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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 712, Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (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
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 63 55 86 110 68 382
INTEL CORPORATION 48 37 31 33 28 177
ARM LIMITED 16 9 38 18 5 86
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 30 42 11 0 0 83
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 7 11 18 21 11 68
MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INC. 8 15 25 8 9 65
FUJITSU LIMITED 12 10 18 15 7 62
NVIDIA CORPORATION 7 18 10 12 14 61
QUALCOMM, INC. 4 12 19 11 11 57
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 18 20 10 48
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 7 12 10 8 2 39
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 3 2 11 12 8 36
ALTERA CORPORATION 5 6 6 11 4 32
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 15 3 6 4 4 32
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 9 4 8 8 2 31
PANASONIC CORPORATION 1 7 6 15 2 31
APPLE, INC. 6 5 1 10 7 29
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 2 4 8 6 7 27
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 2 4 8 8 26
BROADCOM CORPORATION 6 4 5 7 2 24
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 6 3 5 4 22
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 5 6 5 6 0 22
XILINX, INC. 3 7 8 2 2 22
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 3 0 7 6 5 21
NEC CORPORATION 2 2 5 4 8 21
NXP B.V. 4 6 5 5 1 21
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 5 1 6 4 5 21
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 9 6 5 0 0 20
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 7 3 5 2 3 20
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 1 8 9 18
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. 0 0 9 8 0 17
MICROUNITY SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, INC. 4 3 6 2 1 16
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 1 5 5 0 4 15
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 2 2 5 3 1 13
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 3 3 3 2 2 13
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 6 3 3 0 0 12
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 4 0 2 3 2 11
IP FIRST LLC 6 3 2 0 0 11
TILERA CORPORATION 1 3 4 0 3 11
VNS PORTFOLIO LLC 0 2 1 7 1 11
ATMEL CORPORATION 1 2 4 2 1 10
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5 1 1 2 1 10
INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I, LLC 0 0 0 4 5 9
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 9 0 0 0 0 9
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 5 4 0 0 9
HITACHI, LTD 1 4 2 1 0 8
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 1 0 4 2 1 8
RAMBUS, INC. 0 0 1 5 2 8
XMOS LIMITED 0 2 1 2 3 8
DENSO CORPORATION 0 0 2 4 1 7
QST HOLDINGS, L.L.C. 2 0 1 1 3 7
SILICON HIVE B.V. 0 1 2 2 2 7
APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION 1 0 3 2 0 6
ATI TECHNOLOGIES ULC 2 0 1 2 1 6
CLEARSPEED TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 1 3 2 0 0 6
IMAGINATION TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 2 1 0 1 2 6
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 1 6
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 0 0 0 4 2 6
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 0 2 0 2 2 6
SONY CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 2 6
STRETCH, INC. 1 5 0 0 0 6
COHERENT LOGIX INCORPORATED 1 0 0 3 1 5
CRAY INC. 3 0 1 0 1 5
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 1 2 1 0 5
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 0 0 2 2 1 5
NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
OVICS 0 0 0 2 3 5
SEARETE LLC 0 2 3 0 0 5
SYNOPSYS INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS 1 0 0 2 2 5


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