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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 715, DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (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
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 271 314 318 206 216 1325
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 117 208 180 203 271 979
APPLE, INC. 21 41 73 69 99 303
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 35 37 86 48 63 269
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 35 43 75 43 46 242
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 17 25 57 64 58 221
SONY CORPORATION 18 32 47 31 54 182
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 17 33 47 36 47 180
GOOGLE, INC. 3 16 17 26 83 145
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 24 22 19 36 27 128
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 14 13 22 27 27 103
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 5 11 19 27 34 96
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 11 21 26 15 21 94
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 3 7 23 16 34 83
XEROX CORPORATION 10 11 23 15 19 78
YAHOO, INC. 4 10 14 28 19 75
NOKIA CORPORATION 6 9 23 12 19 69
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 13 9 16 13 16 67
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 5 10 12 11 22 60
AOL LLC 12 11 11 12 11 57
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 5 7 14 15 16 57
FUJITSU LIMITED 16 12 14 6 6 54
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 3 12 13 12 11 51
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 5 10 9 13 10 47
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 8 13 14 7 42
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 8 11 3 11 37
INTUIT, INC. 0 1 9 14 10 34
AUTODESK, INC. 2 12 7 4 7 32
EMC CORPORATION 8 6 7 8 3 32
INTEL CORPORATION 10 5 5 5 7 32
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 6 6 6 7 7 32
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 9 5 2 5 8 29
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 7 13 6 0 0 26
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 4 4 7 9 25
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 2 5 5 11 24
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 5 5 4 3 5 22
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 3 2 1 6 10 22
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 3 1 4 10 3 21
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 2 1 4 6 7 20
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 2 2 4 2 9 19
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 0 4 4 3 8 19
BEA SYSTEMS, INC. 3 4 10 1 0 18
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 5 5 4 3 1 18
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 8 4 6 18
HITACHI, LTD 2 5 3 2 4 16
SIEBEL SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 10 2 2 16
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 2 3 5 5 1 16
BUSINESS OBJECTS SOFTWARE LTD. 1 0 4 6 4 15
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 4 2 0 3 6 15
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 0 7 5 14
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 1 2 7 3 1 14
YAMAHA CORPORATION 2 2 3 2 5 14
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 3 2 5 2 1 13
EBAY INC. 1 1 3 3 5 13
RED HAT, INC. 1 0 4 2 6 13
THE MATH WORKS, INC. 1 2 3 4 3 13
VISTAPRINT TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 3 2 3 2 3 13
NEC CORPORATION 5 2 1 3 1 12
PALM, INC. 2 5 5 0 0 12
SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC. 2 2 4 2 2 12
ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES GMBH 4 3 3 1 0 11
ALCATEL LUCENT 1 2 2 2 4 11
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 2 1 3 1 4 11
DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. 0 1 0 0 9 10
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 3 3 4 10
QUALCOMM, INC. 0 1 0 1 8 10
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 1 3 5 10
SAS INSTITUTE, INC. 0 2 5 2 1 10
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 0 2 3 1 4 10
BOEING COMPANY 1 0 3 3 2 9
KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION 0 3 2 2 2 9
TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 2 1 4 2 9
ACCESS CO., LTD. 0 1 0 5 2 8
AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC. 3 0 2 1 2 8
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 1 4 2 1 8
BUSINESS INTEGRITY LIMITED 3 1 1 1 2 8
CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 2 2 3 8
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 1 2 1 3 1 8
VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC. 0 0 0 2 6 8
ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED 0 0 1 1 5 7
CYBERLINK CORPORATION 0 0 1 3 3 7
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 2 0 1 4 0 7
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 1 1 2 2 1 7
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2 0 3 2 0 7
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 2 2 0 0 3 7
MCAFEE, INC. 0 1 3 1 2 7
NBOR CORPORATION 1 3 2 1 0 7
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 2 2 0 2 1 7
NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 0 2 3 2 7
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 4 1 0 1 1 7
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 0 0 1 0 6 7
UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS, INC. 1 1 1 3 1 7
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC. 6 0 0 0 0 6
AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 3 1 1 6
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 2 1 1 2 6
CORE MOBILITY, INC. 4 0 2 0 0 6
FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 1 3 2 6
JLB VENTURES LLC 1 2 1 1 1 6
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 0 1 0 4 6
MAYA-SYSTEMS INC. 0 0 0 3 3 6
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 3 0 0 1 6
NINTENDO CO., LTD. 1 1 0 1 3 6
NOVELL, INC. 2 1 2 1 0 6
OPEN INVENTION NETWORK, LLC 1 1 2 1 1 6
TVWORKS, LLC 0 2 3 1 0 6
ALPINE ELECTRONICS INC. 1 0 3 0 1 5
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. 1 2 1 0 1 5
AT& T MOBILITY II LLC 2 1 1 0 1 5
DASSAULT SYSTEMES 0 0 4 1 0 5
DENSO CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 2 5
DRAEGER MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
ECOM-SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 2 1 1 5
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 2 1 2 0 0 5
HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 0 1 2 0 2 5
HTC CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 5 5
INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY (IGT) 0 2 2 1 0 5
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 0 3 1 0 1 5
PALMSOURCE INC. 2 3 0 0 0 5
SHUTTERFLY, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
SONY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED 0 1 1 0 3 5
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 1 0 2 0 2 5
VERIZON CORPORATE SERVICES GROUP INC. 1 2 0 1 1 5


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