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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 341, Coded Data Generation or Conversion

( 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
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 39 32 28 34 33 166
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 26 24 33 36 42 161
BROADCOM CORPORATION 31 37 22 25 22 137
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 21 25 27 27 28 128
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 27 28 31 18 9 113
SONY CORPORATION 15 18 24 21 21 99
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 13 18 19 25 22 97
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 12 12 31 21 7 83
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 13 17 23 23 1 77
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 10 9 14 13 20 66
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 9 7 13 15 13 57
FUJITSU LIMITED 9 23 11 9 1 53
INTEL CORPORATION 8 11 15 12 3 49
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 4 8 8 12 17 49
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 11 12 10 7 8 48
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 5 8 11 9 13 46
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 6 12 13 10 5 46
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 7 20 8 5 3 43
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 7 8 10 13 4 42
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 7 8 5 7 10 37
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 0 2 7 9 14 32
NXP B.V. 0 0 4 11 16 31
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4 8 10 5 3 30
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 6 6 8 4 29
ALTERA CORPORATION 5 8 6 9 1 29
MEDIATEK INC. 2 4 6 8 9 29
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 8 6 8 5 1 28
DENSO CORPORATION 8 5 3 6 5 27
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 5 7 8 6 27
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 5 8 3 5 5 26
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 7 4 9 1 4 25
QUALCOMM, INC. 2 4 3 4 10 23
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 4 2 8 5 22
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 20 22
ADVANTEST CORP. 1 5 1 6 7 20
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 4 6 5 4 1 20
MOTOROLA, INC. 3 6 5 4 2 20
NOKIA CORPORATION 5 3 5 5 2 20
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 1 2 9 6 2 20
NEC CORPORATION 2 2 7 6 2 19
SIGMATEL INC. 2 4 6 3 3 18
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 1 2 1 8 6 18
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 2 5 2 2 6 17
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 3 2 7 2 16
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 5 5 1 2 3 16
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 5 5 3 2 1 16
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 2 4 4 2 4 16
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 2 5 3 4 16
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2 2 1 3 7 15
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 2 4 3 6 0 15
XILINX, INC. 1 8 1 3 2 15
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 1 2 2 4 5 14
HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 0 0 3 4 7 14
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 3 5 1 5 14
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 6 3 3 0 2 14
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 2 5 2 2 3 14
SILICON LABS CP, INC. 12 1 0 0 1 14
ZILOG, INC. 1 1 4 7 1 14
ESS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 4 2 3 0 13
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 2 3 3 4 13
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 2 2 4 2 3 13
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 3 2 4 3 13
NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 0 1 7 3 2 13
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 1 4 1 2 3 11
HITACHI, LTD 1 3 2 3 2 11
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 2 1 0 2 6 11
RAMBUS, INC. 2 4 4 1 0 11
RAYTHEON COMPANY 3 5 1 0 2 11
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 1 1 3 4 2 11
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 2 3 1 4 1 11
TERADYNE, INC. 0 2 4 2 3 11
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 2 3 1 2 2 10
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 1 6 3 0 0 10
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 0 0 1 4 5 10
RED HAT, INC. 0 0 0 0 10 10
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 3 2 2 3 0 10
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 1 3 1 5 0 10
ATMEL CORPORATION 0 2 1 4 2 9
FARADAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 5 1 0 1 9
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 2 3 2 1 1 9
NVIDIA CORPORATION 0 1 1 5 2 9
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 3 0 1 3 9
UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS, INC. 2 2 3 2 0 9
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 0 1 5 1 8
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 0 1 2 1 4 8
DIGITAL FOUNTAIN, INC. 2 2 2 1 1 8
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 5 1 0 0 8
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2 3 0 3 0 8
OPTICHRON, INC. 1 2 1 3 1 8
TEKTRONIX INC. 2 2 2 2 0 8
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 0 3 1 2 7
IMPINJ, INC. 3 3 1 0 0 7
KENET, INC. 0 2 2 1 2 7
MEDTRONIC INC. 0 0 2 2 3 7
MICRONAS GMBH 0 0 4 3 0 7
MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 3 2 1 1 7
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 3 0 3 1 0 7
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 0 0 0 3 4 7
SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY ACADEMIC RESEARCH CENTER 0 3 2 0 2 7
WOLFSON MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 1 3 1 0 2 7
BOEING COMPANY 1 1 2 0 2 6
DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR GMBH 2 3 1 0 0 6
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. 5 1 0 0 0 6
HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GMBH 0 1 3 1 1 6
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 1 2 1 0 2 6
MITUTOYO CORPORATION 1 2 1 1 1 6
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 0 2 2 2 0 6
OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 0 0 0 1 5 6
REALTIME DATA, LLC 0 0 1 5 0 6
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 1 1 1 0 3 6
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 2 3 0 1 0 6
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 2 1 1 1 6
THALES 0 3 0 3 0 6
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 4 0 1 1 0 6
APTINA IMAGING CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 5 5
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 1 0 3 1 5
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 1 1 2 1 5
ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 2 1 1 0 5
FORTEMEDIA, INC. 0 0 3 1 1 5
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 0 0 2 2 1 5
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 2 5
LECROY CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 1 5
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 0 2 1 0 2 5
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR GERMANY AG 0 0 0 4 1 5
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 0 1 2 2 0 5
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 1 1 0 2 5
SAMPLIFY SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION 2 2 1 0 0 5
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 3 1 0 5
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 0 1 1 1 2 5
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 3 1 1 0 0 5
YAMAHA CORPORATION 2 0 1 0 2 5


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