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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 718, Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (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
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 53 44 48 74 87 306
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 24 20 14 17 39 114
INTEL CORPORATION 13 9 18 25 38 103
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 24 9 13 13 31 90
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 17 13 9 18 8 65
HITACHI, LTD 5 5 4 3 11 28
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 0 4 6 17 28
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 0 20 20
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 2 2 5 6 3 18
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 1 7 1 3 16
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 2 1 2 0 10 15
UNISYS CORPORATION 4 4 5 2 0 15
EMC CORPORATION 3 4 2 2 3 14
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 4 2 2 2 3 13
MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 2 2 0 7 12
NEC CORPORATION 3 3 3 1 1 11
SONY CORPORATION 2 1 3 0 5 11
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 5 2 1 0 3 11
VMWARE, INC. 0 1 2 3 5 11
BEA SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 3 1 5 10
FUJITSU LIMITED 5 2 1 1 1 10
SYMANTEC OPERATING CORPORATION 0 0 3 3 4 10
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 2 0 1 3 8
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 1 1 3 1 1 7
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 2 0 1 1 3 7
CRAY INC. 0 1 3 2 1 7
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 2 1 1 1 7
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 6 1 0 7
NOKIA CORPORATION 2 0 2 3 0 7
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 1 1 2 2 6
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 3 1 2 0 0 6
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 2 0 0 2 2 6
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 1 0 1 2 1 5
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 1 0 2 2 0 5


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