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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.
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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