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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 707, DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing)

( 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 366 481 637 718 757 2959
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 286 515 615 388 432 2236
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 83 95 186 198 177 739
GOOGLE, INC. 29 58 122 167 279 655
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 63 127 191 123 149 653
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 73 72 162 135 175 617
YAHOO, INC. 26 64 154 156 108 508
HITACHI, LTD 41 52 62 81 82 318
EMC CORPORATION 23 50 69 68 96 306
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 25 31 61 48 86 251
SONY CORPORATION 17 43 59 62 57 238
NETAPP, INC. 2 20 45 54 48 169
APPLE, INC. 7 14 44 36 65 166
FUJITSU LIMITED 25 14 31 31 57 158
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 14 25 42 37 38 156
TERADATA US, INC. 6 17 40 39 51 153
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 8 13 17 31 72 141
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 8 22 23 36 41 130
SYMANTEC OPERATING CORPORATION 17 21 46 27 19 130
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 7 4 24 39 39 113
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 6 30 28 40 107
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 9 15 22 25 31 102
COMMVAULT SYSTEMS, INC. 6 12 21 22 29 90
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 5 7 22 27 28 89
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 16 11 19 18 24 88
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 39 29 17 85
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. 21 13 20 16 10 80
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 3 18 26 18 13 78
AOL LLC 9 14 19 19 15 76
EBAY INC. 2 6 17 17 34 76
RED HAT, INC. 2 2 25 23 22 74
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 2 8 15 23 26 74
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 24 37 10 2 0 73
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 5 13 21 14 15 68
XEROX CORPORATION 11 10 18 11 18 68
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 7 15 20 11 9 62
NOKIA CORPORATION 8 6 16 16 15 61
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. 1 8 5 27 18 59
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 8 8 20 11 11 58
INTEL CORPORATION 14 12 11 6 13 56
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 9 19 9 17 54
SALESFORCE.COM, INC. 0 2 7 13 32 54
UNISYS CORPORATION 20 12 7 7 5 51
BEA SYSTEMS, INC. 16 15 18 1 0 50
NEC CORPORATION 3 2 15 7 22 49
NOVELL, INC. 3 9 16 8 11 47
BUSINESS OBJECTS SOFTWARE LTD. 0 5 12 9 20 46
A9.COM, INC. 4 4 10 14 13 45
BOEING COMPANY 4 1 15 8 13 41
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 6 6 9 6 14 41
INTUIT, INC. 1 3 13 16 6 39
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 1 6 7 12 13 39
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 3 8 7 9 11 38
SIEBEL SYSTEMS, INC. 6 8 13 10 1 38
SYBASE, INC. 4 2 11 7 13 37
AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC. 5 4 9 6 9 33
NHN CORPORATION 0 3 14 7 7 31
SAS INSTITUTE, INC. 2 4 12 5 6 29
UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA) 0 1 6 10 12 29
BMC SOFTWARE, INC. 0 3 10 5 10 28
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 11 7 10 28
NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 2 8 11 7 0 28
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 0 7 5 9 6 27
VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC. 0 0 4 8 15 27
AT&T CORP. 13 5 7 0 0 25
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 3 6 11 5 25
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 5 4 7 8 25
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 2 6 6 7 3 24
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 3 2 5 5 8 23
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 3 4 8 4 4 23
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 1 2 6 4 9 22
ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED 0 0 2 8 11 21
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 0 1 0 3 17 21
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 2 1 2 7 9 21
VEVEO, INC. 1 3 6 7 4 21
IAC SEARCH & MEDIA, INC. 4 1 5 6 3 19
ALCATEL LUCENT 1 4 3 4 6 18
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 4 3 2 3 6 18
INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I, LLC 0 0 2 4 12 18
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 3 3 2 2 8 18
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 1 3 6 4 3 17
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 1 3 8 0 5 17
TREND MICRO, INC. 0 4 2 5 6 17
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC. 1 2 3 6 4 16
BROADCOM CORPORATION 3 2 3 6 2 16
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 1 1 5 3 6 16
ISILON SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 10 4 0 16
THE MATH WORKS, INC. 0 3 2 6 5 16
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 1 1 7 3 4 16
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 4 0 3 4 4 15
IRON MOUNTAIN INCORPORATED 0 3 7 2 3 15
QUEST SOFTWARE, INC. 1 1 1 4 8 15
VMWARE, INC. 0 0 4 4 7 15
ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES GMBH 5 3 5 0 1 14
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 4 4 1 5 14
DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. 0 0 1 1 12 14
EXPANSE NETWORKS, INC. 0 0 3 6 5 14
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 5 3 4 2 14
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. 3 3 6 0 2 14
MCAFEE, INC. 0 1 5 4 4 14
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 1 4 6 3 0 14
CA, INC. 0 0 0 0 13 13
FACEBOOK, INC. 0 0 3 2 8 13
GRAVIC, INC. 1 3 3 3 3 13
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 1 1 1 3 7 13
JUMPTAP, INC. 0 2 3 1 7 13
LEXISNEXIS RISK & INFORMATION ANALYTICS GROUP INC. 0 0 0 1 12 13
RAYTHEON COMPANY 1 1 2 3 6 13
ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. 1 5 5 1 0 12
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 2 1 2 3 4 12
LSI CORPORATION 0 3 1 4 4 12
NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA, INC. 1 0 5 2 4 12
QURIO HOLDINGS, INC. 1 2 6 3 0 12
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 0 2 7 1 2 12
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 2 0 2 2 6 12
CHACHA SEARCH, INC. 0 0 1 4 6 11
NAVTEQ NORTH AMERICA, LLC. 1 1 5 4 0 11
NCR CORPORATION 8 3 0 0 0 11
S. GRANTS CO., LTD. 0 0 0 1 10 11
SEISINT, INC. 2 0 7 2 0 11
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 0 1 3 2 5 11
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 1 0 2 2 6 11
AUTODESK, INC. 1 1 1 3 4 10
ENDECA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 2 1 5 1 10
ENPULZ, LLC 0 0 0 2 8 10
HARRIS CORP. 0 1 4 3 2 10
I2 TECHNOLOGIES US, INC. 0 0 10 0 0 10
NETEZZA CORPORATION 3 3 3 1 0 10
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 2 2 1 4 10
REALNETWORKS, INC. 1 1 5 1 2 10
SANDISK IL LTD. 0 1 2 2 5 10
SIEMENS PRODUCT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE INC. 2 1 1 2 4 10
SONICWALL, INC. 0 1 4 4 1 10
THOMSON REUTERS GLOBAL RESOURCES 0 3 1 3 3 10
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 0 2 2 5 1 10
VERIZON BUSINESS GLOBAL LLC 0 0 4 4 2 10
WEST SERVICES, INC. 0 4 3 1 2 10
AB INITIO TECHNOLOGY LLC 0 1 2 4 2 9
ACTUATE CORPORATION 0 1 5 2 1 9
AMDOCS SOFTWARE SYSTEMS LIMITED 0 0 4 2 3 9
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE 0 3 0 3 3 9
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 3 4 1 9
CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 4 2 2 9
CROSSROADS SYSTEMS, INC. 0 4 1 4 0 9
F5 NETWORKS, INC., 0 2 1 2 4 9
FRANCE TELECOM 1 3 2 3 0 9
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 2 1 0 1 5 9
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 1 2 1 3 2 9
HYPERION SOLUTIONS CORPORATION 4 1 3 1 0 9
IANYWHERE SOLUTIONS, INC. 1 3 1 1 3 9
INFORMATICA CORPORATION 1 0 1 1 6 9
INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 0 0 4 3 2 9
INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION INDUSTRY 0 0 1 5 3 9
LYCOS, INC. 1 3 1 2 2 9
MICROSTRATEGY, INC. 2 1 0 4 2 9
PERFECT SEARCH CORPORATION 0 0 3 3 3 9
PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION 1 1 3 0 4 9
QNX SOFTWARE SYSTEMS GMBH & CO. KG 3 1 1 4 0 9
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 3 4 1 9
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 3 1 2 3 9
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 3 2 1 0 3 9
UBS AG 0 3 2 2 2 9
AMADEUS S.A.S. 0 1 1 2 4 8
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC. 7 1 0 0 0 8
BURNSIDE ACQUISITION, LLC 7 1 0 0 0 8
BUSINESS OBJECTS, S.A. 1 0 2 4 1 8
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. 1 2 1 2 2 8
INFOBLOX, INC. 1 1 1 2 3 8
KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION 0 0 0 0 8 8
MEKIKI CO., LTD. 0 3 1 1 3 8
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 1 2 1 2 2 8
NHN BUSINESS PLATFORM CORPORATION 0 0 3 3 2 8
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 3 2 2 0 1 8
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 2 1 1 4 0 8
OVERTURE SERVICES, INC. 7 0 1 0 0 8
PALMSOURCE INC. 2 1 5 0 0 8
PERMABIT TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 2 5 1 8
SAP FRANCE S.A. 0 0 0 2 6 8
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 2 2 2 2 0 8
SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC. 3 1 2 1 1 8
SOFTWARE AG 1 2 0 1 4 8
TIGERLOGIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 5 3 8
WAL-MART STORES, INC. 0 0 2 1 5 8
AISIN AW CO., LTD. 0 0 0 4 3 7
APPLIED MINDS, INC. 0 1 1 2 3 7
AT& T MOBILITY II LLC 1 0 0 3 3 7
AUDIENCESCIENCE INC. 0 0 2 3 2 7
BAYNOTE, INC. 0 2 4 0 1 7
BEYONDCORE, INC. 0 0 3 4 0 7
CBS INTERACTIVE, INC. 0 1 1 1 4 7
COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION 3 3 1 0 0 7
EMBARQ HOLDINGS COMPANY LLC 0 1 4 0 2 7
EXPERIAN MARKETING SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 0 3 2 2 7
FTI TECHNOLOGY LLC 0 0 2 2 3 7
KAYAK SOFTWARE CORPORATION 0 2 3 1 1 7
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 0 1 2 3 1 7
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 7 0 0 0 0 7
NEC (CHINA) CO., LTD. 0 0 0 2 5 7
NEXTLABS, INC. 0 0 2 1 4 7
NVIDIA CORPORATION 0 3 1 1 2 7
OPEN TEXT S.A. 0 0 0 0 7 7
PALM, INC. 0 4 2 1 0 7
PIONEER CORPORATION 0 1 1 4 1 7
PRECISE SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 1 1 5 0 7
QUANTUM CORP. (CA) 1 0 1 2 3 7
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 4 0 0 0 7
STRANDS, INC. 0 0 4 3 0 7
TURBO DATA LABORATORIES INC. 1 1 1 4 0 7
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, POSTAL SERVICE 0 1 4 0 2 7
ALGEBRAIX DATA CORPORATION 0 0 3 3 0 6
ALPINE ELECTRONICS INC. 0 3 0 1 2 6
ARENA SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 3 1 1 1 6
BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 2 3 0 6
CATERPILLAR INC. 2 1 1 2 0 6
CLARIA CORPORATION 1 3 2 0 0 6
DATADOMAIN, INC. 2 2 2 0 0 6
DATASCOUT, INC. 0 0 6 0 0 6
DIGIMARC CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 3 6
DOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP. 0 1 3 0 2 6
FAIR ISAAC CORPORATION 2 0 0 2 2 6
GEMSTAR DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 2 6
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC. 0 1 0 2 3 6
ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 0 1 3 0 2 6
INNOPATH SOFTWARE, INC. 2 0 2 2 0 6
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 0 1 1 1 3 6
LEXIS-NEXIS 0 0 1 0 5 6
LIMELIGHT NETWORKS, INC. 0 0 1 2 3 6
MITRE CORPORATION 2 1 0 1 2 6
MYPOINTS.COM INC. 0 2 2 1 1 6
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 0 1 0 2 3 6
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 0 3 2 1 0 6
PARALLELS HOLDINGS, LTD. 0 0 2 4 0 6
PIXAR 0 1 2 3 0 6
PREMIER INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATES, LLC 0 0 4 1 1 6
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 0 2 2 2 0 6
SONOA NETWORKS INDIA (PVT) LTD. 0 0 0 4 2 6
VERISIGN, INC. 1 0 1 0 4 6
VERIZON LABORATORIES INC. 1 0 2 1 2 6
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY 0 1 1 2 2 6
WEBROOT SOFTWARE, INC. 3 3 0 0 0 6
XANAVI INFORMATICS CORPORATION 1 0 0 3 2 6
XILINX, INC. 2 2 1 0 1 6
ACRONIS INC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED 0 0 0 0 5 5
ANCESTRY.COM OPERATIONS INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
BLOOMBERG FINANCE L.P. 1 0 1 0 3 5
BLUEARC UK LIMITED 1 0 0 2 2 5
CELLCO PARTNERSHIP 0 0 1 0 4 5
CERNER INNOVATION, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
CLEVERSAFE, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 2 1 1 0 1 5
COUPONS.COM INCORPORATED 0 1 1 1 2 5
DUN & BRADSTREET, INC. 1 1 2 1 0 5
EBRARY, INC. 1 0 1 1 2 5
FACTIVA, INC. 0 1 2 2 0 5
IMS SOFTWARE SERVICES, LTD. 1 0 2 1 1 5
INITIATE SYSTEMS, INC. 0 3 2 0 0 5
INQUIRA, INC. 0 0 3 2 0 5
IXREVEAL, INC. 0 2 2 1 0 5
JUSTSYSTEMS EVANS RESEARCH INC. 4 0 0 1 0 5
KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION 0 3 1 1 0 5
LEXISNEXIS RISK DATA MANAGEMENT INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 0 1 2 1 1 5
MATCH.COM, L.L.C. 0 1 1 2 1 5
MERCED SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
MICROSOFT INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS B.V. 0 0 3 2 0 5
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 2 1 1 1 5
MORGAN STANLEY 0 1 2 1 1 5
MOTOROLA-MOBILITY, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
NEXTAIR CORPORATION 0 2 0 2 1 5
PILLAR DATA SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 4 0 0 5
QUALCOMM, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
REBIT, INC. 0 1 0 2 2 5
RECOMMIND INC. 1 0 2 1 1 5
RED BEND LTD. 0 2 1 0 2 5
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
SANBOLIC, INC. 1 3 0 1 0 5
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 2 3 0 0 5
SENTILLION INC. 0 1 2 2 0 5
SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC. 0 0 3 1 1 5
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA INC. 0 1 1 3 0 5
SONY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED 0 2 2 1 0 5
SWSOFT HOLDINGS, LTD. 3 1 1 0 0 5
TARGIT A/S 0 1 3 1 0 5
TELENOR ASA 0 1 4 0 0 5
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 2 1 1 0 1 5
TOPIX LLC 0 0 2 1 2 5
TROUX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 1 2 0 5
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS, INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
UT-BATTELLE, LLC 1 0 3 1 0 5
VIZIBILITY INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
WORKDAY, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
XCERION AKTIEBOLAG 0 0 0 0 5 5
YAMAHA CORPORATION 3 0 0 1 1 5
ZI CORPORATION OF CANADA, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5


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