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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 707, DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (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
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 232 341 288 370 488 1719
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 101 144 209 296 522 1272
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 52 86 77 88 97 400
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 59 80 83 76 78 376
HITACHI, LTD 28 79 61 43 52 263
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 5 16 44 64 128 257
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 42 71 49 24 38 224
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 26 48 32 26 32 164
EMC CORPORATION 12 22 22 24 51 131
SONY CORPORATION 13 21 26 17 43 120
GOOGLE, INC. 3 8 16 30 61 118
YAHOO, INC. 3 6 7 26 66 108
FUJITSU LIMITED 23 22 22 26 14 107
NCR CORPORATION 16 35 27 8 3 89
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 12 19 15 14 25 85
UNISYS CORPORATION 12 22 14 21 12 81
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. 8 15 18 21 13 75
INTEL CORPORATION 15 12 15 15 12 69
BEA SYSTEMS, INC. 7 10 16 16 15 64
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 11 12 6 16 11 56
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 5 14 11 9 16 55
XEROX CORPORATION 9 14 11 11 10 55
AOL LLC 6 7 15 9 14 51
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 7 8 13 8 15 51
AT&T CORP. 9 3 10 13 5 40
SYMANTEC OPERATING CORPORATION 0 0 2 17 21 40
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 5 14 12 7 0 38
NOKIA CORPORATION 6 4 12 8 6 36
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 7 5 1 8 14 35
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 0 0 8 24 32
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 4 3 3 3 18 31
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 7 7 8 2 6 30
OVERTURE SERVICES, INC. 4 9 9 7 0 29
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 4 6 3 6 8 27
SIEBEL SYSTEMS, INC. 3 2 9 5 8 27
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 4 3 8 8 27
VERITAS OPERATING CORPORATION 3 9 14 1 0 27
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 0 1 6 5 13 25
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 3 4 5 7 6 25
TERADATA US, INC. 0 0 0 6 19 25
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 5 11 8 0 0 24
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 8 7 5 2 1 23
NOVELL, INC. 2 4 5 3 9 23
COMMVAULT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 2 6 12 22
NETAPP, INC. 0 0 0 2 20 22
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 1 6 3 7 5 22
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 0 1 0 8 13 22
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 4 5 4 3 4 20
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 8 4 0 1 6 19
NEC CORPORATION 5 5 4 3 2 19
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 5 4 2 3 4 18
ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES GMBH 0 3 5 5 4 17
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 0 2 3 3 8 16
BMC SOFTWARE, INC. 2 7 3 0 3 15
HYPERION SOLUTIONS CORPORATION 2 5 3 4 1 15
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 1 2 7 3 2 15
A9.COM, INC. 2 2 2 4 4 14
AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC. 0 2 3 5 4 14
I2 TECHNOLOGIES US, INC. 4 6 4 0 0 14
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 6 3 4 0 14
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 6 0 3 1 4 14
BOEING COMPANY 1 4 2 4 2 13
COGNOS INCORPORATED 2 2 5 4 0 13
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 6 2 1 1 3 13
NAVTEQ NORTH AMERICA, LLC. 1 7 2 2 1 13
NETEZZA CORPORATION 1 4 2 3 3 13
SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS HEALTH SERVICES CORPORATION 3 7 2 1 0 13
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 2 1 4 5 0 12
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 0 5 4 3 12
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 3 3 1 3 12
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 1 4 4 2 1 12
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 0 0 2 2 8 12
ACCENTURE LLP 2 5 0 3 1 11
INNOPATH SOFTWARE, INC. 3 5 1 2 0 11
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 2 4 2 0 3 11
MICROSTRATEGY, INC. 0 4 4 2 1 11
SYBASE, INC. 1 0 4 4 2 11
VERIZON LABORATORIES INC. 3 6 1 1 0 11
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 0 3 6 10
BURNSIDE ACQUISITION, LLC 0 0 2 7 1 10
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 1 1 1 0 7 10
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 1 2 0 5 10
NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 2 8 10
SAS INSTITUTE, INC. 2 2 0 2 4 10
SONIC SOLUTIONS, INC. 1 4 1 1 3 10
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 2 5 1 0 2 10
VIGNETTE CORPORATION 3 3 0 1 3 10
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. 0 0 0 1 8 9
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC. 0 0 0 8 1 9
ATTENEX CORPORATION 1 2 2 1 3 9
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 3 1 3 2 9
EBAY INC. 0 1 0 2 6 9
GRAVIC, INC. 0 3 2 1 3 9
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 2 3 1 2 1 9
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 0 2 3 1 3 9
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. 0 3 0 3 3 9
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 0 0 4 3 2 9
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 9 9
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 1 2 0 3 3 9
THE WEB ACCESS, INC. 0 2 6 1 0 9
COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION 1 1 0 3 3 8
IAC SEARCH & MEDIA, INC. 0 1 2 4 1 8
INTELLISYNC CORPORATION 1 2 3 1 1 8
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 0 3 3 1 1 8
METATOMIX, INC. 3 1 1 1 2 8
PALMSOURCE INC. 2 2 1 2 1 8
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 2 2 3 0 1 8
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 3 1 1 1 7
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 2 1 1 2 1 7
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 0 5 1 1 0 7
INVENTEC CORPORATION 5 0 1 1 0 7
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 0 2 1 1 3 7
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 0 1 3 0 3 7
ORACLE CORPORATION 0 3 1 1 2 7
PALM, INC. 0 1 2 0 4 7
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 2 2 2 0 1 7
ALCATEL LUCENT 0 0 1 1 4 6
ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. 0 0 0 1 5 6
ALPINE ELECTRONICS INC. 1 0 1 0 4 6
ALTERA CORPORATION 1 2 1 2 0 6
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 0 1 0 4 6
BUSINESS OBJECTS, S.A. 0 1 4 1 0 6
FRANCE TELECOM 0 1 1 1 3 6
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. 2 0 1 1 2 6
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 2 1 1 2 6
INITIATE SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 1 0 3 6
INTUIT, INC. 1 1 0 1 3 6
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 1 5 6
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1 1 3 0 1 6
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 2 0 1 1 2 6
NEON ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE, INC. 1 2 1 2 0 6
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 0 3 1 2 6
RED HAT, INC. 1 1 0 2 2 6
REVENUE SCIENCE, INC. 1 3 1 1 0 6
SWSOFT HOLDINGS, LTD. 0 0 2 3 1 6
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 1 2 1 2 0 6
WEBROOT SOFTWARE, INC. 0 0 0 3 3 6
ADAPTEC, INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5
AGILE SOFTWARE CORPORATION 1 2 0 1 1 5
ARENA SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 2 0 0 3 5
AT& T BLS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC. 0 0 5 0 0 5
AUTODESK, INC. 1 2 0 1 1 5
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE 0 1 1 0 3 5
BUSINESS OBJECTS SOFTWARE LTD. 0 0 0 0 5 5
CATERPILLAR INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
CIENA CORPORATION 1 2 0 1 1 5
CINGULAR WIRELESS II, LLC 0 2 3 0 0 5
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 1 0 1 2 1 5
DIGIMARC CORPORATION 2 1 1 0 1 5
ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION 1 0 2 0 2 5
ENDECA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 0 1 2 5
FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 2 0 1 5
FUSIONONE, INC. 1 2 0 1 1 5
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION 1 3 0 1 0 5
INFORMATICA CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 0 5
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 1 1 0 1 2 5
LYCOS, INC. 1 0 0 1 3 5
MATHON SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 1 4 0 5
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 0 0 0 3 2 5
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0 1 2 1 1 5
PIONEER CORPORATION 1 1 2 0 1 5
REACHFORCE, INC. 0 3 0 2 0 5
SBC PROPERTIES, L.P. 0 3 1 1 0 5
SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 2 0 1 1 1 5
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
SOLID INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OY 1 1 0 1 2 5
SONY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED 1 0 2 0 2 5
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 0 0 2 2 1 5
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 0 1 1 2 1 5


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