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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 365, Static Information Storage and Retrieval

( 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
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 259 313 378 329 324 1603
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 153 217 331 327 215 1243
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 163 186 190 231 297 1067
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 215 178 178 240 235 1046
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 85 98 108 71 72 434
SANDISK CORPORATION 139 149 71 42 2 403
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 62 75 70 78 72 357
ELPIDA MEMORY, INC. 36 45 77 67 82 307
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 125 37 26 17 18 223
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 17 104 92 213
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 106 62 41 4 0 213
SPANSION LLC 40 37 51 50 17 195
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 25 59 50 36 21 191
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 2 2 29 84 70 187
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 27 30 28 15 65 165
INTEL CORPORATION 34 44 30 28 25 161
QIMONDA AG 19 20 61 46 13 159
PANASONIC CORPORATION 8 35 43 35 29 150
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 27 22 26 26 30 131
SANDISK 3D LLC 13 29 30 22 29 123
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 26 30 30 17 15 118
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 5 22 26 33 27 113
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 0 34 67 101
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 0 0 18 40 33 91
FUJITSU LIMITED 45 12 8 12 10 87
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 28 22 37 0 0 87
QUALCOMM, INC. 2 9 15 23 37 86
UNITY SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 10 6 12 26 26 80
ATMEL CORPORATION 25 19 14 12 7 77
ALTERA CORPORATION 17 10 9 23 14 73
SONY CORPORATION 17 15 7 12 22 73
HITACHI, LTD 18 18 18 10 8 72
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 8 9 18 10 23 68
FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 0 40 27 0 0 67
NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 15 7 15 26 3 66
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 13 8 21 14 7 63
NEC CORPORATION 6 8 15 15 18 62
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 29 6 13 8 5 61
OVONYX, INC. 10 5 12 16 15 58
RAMBUS, INC. 6 7 9 14 22 58
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 19 22 8 7 1 57
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 9 14 16 8 9 56
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 20 14 8 10 3 55
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 4 6 11 11 18 50
XILINX, INC. 9 9 16 7 9 50
NXP B.V. 9 8 8 11 11 47
APPLE, INC. 0 7 6 11 21 45
QIMONDA NORTH AMERICA CORP. 8 19 17 1 0 45
BROADCOM CORPORATION 6 6 11 12 8 43
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 12 12 7 8 4 43
ROUND ROCK RESEARCH, LLC 0 0 6 15 19 40
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 10 7 6 8 8 39
ARM LIMITED 5 6 7 13 7 38
SANDISK IL LTD. 3 6 7 15 6 37
SK HYNIX INC. 0 0 0 0 35 35
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 5 9 7 10 3 34
OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 1 11 8 5 9 34
SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 7 3 15 4 4 33
LSI CORPORATION 5 4 6 4 13 32
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 32 0 0 0 0 32
NAN YA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 4 2 8 11 7 32
ELITE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY TECHNOLOGY INC. 10 4 4 5 7 30
SAIFUN SEMICONDUCTORS, LTD. 11 8 11 0 0 30
MAGIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 9 7 5 3 28
ACTEL CORPORATION 6 10 5 2 2 25
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 3 4 4 10 4 25
GRANDIS, INC. 4 7 5 5 4 25
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 4 6 6 5 4 25
E-MEMORY TECHNOLOGY, INC. 9 3 2 4 6 24
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 1 1 4 10 8 24
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 10 5 5 3 1 24
ANOBIT TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 1 1 5 12 4 23
ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 3 6 5 7 23
TDK CORPORATION 8 5 5 2 2 22
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 4 9 3 3 0 19
STMICROELECTRONICS PVT. LTD. 6 4 3 0 6 19
VIRAGE LOGIC CORPORATION 2 5 12 0 0 19
APLUS FLASH TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5 0 3 1 9 18
MEDIATEK INC. 2 5 4 4 3 18
SYNOPSYS INC. 2 0 0 11 5 18
NOVELICS, LLC 4 2 9 2 0 17
NSCORE INC. 5 6 4 0 2 17
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 6 7 4 0 0 17
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 7 3 1 5 1 17
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 6 6 2 0 2 16
NVIDIA CORPORATION 0 6 7 1 2 16
CONTOUR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 2 4 4 3 2 15
MOSYS, INCORPORATED 3 5 2 3 2 15
ZENO SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 0 0 4 11 15
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 0 3 7 2 2 14
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 6 2 1 1 14
NANTERO, INC. 2 2 6 4 0 14
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 4 4 6 0 0 14
CROCUS TECHNOLOGY S.A. 0 1 1 3 8 13
HALO LSI, INC. 6 0 0 3 4 13
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 3 1 3 2 4 13
INNOVATIVE SILICON ISI SA 0 11 2 0 0 13
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 12 1 0 0 0 13
STEC, INC. 2 1 1 6 3 13
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 1 1 2 2 12
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 3 2 5 2 0 12
NETLIST, INC. 0 3 0 7 2 12
SOLID STATE STORAGE SOLUTIONS, LLC 6 2 1 3 0 12
FLASHSILICON INCORPORATION 1 3 4 3 0 11
T-RAM SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 5 0 2 4 0 11
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 4 1 2 1 2 10
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 1 0 0 7 2 10
DONGBU HITEK CO., LTD. 1 0 2 2 5 10
INTERSIL AMERICAS INC. 0 2 1 3 4 10
INVISAGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 3 3 4 10
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 0 1 0 4 5 10
ROHM CO., LTD. 2 0 1 3 4 10
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC 1 1 1 4 3 10
SIDENSE CORP. 0 1 2 4 3 10
SKYMEDI CORPORATION 3 1 2 3 1 10
SPANSION ISRAEL LTD. 0 0 0 4 6 10
GOOGLE, INC. 0 0 1 2 6 9
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES FLASH GMBH & CO. KG 5 3 1 0 0 9
MAGSIL CORPORATION 1 0 4 2 2 9
NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY 0 0 4 2 3 9
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 0 0 3 1 5 9
SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL (SHANGHAI) CORPORATION 0 0 3 1 5 9
APTINA IMAGING CORPORATION 0 5 1 1 1 8
EVERSPIN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 3 1 1 2 8
FARADAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 1 0 1 5 8
GENUSION, INC. 0 2 1 3 2 8
MARVELL ISRAEL (MISL) LTD. 3 0 1 2 2 8
QIMONDA FLASH GMBH & CO. KG 2 4 2 0 0 8
SUPER TALENT ELECTRONICS, INC. 3 2 1 2 0 8
ADESTO TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 2 1 0 0 4 7
AVALANCHE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 0 1 6 7
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. 0 1 1 3 2 7
JONKER LLC 0 0 5 2 0 7
KILOPASS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 3 0 1 1 7
KINGSTON TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 1 2 2 2 0 7
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 2 4 1 7
PROMOS TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD. 1 1 2 2 1 7
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 2 3 1 0 7
AGATE LOGIC, INC. 0 0 2 3 1 6
AXON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 1 0 1 1 3 6
BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY 0 0 1 1 4 6
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2 0 3 1 0 6
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 0 0 1 2 6
HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 1 0 1 1 3 6
INVENSAS CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 6 6
MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR, LTD. 0 1 2 1 2 6
NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY 0 2 1 2 1 6
POWERCHIP SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 2 1 2 1 0 6
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 1 3 1 1 6
SIGMATEL INC. 3 0 1 1 1 6
STMICROELECTRONICS (CROLLES 2) SAS 0 1 2 2 1 6
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 2 1 2 1 0 6
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 1 1 2 0 2 6
ZMOS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 2 1 2 0 6
ACER INCORPORATED 0 0 1 2 2 5
AUSTRIAMICROSYSTEMS AG 0 1 0 1 3 5
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 1 0 0 0 5
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES 0 0 1 1 3 5
FUNAI ELECTRIC ADVANCED APPLIED TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 1 2 2 0 0 5
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELEKTRONICA CENTRUM (IMEC VZW) 1 1 1 1 1 5
METARAM, INC. 1 4 0 0 0 5
PHISON ELECTRONIC CORP. 1 0 1 2 1 5
PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION 1 2 1 1 0 5
RAMOT AT TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY LTD. 0 0 1 3 1 5
S. AQUA SEMICONDUCTOR LLC 0 0 0 4 1 5
SILICON SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 1 2 2 0 0 5
SUVOLTA, INC. 0 0 4 1 0 5
THIN FILM ELECTRONICS ASA 2 0 2 0 1 5
TOSHIBA AMERICA RESEARCH, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
UNITED MEMORIES, INC. 2 3 0 0 0 5
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 2 1 1 0 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 2 0 1 1 1 5
YIELD MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 1 0 0 0 4 5


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