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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 714, Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery

( 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 157 209 236 282 359 1243
INTEL CORPORATION 59 80 92 74 80 385
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 48 70 72 89 101 380
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 108 70 72 63 56 369
HITACHI, LTD 69 36 79 56 53 293
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 33 39 57 73 62 264
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 43 31 49 64 62 249
FUJITSU LIMITED 38 41 40 57 44 220
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 79 57 32 38 9 215
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 20 38 26 57 51 192
BROADCOM CORPORATION 40 26 47 35 30 178
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 41 55 37 24 15 172
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 36 28 43 31 33 171
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 20 28 42 27 34 151
XILINX, INC. 22 20 25 34 17 118
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 21 18 19 26 31 115
EMC CORPORATION 20 21 16 15 30 102
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 9 13 12 19 38 91
NEC CORPORATION 16 15 17 21 21 90
ADVANTEST CORP. 4 28 16 20 20 88
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. 19 16 28 18 7 88
SONY CORPORATION 18 15 13 19 17 82
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 15 6 9 17 27 74
LSI CORPORATION 0 20 14 15 24 73
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 32 31 10 0 0 73
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 40 15 11 6 0 72
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 8 6 13 23 21 71
QUALCOMM, INC. 11 11 11 12 23 68
MEDIATEK INC. 13 9 11 14 20 67
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 10 6 11 16 19 62
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 5 10 12 14 19 60
NOKIA CORPORATION 11 14 7 14 14 60
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 20 15 16 3 6 60
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 11 18 10 9 11 59
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 24 14 5 7 7 57
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 8 8 13 13 13 55
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 5 7 17 12 13 54
ALTERA CORPORATION 9 11 11 14 7 52
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 17 16 18 0 0 51
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 3 21 27 51
ARM LIMITED 7 15 13 5 9 49
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 15 8 5 10 10 48
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 2 11 6 13 14 46
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 8 12 10 10 6 46
SYMANTEC OPERATING CORPORATION 0 4 14 10 15 43
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 6 7 5 13 11 42
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 16 8 6 9 2 41
UNISYS CORPORATION 11 12 10 3 5 41
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 9 12 10 6 2 39
MOTOROLA, INC. 6 15 6 6 5 38
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 7 3 12 8 7 37
NETAPP, INC. 0 0 0 8 28 36
NXP B.V. 0 8 10 10 8 36
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 3 9 8 8 8 36
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 10 8 7 7 33
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 2 16 4 3 8 33
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 5 5 3 10 9 32
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 3 7 5 5 12 32
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 3 4 11 6 8 32
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 7 8 8 5 4 32
THOMSON LICENSING 10 6 7 2 6 31
INVENTEC CORPORATION 1 4 5 10 9 29
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 5 7 1 3 13 29
VERIGY PTE LTD 0 7 8 6 8 29
NVIDIA CORPORATION 2 4 4 10 8 28
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 9 4 9 4 0 26
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. 1 5 6 5 9 26
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 1 2 5 4 13 25
DOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP. 1 1 7 7 8 24
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 0 24 24
SANDISK CORPORATION 1 2 3 6 12 24
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 4 9 2 7 1 23
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 7 7 3 3 3 23
SYNTEST TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 6 4 3 6 23
CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORPORATION 4 8 5 1 3 21
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 7 3 5 0 5 20
FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 0 0 0 13 7 20
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 6 5 3 2 4 20
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 7 6 1 4 1 19
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 3 3 3 5 5 19
NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA, INC. 0 7 1 5 6 19
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 4 7 2 3 3 19
TERADYNE, INC. 4 3 4 4 4 19
ALCATEL 6 6 3 1 2 18
ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. 0 0 2 7 9 18
INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 3 3 4 5 18
RAMBUS, INC. 1 4 4 3 6 18
BEA SYSTEMS, INC. 2 1 7 2 5 17
ALCATEL LUCENT 0 2 4 4 6 16
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 1 5 1 3 6 16
FARADAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 4 2 4 3 16
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 1 1 3 4 7 16
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 1 4 2 3 6 16
VIRAGE LOGIC CORPORATION 5 2 4 2 3 16
ELPIDA MEMORY, INC. 0 3 4 5 3 15
HARRIS CORP. 2 1 1 6 5 15
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 5 7 3 15
PIONEER CORPORATION 1 6 3 5 0 15
SYNOPSYS INC. 2 1 1 2 9 15
ADAPTEC, INC. 1 5 3 2 3 14
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC. 1 7 2 0 4 14
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 2 0 2 1 9 14
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 2 2 1 6 3 14
FINISAR CORPORATION 4 3 5 2 0 14
MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INC. 3 3 1 4 3 14
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 7 0 3 3 1 14
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 4 5 3 0 2 14
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 3 2 3 5 13
MAXTOR CORPORATION 3 5 3 2 0 13
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 1 1 2 7 2 13
AT&T CORP. 2 4 2 4 0 12
ATMEL CORPORATION 0 2 3 5 2 12
CIENA CORPORATION 8 1 0 1 2 12
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 5 3 2 1 1 12
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 2 2 3 3 2 12
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 0 2 2 1 7 12
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 3 1 1 4 3 12
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 5 1 4 2 0 12
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 2 1 3 4 11
LOGICVISION, INC. 2 6 2 1 0 11
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 3 1 3 4 0 11
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 2 5 0 2 11
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 3 4 2 1 11
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 2 1 1 1 6 11
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 1 4 0 4 2 11
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 0 1 3 6 10
DENSO CORPORATION 0 2 3 1 4 10
KINGSTON TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 3 2 0 3 2 10
MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION 1 0 0 1 8 10
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 2 2 5 0 10
QIMONDA AG 0 0 1 0 9 10
SANDISK IL LTD. 0 0 1 4 5 10
APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION 7 1 0 0 1 9
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. 0 0 0 6 3 9
DIGITAL FOUNTAIN, INC. 1 3 3 0 2 9
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. 0 0 0 1 8 9
NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 2 4 1 0 2 9
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 1 4 1 2 1 9
PMC-SIERRA LTD. 1 1 5 2 0 9
STMICROELECTRONICS N.V. 0 1 1 4 3 9
STMICROELECTRONICS PVT. LTD. 0 3 2 3 1 9
TEKTRONIX INC. 2 1 2 2 2 9
XIOTECH CORPORATION 6 3 0 0 0 9
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 0 3 1 0 4 8
MARVELL ISRAEL (MISL) LTD. 0 0 3 2 3 8
QUANTUM CORP. (CA) 1 4 0 1 2 8
RED HAT, INC. 0 1 0 0 7 8
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 2 1 2 1 2 8
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS JAPAN, INC. 1 1 3 2 1 8
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 1 4 2 0 1 8
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 3 1 2 2 8
3COM CORPORATION 5 2 0 0 0 7
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 1 2 1 2 1 7
ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 2 4 1 7
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 1 0 1 1 4 7
INAPAC TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 2 3 0 0 7
IROC TECHNOLOGIES 3 0 2 2 0 7
NETWORK EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGIES 2 1 2 1 1 7
NOVELL, INC. 2 1 1 0 3 7
OMRON CORPORATION 1 3 1 2 0 7
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 2 1 1 3 0 7
TRELLIS WARE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 0 1 5 7
XEROX CORPORATION 0 1 0 1 5 7
ACTEL CORPORATION 1 0 2 1 2 6
ADTRAN 2 2 0 2 0 6
AQUANTIA CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 5 6
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 0 1 3 1 6
AVAILIGENT, INC. 0 6 0 0 0 6
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 2 1 1 1 6
COMPELLENT TECHNOLOGIES 0 0 2 3 1 6
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC. 0 0 1 3 2 6
MAXWELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 3 2 1 6
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 2 1 1 1 1 6
NCR CORPORATION 3 2 0 0 1 6
ON-CHIP TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 4 0 0 1 6
RAYTHEON COMPANY 1 0 1 1 3 6
SILICON IMAGE, INC. 1 0 0 1 4 6
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 1 0 1 1 3 6
SPANSION LLC 1 2 1 0 2 6
TYCO TELECOMMUNICATIONS (US) INC. 1 1 3 0 1 6
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 1 1 1 2 1 6
VERITAS OPERATING CORPORATION 3 1 1 1 0 6
VIA TELECOM CO., LTD. 1 3 2 0 0 6
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 1 3 1 6
YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORP. 1 0 1 1 3 6
3PARDATA, INC. 5 0 0 0 0 5
ABB RESEARCH LTD. 2 3 0 0 0 5
AZUL SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 2 0 1 5
BOEING COMPANY 1 0 1 1 2 5
BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. 2 1 0 2 0 5
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2 1 0 0 2 5
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 2 2 0 0 1 5
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 0 0 0 0 5 5
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 2 5
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN, LTD. 2 1 1 1 0 5
INOVYS CORPORATION 4 0 0 1 0 5
LECROY CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 1 5
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 2 1 0 1 1 5
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 0 4 0 0 1 5
MARVELL SEMICONDUCTOR ISRAEL LTD. 1 1 3 0 0 5
MICREL INCORPORATED 0 0 1 4 0 5
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
NEWISYS, INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
NOKIA INC. 2 1 2 0 0 5
OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 0 0 1 2 2 5
OKI TECHNO CENTRE (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 1 3 1 0 0 5
PANASAS, INC. 1 1 1 0 2 5
QLOGIC CORPORATION 0 2 1 1 1 5
SEARETE LLC 0 0 0 4 1 5
SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
STRATUS TECHNOLOGIES BERMUDA LTD. 2 0 0 2 1 5
THE SHOREGROUP, INC. 2 1 0 2 0 5
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 0 0 2 2 1 5
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, THE REGENTS OF 1 2 0 1 1 5
VIR2US, INC. 1 0 0 3 1 5
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 3 2 0 0 0 5


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