27
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 5 2 6 8 5 26
ZENITH ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 5 2 11 7 1 26
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 1 5 5 7 7 25
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 8 7 1 5 4 25
STMICROELECTRONICS N.V. 2 11 5 4 3 25
ATHEROS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 1 6 5 8 4 24
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 6 5 5 2 6 24
BOEING COMPANY 1 7 5 4 6 23
INTERVIDEO, INC. 5 6 9 2 1 23
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 4 6 4 7 2 23
SIRF TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 4 5 5 5 23
PULSE-LINK, INC. 5 5 2 7 3 22
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 2 4 2 5 9 22
ADVANTEST CORP. 2 3 3 6 7 21
AEROSPACE CORPORATION 2 9 1 5 4 21
APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION 2 8 5 4 1 20
PARADYNE CORPORATION 5 8 4 2 1 20
PARKERVISION, INC. 1 9 2 6 2 20
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2 6 3 2 7 20
SILICON INTEGRATED SYSTEMS CORP. 3 8 7 1 1 20
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. 4 8 2 1 5 20
THALES 0 3 3 11 3 20
3COM CORPORATION 6 7 5 0 1 19
FRANCE TELECOM 0 4 7 3 5 19
PANASONIC COMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. 9 6 3 0 1 19
SILICON IMAGE, INC. 2 3 5 4 5 19
VIXS SYSTEMS, INC. 0 3 3 8 5 19
PMC-SIERRA LTD. 2 5 4 5 2 18
VIASAT, INC. 1 3 3 8 3 18
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 11 5 0 2 0 18
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 5 3 4 1 4 17
IPR LICENSING, INC. 3 3 3 2 6 17
RF MICRO DEVICES, INC. 0 4 6 2 5 17
SCINTERA NETWORKS, INC. 2 7 2 4 2 17
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 4 6 3 1 3 17
SYNOPSYS INC. 0 0 8 5 4 17
ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. 0 0 0 1 15 16
TIME DOMAIN CORPORATION 8 3 1 4 0 16
ARRAYCOMM, INC. 1 4 3 7 0 15
CINGULAR WIRELESS II, LLC 5 7 1 1 1 15
CONEXANT, INC. 0 7 4 4 0 15
IKANOS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 3 6 0 3 3 15
SONY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED 2 4 3 5 1 15
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 4 3 5 14
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. 2 4 4 0 4 14
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, THE REGENTS OF 1 1 4 3 5 14
2WIRE, INC. 3 2 2 4 2 13
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 3 3 2 1 4 13
BROOKTREE BROADBAND HOLDING, INC. 0 0 2 8 3 13
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 3 4 0 5 1 13
GOLDEN BRIDGE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 7 1 1 1 13
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 1 2 1 6 3 13
MERCURY COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC. 0 5 5 3 0 13
SONY DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 0 4 3 6 0 13
STMICROELECTRONICS ASIA PACIFIC PTE LIMITED 2 3 1 1 6 13
TENSORCOMM, INCORPORATED 1 2 2 3 5 13
ADTRAN 4 2 2 0 4 12
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 1 8 2 1 12
AWARE, INC. 3 0 3 1 5 12
BEN Q CORPORATION 0 0 7 5 0 12
DENSO CORPORATION 1 5 1 2 3 12
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 3 1 2 5 12
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 3 0 8 1 0 12
IBIQUITY DIGITAL CORPORATION 3 1 2 2 4 12
KABUSHIKI KAISHA KENWOOD 2 3 3 1 3 12
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 2 0 1 4 5 12
OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 0 0 0 1 11 12
PIONEER CORPORATION 3 4 3 1 1 12
POWERWAVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 3 4 3 2 12
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION, LTD. 4 2 3 1 2 12
ANDREW CORPORATION 0 2 5 2 2 11
FARADAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 4 1 4 2 11
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 0 3 1 2 5 11
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 0 2 2 1 6 11
RAYTHEON COMPANY 4 1 1 1 4 11
ALEREON INC. 3 0 2 3 2 10
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 0 0 3 7 10
AT& T MOBILITY II LLC 0 0 0 5 5 10
COMSYS COMMUNICATION & SIGNAL PROCESSING LTD. 6 3 0 0 1 10
DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG 3 1 3 1 2 10
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELEKTRONICA CENTRUM (IMEC VZW) 4 0 2 2 2 10
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 3 2 2 3 10
MINDSPEED TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 2 4 2 0 10
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 1 4 3 1 1 10
PTS CORPORATION 4 6 0 0 0 10
QUELLAN, INC. 0 3 2 2 3 10
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 3 1 4 2 0 10
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 3 0 1 2 9
BECEEM COMMUNICATIONS INC. 0 0 0 6 3 9
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 0 0 2 3 4 9
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY 1 1 3 3 1 9
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 0 1 1 4 3 9
SANDBRIDGE TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 2 2 2 1 9
SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC. 1 3 3 1 1 9
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 2 1 0 3 3 9
TEKTRONIX INC. 0 2 1 4 2 9
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 2 1 3 2 1 9
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 1 1 4 0 3 9
VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 4 4 1 0 9
YAMAHA CORPORATION 3 2 0 1 3 9
ACCTON TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 4 3 0 0 8
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 0 2 1 3 2 8
CURRENT TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 3 3 1 1 0 8
ESS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 5 1 1 1 8
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 4 1 0 2 8
GENNUM CORPORATION 1 1 3 3 0 8
KDDI CORPORATION 2 2 1 2 1 8
M/A COM, INC. 0 0 3 2 3 8
MICRONAS SEMICONDUCTORS, INC. 0 2 2 3 1 8
RALINK TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 4 2 2 8
SASKEN COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 0 2 3 2 1 8
SIEMENS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 4 4 0 0 8
SIGMATEL INC. 1 0 2 3 2 8
UT-BATTELLE, LLC 2 1 1 2 2 8
ACTELIS NETWORKS INC. 0 4 2 1 0 7
ANRITSU CORPORATION 2 0 3 1 1 7
ATMEL CORPORATION 1 2 2 1 1 7
CIENA CORPORATION 0 3 3 1 0 7
CYNTRUST COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 3 4 0 0 0 7
DA TANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD. 0 0 1 2 4 7
DATA FLOW TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 5 1 0 7
DIGEO, INC. 0 1 3 3 0 7
GENESIS MICROCHIP INC. 0 0 2 2 3 7
GLOBESPAN VIRATA, INC. 4 3 0 0 0 7
INTERSIL AMERICAS INC. 1 1 2 2 1 7
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATED SYSTEMS, L.P. 0 0 0 3 4 7
MICRONAS GMBH 0 3 1 2 1 7
NOKIA NETWORKS OY 2 5 0 0 0 7
REDPINE SIGNALS, INC. 0 0 2 2 3 7
SARNOFF CORPORATION 6 1 0 0 0 7
SNELL & WILCOX LIMITED 2 1 1 0 3 7
SONY INTERNATIONAL (EUROPE) GMBH 3 4 0 0 0 7
TELLABS OPERATIONS INC. 1 0 3 3 0 7
TERADYNE, INC. 0 0 2 2 3 7
TIOGA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 3 2 0 0 7
VIA TELECOM CO., LTD. 1 0 3 1 2 7
VIXS, INC. 0 6 0 0 1 7
WIDEBAND SEMICONDUCTORS, INC. 2 2 2 0 1 7
AKTINO, INC. 0 0 1 5 0 6
ATMEL GERMANY GMBH 1 1 1 2 1 6
AVOCENT CORPORATION 0 0 2 1 3 6
BANDSPEED, INC. 0 3 2 1 0 6
BROADLOGIC NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 4 1 6
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 0 2 1 1 2 6
COPPERGATE COMMUNICATIONS LTD. 0 2 1 2 1 6
CORNELL RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC. 1 1 3 1 0 6
EMC CORPORATION 2 2 0 2 0 6
FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 0 0 0 0 6 6
GENERAL DYNAMICS C4 SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 2 4 0 6
GLOBAL LOCATE, INC. 1 1 2 1 1 6
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 2 1 1 2 0 6
HONEYWELL FEDERAL MANUFACTURING & TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 0 0 4 1 1 6
INVENSYS SYSTEMS, INC. 2 0 1 2 1 6
ITRON, INC. 1 2 2 0 1 6
KOREA ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE 0 2 0 1 3 6
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 2 0 2 1 6
MAGNOLIA BROADBAND INC. 0 1 1 3 1 6
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 1 2 2 0 1 6
MITRE CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 3 6
MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 0 2 2 2 6
NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA, INC. 0 0 1 2 3 6
NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 0 0 1 3 2 6
NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS OY 0 0 2 1 3 6
NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 0 1 2 1 2 6
PC-TEL, INC. 3 0 3 0 0 6
SBC TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES, INC. 1 2 1 1 1 6
SKYBITZ, INC. 0 3 1 1 1 6
SYMMETRICOM, INC. 1 3 0 1 1 6
TROPIAN, INC. 0 6 0 0 0 6
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 5 1 0 0 6
XG TECHNOLOGY, LLC 1 3 0 0 2 6
ADAPTIVE SPECTRUM AND SIGNAL ALIGNMENT, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 1 1 0 1 2 5
AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH 0 3 0 1 1 5
ALCATEL LUCENT 0 0 0 3 2 5
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. 0 0 0 1 4 5
BIGBAND NETWORKS, INC. 2 2 0 1 0 5
COGNIO, INC. 1 0 4 0 0 5
CRESTCOM, INC. 0 1 0 3 1 5
DGI CREATIONS, LLC 0 0 1 0 4 5
FINISAR CORPORATION 3 1 0 1 0 5
GCT SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 1 1 0 0 3 5
GENERAL ATOMIC COMPANY 1 0 1 3 0 5
HELLOSOFT INC. 0 0 4 0 1 5
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP. 4 1 0 0 0 5
INTELLON CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 1 5
IPWIRELESS, INC. 0 1 0 4 0 5
ITTIAM SYSTEMS (P) LTD. 0 0 0 2 3 5
KYOCERA WIRELESS CORP. 0 1 1 1 2 5
LG-NORTEL CO., LTD. 0 3 1 1 0 5
LINEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 2 0 1 5
MAXTOR CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 2 5
NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY 0 3 1 0 1 5
PHOTRON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PTE LTD. 0 0 1 4 0 5
POLYCOM, INC. 0 1 3 1 0 5
REALNETWORKS, INC. 0 3 0 0 2 5
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 0 0 0 1 4 5
SCHLEIFRING UND APPARATEBAU GMBH 0 1 2 1 1 5
SCHWEITZER ENGINEERING LABORATORIES, INC. 1 0 2 1 1 5
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 0 0 2 3 5
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 0 1 3 1 0 5
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS JAPAN, INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 1 0 2 2 0 5
ST-ERICSSON SA 0 0 0 0 5 5
STACCATO COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
TELECOM ITALIA S.P.A. 0 0 0 2 3 5
TELLABS OY 0 1 1 2 1 5
TERAYON COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 2 0 1 5
THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TELECOMMUNICATION TRANSMISSION, MII 0 0 3 2 0 5
TITAN CORPORATION 2 3 0 0 0 5
TUT SYSTEMS, INC. 3 1 0 0 1 5
UB VIDEO INC. 1 2 2 0 0 5
UNIDEN CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 0 5
VERIGY PTE LTD 0 0 2 2 1 5
WI-LAN INC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
ZARBANA DIGITAL FUND LLC 0 0 1 4 0 5
ZARLINK SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 1 1 3 0 0 5


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