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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting By Geographic Region (State and Country),
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2008 - 2012 Utility Patent Grants,
By Calendar Year of Grant

- Explanation of Data -

Rank Ordered Listing of Organizations Receiving 5 or More Utility Patents During the Period
Originating From

IRELAND

( patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor )

The following table displays first-named assignees and counts of their associated patents, as distributed by the year of patent grant.
First-Named Assignee 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 23 14 17 19 19 92
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 11 11 18 16 25 81
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 3 7 10 19 38 77
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. 6 8 11 13 10 48
SALVIAC LIMITED 1 3 17 14 10 45
XILINX, INC. 2 1 3 11 11 28
LOCTITE (R&D) LIMITED 4 2 6 7 4 23
MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC 2 0 8 4 7 21
INTEL CORPORATION 7 5 1 5 2 20
THE PROVOST, FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY AND UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH NEAR DUBLIN 4 2 4 2 8 20
DONNELLY CORPORATION 4 3 2 4 5 18
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 2 2 4 10 18
REDMERE TECHNOLOGY LTD. 0 0 4 9 5 18
DIGITALOPTICS CORPORATION EUROPE LIMITED 0 0 0 1 14 15
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 2 3 3 2 5 15
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 3 8 2 2 0 15
MERRION RESEARCH I LIMITED 0 4 3 4 3 14
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 1 0 1 3 8 13
DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY 1 2 2 1 6 12
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 1 2 3 1 5 12
ATROPOS LIMITED 1 3 0 4 3 11
FOTONATION VISION LIMITED 4 3 4 0 0 11
TDK CORPORATION 4 5 0 2 0 11
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 0 3 3 4 10
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 1 1 5 2 1 10
DAON HOLDINGS LIMITED 0 3 3 4 0 10
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN 1 2 4 1 1 9
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 2 0 0 4 2 8
HOLLISTER INCORPORATED 1 0 2 4 1 8
LOGITECH EUROPE S.A. 0 2 3 2 1 8
3COM CORPORATION 2 3 2 0 0 7
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, GALWAY 0 1 3 2 1 7
SKYPE LIMITED 0 0 0 2 5 7
TESSERA TECHNOLOGIES IRELAND LIMITED 0 0 0 7 0 7
UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK 1 0 3 1 2 7
ABBOTT LABORATORIES VASCULAR ENTERPRISES LIMITED 0 1 1 1 3 6
ELECTRO SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 0 2 4 0 6
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 3 0 3 6
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE-CORK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND 2 2 0 0 2 6
AMDOCS SOFTWARE SYSTEMS LIMITED 0 0 1 1 3 5
DOW CORNING IRELAND LIMITED 2 0 0 1 2 5
ED. GEISTLICH SOHNE AG FUR CHEMISCHE INDUSTRIE 1 0 0 4 0 5
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 0 0 3 2 0 5
INTUNE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 1 2 2 0 0 5
MEDTRONIC INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
NTERA LIMITED 3 2 0 0 0 5
ORBIS PATENTS LTD. 1 3 0 1 0 5


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