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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 717, DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (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
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 152 199 220 285 467 1323
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 95 172 215 129 177 788
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 24 38 71 60 62 255
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 31 23 45 26 30 155
INTEL CORPORATION 29 26 42 27 23 147
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 54 31 38 123
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 14 15 36 25 30 120
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 55 38 19 0 1 113
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 10 5 27 33 33 108
THE MATH WORKS, INC. 6 10 20 21 39 96
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 6 15 19 20 19 79
BEA SYSTEMS, INC. 15 26 24 0 0 65
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 5 6 9 11 14 45
APPLE, INC. 1 5 12 11 14 43
FUJITSU LIMITED 3 2 9 7 18 39
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 3 3 11 12 9 38
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 9 2 10 10 5 36
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 3 1 8 7 14 33
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 4 10 5 9 32
PANASONIC CORPORATION 1 12 9 5 4 31
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 3 1 8 8 9 29
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 8 4 8 2 6 28
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 3 5 13 5 2 28
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 6 4 7 6 4 27
EMC CORPORATION 4 6 8 2 7 27
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 2 5 5 9 25
GOOGLE, INC. 1 0 2 2 20 25
HITACHI, LTD 3 5 5 6 6 25
NVIDIA CORPORATION 3 0 1 9 9 22
RED HAT, INC. 0 1 1 6 14 22
SONY CORPORATION 4 2 5 4 7 22
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 3 2 7 5 5 22
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 3 5 6 6 21
SYMANTEC OPERATING CORPORATION 0 2 6 2 4 14
XILINX, INC. 1 3 4 4 2 14
ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED 0 0 0 7 6 13
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 2 1 4 6 13
INTUIT, INC. 0 1 2 3 7 13
NOKIA CORPORATION 2 3 2 1 5 13
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 2 1 3 0 6 12
INVENSYS SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 2 6 2 12
NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA, INC. 0 0 3 2 7 12
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 0 1 1 5 5 12
UNISYS CORPORATION 5 3 2 0 2 12
ALTERA CORPORATION 1 1 1 3 5 11
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC. 3 2 3 2 1 11
SIEBEL SYSTEMS, INC. 2 1 5 2 1 11
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 0 1 4 2 4 11
ALCATEL LUCENT 0 1 1 2 6 10
NOVELL, INC. 0 0 4 3 3 10
TRANSITIVE LIMITED 9 1 0 0 0 10
VMWARE, INC. 0 1 3 1 5 10
ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. 0 4 3 2 0 9
MCAFEE, INC. 0 1 3 4 1 9
NEC CORPORATION 1 3 0 2 3 9
NETAPP, INC. 0 2 2 1 4 9
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 0 1 4 1 3 9
PARASOFT CORPORATION 1 2 0 4 2 9
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 1 1 4 2 8
BORLAND SOFTWARE CORPORATION 2 2 4 0 0 8
CA, INC. 0 0 0 0 8 8
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 1 1 4 1 1 8
RAMCO SYSTEMS LIMITED 0 3 3 0 2 8
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 2 2 3 8
SAP PORTALS ISRAEL LTD. 0 1 3 4 0 8
SAS INSTITUTE, INC. 1 0 3 2 2 8
WIND RIVER SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 1 3 3 8
ARM LIMITED 1 2 3 0 1 7
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 0 0 2 4 1 7
LSI CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 2 7
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 1 1 2 2 1 7
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 0 0 2 3 2 7
UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA) 0 0 5 1 1 7
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 0 1 2 4 0 7
YAHOO, INC. 0 0 1 3 3 7
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 1 2 1 1 1 6
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 2 1 1 2 0 6
BOEING COMPANY 0 1 0 1 4 6
BROADCOM CORPORATION 1 4 0 0 1 6
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 1 3 1 1 6
DENSO CORPORATION 1 0 2 3 0 6
EBAY INC. 1 1 2 0 2 6
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 1 2 2 0 6
GREEN HILLS SOFTWARE, INC. 0 0 1 1 4 6
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 1 1 1 1 2 6
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 5 1 0 0 0 6
MOTOROLA, INC. 2 1 3 0 0 6
RAYTHEON COMPANY 2 0 0 1 3 6
SOSY, INC. 1 2 0 1 2 6
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 1 0 1 2 2 6
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 2 1 1 6
ZENPRISE, INC. 0 0 0 6 0 6
CATERPILLAR INC. 0 1 1 0 3 5
COVIA LABS, INC. 0 0 5 0 0 5
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 0 0 1 2 2 5
ELECTRIC CLOUD, INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 0 3 1 1 5
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 1 1 1 0 2 5
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 2 1 0 0 2 5
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 0 2 0 2 1 5
MEDIATEK INC. 1 2 0 0 2 5
QUALCOMM, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 1 2 0 1 1 5
TREND MICRO, INC. 0 0 2 0 3 5


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