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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 704, DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing)

( 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 96 110 113 84 96 499
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 71 55 45 67 69 307
NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 3 25 59 85 82 254
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. 6 36 37 63 49 191
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 30 23 43 32 53 181
PANASONIC CORPORATION 2 26 41 31 46 146
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 10 15 37 31 51 144
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 7 9 19 32 32 99
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 2 6 23 23 35 89
SONY CORPORATION 31 11 13 14 15 84
NOKIA CORPORATION 15 18 21 9 13 76
GOOGLE, INC. 2 4 7 12 50 75
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 11 18 15 12 9 65
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 15 16 13 11 5 60
FUJITSU LIMITED 8 4 12 20 16 60
BROADCOM CORPORATION 7 9 8 18 13 55
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 8 7 11 7 18 51
NEC CORPORATION 8 8 7 7 16 46
APPLE, INC. 6 8 6 17 8 45
XEROX CORPORATION 5 9 11 8 12 45
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 1 6 1 14 19 41
AT&T CORP. 32 3 2 1 0 38
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. 9 5 3 8 13 38
INTEL CORPORATION 14 9 4 4 7 38
QUALCOMM, INC. 4 5 4 8 17 38
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 1 5 5 8 18 37
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 7 10 2 8 8 35
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 0 1 4 11 17 33
FRANCE TELECOM 5 4 11 1 10 31
DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION 9 4 1 5 10 29
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 7 3 8 5 6 29
MOTOROLA, INC. 9 8 9 0 0 26
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 2 9 2 7 25
VOICEBOX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 4 3 6 11 25
QNX SOFTWARE SYSTEMS, LTD. 0 0 0 0 24 24
YAMAHA CORPORATION 6 5 1 5 5 22
DENSO CORPORATION 5 5 4 3 4 21
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 4 5 3 4 5 21
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 3 5 4 7 20
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 7 1 5 1 6 20
WEST CORPORATION 1 1 4 4 9 19
PHOENIX SOLUTIONS, INC. 2 2 10 2 2 18
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 7 4 4 2 1 18
CODING TECHNOLOGIES AB 3 4 2 5 3 17
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 5 4 0 2 6 17
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 1 1 5 5 5 17
MINDSPEED TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 4 2 4 3 17
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 16 0 0 0 0 16
MULTIMODAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 3 3 5 4 15
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 1 2 5 3 4 15
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 6 5 1 2 1 15
KABUSHIKI KAISHA KENWOOD 2 3 7 0 2 14
MOTOROLA-MOBILITY, INC. 0 0 0 4 10 14
QNX SOFTWARE SYSTEMS CO. 0 0 2 12 0 14
STMICROELECTRONICS ASIA PACIFIC PTE LIMITED 2 2 4 2 4 14
HITACHI, LTD 2 3 2 3 3 13
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 5 0 2 3 3 13
SONY DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 3 1 6 2 1 13
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DIRECTOR NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY 5 1 5 0 1 12
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 2 4 0 2 4 12
VOICE SIGNAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 4 5 2 1 12
ALPINE ELECTRONICS INC. 1 4 1 2 3 11
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 2 2 1 3 11
DICTAPHONE CORPORATION 1 2 5 3 0 11
GENERAL MOTORS LLC 0 0 4 5 2 11
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 2 1 3 4 1 11
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 0 0 2 5 4 11
SENSORY, INC. 1 1 3 2 4 11
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 0 1 3 5 2 11
EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE 1 0 4 2 3 10
INTELLISIST, INC. 2 0 1 2 5 10
LOQUENDO S.P.A. 1 2 2 2 3 10
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 0 1 6 1 2 10
TEGIC COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 2 2 2 1 3 10
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 1 4 2 9
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 2 1 2 1 3 9
NICE SYSTEMS LTD. 0 0 3 3 3 9
NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS AUSTRIA GMBH 0 0 1 2 6 9
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 0 2 2 3 2 9
SIEBEL SYSTEMS, INC. 2 3 2 1 1 9
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 3 1 1 1 3 9
VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC. 0 0 0 2 7 9
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 1 0 4 2 1 8
ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. 0 2 6 0 0 8
CAMBRIDGE SILICON RADIO LIMITED 0 0 1 0 7 8
HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GMBH 5 0 1 1 1 8
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0 1 3 4 0 8
VERINT AMERICAS INC. 0 0 2 3 3 8
VOICEAGE CORPORATION 0 1 2 3 2 8
YAHOO, INC. 2 0 2 2 2 8
DIGIMARC CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 3 7
DIGITAL VOICE SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 0 3 3 7
LANGUAGE WEAVER, INC. 1 1 4 1 0 7
NEXIDIA INC. 0 2 1 2 2 7
QNX SOFTWARE SYSTEMS (WAVEMAKERS), INC. 0 4 3 0 0 7
ROBERT BOSCH CORPORATION 1 0 1 5 0 7
SHAW STROZ LLC 2 1 1 2 1 7
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 0 0 1 5 1 7
TELLABS OPERATIONS INC. 3 0 0 3 1 7
VERIZON CORPORATE SERVICES GROUP INC. 5 1 1 0 0 7
ABBYY SOFTWARE LTD. 0 0 0 1 5 6
CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 2 0 0 2 2 6
DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG 2 1 0 1 2 6
DIGITAL RISE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 1 0 2 3 6
DTS, INC. 1 0 1 1 3 6
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 2 1 2 1 0 6
GLOBALENGLISH CORPORATION 2 0 2 1 1 6
RAYTHEON BBN TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 0 0 2 0 4 6
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 0 0 1 3 2 6
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 0 2 1 3 0 6
SRI INTERNATIONAL 1 2 3 0 0 6
SVOX AG 0 1 1 2 2 6
TELLME NETWORKS, INC. 0 2 2 1 1 6
VOCOLLECT, INC. 0 0 1 3 2 6
AOL LLC 1 0 1 2 1 5
AUDIOEYE, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 1 3 0 1 0 5
EASTERN INVESTMENTS, LLC 5 0 0 0 0 5
ESCRIPTION, INC. 0 1 0 2 2 5
FORTEMEDIA, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
HONDA RESEARCH INSTITUTE EUROPE GMBH 0 0 0 4 1 5
ITTIAM SYSTEMS (P) LTD. 0 1 4 0 0 5
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 0 0 1 3 1 5
LUMEN VOX, LLC 3 0 0 2 0 5
MEDIATEK INC. 2 0 0 2 1 5
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1 0 1 2 1 5
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY 1 2 1 1 0 5
NOVELL, INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 0 0 2 2 5
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 1 0 1 2 1 5
SONY ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT LLC 0 1 1 3 0 5
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
THE NIELSEN COMPANY (U.S.), L.L.C. 0 0 2 1 2 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 0 0 0 3 2 5
UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION 0 0 2 3 0 5
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 1 1 2 0 1 5
WORDRAKE HOLDINGS, LLC 0 0 0 4 1 5


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