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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 710, Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Data 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 86 158 170 136 104 654
INTEL CORPORATION 64 67 74 51 55 311
HITACHI, LTD 33 24 35 41 42 175
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 27 25 41 35 42 170
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 33 18 33 28 31 143
APPLE, INC. 12 22 25 34 38 131
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 16 33 35 26 20 130
FUJITSU LIMITED 25 16 20 25 23 109
BROADCOM CORPORATION 12 21 23 28 20 104
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 11 26 24 23 17 101
LSI CORPORATION 7 15 23 27 28 100
SONY CORPORATION 11 14 17 25 32 99
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 14 21 25 16 20 96
EMC CORPORATION 17 17 14 15 14 77
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 18 22 16 15 6 77
PANASONIC CORPORATION 2 15 33 12 7 69
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 6 3 16 17 23 65
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 19 16 12 10 7 64
NVIDIA CORPORATION 15 16 13 12 7 63
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 8 13 13 16 13 63
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 9 13 12 11 15 60
XILINX, INC. 16 9 15 10 9 59
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 14 14 16 6 8 58
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 14 7 11 12 7 51
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 10 7 8 14 12 51
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 13 7 2 10 17 49
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 8 3 13 12 12 48
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 3 17 21 41
NXP B.V. 8 5 9 12 6 40
ARM LIMITED 5 4 11 9 8 37
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC. 5 6 10 11 4 36
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 11 16 9 0 0 36
ALTERA CORPORATION 6 5 9 8 6 34
ATEN INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 4 7 12 5 5 33
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 11 11 10 32
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 7 9 7 2 6 31
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 1 4 5 9 12 31
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 5 12 4 6 30
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 5 2 4 6 12 29
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 4 8 10 4 29
QUALCOMM, INC. 5 2 6 8 7 28
RAMBUS, INC. 2 10 2 7 7 28
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 4 5 3 2 12 26
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 3 4 9 8 26
SANDISK IL LTD. 2 2 7 7 8 26
EMULEX DESIGN & MANUFACTURING CORPORATION 3 2 10 7 3 25
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 3 5 7 3 7 25
NEC CORPORATION 5 2 9 5 4 25
QLOGIC CORPORATION 7 5 5 5 3 25
STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION 2 9 2 7 5 25
SUPER TALENT ELECTRONICS, INC. 3 2 10 5 5 25
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 2 2 8 7 5 24
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 3 2 8 4 5 22
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 6 4 12 22
MEDIATEK INC. 3 4 6 6 3 22
CROSSROADS SYSTEMS, INC. 2 3 5 10 0 20
NOKIA CORPORATION 3 6 2 4 4 19
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 0 2 6 6 5 19
SANDISK CORPORATION 5 6 5 3 0 19
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 3 3 3 6 4 19
ATI TECHNOLOGIES ULC 0 3 5 5 5 18
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 2 5 4 7 18
INVENTEC CORPORATION 5 6 3 3 0 17
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 2 6 5 4 0 17
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 3 7 3 3 0 16
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 3 3 10 0 0 16
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 6 6 4 0 0 16
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 7 2 4 2 1 16
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 0 0 1 5 9 15
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 1 3 4 3 4 15
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 2 3 2 4 4 15
BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. 4 3 2 1 4 14
NETAPP, INC. 2 1 2 2 7 14
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 3 1 6 3 14
ROUND ROCK RESEARCH, LLC 0 0 0 8 6 14
DOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP. 6 5 1 0 1 13
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 2 2 0 3 6 13
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 2 5 4 1 13
FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 0 5 7 0 0 12
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 0 1 1 4 6 12
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 0 1 7 3 1 12
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 1 4 3 1 3 12
SYMANTEC OPERATING CORPORATION 2 4 6 0 0 12
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 0 3 2 2 11
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 1 3 3 4 11
PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG 0 0 2 3 6 11
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 2 2 5 1 0 10
FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED 1 2 2 2 3 10
GOOGLE, INC. 0 0 1 2 7 10
PALM, INC. 0 4 6 0 0 10
SILICON IMAGE, INC. 1 2 3 2 2 10
SONICS, INC. 1 2 4 1 2 10
UNISYS CORPORATION 1 1 5 3 0 10
ATMEL CORPORATION 2 1 6 0 0 9
DENSO CORPORATION 1 7 1 0 0 9
FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 3 3 3 9
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 2 5 2 0 0 9
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 0 0 0 3 6 9
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 9 0 0 0 0 9
QUANTUM CORP. (CA) 0 4 2 1 2 9
XEROX CORPORATION 0 1 3 3 2 9
BOEING COMPANY 4 2 0 1 1 8
LANTIQ DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 0 0 2 4 2 8
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 4 1 3 0 0 8
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 3 3 2 0 0 8
PMC-SIERRA US, INC. 0 0 1 4 3 8
SILICON SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 2 1 2 8
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 1 0 3 2 2 8
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 0 2 3 1 8
FINISAR CORPORATION 1 0 2 2 2 7
LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED 0 0 1 4 2 7
MOTOROLA, INC. 2 4 1 0 0 7
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 2 2 2 1 7
NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 1 0 1 2 3 7
O2 MICRO INTERNATIONAL LTD. 6 1 0 0 0 7
OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 0 4 2 0 1 7
PHISON ELECTRONIC CORP. 2 2 0 1 2 7
QIMONDA AG 0 0 3 3 1 7
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 0 1 0 3 3 7
VMWARE, INC. 0 1 1 1 4 7
ALCATEL LUCENT 1 0 3 1 1 6
APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION 0 2 2 1 1 6
BECKHOFF AUTOMATION GMBH 0 0 1 4 1 6
BELKIN INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 1 2 2 1 6
DEARBORN GROUP, INC. 1 0 2 2 1 6
FEITIAN TECHNOLOGIES CO. LTD. 0 1 1 2 2 6
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 1 1 1 2 6
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 1 1 1 1 2 6
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 2 2 2 0 0 6
INVENSYS SYSTEMS, INC. 2 0 1 0 3 6
MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 4 0 2 0 6
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 6 0 0 0 0 6
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 1 1 0 0 4 6
P.A. SEMI, INC. 3 3 0 0 0 6
QUANTA COMPUTER INC. 0 3 2 1 0 6
SIGMATEL INC. 2 1 2 0 1 6
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 1 1 2 0 2 6
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 0 1 1 3 1 6
TERADICI CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 2 6
VIRIDENT SYSTEMS INC. 0 0 4 0 2 6
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 1 1 0 1 2 5
AUGMENTIX CORPORATION 0 1 0 2 2 5
AVOCENT CORPORATION 1 2 2 0 0 5
BUFFALO, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
COMMVAULT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 2 0 2 5
GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 0 2 1 2 5
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. 0 0 2 3 0 5
INFORTREND TECHNOLOGY INC. 0 0 3 0 2 5
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATED SYSTEMS, L.P. 2 0 3 0 0 5
MOXA, INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
NEC INFRONTIA CORPORATION 0 1 2 0 2 5
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. 1 0 1 3 0 5
PMC-SIERRA LTD. 0 2 3 0 0 5
REDPINE SIGNALS, INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
SOLARFLARE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 2 2 0 1 5
SPANSION LLC 1 0 1 0 3 5
SRC COMPUTERS, INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5
ST-ERICSSON SA 0 1 3 1 0 5
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 1 0 0 3 1 5
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 0 0 1 0 4 5
SYNOPSYS INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 1 1 1 2 0 5


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