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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 365, Static Information Storage and Retrieval

( 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
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 161 197 259 313 378 1308
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 246 246 215 178 178 1063
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 174 164 153 217 331 1039
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 185 166 163 186 190 890
SANDISK CORPORATION 43 81 139 149 71 483
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 127 110 106 62 41 446
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 74 65 85 98 108 430
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 99 122 125 37 26 409
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 37 60 62 75 70 304
ELPIDA MEMORY, INC. 21 35 36 45 77 214
INTEL CORPORATION 53 52 34 44 30 213
SPANSION LLC 24 50 40 37 51 202
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 28 23 25 59 50 185
FUJITSU LIMITED 53 59 45 12 8 177
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 13 34 26 30 30 133
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 52 49 32 0 0 133
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 21 26 27 30 28 132
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 19 18 28 22 37 124
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 24 16 27 22 26 115
HITACHI, LTD 26 29 18 18 18 109
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 46 29 12 12 7 106
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 29 26 29 6 13 103
QIMONDA AG 0 0 19 20 61 100
SONY CORPORATION 33 26 17 15 7 98
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 50 21 10 7 6 94
SANDISK 3D LLC 1 19 13 29 30 92
ATMEL CORPORATION 11 22 25 19 14 91
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 19 22 19 22 8 90
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 8 35 43 86
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 18 17 20 14 8 77
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 12 8 5 22 26 73
FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 0 0 0 40 27 67
NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 13 15 15 7 15 65
XILINX, INC. 12 19 9 9 16 65
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 9 9 13 8 21 60
ALTERA CORPORATION 8 13 17 10 9 57
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 24 13 12 1 0 50
NEC CORPORATION 9 11 6 8 15 49
SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 13 10 7 3 15 48
UNITY SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 16 4 10 6 12 48
QIMONDA NORTH AMERICA CORP. 0 0 8 19 17 44
BROADCOM CORPORATION 11 9 6 6 11 43
SAIFUN SEMICONDUCTORS, LTD. 8 5 11 8 11 43
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 1 2 9 14 16 42
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 1 5 8 9 18 41
QUALCOMM, INC. 5 9 2 9 15 40
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 1 2 2 2 29 36
NXP B.V. 0 9 9 8 8 34
RAMBUS, INC. 6 6 6 7 9 34
GRANDIS, INC. 6 11 4 7 5 33
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 8 5 10 5 5 33
ACTEL CORPORATION 5 6 6 10 5 32
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 12 8 4 6 2 32
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 4 12 4 9 3 32
OVONYX, INC. 4 1 10 5 12 32
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 10 8 4 4 6 32
VIRAGE LOGIC CORPORATION 8 5 2 5 12 32
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 8 7 4 6 6 31
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 3 6 5 9 7 30
TDK CORPORATION 5 7 8 5 5 30
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 10 6 3 4 4 27
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 5 6 7 4 27
ELITE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY TECHNOLOGY INC. 5 3 10 4 4 26
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 1 3 4 6 11 25
ARM LIMITED 2 4 5 6 7 24
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 5 5 6 6 2 24
STMICROELECTRONICS PVT. LTD. 4 7 6 4 3 24
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 8 9 2 1 2 22
MAGIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 4 9 7 21
LSI CORPORATION 0 5 5 4 6 20
NSCORE INC. 2 3 5 6 4 20
OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 0 0 1 11 8 20
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 3 6 7 3 1 20
APLUS FLASH TECHNOLOGY, INC. 7 4 5 0 3 19
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES FLASH GMBH & CO. KG 0 10 5 3 1 19
E-MEMORY TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 3 9 3 2 18
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 0 0 0 0 18 18
NANTERO, INC. 3 5 2 2 6 18
ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 3 2 3 6 17
MEDIATEK INC. 3 3 2 5 4 17
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 0 0 17 17
SANDISK IL LTD. 0 1 3 6 7 17
NAN YA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 1 4 2 8 15
NOVELICS, LLC 0 0 4 2 9 15
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 0 1 0 7 6 14
INNOVATIVE SILICON S.A. 2 9 3 0 0 14
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 8 3 1 0 2 14
NVIDIA CORPORATION 1 0 0 6 7 14
T-RAM SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 5 2 5 0 2 14
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 2 6 1 1 13
HALO LSI, INC. 5 2 6 0 0 13
INNOVATIVE SILICON ISI SA 0 0 0 11 2 13
UNITED MEMORIES, INC. 6 1 2 3 0 12
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 3 1 4 1 2 11
PROMOS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 4 1 0 2 11
THIN FILM ELECTRONICS ASA 3 4 2 0 2 11
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 0 0 0 3 7 10
CONTOUR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 0 2 4 4 10
IMPINJ, INC. 1 8 1 0 0 10
KILOPASS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 2 2 3 0 10
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 6 0 3 1 0 10
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 0 0 3 2 5 10
MOSYS, INCORPORATED 0 0 3 5 2 10
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 5 1 1 2 1 10
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 3 3 0 0 9
POWERCHIP SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 2 2 2 1 2 9
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 2 1 2 3 9
SOLID STATE STORAGE SOLUTIONS, LLC 0 0 6 2 1 9
DONGBU ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 1 3 1 1 2 8
FLASHSILICON INCORPORATION 0 0 1 3 4 8
QIMONDA FLASH GMBH & CO. KG 0 0 2 4 2 8
SIGMATEL INC. 0 4 3 0 1 8
SKYMEDI CORPORATION 1 1 3 1 2 8
SUPER TALENT ELECTRONICS, INC. 2 0 3 2 1 8
ANOBIT TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 0 0 1 1 5 7
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 0 0 3 1 3 7
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES NORTH AMERICA CORP. 2 2 2 1 0 7
MAGSIL CORPORATION 0 2 1 0 4 7
MATRIX SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 6 1 0 0 0 7
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 3 0 1 1 2 7
APTINA IMAGING CORPORATION 0 0 0 5 1 6
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 4 1 0 6
KINGSTON TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 0 1 1 2 2 6
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 0 0 1 1 4 6
NOKIA CORPORATION 2 1 1 2 0 6
NVE CORPORATION 1 3 0 0 2 6
PROMOS TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD. 2 0 1 1 2 6
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 1 0 1 3 6
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 1 2 2 0 1 6
ROUND ROCK RESEARCH, LLC 0 0 0 0 6 6
SOLID STATE SYSTEM CO., LTD. 3 2 1 0 0 6
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 0 1 1 2 2 6
SYMETRIX CORPORATION 2 2 0 1 1 6
ZMOS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 0 1 2 1 6
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 0 2 0 3 5
EVERSPIN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 0 3 1 0 1 5
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 1 2 2 5
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELEKTRONICA CENTRUM (IMEC VZW) 2 0 1 1 1 5
JONKER LLC 0 0 0 0 5 5
METARAM, INC. 0 0 1 4 0 5
NANOCHIP, INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5
NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY 0 2 0 2 1 5
NETLIST, INC. 0 2 0 3 0 5
NORTHERN LIGHTS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 0 2 1 2 0 5
P.A. SEMI, INC. 0 3 1 1 0 5
PROGRESSANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 0 0 0 0 5
PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION 0 1 1 2 1 5
SPIN OP CORPORATION 1 4 0 0 0 5
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 3 2 0 0 5
TOWER SEMICONDUCTOR LTD. 1 1 2 1 0 5
UNION SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 5 0 0 0 0 5
YAMAHA CORPORATION 1 2 1 1 0 5


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