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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 711, Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital 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 261 277 299 315 395 1547
HITACHI, LTD 212 162 174 220 250 1018
INTEL CORPORATION 131 110 83 86 92 502
EMC CORPORATION 51 74 56 51 60 292
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 27 38 47 77 75 264
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 68 32 47 44 46 237
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 49 36 48 43 57 233
FUJITSU LIMITED 49 28 27 40 59 203
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 33 33 25 33 60 184
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 28 31 35 33 39 166
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 79 62 22 0 0 163
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 19 13 31 41 59 163
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 43 68 41 152
NETAPP, INC. 5 12 30 43 47 137
SYMANTEC OPERATING CORPORATION 31 30 29 16 4 110
NVIDIA CORPORATION 18 24 16 13 25 96
SANDISK CORPORATION 24 22 21 24 1 92
SONY CORPORATION 16 16 16 15 25 88
LSI CORPORATION 6 8 15 16 34 79
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 20 9 26 20 75
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. 32 14 13 5 10 74
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 8 9 16 18 22 73
BROADCOM CORPORATION 12 16 16 16 11 71
SANDISK IL LTD. 6 4 12 22 26 70
APPLE, INC. 3 2 16 15 32 68
COMMVAULT SYSTEMS, INC. 9 8 14 15 16 62
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 6 9 8 19 18 60
ARM LIMITED 4 12 7 17 19 59
VMWARE, INC. 3 11 6 16 22 58
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 7 13 11 9 16 56
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 7 6 6 8 28 55
QUALCOMM, INC. 8 9 10 11 15 53
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 5 3 4 13 25 50
PHISON ELECTRONIC CORP. 1 0 2 16 29 48
RAMBUS, INC. 17 11 3 6 11 48
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 6 9 9 9 14 47
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 11 10 10 8 6 45
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 16 10 4 10 5 45
NEC CORPORATION 9 8 10 5 11 43
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 20 7 6 5 4 42
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 14 9 5 7 6 41
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 0 8 30 38
NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 9 7 10 6 4 36
SPANSION LLC 1 7 4 8 16 36
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC. 2 4 10 12 7 35
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 10 8 2 10 35
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 3 4 5 13 9 34
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 11 3 4 5 11 34
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 1 17 15 33
MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 11 9 7 4 32
SILICON MOTION, INC. 0 1 1 6 24 32
RED HAT, INC. 2 4 4 4 17 31
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 8 7 6 1 8 30
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 1 2 6 10 9 28
MEDIATEK INC. 10 4 2 4 8 28
NXP B.V. 5 6 6 6 5 28
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 6 7 7 6 2 28
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 15 5 6 1 0 27
SUPER TALENT ELECTRONICS, INC. 1 2 8 9 7 27
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. 0 2 10 8 5 25
INVENTEC CORPORATION 5 5 5 7 3 25
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 9 3 4 5 3 24
ALTERA CORPORATION 5 6 2 6 4 23
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 2 6 7 6 2 23
XILINX, INC. 4 4 4 4 7 23
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 8 1 7 5 1 22
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 1 6 3 4 6 20
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 7 5 2 1 4 19
QIMONDA AG 0 3 8 5 3 19
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 4 4 3 8 0 19
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 0 0 5 6 7 18
UNITY SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 1 5 9 3 18
GOOGLE, INC. 0 0 0 2 15 17
NOKIA CORPORATION 1 3 5 3 5 17
QUANTUM CORP. (CA) 3 1 5 4 4 17
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 3 4 2 4 4 17
ROUND ROCK RESEARCH, LLC 0 0 3 9 5 17
TDK CORPORATION 1 2 3 2 9 17
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 3 5 4 4 16
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 2 4 2 3 5 16
UNISYS CORPORATION 8 5 1 1 1 16
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 0 0 2 12 16
ATMEL CORPORATION 3 4 2 4 2 15
WARATEK PTY LTD. 0 1 3 7 4 15
ACRONIS INC. 3 2 3 6 0 14
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 2 4 6 0 2 14
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 2 1 3 5 3 14
MARVELL ISRAEL (MISL) LTD. 1 0 1 3 9 14
PIVOT 3, INC. 0 0 0 2 12 14
TILERA CORPORATION 1 2 5 2 4 14
AZUL SYSTEMS, INC. 5 3 2 2 1 13
CRAY INC. 2 7 1 1 2 13
CROSSROADS SYSTEMS, INC. 5 1 3 4 0 13
DOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP. 4 3 3 2 1 13
VIRIDENT SYSTEMS INC. 0 0 2 4 7 13
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 3 3 2 4 12
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 1 3 5 3 0 12
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 11 0 0 0 0 11
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 2 6 3 0 0 11
SIGMATEL INC. 2 6 3 0 0 11
DATARAM, INC. 3 0 0 6 1 10
FUSION-IO, INC. 0 0 0 4 6 10
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 2 1 2 1 4 10
LEXAR MEDIA, INC. 3 3 2 2 0 10
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 1 0 1 6 2 10
RMI CORPORATION 5 5 0 0 0 10
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 0 2 1 3 4 10
YAHOO, INC. 4 1 2 1 2 10
GENESYS LOGIC, INC. 3 0 2 4 0 9
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 1 4 2 2 9
IMATION CORP. 0 0 0 1 8 9
INFORTREND TECHNOLOGY INC. 2 1 1 2 3 9
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 0 2 1 2 9
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 1 0 1 2 5 9
MEGACHIPS CORPORATION 0 0 3 5 1 9
MTEK VISION CO., LTD. 0 0 3 1 5 9
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 1 0 2 3 3 9
SKYMEDI CORPORATION 0 0 1 3 5 9
STEC, INC. 0 1 2 4 2 9
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 3 1 0 1 4 9
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 0 0 2 4 3 9
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 1 2 4 8
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 1 4 2 0 8
CLEVERSAFE, INC. 0 2 1 2 3 8
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 0 0 2 2 4 8
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 7 1 0 0 0 8
NOVELL, INC. 0 0 4 1 3 8
QST HOLDINGS, L.L.C. 1 0 1 5 1 8
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 2 0 0 4 2 8
TEPLIN APPLICATION LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 2 6 0 0 0 8
A-DATA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 0 0 1 6 7
ATI TECHNOLOGIES ULC 2 3 0 0 2 7
DENSO CORPORATION 1 1 0 3 2 7
FALCONSTOR, INC. 4 1 0 1 1 7
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 3 1 0 1 2 7
ITE TECH. INC. 0 1 2 1 3 7
QUEST SOFTWARE, INC. 0 0 0 3 4 7
SILICON SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 3 0 4 7
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 1 1 0 3 2 7
VIGNETTE SOFTWARE, LLC 0 0 3 4 0 7
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 3 3 6
CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 2 1 3 6
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 0 0 0 4 2 6
NETAC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 1 1 2 2 6
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 1 1 3 1 6
RED HAT ISRAEL, LTD. 0 0 0 0 6 6
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 2 2 2 0 6
SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC. 0 0 3 3 0 6
SILVER PEAK SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 1 1 4 6
ST-ERICSSON SA 0 0 2 1 3 6
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 0 1 2 0 6
TRANSMETA CORPORATION 5 1 0 0 0 6
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION 2 1 1 1 1 6
ADAPTEC, INC. 2 3 0 0 0 5
AGIGA TECH INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 2 0 1 0 2 5
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 0 1 2 2 5
AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 2 1 1 5
BUFFALO, INC. 1 0 0 1 3 5
EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC 0 0 0 0 5 5
FOUNDRY NETWORKS, INC. 0 1 1 3 0 5
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 1 1 0 0 5
GEMALTO SA 0 0 1 2 2 5
INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I, LLC 0 0 2 1 2 5
ISILON SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 2 2 0 5
OVERLAND STORAGE, INC. 1 0 0 1 3 5
QIMONDA NORTH AMERICA CORP. 1 1 2 1 0 5
QNX SOFTWARE SYSTEMS GMBH & CO. KG 0 0 4 1 0 5
SANDFORCE, INC. 0 0 3 1 1 5
SANDISK 3D LLC 1 0 2 0 2 5
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 1 3 1 5
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 4 1 0 0 0 5
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 0 1 3 1 0 5
STMICROELECTRONICS PVT. LTD. 1 1 0 1 2 5
TEXAS MEMORY SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 2 0 3 5
TOSHIBA STORAGE DEVICE CORPORATION 0 0 1 4 0 5
TREK 2000 INTERNATIONAL LTD. 0 0 2 1 2 5
VIZIONCORE, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5


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