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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 710, Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems)

( 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 82 91 71 86 158 488
INTEL CORPORATION 77 104 79 64 67 391
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 62 72 28 33 18 213
HITACHI, LTD 22 43 28 33 24 150
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 17 24 16 27 25 109
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 15 17 24 16 33 105
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 25 31 11 11 16 94
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 29 25 10 10 18 92
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 15 21 17 11 26 90
FUJITSU LIMITED 15 15 17 25 16 88
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 8 27 8 18 22 83
SONY CORPORATION 26 21 10 11 14 82
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 17 13 15 14 21 80
EMC CORPORATION 16 14 13 17 17 77
BROADCOM CORPORATION 15 13 15 12 21 76
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 21 19 20 4 5 69
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 16 16 11 9 13 65
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 16 15 6 14 14 65
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 11 8 9 19 16 63
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 16 12 12 13 7 60
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 8 14 12 14 7 55
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 6 5 8 12 22 53
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 8 20 11 9 0 48
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 6 12 8 8 13 47
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 11 15 11 5 2 44
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 9 10 10 6 6 41
XILINX, INC. 3 10 3 16 9 41
NVIDIA CORPORATION 0 2 6 15 16 39
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 5 10 6 7 9 37
ADAPTEC, INC. 12 16 2 2 1 33
RAMBUS, INC. 4 10 6 2 10 32
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 7 9 2 3 7 28
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 6 3 2 10 7 28
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 5 9 2 8 3 27
MOTOROLA, INC. 5 14 2 2 4 27
ALTERA CORPORATION 1 6 8 6 5 26
NEC CORPORATION 9 8 2 5 2 26
ARM LIMITED 2 6 8 5 4 25
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 3 4 7 6 3 23
INVENTEC CORPORATION 1 4 5 5 6 21
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 4 8 4 2 3 21
NOKIA CORPORATION 1 5 5 3 6 20
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 5 4 5 6 0 20
SANDISK CORPORATION 4 1 4 5 6 20
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 8 1 4 3 4 20
BOEING COMPANY 3 7 3 4 2 19
EMULEX DESIGN & MANUFACTURING CORPORATION 4 9 1 3 2 19
QLOGIC CORPORATION 2 3 2 7 5 19
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC. 0 5 2 5 6 18
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 15 17
STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION 2 3 1 2 9 17
NXP B.V. 0 0 3 8 5 16
DOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP. 1 3 0 6 5 15
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 4 6 0 2 3 15
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 3 3 1 2 6 15
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 2 2 3 5 14
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 5 1 3 1 4 14
O2 MICRO INTERNATIONAL LTD. 2 3 2 6 1 14
UNISYS CORPORATION 1 7 4 1 1 14
ATEN INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 1 0 1 4 7 13
QUALCOMM, INC. 0 0 6 5 2 13
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 1 4 3 3 12
SONICS, INC. 1 3 5 1 2 12
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 0 1 2 7 2 12
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 2 2 2 1 11
DENSO CORPORATION 1 0 2 1 7 11
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 5 2 0 1 3 11
MEDIATEK INC. 0 2 2 3 4 11
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 2 0 4 2 2 10
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 0 2 3 5 10
SUPER TALENT ELECTRONICS, INC. 1 4 0 3 2 10
BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 1 4 3 9
QUANTA COMPUTER INC. 2 1 3 0 3 9
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 0 3 2 0 9
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 2 2 0 2 2 8
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 4 1 1 2 0 8
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 1 0 0 2 5 8
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 0 3 3 2 8
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 0 2 4 0 8
PHISON ELECTRONIC CORP. 1 0 3 2 2 8
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 3 1 0 1 3 8
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 1 2 3 0 2 8
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 1 1 3 1 1 7
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 1 1 0 3 7
ATMEL CORPORATION 0 2 2 2 1 7
CROSSROADS SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 1 2 3 7
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 2 3 0 1 1 7
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 1 2 0 2 2 7
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 3 3 0 0 1 7
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 0 2 0 4 1 7
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 3 1 0 2 7
OMRON CORPORATION 2 3 0 0 2 7
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 0 1 3 2 1 7
P.A. SEMI, INC. 0 0 1 3 3 7
PIONEER CORPORATION 2 3 1 1 0 7
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 2 2 2 1 0 7
SYMANTEC OPERATING CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 4 7
ACQIS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 2 0 4 0 6
ALCATEL 3 2 0 0 1 6
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG 3 1 1 1 0 6
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 1 2 3 6
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 2 1 0 2 6
FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC. 4 1 1 0 0 6
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 1 4 0 0 6
PALM, INC. 0 1 1 0 4 6
SANDISK IL LTD. 0 0 2 2 2 6
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 1 3 0 0 6
SRC COMPUTERS, INC. 0 3 0 2 1 6
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 3 2 0 0 6
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 3 0 1 1 6
3COM CORPORATION 3 1 0 0 1 5
APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION 2 1 0 0 2 5
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 2 2 0 1 5
DIGI INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 0 2 0 1 5
FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED 0 2 0 1 2 5
FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 0 0 0 0 5 5
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 2 1 0 2 5
MICRONAS GMBH 1 0 3 0 1 5
NEXTIO INC. 0 0 3 1 1 5
PASTERNAK SOLUTIONS LLC 1 0 2 0 2 5
QUANTUM CORP. (CA) 1 0 0 0 4 5
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 0 0 0 1 4 5
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
ROSEMOUNT INC. 1 0 2 2 0 5
SIGMATEL INC. 1 0 1 2 1 5
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
SILICON IMAGE, INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 1 0 0 2 2 5
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 1 1 2 0 1 5
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 0 1 2 1 1 5
TELLABS PETALUMA, INC. 0 3 1 1 0 5
VERITAS OPERATING CORPORATION 0 4 1 0 0 5
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 1 1 2 0 1 5


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