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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 708, Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers)

( 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 20 20 22 30 50 142
INTEL CORPORATION 28 18 17 12 9 84
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 9 14 12 14 10 59
ALTERA CORPORATION 7 10 9 7 13 46
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 6 9 12 9 3 39
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 7 8 7 7 5 34
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 11 8 9 4 2 34
XILINX, INC. 6 4 9 8 7 34
NVIDIA CORPORATION 5 4 7 7 7 30
BROADCOM CORPORATION 8 9 6 1 4 28
QUALCOMM, INC. 2 5 6 7 5 25
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 11 9 3 0 0 23
ARM LIMITED 7 3 6 3 3 22
FUJITSU LIMITED 5 6 3 3 5 22
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 4 2 5 5 3 19
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 5 1 2 7 3 18
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 6 3 6 1 1 17
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2 4 4 4 2 16
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3 5 5 3 0 16
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 5 1 7 1 16
NXP B.V. 7 4 1 1 2 15
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 1 1 4 6 2 14
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 2 4 2 1 12
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 0 0 4 3 5 12
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 3 3 6 12
PANASONIC CORPORATION 1 4 3 1 3 12
ATMEL CORPORATION 1 1 3 1 5 11
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 2 1 4 2 2 11
APPLE, INC. 2 0 1 5 2 10
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 1 2 2 1 10
SONY CORPORATION 4 2 2 1 1 10
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 0 2 6 2 0 10
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 2 1 1 4 1 9
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 0 1 3 1 9
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 2 0 4 1 2 9
STMICROELECTRONICS PVT. LTD. 1 2 4 2 0 9
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 5 0 2 1 1 9
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 2 2 1 2 1 8
MEDIATEK INC. 1 1 1 1 4 8
MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 1 2 1 3 8
HARRIS CORP. 0 0 0 4 3 7
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 0 2 1 0 4 7
MOTOROLA, INC. 3 1 1 2 0 7
NOKIA CORPORATION 2 2 2 1 0 7
OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 0 1 1 4 1 7
AEROSPACE CORPORATION 1 4 1 0 0 6
HITACHI, LTD 0 1 1 1 3 6
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 2 0 1 2 1 6
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 0 1 5 6
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2 0 2 1 1 6
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 0 0 2 2 1 5
D-WAVE SYSTEMS INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
IP FIRST LLC 2 0 2 0 1 5
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATED SYSTEMS, L.P. 0 1 1 2 1 5
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 0 1 0 2 2 5
SANDIA CORPORATION 2 0 2 0 1 5
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 0 1 1 0 5
STMICROELECTRONICS (RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT) LIMITED 0 0 3 0 2 5
TABULA, INC. 0 0 3 1 1 5
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS 2 2 0 1 0 5


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