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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 719, Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (Ipc) (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 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Total
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 54 24 81 93 90 342
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 45 35 57 55 43 235
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 35 13 19 20 1 88
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 1 9 16 33 61
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 9 5 11 16 7 48
INTEL CORPORATION 12 6 8 7 8 41
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 6 5 7 5 7 30
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 6 0 4 6 13 29
BEA SYSTEMS, INC. 2 0 5 7 9 23
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 4 6 5 4 21
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 4 3 3 3 17
EMC CORPORATION 3 0 1 7 5 16
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 2 1 7 0 5 15
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 0 14 14
SIEBEL SYSTEMS, INC. 3 3 2 3 3 14
THE MATH WORKS, INC. 3 1 1 0 7 12
UNISYS CORPORATION 2 2 4 3 1 12
HITACHI, LTD 4 0 2 3 2 11
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 0 1 2 2 5 10
FUJITSU LIMITED 2 2 0 3 3 10
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 3 0 3 4 10
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 1 0 2 3 4 10
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 1 2 3 2 1 9
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 0 1 2 5 8
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 1 1 2 7
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 0 0 0 4 3 7
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 1 1 2 1 2 7
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 1 1 2 1 6
SONY CORPORATION 0 2 4 0 0 6
SYMANTEC OPERATING CORPORATION 0 0 2 1 3 6
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 0 1 1 0 3 5
MCAFEE, INC. 0 0 1 0 4 5
MOBITV, INC. 2 2 0 0 1 5
NEXT SOFTWARE, INC. 1 0 0 4 0 5


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