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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 700, DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing)

( 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
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 77 58 64 50 62 311
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 29 24 22 33 41 149
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 33 23 22 15 28 121
SONY CORPORATION 48 13 19 11 29 120
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 20 13 13 16 45 107
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 8 18 22 15 36 99
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 44 26 9 9 8 96
FANUC LTD. 22 18 16 9 14 79
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 25 18 14 11 7 75
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 13 17 11 11 23 75
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 14 13 14 15 17 73
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 12 20 12 12 14 70
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 5 9 8 16 21 59
HITACHI, LTD 17 15 11 8 7 58
FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC. 13 5 10 9 18 55
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 17 8 12 12 6 55
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 12 8 11 10 11 52
BOEING COMPANY 8 5 10 13 13 49
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 17 18 11 0 0 46
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 8 5 11 9 13 46
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 11 10 5 7 9 42
YAMAHA CORPORATION 6 4 7 14 8 39
FUJITSU LIMITED 11 7 9 2 4 33
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 1 12 20 33
OMRON CORPORATION 7 6 6 7 5 31
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 5 4 5 3 13 30
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 5 3 7 8 29
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 7 4 2 8 8 29
INTEL CORPORATION 8 3 6 6 5 28
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 7 4 5 7 4 27
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 14 5 4 1 2 26
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 11 5 2 1 7 26
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 1 9 4 5 6 25
SHIMA SEIKI MFG. LTD. 3 7 6 5 3 24
ABB RESEARCH LTD. 3 5 5 1 5 19
CATERPILLAR INC. 8 2 2 0 6 18
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5 5 3 4 1 18
ASEA BROWN BOVERI AB 6 3 2 4 2 17
KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI 4 3 4 2 4 17
INTOUCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 10 0 0 3 15
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 5 2 3 3 2 15
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 3 4 2 0 5 14
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. 8 3 0 1 2 14
KUKA ROBOTER GMBH 6 2 2 2 2 14
MKS INSTRUMENTS, INC. 4 1 4 1 4 14
SIEMENS BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 2 3 4 0 14
INVENSYS SYSTEMS, INC. 3 2 2 1 5 13
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 6 2 1 1 3 13
XEROX CORPORATION 5 2 1 1 4 13
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 3 1 0 2 6 12
DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD. 3 3 3 2 1 12
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC. 0 3 3 2 4 12
HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 5 2 2 1 2 12
HUNTER INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 6 3 1 1 12
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 2 0 3 2 5 12
IROBOT CORPORATION 3 2 2 2 3 12
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 2 1 3 4 2 12
RAIN BIRD CORPORATION 0 1 3 4 4 12
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 2 4 2 1 3 12
ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD 3 0 1 3 4 11
AMADA COMPANY, LIMITED 2 5 2 0 2 11
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 0 1 1 1 8 11
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 1 1 3 1 11
HUSKY INJECTION MOLDING SYSTEMS LIMITED 1 1 2 3 4 11
KLA-TENCOR TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 5 4 1 0 1 11
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 4 0 2 1 4 11
PAVILION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 9 1 1 0 0 11
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 2 3 1 2 11
SIEMENS ENERGY & AUTOMATION, INC. 3 3 0 4 1 11
TORO COMPANY 4 1 2 3 1 11
ASML NETHERLANDS B.V. 0 3 1 3 3 10
AUTOMED TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED 0 2 1 3 4 10
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 0 1 4 3 2 10
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 4 1 0 5 10
NOKIA CORPORATION 2 2 2 2 2 10
ABB, INC. 4 2 2 0 1 9
CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 2 3 0 3 1 9
DENSO CORPORATION 2 3 2 1 1 9
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 2 1 0 3 3 9
MURATA KIKAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 1 3 2 3 9
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 5 1 2 1 0 9
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 2 2 2 1 9
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 3 2 0 2 2 9
CADENT LTD. 1 1 2 1 3 8
CARDINAL HEALTH 303, INC. 5 1 1 1 0 8
FORD MOTOR COMPANY 2 1 3 1 1 8
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. 1 0 1 0 6 8
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 0 0 2 5 1 8
JTEKT CORPORATION 0 2 1 1 4 8
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 2 5 0 0 1 8
POWERCHIP SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 3 4 1 0 0 8
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 5 1 0 1 1 8
SMP LOGIC SYSTEMS LLC 0 0 6 1 1 8
YAMAZAKI MAZAK CORPORATION 2 3 3 0 0 8
AUTODESK, INC. 3 1 2 1 0 7
CARRIER CORPORATION 3 3 0 1 0 7
DAIFUKU CO., LTD. 1 1 0 1 4 7
DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. 0 1 2 1 3 7
F ROBOTICS ACQUISITIONS LTD. 2 1 2 0 2 7
FIRST DATA CORPORATION 1 2 3 0 1 7
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 1 3 2 1 0 7
HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INC. 2 0 2 0 3 7
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 4 0 1 0 2 7
JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GMBH 4 0 2 0 1 7
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 3 1 1 0 2 7
OKUMA CORP. 1 1 0 1 4 7
PARATA SYSTEMS, LLC 0 3 0 2 2 7
TOSHIBA MACHINE CO., LTD. 2 2 2 0 1 7
WALKER DIGITAL, LLC 0 1 1 2 3 7
BLACK & DECKER INC. 3 0 3 0 0 6
BROOKS AUTOMATION INC. 1 4 0 0 1 6
DEERE + COMPANY 5 0 0 0 1 6
FIELDBUS FOUNDATION 2 2 0 2 0 6
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 2 2 2 0 0 6
HONEYWELL ASCA INC. 0 0 1 3 2 6
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. 2 1 3 0 0 6
MCKESSON AUTOMATION INC. 5 0 1 0 0 6
MORI SEIKI CO., LTD. 2 3 0 1 0 6
NEC CORPORATION 3 1 0 2 0 6
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 1 6
POWER MEASUREMENT LTD. 4 1 0 0 1 6
PRECISION AUTOMATION, INC. 1 1 1 1 2 6
REDBOX AUTOMATED RETAIL, L.L.C. 0 0 1 1 4 6
ROSEMOUNT INC. 1 2 1 0 2 6
SAMSUNG KWANG-JU ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 1 0 0 2 3 6
SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. 2 2 1 1 0 6
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC. 2 1 1 1 1 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE 1 1 4 0 0 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, POSTAL SERVICE 1 0 0 0 5 6
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 0 1 3 0 2 6
UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS, INC. 4 1 1 0 0 6
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 2 2 1 1 0 6
YAMATAKE CORPORATION 2 1 2 0 1 6
YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORP. 2 1 0 0 3 6
YORK INTERNATIONAL CORP. 2 1 2 1 0 6
ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 0 0 3 5
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 0 0 3 5
DRESSER, INC. 1 1 0 2 1 5
EBARA CORPORATION 1 2 0 0 2 5
EVOLUTION ROBOTICS, INC. 1 2 0 0 2 5
EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY 0 0 1 1 3 5
FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO. LTD. 1 4 0 0 0 5
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
INVENTEC CORPORATION 0 0 3 2 0 5
JVM CO., LTD. 0 3 2 0 0 5
KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 1 1 1 1 5
LANCER PARTNERSHIP LTD. 1 1 0 0 3 5
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 2 0 3 0 0 5
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 0 3 0 0 2 5
MCKESSON AUTOMATION SYSTEMS INC. 1 1 0 1 2 5
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 4 1 0 0 0 5
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 2 0 0 2 1 5
PANASONIC ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD. 0 0 0 0 5 5
PEGASUS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 0 2 2 5
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 1 1 2 0 1 5
PROCTER + GAMBLE COMPANY 2 0 0 1 2 5
QUAD/GRAPHICS INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
SIGMATEL INC. 1 0 1 0 3 5
SOMFY 2 0 1 0 2 5
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 2 1 1 0 1 5
USA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 2 0 0 2 5
WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION 1 0 1 1 2 5


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