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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 326, Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry

( 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
ALTERA CORPORATION 58 44 53 33 15 203
XILINX, INC. 38 42 52 21 14 167
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 44 37 35 9 12 137
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 21 20 44 39 12 136
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 35 29 19 34 9 126
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 13 19 31 12 16 91
ACTEL CORPORATION 27 20 14 17 2 80
TABULA, INC. 12 31 14 10 13 80
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 20 19 14 8 5 66
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 7 19 15 13 8 62
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 8 12 16 19 5 60
INTEL CORPORATION 21 7 9 3 7 47
PANASONIC CORPORATION 1 11 18 10 3 43
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 2 27 14 43
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 12 13 17 0 0 42
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 8 6 9 10 5 38
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 22 7 3 4 1 37
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 5 4 15 8 2 34
FUJITSU LIMITED 13 7 8 4 2 34
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 9 4 7 5 8 33
ELPIDA MEMORY, INC. 3 7 7 9 6 32
BROADCOM CORPORATION 4 5 6 5 6 26
NXP B.V. 3 4 9 6 3 25
RAMBUS, INC. 4 4 5 6 6 25
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 11 5 6 0 0 22
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 9 2 4 5 2 22
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 3 4 6 5 2 20
QUALCOMM, INC. 1 2 5 9 3 20
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 5 4 4 5 1 19
SONY CORPORATION 4 3 5 2 4 18
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 0 0 5 9 3 17
HITACHI, LTD 2 3 6 5 1 17
NEC CORPORATION 3 3 4 6 1 17
LSI CORPORATION 2 0 3 6 4 15
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 4 5 2 3 1 15
ADVANTAGE LOGIC, INC. 3 1 4 4 2 14
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 6 1 6 1 0 14
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 14 0 0 0 0 14
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION 0 1 5 5 3 14
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 3 5 4 2 0 14
TIER-LOGIC, INC. 3 6 5 0 0 14
APPLE, INC. 0 1 3 6 3 13
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 3 2 3 4 1 13
STMICROELECTRONICS PVT. LTD. 4 3 1 4 1 13
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 3 2 5 1 1 12
D-WAVE SYSTEMS INC. 0 3 2 4 3 12
ELEMENT CXI, LLC 3 2 3 4 0 12
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 4 5 1 0 2 12
NANTERO, INC. 1 2 6 2 1 12
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 4 2 4 1 1 12
SYNOPSYS INC. 1 1 4 4 2 12
CSWITCH CORPORATION 8 3 0 0 0 11
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 2 2 5 1 11
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 7 2 2 11
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 2 1 0 4 4 11
HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 4 2 2 2 0 10
NVIDIA CORPORATION 1 4 4 1 0 10
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 2 3 3 1 1 10
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 4 2 2 0 1 9
MARVELL ISRAEL (MISL) LTD. 1 1 1 4 2 9
MEDIATEK INC. 1 2 4 2 0 9
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 1 2 3 3 0 9
ACHRONIX SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 1 1 3 3 8
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 0 0 5 2 1 8
ATI TECHNOLOGIES ULC 1 1 2 2 2 8
FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 0 3 5 0 0 8
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 1 0 3 2 2 8
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 2 2 4 0 0 8
NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 2 1 3 0 2 8
AGATE LOGIC, INC. 0 0 3 3 1 7
ATMEL CORPORATION 1 2 0 3 1 7
NORTHERN LIGHTS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 6 0 1 0 0 7
OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 0 3 2 1 1 7
QIMONDA AG 2 1 2 2 0 7
TRANSMETA CORPORATION 5 2 0 0 0 7
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 2 0 2 1 2 7
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 1 0 3 1 1 6
ADVANTEST CORP. 1 2 1 2 0 6
ARM LIMITED 0 0 3 2 1 6
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 1 2 1 1 6
ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 1 3 0 6
HYPRES, INC. 1 2 2 1 0 6
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 6 0 0 0 0 6
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 0 2 3 1 0 6
ROHM CO., LTD. 3 2 1 0 0 6
TERNARYLOGIC LLC 2 1 3 0 0 6
UNITY SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 0 3 3 0 6
AGATE LOGIC (BEIJING), INC. 0 0 1 4 0 5
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2 1 0 2 0 5
DONGBU HITEK CO., LTD. 1 0 1 3 0 5
EASIC CORPORATION 2 2 1 0 0 5
EXCEM 0 0 0 3 2 5
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 2 1 2 0 0 5
INTERSIL AMERICAS INC. 0 1 3 0 1 5
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 2 0 2 0 5
NATIONAL SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY 0 0 2 3 0 5
PMC-SIERRA LTD. 1 1 0 3 0 5
SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL (SHANGHAI) CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 0 5
SICRONIC REMOTE KG, LLC 2 1 1 1 0 5
ST-ERICSSON SA 0 0 1 3 1 5
TECHNION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION, LTD. 2 0 1 1 1 5
VICICIV TECHNOLOGY 5 0 0 0 0 5


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