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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 718, Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (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 48 74 87 91 254 554
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 14 17 39 32 55 157
INTEL CORPORATION 18 25 38 26 41 148
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 13 13 31 35 43 135
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 20 30 29 79
HITACHI, LTD 4 3 11 13 26 57
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 6 17 10 13 50
VMWARE, INC. 2 3 5 6 22 38
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 9 18 8 0 0 35
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 5 6 3 9 7 30
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 2 2 3 6 13 26
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 2 0 10 4 8 24
EMC CORPORATION 2 2 3 4 7 18
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 7 1 3 4 2 17
NVIDIA CORPORATION 2 2 0 7 6 17
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 0 2 2 7 6 17
FUJITSU LIMITED 1 1 1 4 9 16
MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 0 7 3 2 14
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 1 3 1 7 12
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 1 3 6 2 12
RED HAT, INC. 0 0 2 0 10 12
SONY CORPORATION 3 0 5 0 3 11
SYMANTEC OPERATING CORPORATION 3 3 4 1 0 11
NEC CORPORATION 3 1 1 1 4 10
NOKIA CORPORATION 2 3 0 2 3 10
XEROX CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 7 10
APPLE, INC. 1 1 3 1 3 9
BEA SYSTEMS, INC. 3 1 5 0 0 9
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 0 0 2 6 1 9
QUALCOMM, INC. 0 0 3 2 4 9
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 1 0 1 3 4 9
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 5 9
ADAPTIVE COMPUTING ENTERPRISES INC. 0 0 0 3 5 8
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 2 2 0 3 8
TERADATA US, INC. 2 1 0 0 5 8
UNISYS CORPORATION 5 2 0 1 0 8
CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 1 0 6 7
CRAY INC. 3 2 1 0 1 7
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 0 0 0 2 5 7
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 6 1 0 0 0 7
NETAPP, INC. 0 1 1 1 4 7
NOVELL, INC. 1 0 1 2 3 7
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 1 2 1 0 3 7
THE MATH WORKS, INC. 0 1 0 1 5 7
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 3 1 1 0 1 6
ARM LIMITED 0 1 2 0 3 6
AZUL SYSTEMS, INC. 0 3 1 0 2 6
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 0 1 2 3 6
GOOGLE, INC. 0 1 2 1 2 6
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 1 2 1 0 2 6
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 1 0 0 2 3 6
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 0 2 0 0 4 6
BROADCOM CORPORATION 1 0 1 2 1 5
CA, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 1 1 0 2 5
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 1 0 3 1 0 5


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