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

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2008 - 2012 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 719, Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (Ipc) (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 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 81 93 90 55 56 375
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 57 55 43 96 103 354
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 9 16 33 26 12 96
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 11 16 7 7 7 48
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 19 20 1 0 0 40
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 7 5 7 12 8 39
INTEL CORPORATION 8 7 8 8 5 36
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 4 6 13 6 7 36
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 14 10 7 31
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 5 4 4 9 28
EMC CORPORATION 1 7 5 3 9 25
APPLE, INC. 2 2 5 5 9 23
BEA SYSTEMS, INC. 5 7 9 0 0 21
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 1 2 5 1 6 15
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 2 3 4 2 4 15
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 7 0 5 1 2 15
GOOGLE, INC. 1 1 2 2 8 14
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 0 4 3 2 5 14
THE MATH WORKS, INC. 1 0 7 4 2 14
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 3 3 2 2 13
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 3 2 1 1 6 13
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 2 3 5 12
FUJITSU LIMITED 0 3 3 0 4 10
NVIDIA CORPORATION 1 3 0 4 2 10
RED HAT, INC. 1 0 1 2 6 10
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 1 0 3 5 10
UNISYS CORPORATION 4 3 1 0 2 10
VMWARE, INC. 0 1 3 0 6 10
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 1 0 3 3 2 9
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 1 2 0 2 4 9
HITACHI, LTD 2 3 2 2 0 9
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 3 4 1 1 9
SIEBEL SYSTEMS, INC. 2 3 3 0 1 9
SONY CORPORATION 4 0 0 1 3 8
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 2 1 2 2 1 8
NEXT SOFTWARE, INC. 0 4 0 1 2 7
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 1 2 1 2 1 7
SYMANTEC OPERATING CORPORATION 2 1 3 1 0 7
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 2 1 1 2 6
MCAFEE, INC. 1 0 4 0 1 6
QUALCOMM, INC. 1 1 1 0 3 6
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 2 1 1 1 6
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 2 0 0 2 2 6
ATI TECHNOLOGIES ULC 1 1 1 1 1 5
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 3 0 1 1 5
BROADCOM CORPORATION 1 0 0 1 3 5
CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
IONA TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 2 1 0 2 0 5
NOVELL, INC. 1 0 1 1 2 5
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 2 1 0 1 1 5
SOFTWARE AG 0 0 0 0 5 5
TOPIA TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5


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