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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 714, Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery

( 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 236 283 359 333 215 1426
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 72 89 101 122 133 517
INTEL CORPORATION 92 75 80 55 63 365
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 49 64 62 97 81 353
HITACHI, LTD 79 56 53 89 56 333
FUJITSU LIMITED 40 57 44 64 85 290
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 57 73 62 53 36 281
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 72 63 56 35 40 266
BROADCOM CORPORATION 47 35 30 44 52 208
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 43 31 33 44 50 201
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 12 19 38 42 88 199
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 42 27 34 41 42 186
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 26 57 51 26 22 182
LSI CORPORATION 14 15 23 22 56 130
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 9 17 27 20 56 129
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 19 26 31 17 15 108
XILINX, INC. 25 34 16 13 16 104
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 37 24 15 13 13 102
NEC CORPORATION 17 21 21 23 20 102
EMC CORPORATION 16 15 30 22 14 97
QUALCOMM, INC. 11 12 23 20 28 94
PANASONIC CORPORATION 3 21 27 17 22 90
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 12 14 19 21 21 87
SONY CORPORATION 13 19 16 12 24 84
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 11 16 19 16 17 79
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 32 38 9 0 0 79
ADVANTEST CORP. 16 20 20 16 4 76
NETAPP, INC. 0 8 28 26 14 76
MEDIATEK INC. 11 14 20 13 14 72
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 19 12 13 10 17 71
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 23 24 22 69
ARM LIMITED 13 5 9 18 20 65
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. 28 18 7 6 3 62
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 3 37 21 61
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 13 13 13 9 11 59
NOKIA CORPORATION 7 14 14 8 15 58
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 9 8 8 15 18 58
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 13 23 21 0 0 57
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 12 8 7 4 25 56
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 5 4 13 16 15 53
SYMANTEC OPERATING CORPORATION 14 10 15 7 7 53
ALTERA CORPORATION 11 14 7 11 9 52
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 5 13 11 13 10 52
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 11 9 11 10 9 50
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 11 6 8 15 9 49
NXP B.V. 10 10 8 13 5 46
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 4 3 8 4 27 46
APPLE, INC. 2 1 9 10 21 43
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 6 13 14 9 1 43
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 8 7 7 14 6 42
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 5 5 12 8 8 38
NVIDIA CORPORATION 4 10 8 7 9 38
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 10 10 6 5 7 38
ALCATEL LUCENT 4 4 6 9 14 37
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 8 5 4 10 10 37
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 5 10 10 8 3 36
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 3 10 9 7 7 36
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 1 3 13 10 9 36
MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION 0 1 8 13 11 33
SANDISK CORPORATION 3 6 12 11 1 33
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 1 3 6 8 13 31
INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 4 5 10 9 31
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 2 3 6 7 12 30
NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA, INC. 1 5 6 3 15 30
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 5 7 3 11 2 28
SYNOPSYS INC. 1 2 9 12 4 28
VERIGY PTE LTD 8 6 8 5 1 28
ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. 2 7 9 8 0 26
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 0 0 5 15 6 26
INVENTEC CORPORATION 5 10 9 2 0 26
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 5 7 7 4 3 26
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 2 1 7 6 10 26
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 2 7 2 4 11 26
SANDISK IL LTD. 1 4 5 7 9 26
LINK--A--MEDIA DEVICES CORPORATION 0 2 2 3 18 25
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 16 3 6 0 0 25
DOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP. 7 7 8 1 1 24
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. 6 5 9 0 4 24
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 7 2 6 4 5 24
QIMONDA AG 1 0 9 8 5 23
UNISYS CORPORATION 10 3 5 4 1 23
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 3 4 7 5 3 22
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 10 6 2 0 4 22
RAMBUS, INC. 4 3 6 5 4 22
SYNTEST TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 3 6 5 3 21
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 6 9 2 1 2 20
FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 0 13 7 0 0 20
RED HAT, INC. 0 0 7 5 8 20
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 9 4 0 4 3 20
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 2 3 3 7 5 20
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 1 1 4 5 8 19
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 0 6 13 19
HARRIS CORP. 1 6 5 6 0 18
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 3 5 5 3 2 18
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 18 0 0 0 0 18
MARVELL ISRAEL (MISL) LTD. 6 2 3 4 3 18
MOTOROLA-MOBILITY, INC. 0 0 2 8 8 18
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 1 3 6 6 1 17
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. 0 1 8 4 4 17
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 11 6 0 0 0 17
MOTOROLA, INC. 6 6 5 0 0 17
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. 0 6 3 5 2 16
ATMEL CORPORATION 3 5 2 3 3 16
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 1 6 2 5 2 16
DENSO CORPORATION 3 1 4 5 3 16
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 3 5 4 2 16
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 4 3 3 5 16
ELPIDA MEMORY, INC. 4 5 3 2 1 15
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 1 2 1 4 7 15
BEA SYSTEMS, INC. 7 2 5 0 0 14
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 3 2 4 4 1 14
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 3 3 3 1 4 14
TERADYNE, INC. 4 4 4 2 0 14
XEROX CORPORATION 0 1 5 6 2 14
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC. 2 0 4 3 4 13
ATI TECHNOLOGIES ULC 1 3 1 2 6 13
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 5 0 5 3 0 13
GOOGLE, INC. 0 0 2 3 8 13
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 5 0 2 3 3 13
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 1 1 6 4 1 13
DTVG LICENSING, INC. 0 0 2 5 5 12
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 2 1 1 3 5 12
STMICROELECTRONICS N.V. 1 4 3 2 2 12
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 1 2 2 3 4 12
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 0 4 2 5 1 12
COMPELLENT TECHNOLOGIES 2 3 1 4 1 11
FARADAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 4 3 2 0 11
FUSION-IO, INC. 0 0 0 1 10 11
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC. 1 3 2 2 3 11
OPEN INVENTION NETWORK, LLC 0 0 3 4 4 11
PIONEER CORPORATION 3 5 0 1 2 11
PMC-SIERRA LTD. 5 2 0 3 1 11
THALES 0 2 1 2 6 11
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 3 1 1 5 11
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 1 2 1 2 4 10
ANOBIT TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 0 0 0 4 6 10
AQUANTIA CORPORATION 0 1 5 1 3 10
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 2 7 1 0 0 10
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 6 10
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 0 0 2 3 5 10
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 1 0 4 1 4 10
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 3 4 2 0 10
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 3 3 2 0 2 10
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 10 0 0 0 0 10
PHISON ELECTRONIC CORP. 0 0 0 7 3 10
SPANSION LLC 1 0 2 0 7 10
ST-ERICSSON SA 0 0 2 2 6 10
STMICROELECTRONICS PVT. LTD. 2 3 1 3 1 10
VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC. 0 0 1 3 6 10
ADAPTEC, INC. 3 2 3 1 0 9
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 0 5 3 9
CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORPORATION 5 1 3 0 0 9
DIGITAL FOUNTAIN, INC. 3 0 2 3 1 9
ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 4 1 0 2 9
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 4 1 1 2 9
RAMOT AT TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY LTD. 0 1 3 3 2 9
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 2 1 2 0 9
SILICON MOTION, INC. 0 0 1 4 4 9
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 1 1 3 1 3 9
TRELLIS WARE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 5 2 1 9
UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA) 0 1 2 3 3 9
VIRAGE LOGIC CORPORATION 4 2 3 0 0 9
BOEING COMPANY 1 1 2 1 3 8
CRAY INC. 1 1 1 3 2 8
FINISAR CORPORATION 5 2 0 0 1 8
IKANOS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 1 2 0 2 3 8
MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 4 3 0 0 8
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 3 4 0 1 0 8
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 2 5 0 1 0 8
RAYTHEON COMPANY 1 1 3 2 1 8
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 3 1 1 0 8
SILICON IMAGE, INC. 0 1 4 2 1 8
TEKTRONIX INC. 2 2 2 0 2 8
VIA TELECOM CO., LTD. 2 0 0 5 1 8
ZTE CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 7 8
ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC. 0 0 1 5 1 7
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 1 1 2 2 7
AWARE, INC. 1 0 3 2 1 7
DATADIRECT NETWORKS, INC. 0 0 0 5 2 7
FRANCE TELECOM 2 0 1 0 4 7
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 0 0 1 3 3 7
MAXWELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 2 1 1 0 7
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 1 1 1 1 3 7
NOVELL, INC. 1 0 3 0 3 7
OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 1 2 2 0 2 7
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 2 1 2 2 0 7
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 2 0 1 3 1 7
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 3 0 2 1 1 7
SUPER TALENT ELECTRONICS, INC. 0 0 3 4 0 7
VMWARE, INC. 0 0 1 1 5 7
YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORP. 1 1 3 1 1 7
ACTEL CORPORATION 2 1 2 1 0 6
ALCATEL 3 1 2 0 0 6
AT&T CORP. 2 4 0 0 0 6
IROC TECHNOLOGIES 2 2 0 1 1 6
LITEPOINT, CORP. 1 1 0 1 3 6
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 1 1 2 1 6
NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY 0 1 0 3 2 6
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 1 3 0 0 2 6
SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 1 2 1 0 6
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS JAPAN, INC. 3 2 1 0 0 6
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 4 2 0 0 0 6
STRATUS TECHNOLOGIES BERMUDA LTD. 0 2 1 0 3 6
TERNARYLOGIC LLC 0 0 1 2 3 6
THE MATH WORKS, INC. 1 1 2 1 1 6
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 1 2 1 2 0 6
WI-LAN INC. 0 0 0 0 6 6
APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 3 5
AT& T MOBILITY II LLC 1 1 0 1 2 5
AZUL SYSTEMS, INC. 2 0 1 0 2 5
BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 0 0 3 5
CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE, INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
CIENA CORPORATION 0 1 2 0 2 5
DENSBITS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 0 0 0 0 5 5
EAGLE HARBOR HOLDINGS LLC 0 0 1 4 0 5
FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 1 2 2 0 0 5
GENESYS LOGIC, INC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
INNOVATIVE SONIC LIMITED 0 0 0 0 5 5
INVENSYS SYSTEMS, INC. 2 0 1 2 0 5
INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I, LLC 0 0 1 1 3 5
JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY 0 0 0 5 0 5
JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 1 5
KINGSTON TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 0 3 2 0 0 5
KYOCERA CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 1 5
LECROY CORPORATION 2 2 1 0 0 5
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 1 3 1 5
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 0 1 1 3 0 5
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY LTD. 1 0 0 3 1 5
MAXTOR CORPORATION 3 2 0 0 0 5
MICREL INCORPORATED 1 4 0 0 0 5
NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 2 1 1 5
NEWPORT MEDIA, INC. 1 0 0 3 1 5
NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS OY 0 1 0 2 2 5
PRINCETON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 1 1 0 1 5
QUANTUM CORP. (CA) 0 1 2 2 0 5
QUEST SOFTWARE, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO., KG 1 3 0 1 0 5
SANDISK 3D LLC 1 0 0 4 0 5
SAPPHIRE INFOTECH, INC. 0 3 1 1 0 5
SEARETE LLC 0 4 1 0 0 5
SIGMATEL INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5
TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY 0 0 2 2 1 5
TIME WARNER CABLE, INC. 1 0 1 2 1 5
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 2 2 1 0 0 5
TOSHIBA STORAGE DEVICE CORPORATION 0 0 4 0 1 5
TRIDENT MICROSYSTEMS (FAR EAST) LTD. 0 1 2 2 0 5


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