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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 726, Information Security

( 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 66 135 158 135 172 666
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 64 110 122 143 182 621
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 32 55 63 63 99 312
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 22 41 46 44 55 208
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 15 32 41 45 59 192
SONY CORPORATION 23 32 26 39 30 150
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 23 23 19 30 39 134
INTEL CORPORATION 18 16 28 21 38 121
MCAFEE, INC. 17 13 23 25 36 114
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 12 15 21 37 89
TREND MICRO, INC. 4 7 18 29 30 88
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 5 3 13 21 40 82
PANASONIC CORPORATION 2 14 20 21 17 74
FUJITSU LIMITED 9 12 14 19 16 70
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 2 4 12 17 32 67
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 3 7 14 12 30 66
HITACHI, LTD 14 6 13 14 14 61
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 4 7 9 20 20 60
NOKIA CORPORATION 7 19 5 15 13 59
NOVELL, INC. 7 8 21 11 8 55
EMC CORPORATION 3 5 9 13 20 50
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 6 9 10 15 8 48
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 5 9 9 21 44
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 1 4 8 13 17 43
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 3 3 8 10 19 43
ALCATEL LUCENT 2 5 5 15 15 42
GOOGLE, INC. 0 1 3 11 27 42
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 4 9 5 23 42
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 12 15 12 39
KASPERSKY LAB, ZAO 3 10 4 8 13 38
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 12 22 4 0 0 38
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 6 5 10 1 13 35
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. 1 2 5 12 14 34
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 2 2 5 10 14 33
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 1 2 4 10 16 33
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 2 3 11 8 9 33
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 7 5 9 3 7 31
FORTINET, INC. 1 1 7 8 12 29
NEC CORPORATION 3 6 4 2 12 27
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 0 7 8 11 26
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 8 8 7 25
CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 4 8 10 25
AOL LLC 3 5 4 8 4 24
APPLE, INC. 1 0 4 3 16 24
BEA SYSTEMS, INC. 6 5 12 1 0 24
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 2 0 4 7 11 24
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 1 3 8 7 5 24
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 3 4 12 4 0 23
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 5 4 4 6 22
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 1 2 4 4 11 22
NETAPP, INC. 0 4 1 10 5 20
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 3 15 19
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 2 1 7 2 7 19
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 1 4 3 8 17
QUALCOMM, INC. 0 2 2 8 5 17
RED HAT, INC. 0 0 1 5 11 17
INTERTRUST TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 2 0 4 3 7 16
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 1 4 2 4 5 16
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 0 2 3 4 6 15
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 1 2 1 2 9 15
SONICWALL, INC. 2 1 3 3 6 15
ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. 0 7 5 2 0 14
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 4 10 14
VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC. 0 0 0 4 10 14
VMWARE, INC. 0 0 4 4 6 14
XEROX CORPORATION 1 4 3 3 3 14
AT& T MOBILITY II LLC 1 0 3 3 6 13
FOUNDRY NETWORKS, INC. 0 3 4 2 4 13
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 3 0 3 1 6 13
YAHOO, INC. 2 2 4 4 1 13
ARCSIGHT, INC. 2 3 6 1 0 12
BOEING COMPANY 0 1 1 6 4 12
EBAY INC. 0 1 2 4 5 12
AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC. 1 2 2 0 6 11
FRANCE TELECOM 2 1 5 0 3 11
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 0 2 2 2 5 11
INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I, LLC 0 0 1 3 7 11
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 2 1 0 2 6 11
WEBROOT SOFTWARE, INC. 0 3 1 3 4 11
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 0 1 0 1 8 10
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 4 6 10
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 1 1 4 4 0 10
GEMALTO SA 0 0 2 3 5 10
NVIDIA CORPORATION 0 0 3 4 3 10
NXP B.V. 1 3 3 0 3 10
VERIZON CORPORATE SERVICES GROUP INC. 1 1 3 4 1 10
AIRDEFENSE, INC. 2 1 1 2 3 9
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 4 2 2 0 1 9
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 4 0 1 4 9
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 1 0 0 7 1 9
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 2 1 1 4 1 9
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 0 2 2 1 4 9
VERIZON BUSINESS GLOBAL LLC 0 0 6 2 1 9
VERIZON SERVICES CORP. 1 0 1 6 1 9
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 4 2 1 1 0 8
AT&T CORP. 2 3 3 0 0 8
CA, INC. 0 0 0 0 8 8
CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 3 1 1 2 8
F5 NETWORKS, INC., 3 1 2 1 1 8
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 2 0 1 3 2 8
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 1 1 2 4 8
NAGRAVISION S.A. 0 0 0 3 5 8
NDS LIMITED 0 1 2 2 3 8
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 2 5 0 1 0 8
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 0 0 2 1 5 8
RIVERBED TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 6 1 1 8
SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P. 1 2 1 4 0 8
TELECOM ITALIA S.P.A. 0 1 0 3 4 8
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC. 7 0 0 0 0 7
CYBERSOFT, INC. 2 1 2 1 1 7
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 1 2 2 1 1 7
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. 1 0 2 1 3 7
MACROVISION CORPORATION 3 1 3 0 0 7
MUSIC PUBLIC BROADCASTING, INC. 1 0 0 1 5 7
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 0 1 4 0 2 7
SOFTEX INCORPORATED 0 0 0 0 7 7
SOPHOS PLC 0 0 0 1 6 7
SYMANTEC OPERATING CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 3 7
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 2 1 3 7
A10 NETWORKS INC. 0 0 1 1 4 6
ARCHITECTURE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 1 2 0 2 6
DIGIMARC CORPORATION 0 2 1 0 3 6
FINJAN, INC. 0 0 1 3 2 6
IMPERVA, INC 0 0 2 3 1 6
INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY (IGT) 0 2 0 2 2 6
INTUIT, INC. 0 1 0 1 4 6
IRONPORT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 5 1 0 6
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 0 0 2 1 3 6
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 0 0 1 4 6
MU DYNAMICS, INC. 0 0 0 2 4 6
PORTAUTHORITY TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 3 1 0 1 6
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 0 2 2 6
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 0 2 2 0 2 6
ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION 0 0 1 4 1 6
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 0 1 5 6
SECURE COMPUTING CORPORATION 1 5 0 0 0 6
STONESOFT CORPORATION 4 0 1 0 1 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, POSTAL SERVICE 1 0 3 2 0 6
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION 0 0 1 4 1 6
ARM LIMITED 1 1 1 1 1 5
ARXCEO CORPORATION 2 0 1 1 1 5
BRIDGEWATER SYSTEMS CORP. 1 0 0 0 4 5
CITIBANK N.A. 1 1 0 1 2 5
CITICORP DEVELOPMENT CENTER, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
CPACKET NETWORKS INC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
DELL MARKETING USA, L.P. 0 3 1 1 0 5
DIGITAL DOORS, INC. 1 1 2 0 1 5
ENTERASYS NETWORKS, INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
FACEBOOK, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
FIRST DATA CORPORATION 0 1 2 2 0 5
GEORGE MASON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. 0 3 0 1 1 5
GRAPHON CORPORATION 5 0 0 0 0 5
GUARDIAN DATA STORAGE, LLC 0 1 1 1 2 5
HARRIS CORP. 0 0 2 0 3 5
HITWISE PTY. LTD. 1 0 1 2 1 5
INFOEXPRESS, INC. 0 1 0 1 3 5
KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION 1 0 1 0 3 5
MACROVISION EUROPE LIMITED 1 0 4 0 0 5
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 3 2 0 0 0 5
MESSAGELABS LIMITED 1 4 0 0 0 5
MOTOROLA, INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
MOTOROLA-MOBILITY, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 2 0 0 1 2 5
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
QURIO HOLDINGS, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
REALNETWORKS, INC. 1 0 2 2 0 5
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 2 0 2 0 1 5
SCENERA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 0 1 2 0 2 5
SOURCEFIRE, INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 0 1 2 2 0 5
TIME WARNER CABLE, INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA) 0 0 1 2 2 5
VOLTAGE SECURITY, INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
ZSCALER, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5


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