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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2006 - 2010 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 330, Amplifiers

( 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 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Total
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 32 24 27 21 32 136
BROADCOM CORPORATION 42 30 15 22 22 131
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 20 21 26 15 19 101
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 7 22 32 19 18 98
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 17 13 21 16 17 84
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 9 20 12 17 11 69
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 8 15 8 10 23 64
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 5 18 6 17 11 57
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 13 24 19 0 0 56
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 20 17 10 7 2 56
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 6 10 9 11 15 51
INTEL CORPORATION 13 13 10 9 5 50
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 20 3 8 13 6 50
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 3 19 25 47
FUJITSU LIMITED 9 2 11 8 13 43
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 6 7 4 13 11 41
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 8 5 4 12 11 40
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 9 6 6 9 8 38
NEC CORPORATION 6 5 11 4 10 36
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 13 6 6 7 3 35
NXP B.V. 1 12 6 3 10 32
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 7 4 10 4 2 27
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2 8 8 4 5 27
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 4 9 7 4 3 27
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. 4 5 7 7 4 27
SONY CORPORATION 7 9 5 3 3 27
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 10 9 4 0 3 26
MEDIATEK INC. 1 4 4 8 8 25
MOTOROLA, INC. 6 7 7 2 3 25
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 7 8 4 5 1 25
HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC. 1 5 5 4 9 24
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 8 6 5 4 23
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 7 7 5 4 0 23
QUALCOMM, INC. 4 2 0 3 13 22
RF MICRO DEVICES, INC. 4 5 7 3 3 22
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES WIRELESS IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 3 4 4 6 4 21
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 2 5 4 2 8 21
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 4 5 2 8 2 21
YAMAHA CORPORATION 0 4 7 4 6 21
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 0 5 6 4 5 20
NOKIA CORPORATION 11 4 2 1 1 19
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 5 2 5 7 19
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 6 5 3 1 18
POWERWAVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 9 7 1 0 1 18
TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTORS, INC. 3 4 4 3 4 18
RAYTHEON COMPANY 7 2 1 5 2 17
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 2 5 2 4 3 16
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 0 3 0 6 7 16
ANDREW CORPORATION 8 3 2 2 0 15
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 15 0 0 0 0 15
MICRO MOBIO CORPORATION 5 4 1 3 2 15
NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 1 3 3 5 3 15
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 3 4 3 3 2 15
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 3 3 8 1 0 15
D2AUDIO CORPORATION 3 3 2 3 3 14
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 3 6 0 1 4 14
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 5 2 1 5 1 14
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 12 0 1 1 0 14
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 4 3 3 2 14
ANADIGICS, INC. 3 4 4 2 0 13
FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 2 2 5 4 13
M/A COM, INC. 8 4 0 0 0 12
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 7 4 0 0 0 11
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2 2 3 2 2 11
HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 0 3 0 3 5 11
NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY 0 0 3 4 4 11
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 3 1 4 1 2 11
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC 3 3 0 2 3 11
INTEGRANT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 7 3 0 10
INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORPORATION 1 1 4 4 0 10
INTERSIL AMERICAS INC. 3 1 1 3 2 10
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 0 1 1 3 5 10
ATMEL GERMANY GMBH 2 1 4 2 0 9
BLACK SAND TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 2 3 4 9
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 1 1 1 3 3 9
SCINTERA NETWORKS, INC. 4 4 0 0 1 9
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2 0 3 2 2 9
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 7 2 0 9
FINISAR CORPORATION 1 1 2 3 1 8
HIMAX ANALOGIC, INC. 0 0 0 3 5 8
OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 0 0 1 3 4 8
PRINCETON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 2 2 2 1 8
XILINX, INC. 3 1 0 0 4 8
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 2 2 1 0 7
ANPEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 3 1 3 7
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 3 0 2 1 1 7
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 1 2 0 2 2 7
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 3 0 3 1 0 7
JAM TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 5 2 0 0 0 7
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 0 0 2 4 1 7
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 4 0 1 1 1 7
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 4 2 1 0 0 7
MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 3 2 2 7
RAMBUS, INC. 3 1 0 2 1 7
RICHWAVE TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 3 2 0 1 7
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 1 0 2 2 2 7
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 0 1 1 4 1 7
ZARBANA DIGITAL FUND LLC 0 3 4 0 0 7
ALCATEL 2 1 3 0 0 6
ASP TECHNOLOGIES 0 1 5 0 0 6
ATHEROS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 2 1 0 1 2 6
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 5 0 1 0 6
AXIOM MICRODEVICES, INC. 1 0 1 1 3 6
CREE, INC. 1 2 0 2 1 6
HARRIS CORP. 0 2 2 0 2 6
HITACHI, LTD 3 0 2 0 1 6
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR GERMANY AG 0 0 4 2 0 6
PARKERVISION, INC. 0 0 4 1 1 6
RGB SYSTEMS, INC. 0 4 0 1 1 6
SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY ACADEMIC RESEARCH CENTER 0 1 2 3 0 6
SIGMATEL INC. 1 1 3 0 1 6
AIMTRON TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 3 2 0 0 5
AMALFI SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 1 2 2 0 0 5
ANALOG AND POWER ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 2 2 1 0 5
ASAHI KASEI EMD CORPORATION 0 0 1 0 4 5
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 0 5 0 0 5
ICOM INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
IMPINJ, INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
MEDIATEK SINGAPORE PTE LTD 0 0 0 2 3 5
MICREL INCORPORATED 2 0 1 1 1 5
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 1 2 2 0 0 5
NEWPORT MEDIA, INC. 0 0 3 2 0 5
NIIGATA SEIMITSU CO., LTD. 4 0 0 1 0 5
SIGE SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 1 2 1 0 1 5
SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 1 2 1 0 1 5
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS JAPAN, INC. 0 3 1 1 0 5
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 0 1 2 1 1 5
THALES 0 0 0 3 2 5
WOLFSON MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 2 1 1 0 1 5


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