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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 716, Computer-Aided Design and Analysis of Circuits and Semiconductor Masks

( 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 138 124 180 246 211 899
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 45 68 98 89 112 412
XILINX, INC. 59 61 50 64 65 299
SYNOPSYS INC. 30 46 45 67 91 279
ALTERA CORPORATION 51 34 36 32 62 215
FUJITSU LIMITED 42 16 36 45 42 181
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 30 29 33 37 42 171
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 26 29 43 13 19 130
LSI CORPORATION 35 21 14 21 30 121
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 9 8 10 13 36 76
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 2 27 43 72
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 14 10 11 19 18 72
NEC CORPORATION 9 7 11 9 24 60
MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION 2 5 10 15 23 55
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 7 9 11 7 11 45
PANASONIC CORPORATION 1 14 13 9 8 45
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 0 0 10 19 14 43
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 13 6 11 8 1 39
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 2 7 11 9 10 39
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 8 16 9 0 0 33
INTEL CORPORATION 11 8 4 4 5 32
FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 0 18 11 0 0 29
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 8 9 12 29
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 20 5 0 0 0 25
TELA INNOVATIONS, INC. 1 3 6 7 7 24
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 6 7 3 7 24
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 12 10 1 0 0 23
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 4 4 1 4 9 22
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 6 3 4 4 4 21
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 4 8 3 3 3 21
ASML MASKTOOLS, B.V. 3 7 5 2 2 19
LUMINESCENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 2 8 7 1 19
TABULA, INC. 2 6 2 5 3 18
BROADCOM CORPORATION 5 2 0 4 6 17
MAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION, INC. 9 0 2 6 0 17
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 17 0 0 0 0 17
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 4 4 3 3 17
INVENTEC CORPORATION 3 7 2 0 4 16
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 2 5 3 5 1 16
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 0 2 4 2 7 15
PULSIC LIMITED 2 2 4 2 5 15
ASML NETHERLANDS B.V. 1 2 2 5 4 14
ELPIDA MEMORY, INC. 1 0 12 0 1 14
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 6 0 0 0 8 14
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 1 4 5 4 14
SONY CORPORATION 1 0 3 4 6 14
SPRINGSOFT USA, INC. 0 2 3 7 2 14
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 1 3 2 6 2 14
ACTIVE-SEMI, INC. 0 1 1 2 8 12
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 0 2 1 8 12
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 2 2 2 4 2 12
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. 0 0 6 3 3 12
HITACHI, LTD 1 1 3 3 4 12
CALYPTO DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 2 2 4 11
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 3 2 2 1 3 11
PDF SOLUTIONS, INC. 4 2 4 1 0 11
APPLE, INC. 0 1 1 0 8 10
ARM LIMITED 0 1 0 6 3 10
JASPER DESIGN AUTOMATION, INC. 4 1 1 1 3 10
NUFLARE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 3 4 3 10
NXP B.V. 1 3 1 2 3 10
QUALCOMM, INC. 0 0 2 2 6 10
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 4 4 1 0 1 10
GRADIENT DESIGN AUTOMATION, INC. 5 2 1 0 1 9
KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION 0 1 0 5 3 9
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 3 0 5 0 9
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 2 0 3 3 1 9
TAKUMI TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 4 0 2 2 9
THE MATH WORKS, INC. 1 2 1 3 2 9
ACHRONIX SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 2 1 0 5 8
ATRENTA, INC. 1 3 2 2 0 8
DONGBU HITEK CO., LTD. 0 1 3 3 1 8
FARADAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 4 3 1 0 0 8
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 0 2 1 3 2 8
QIMONDA AG 1 2 4 1 0 8
RAMBUS, INC. 2 0 2 1 3 8
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 2 3 0 0 8
SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 2 5 1 0 0 8
SPRING SOFT INC. 1 1 2 0 4 8
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELEKTRONICA CENTRUM (IMEC VZW) 0 0 2 3 2 7
KLA-TENCOR TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 2 3 1 0 1 7
MICRONIC LASER SYSTEMS AB 2 1 1 2 1 7
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 2 1 2 2 0 7
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 2 1 0 2 2 7
SAGE SOFTWARE, INC. 0 1 2 4 0 7
SOLIDO DESIGN AUTOMATION INC. 0 0 3 3 1 7
TENSILICA, INC. 3 1 0 1 2 7
ACTEL CORPORATION 1 2 0 1 2 6
GAUDA, INC. 0 1 2 0 3 6
NANGATE A/S 0 0 0 3 3 6
OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 0 0 4 2 0 6
APPLIED MATERIALS ISRAEL LTD. 1 3 0 0 1 5
BOEING COMPANY 0 1 2 0 2 5
BRION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 3 0 0 5
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 0 1 2 0 2 5
NVIDIA CORPORATION 2 0 1 2 0 5
OTRSOTECH, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 0 0 0 2 3 5
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 3 1 1 0 0 5
SYNTEST TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 0 1 1 1 5
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 0 1 1 1 2 5


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