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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 341, Coded Data Generation or Conversion

( 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. 36 42 26 26 15 145
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 34 33 25 22 23 137
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 27 28 34 15 17 121
SONY CORPORATION 21 21 22 16 17 97
BROADCOM CORPORATION 25 22 15 17 9 88
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 25 22 20 14 7 88
PANASONIC CORPORATION 2 20 26 20 12 80
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 13 20 19 20 7 79
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 18 9 23 15 9 74
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 15 13 17 15 6 66
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 9 14 7 19 13 62
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 12 17 7 15 8 59
MEDIATEK INC. 8 9 14 21 6 58
NXP B.V. 11 16 7 13 7 54
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 13 4 10 17 5 49
FUJITSU LIMITED 9 1 3 18 14 45
QUALCOMM, INC. 4 10 13 7 10 44
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 2 25 14 41
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 9 13 5 5 6 38
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 21 7 5 2 1 36
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 3 7 5 9 8 32
ADVANTEST CORP. 6 7 5 7 4 29
INTEL CORPORATION 12 3 9 2 2 28
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 7 10 3 2 5 27
RED HAT, INC. 0 10 10 4 3 27
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 7 8 6 4 1 26
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 6 2 7 4 6 25
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 23 1 0 0 0 24
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 8 6 10 0 0 24
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 8 5 1 5 4 23
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 4 1 10 5 3 23
ALTERA CORPORATION 9 1 4 4 3 21
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5 3 4 1 8 21
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 1 2 3 4 11 21
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 8 6 3 3 1 21
DENSO CORPORATION 6 5 6 2 1 20
HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 4 7 3 2 4 20
INTERSIL AMERICAS INC. 1 0 3 6 10 20
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 7 2 3 4 4 20
ATMEL CORPORATION 4 2 5 4 4 19
NEC CORPORATION 6 2 4 5 2 19
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 3 0 9 5 2 19
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 5 6 4 2 18
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 2 6 4 4 2 18
LSI CORPORATION 0 3 6 7 2 18
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 2 3 1 4 7 17
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 5 5 1 1 5 17
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 2 6 4 3 2 17
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 3 2 4 4 17
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 4 2 4 4 3 17
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 10 5 2 0 0 17
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 5 0 5 5 2 17
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 2 3 4 4 3 16
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 4 5 3 4 0 16
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 2 4 5 3 2 16
APPLE, INC. 2 2 7 4 0 15
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 3 4 2 4 2 15
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 2 0 13 15
NOKIA CORPORATION 5 2 4 3 1 15
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 4 5 3 2 0 14
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 8 4 2 0 0 14
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 5 3 3 2 1 14
OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 1 5 5 3 0 14
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 5 1 4 1 3 14
HITACHI, LTD 3 2 4 2 2 13
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 0 2 3 5 3 13
HIMAX MEDIA SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 1 4 6 1 12
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 3 4 2 0 3 12
SAMPLIFY SYSTEMS, INC. 1 3 4 3 0 11
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 5 1 1 1 2 10
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 2 1 1 3 3 10
KENET, INC. 1 2 4 3 0 10
MOTOROLA, INC. 4 2 4 0 0 10
NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY 0 1 1 7 1 10
NVIDIA CORPORATION 5 2 1 2 0 10
SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY ACADEMIC RESEARCH CENTER 0 2 2 3 3 10
ZILOG, INC. 7 1 2 0 0 10
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 0 0 1 5 3 9
MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 1 1 4 1 2 9
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 4 2 0 0 9
APTINA IMAGING CORPORATION 0 5 2 1 0 8
ATI TECHNOLOGIES ULC 3 1 1 1 2 8
EXAR CORPORATION 1 2 4 1 0 8
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 1 3 3 8
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 3 2 1 0 2 8
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 1 1 1 2 3 8
NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 3 2 3 0 0 8
RAYTHEON COMPANY 0 2 1 3 2 8
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 4 3 0 0 8
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 0 2 1 2 3 8
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 1 0 2 3 2 8
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 0 3 3 1 1 8
XILINX, INC. 3 2 0 1 2 8
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 1 0 2 2 2 7
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 2 3 1 0 7
CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. 2 2 0 3 0 7
FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 0 4 3 0 0 7
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELEKTRONICA CENTRUM (IMEC VZW) 0 0 3 1 3 7
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2 1 2 1 1 7
NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY 0 1 3 0 3 7
RAMBUS, INC. 1 0 2 0 4 7
REALTIME DATA, LLC 5 0 2 0 0 7
ROHM CO., LTD. 2 3 1 0 1 7
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 2 1 2 2 0 7
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 4 1 1 0 1 7
SIGMATEL INC. 3 3 1 0 0 7
TERADYNE, INC. 2 3 1 0 1 7
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 2 1 1 3 0 7
WOLFSON MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 0 2 3 2 0 7
CAMBRIDGE SILICON RADIO LIMITED 0 0 0 1 5 6
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 1 4 0 0 1 6
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 3 2 1 6
GOOGLE, INC. 0 1 2 1 2 6
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 1 0 1 2 2 6
HONG KONG APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO. LTD. 1 1 3 0 1 6
HYPRES, INC. 1 1 2 1 1 6
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 3 0 1 0 2 6
MEDTRONIC INC. 2 3 1 0 0 6
MOTOROLA-MOBILITY, INC. 0 0 0 4 2 6
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 6 0 0 0 0 6
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 3 0 2 0 6
ST-ERICSSON SA 0 0 0 2 4 6
TEKTRONIX INC. 2 0 3 0 1 6
THALES 3 0 0 1 2 6
YAMAHA CORPORATION 0 2 1 2 1 6
AUSTRIAMICROSYSTEMS AG 0 0 2 2 1 5
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 2 0 0 3 0 5
CHI MEI COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
COSMIC CIRCUITS PRIVATE LIMITED 0 3 1 0 1 5
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 0 2 2 0 1 5
MICRONAS GMBH 3 0 2 0 0 5
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR GERMANY AG 4 1 0 0 0 5
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY 1 1 0 2 1 5
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 2 0 1 0 2 5
OPTICHRON, INC. 3 1 1 0 0 5
ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO., KG 1 2 2 0 0 5
SIFLARE, INC 0 0 2 3 0 5
VERIGY PTE LTD 2 0 3 0 0 5


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