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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 705, DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing)

( 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
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 114 191 146 196 242 889
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 50 90 76 112 126 454
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 6 20 23 31 43 123
SONY CORPORATION 11 20 21 35 26 113
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 41 22 13 23 13 112
FUJITSU LIMITED 11 26 21 33 10 101
TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 4 3 14 73 95
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 15 22 16 14 20 87
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. 0 5 17 20 32 74
FIRST DATA CORPORATION 3 22 9 16 21 71
AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC. 1 3 10 18 32 64
I2 TECHNOLOGIES US, INC. 8 13 10 17 15 63
NCR CORPORATION 16 9 13 15 8 61
HITACHI, LTD 14 11 14 12 8 59
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 1 4 18 31 54
WALKER DIGITAL, LLC 9 7 13 10 14 53
DIEBOLD INCORPORATED 9 7 7 9 17 49
CONTENTGUARD HOLDINGS, INC. 18 12 10 5 3 48
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. 2 4 13 18 8 45
ACCENTURE LLP 5 12 5 16 3 41
AMAZON.COM, INC. 7 9 9 11 5 41
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 8 9 8 12 0 37
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 5 6 9 9 7 36
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 10 4 6 7 33
ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES GMBH 0 5 2 17 8 32
NOKIA CORPORATION 6 8 5 7 6 32
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 3 5 14 9 32
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 3 3 8 8 9 31
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 5 24 29
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION 4 8 6 7 4 29
EBAY INC. 2 4 3 9 10 28
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 0 0 7 20 27
AT&T CORP. 2 1 2 16 5 26
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 7 6 9 2 1 25
STAMPS.COM INC. 2 3 11 4 5 25
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 3 4 3 6 9 25
FORD MOTOR COMPANY 8 3 4 2 7 24
ARIBA, INC. 1 3 6 5 8 23
CHECKFREE CORPORATION 1 2 6 6 6 21
INTEL CORPORATION 7 1 2 8 3 21
NEC CORPORATION 2 6 4 8 1 21
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 4 3 4 5 20
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC. 1 1 5 6 7 20
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 2 2 7 3 5 19
YAHOO, INC. 0 3 2 6 7 18
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 1 11 5 0 0 17
BGC PARTNERS, INC. 0 0 0 3 14 17
CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE, INC. 0 1 2 6 8 17
CITIBANK N.A. 5 8 0 2 2 17
CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION 1 0 1 9 5 16
FAIR ISAAC CORPORATION 1 1 6 6 2 16
FRANCOTYP-POSTALIA AG & CO. KG 5 3 4 1 3 16
MORGAN STANLEY 0 0 1 4 11 16
XEROX CORPORATION 3 7 3 0 3 16
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC. 0 0 4 11 0 15
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 2 3 1 6 3 15
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2 1 2 7 3 15
AOL LLC 0 3 4 4 3 14
COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION 2 1 0 9 2 14
FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORP. 0 2 1 5 6 14
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 1 1 2 2 8 14
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 4 5 2 14
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 4 4 3 0 13
GE CAPITAL COMMERCIAL FINANCE, INC. 1 12 0 0 0 13
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 4 2 4 2 13
BOEING COMPANY 1 1 2 1 7 12
DEMANDTEC, INC. 0 4 5 1 2 12
ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION 2 4 4 2 0 12
SL PATENT HOLDINGS LLC 0 4 3 4 1 12
TERADATA US, INC. 0 0 0 8 4 12
WESTERN UNION COMPANY 0 0 1 2 9 12
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC. 2 2 1 4 2 11
CITICORP DEVELOPMENT CENTER, INC. 4 0 2 3 2 11
INTUIT, INC. 0 1 0 3 7 11
YT ACQUISITION CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 9 11
CFPH, L.L.C. 0 1 0 2 7 10
INTERTRUST TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 1 8 0 0 1 10
MEDCO HEALTH SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 3 1 2 4 10
MOTOROLA, INC. 2 4 2 1 1 10
NEC INFRONTIA CORPORATION 3 2 0 1 4 10
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 8 10
SIEMENS POWER TRANSMISSION & DISTRIBUTION, INC. 0 0 1 9 0 10
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 0 1 1 5 3 10
THE NASDAQ STOCK MARKET, INC. 0 2 6 2 0 10
VESTA MEDICAL, LLC 0 0 0 2 8 10
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC. 0 1 2 2 4 9
COMBINENET, INC. 0 1 1 1 6 9
GE CORPORATE FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. 0 1 5 2 1 9
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 0 1 2 5 1 9
MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 3 1 2 2 9
SWISSCOM MOBILE AG 1 1 3 1 3 9
EBS GROUP LIMITED 0 2 1 3 2 8
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 0 2 3 3 8
HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, INC. 0 0 1 2 5 8
HEALTH HERO NETWORK, INC. 0 0 2 0 6 8
IPF, INC. 3 1 0 1 3 8
PAYPAL. INC. 0 1 2 1 4 8
RESTAURANT SERVICES, INC. 1 4 1 0 2 8
UTBK, INC. 0 0 2 3 3 8
VISICU, INC. 0 0 0 7 1 8
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 0 1 0 1 5 7
CATALINA MARKETING CORPORATION 0 1 2 3 1 7
CEATS, INC. 0 0 0 1 6 7
FANNIE MAE 0 1 0 1 5 7
FOLIO (FN), INC. 0 4 0 0 3 7
GENWORTH FINANCIAL, INC. 1 0 0 1 5 7
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 3 2 0 2 0 7
MACROVISION CORPORATION 1 4 2 0 0 7
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 3 1 0 2 7
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 2 1 2 1 1 7
SABRE INC. 1 1 1 4 0 7
SIEBEL SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 2 2 2 7
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 0 3 1 1 2 7
STARMINE CORPORATION 0 2 1 0 4 7
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 1 4 0 1 1 7
UBS AG 1 1 0 3 2 7
VISA U.S.A., INC. 0 1 1 2 3 7
VULCAN PORTALS, INC. 1 2 2 1 1 7
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 1 1 1 2 6
BOTTOMLINE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 3 1 0 1 6
CHICAGO BOARD OPTIONS EXCHANGE, INCORPORATED 0 0 0 3 3 6
E-2 INTERACTIVE, INC. 0 0 1 4 1 6
EBS DEALING RESOURCES, INC. 0 3 0 2 1 6
EFFICIENT AUCTIONS LLC 0 1 2 3 0 6
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 1 2 2 1 0 6
HARRIS CORP. 0 1 2 1 2 6
INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY (IGT) 1 1 0 2 2 6
ITA SOFTWARE, INC. 0 1 1 3 1 6
ITG SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS, INC. 1 0 1 1 3 6
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 2 2 1 1 0 6
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 1 0 2 2 1 6
LV PARTNERS, L.P. 2 0 1 2 1 6
MANUGISTICS, INC. 1 5 0 0 0 6
MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER & CO. 0 0 1 0 5 6
NOVELL, INC. 0 2 1 1 2 6
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 0 1 0 1 4 6
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0 2 1 2 1 6
OMX TECHNOLOGY AB 0 2 0 4 0 6
PANALEC, LTD. 0 3 3 0 0 6
PAYBYCLICK CORPORATION 1 0 3 2 0 6
PEROT SYSTEMS CORPORATION 0 1 3 2 0 6
PRICELINE.COM INC. 0 1 1 3 1 6
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 6 6
SHUTTERFLY, INC. 1 1 1 2 1 6
STIKINE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 0 0 4 2 6
TARGET BRANDS, INC. 0 0 1 1 4 6
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. 1 1 0 2 2 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, POSTAL SERVICE 0 0 1 2 3 6
VERIZON LABORATORIES INC. 0 3 0 2 1 6
W.W. GRAINGER, INC. 0 0 4 2 0 6
XPRT VENTURES, LLC 0 0 0 0 6 6
YAMAHA CORPORATION 0 1 0 3 2 6
ALMOND NET, INC. 2 1 0 2 0 5
AMERICAN MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, INC. 2 1 0 1 1 5
ASCOM HASLER MAILING SYSTEMS, INC. 1 3 1 0 0 5
BANK ONE, DELAWARE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 4 1 0 0 0 5
BLUEFIRE SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 0 0 3 5
C4CAST.COM, INC. 1 1 0 2 1 5
CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY COMPANY 0 0 0 3 2 5
CASHEDGE, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
COSTAR GROUP, INC. 0 1 2 0 2 5
ERINMEDIA, LLC 0 2 3 0 0 5
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC 3 1 0 1 0 5
GRAFF/ROSS HOLDINGS 0 2 2 0 1 5
IEX CORPORATION 1 2 1 1 0 5
INDIVOS CORPORATION 3 1 0 1 0 5
MARKETAXESS HOLDINGS INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
METIER, LTD. 1 2 1 0 1 5
NEOPOST TECHNOLOGIES 0 0 1 0 4 5
NETDEPOSIT, INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
ORBIS PATENTS LTD. 0 1 0 1 3 5
OVERTURE SERVICES, INC. 0 3 2 0 0 5
PRIMEX HOLDINGS LLC 0 1 1 1 2 5
PROCTER + GAMBLE COMPANY 0 1 2 2 0 5
PROMONTORY INTERFINANCIAL NETWORK, LLC 0 0 0 2 3 5
QURIO HOLDINGS, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
REYNOLDS AND REYNOLDS HOLDINGS, INC. 2 1 2 0 0 5
ROSENTHAL COLLINS GROUP, L.L.C. 0 0 0 0 5 5
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 1 2 0 1 1 5
SIGNATURE SYSTEMS, LLC 1 1 0 0 3 5
SQUARETRADE, INC. 0 2 0 1 2 5
TEQ DEVELOPMENT 0 0 3 1 1 5
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, N.A. 0 3 1 1 0 5
THE NASDAQ OMX GROUP, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 1 1 2 1 0 5
TRAVELOCITY.COM LP 0 1 1 2 1 5
VERIZON BUSINESS GLOBAL LLC 0 0 2 0 3 5
VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION 1 1 0 1 2 5


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