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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 330, Amplifiers

( 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
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 27 21 32 19 23 122
BROADCOM CORPORATION 15 22 22 18 17 94
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 32 19 18 7 7 83
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 21 16 17 10 15 79
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 26 15 19 8 5 73
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 8 10 23 13 17 71
PANASONIC CORPORATION 3 19 25 11 4 62
FUJITSU LIMITED 11 8 13 17 11 60
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 12 17 11 10 6 56
NXP B.V. 6 3 10 20 14 53
QUALCOMM, INC. 0 3 13 21 16 53
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 8 13 6 11 13 51
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 3 17 27 47
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 6 17 11 5 7 46
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 0 6 7 15 16 44
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 4 13 11 6 5 39
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 9 8 7 7 37
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 9 11 15 0 0 35
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. 7 7 4 9 6 33
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 4 12 11 2 3 32
NEC CORPORATION 11 4 10 4 2 31
YAMAHA CORPORATION 7 4 6 8 6 31
MEDIATEK INC. 4 8 8 6 3 29
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 6 7 3 9 3 28
INTEL CORPORATION 10 9 5 2 0 26
HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC. 5 4 9 5 1 24
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 8 4 5 2 4 23
RF MICRO DEVICES, INC. 7 3 3 4 6 23
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 4 2 8 4 3 21
NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 3 5 3 4 5 20
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES WIRELESS IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 4 6 4 4 1 19
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 7 4 3 3 2 19
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 6 4 5 3 1 19
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 19 0 0 0 0 19
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 10 7 2 0 0 19
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 6 5 4 3 0 18
TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTORS, INC. 4 3 4 3 4 18
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 10 4 2 1 0 17
SONY CORPORATION 5 3 3 2 3 16
BLACK SAND TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 3 4 1 5 15
RAYTHEON COMPANY 1 5 2 5 2 15
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 5 7 0 1 15
INTERSIL AMERICAS INC. 1 3 2 4 4 14
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 2 8 2 2 0 14
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 2 4 3 3 1 13
FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 2 5 4 1 1 13
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 5 3 1 1 3 13
NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY 3 4 4 2 0 13
RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 0 4 6 3 13
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 3 5 1 3 13
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 5 4 0 0 4 13
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 4 5 1 2 1 13
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 0 1 4 4 3 12
MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS, INC. 3 2 2 4 1 12
MOTOROLA, INC. 7 2 3 0 0 12
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 1 3 3 3 2 12
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 3 2 2 3 1 11
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 3 3 2 2 1 11
PARKERVISION, INC. 4 1 1 4 1 11
THALES 0 3 2 5 1 11
ANPEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 3 1 3 1 2 10
HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 0 3 5 0 2 10
INTEGRANT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 7 3 0 0 0 10
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 1 5 1 3 0 10
OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 1 3 4 1 1 10
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 3 2 2 2 1 10
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 4 0 3 1 2 10
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 0 0 0 4 6 10
VIASAT, INC. 0 2 0 4 4 10
AUSTRIAMICROSYSTEMS AG 1 0 3 4 1 9
D2AUDIO CORPORATION 2 3 3 1 0 9
HIMAX ANALOGIC, INC. 0 3 5 1 0 9
INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORPORATION 4 4 0 1 0 9
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 8 1 0 0 0 9
ROHM CO., LTD. 4 1 2 2 0 9
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 1 2 1 0 5 9
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC 0 2 3 3 1 9
ST-ERICSSON SA 0 0 4 2 3 9
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 7 2 0 0 0 9
ANADIGICS, INC. 4 2 0 0 2 8
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 0 2 2 1 3 8
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 3 1 0 3 1 8
MEDIATEK SINGAPORE PTE LTD 0 2 3 3 0 8
QUANTANCE, INC. 1 0 3 3 1 8
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 3 2 0 0 8
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 2 2 2 1 1 8
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 1 4 1 0 2 8
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 0 0 3 3 1 7
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2 4 1 0 0 7
MICRO MOBIO CORPORATION 1 3 2 0 1 7
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR GERMANY AG 4 2 0 1 0 7
NUJIRA LIMITED 0 1 0 1 5 7
PEREGRINE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 4 7
PRINCETON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 2 1 1 1 7
AMAZING MICROELECTRONIC CORPORATION 0 0 2 3 1 6
ATMEL GERMANY GMBH 4 2 0 0 0 6
AXIOM MICRODEVICES, INC. 1 1 3 1 0 6
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 2 1 1 2 0 6
DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR GMBH 0 1 0 2 3 6
FINISAR CORPORATION 2 3 1 0 0 6
HITACHI, LTD 2 0 1 2 1 6
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 0 0 2 2 2 6
NEWPORT MEDIA, INC. 3 2 0 0 1 6
NOKIA CORPORATION 2 1 1 2 0 6
PROJECT FT, INC. 0 0 3 2 1 6
RALINK TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 2 3 1 6
XILINX, INC. 0 0 4 0 2 6
ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 1 0 2 0 5
AMALFI SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 2 0 0 1 2 5
ASAHI KASEI EMD CORPORATION 1 0 4 0 0 5
ASP TECHNOLOGIES 5 0 0 0 0 5
ATMEL CORPORATION 0 3 0 1 1 5
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 5 0 0 0 0 5
HARRIS CORP. 2 0 2 1 0 5
HONG KONG APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO. LTD. 0 0 2 1 2 5
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 0 1 0 2 2 5
ICOM INC. 1 2 2 0 0 5
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 2 1 1 5
JM ELECTRONICS LTD. LLC 1 0 0 3 1 5
MEDTRONIC INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5
PMC-SIERRA LTD. 0 2 2 0 1 5
RICHWAVE TECHNOLOGY CORP. 2 0 1 2 0 5
SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY ACADEMIC RESEARCH CENTER 2 3 0 0 0 5
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. 1 0 1 1 2 5
WOLFSON MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 1 0 1 0 3 5
ZARBANA DIGITAL FUND LLC 4 0 0 0 1 5


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