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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 327, Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and 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
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 53 80 155 134 63 485
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 46 76 52 47 34 255
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 38 47 51 29 17 182
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 34 36 30 32 37 169
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 27 28 45 27 34 161
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 25 28 18 36 33 140
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 20 22 46 24 28 140
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 31 25 38 19 15 128
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 6 58 59 123
PANASONIC CORPORATION 6 31 36 39 10 122
ALTERA CORPORATION 15 25 22 21 28 111
FUJITSU LIMITED 36 9 22 22 15 104
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 13 35 41 0 0 89
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 9 15 14 21 28 87
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 9 14 28 21 14 86
INTEL CORPORATION 25 19 21 5 7 77
ELPIDA MEMORY, INC. 10 9 22 13 17 71
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 23 23 17 4 4 71
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 19 13 17 12 9 70
BROADCOM CORPORATION 17 16 15 12 7 67
QUALCOMM, INC. 1 5 16 26 16 64
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 8 7 15 14 18 62
NXP B.V. 9 15 11 16 11 62
MEDIATEK INC. 8 11 11 13 14 57
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 10 15 15 8 8 56
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 11 10 9 11 12 53
NEC CORPORATION 6 4 12 13 15 50
SONY CORPORATION 3 12 9 20 6 50
HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 5 3 13 17 10 48
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 5 7 8 5 18 43
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 10 9 8 10 41
ATMEL CORPORATION 9 5 19 3 4 40
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 17 12 11 0 0 40
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 7 5 8 6 14 40
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 6 4 18 4 6 38
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 0 0 9 18 10 37
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 4 4 9 12 8 37
NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 5 9 12 3 7 36
DENSO CORPORATION 11 7 4 6 7 35
ROHM CO., LTD. 7 7 6 11 4 35
XILINX, INC. 7 10 6 4 8 35
HITACHI, LTD 3 10 10 6 5 34
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 7 4 4 9 10 34
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 6 4 10 5 9 34
ADVANTEST CORP. 3 8 6 9 7 33
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 4 4 11 9 5 33
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 4 6 8 9 4 31
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 9 7 8 5 1 30
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 13 8 5 4 0 30
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 29 0 0 0 0 29
OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 0 16 6 5 1 28
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 6 9 7 2 4 28
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 8 10 5 4 1 28
NAN YA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 6 9 6 5 27
RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORP. 5 5 6 2 9 27
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC 2 7 6 5 7 27
FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 0 14 12 0 0 26
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 6 5 9 3 26
RAMBUS, INC. 6 5 4 4 7 26
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 7 4 6 2 6 25
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2 2 3 10 7 24
FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 3 4 4 5 8 24
FARADAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 5 5 10 3 1 24
INTERSIL AMERICAS INC. 7 7 4 2 4 24
LSI CORPORATION 3 5 4 6 6 24
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 8 6 4 3 2 23
ST-ERICSSON SA 0 0 7 9 5 21
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 5 9 6 20
POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC. 2 2 2 5 9 20
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 3 5 5 3 4 20
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 1 2 5 5 6 19
ELITE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY TECHNOLOGY INC. 3 3 5 3 5 19
INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORPORATION 5 6 4 1 3 19
MARVELL ISRAEL (MISL) LTD. 3 2 6 5 3 19
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 4 2 3 3 6 18
STMICROELECTRONICS PVT. LTD. 5 3 5 3 2 18
ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 4 4 3 2 17
QIMONDA AG 3 3 4 4 2 16
AUSTRIAMICROSYSTEMS AG 0 1 3 8 3 15
PRINCETON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 3 5 0 6 15
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 2 3 5 2 3 15
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 2 2 6 1 4 15
APPLE, INC. 0 0 1 5 8 14
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 4 4 4 2 0 14
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 7 3 1 1 2 14
MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 3 2 5 4 14
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 10 2 0 1 0 13
SANDISK CORPORATION 3 6 2 2 0 13
SK HYNIX INC. 0 0 0 0 13 13
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 3 2 2 3 2 12
ROUND ROCK RESEARCH, LLC 0 0 4 4 4 12
ATHEROS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 2 1 6 2 0 11
DONGBU HITEK CO., LTD. 0 0 2 7 2 11
EXAR CORPORATION 4 0 5 1 1 11
HIMAX ANALOGIC, INC. 0 2 3 3 3 11
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 3 1 3 4 11
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA AG 1 0 5 2 3 11
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 1 0 3 4 3 11
STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION 1 3 1 5 1 11
SUPERTEX, INC. 3 1 1 3 3 11
ARM LIMITED 1 4 0 1 4 10
AU OPTRONICS CORP. 2 3 3 1 1 10
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 2 2 3 3 10
HOLTEK SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 1 2 5 1 1 10
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 4 2 3 0 1 10
MICREL INCORPORATED 2 0 6 2 0 10
RAYTHEON COMPANY 1 0 4 3 2 10
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 1 1 2 1 9
ATI TECHNOLOGIES ULC 1 1 3 1 3 9
ATMEL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH 0 5 3 1 0 9
DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR GMBH 0 3 2 2 2 9
MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 0 1 2 5 9
NDK, NIHON DEMPA KOGYO COMPANY, LTD. 0 0 4 2 3 9
NVIDIA CORPORATION 1 6 2 0 0 9
SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 3 2 2 9
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 4 1 1 2 1 9
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 3 0 1 4 1 9
AEROFLEX COLORADO SPRINGS, INC. 0 2 2 0 4 8
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 0 1 2 2 3 8
NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY 0 0 5 1 2 8
NOKIA CORPORATION 1 2 3 2 0 8
SANDISK 3D LLC 0 2 3 2 1 8
SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL (SHANGHAI) CORPORATION 2 2 3 1 0 8
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. 1 1 0 4 2 8
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 2 4 2 0 0 8
ANPEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 3 1 2 1 7
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 1 1 2 3 0 7
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES WIRELESS IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 1 2 4 0 0 7
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 2 2 1 0 2 7
ILI TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 2 4 0 0 7
NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 4 0 1 2 0 7
PMC-SIERRA LTD. 1 1 2 3 0 7
SANKEN ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED 0 0 2 3 2 7
SPANSION LLC 2 3 2 0 0 7
STMICROELECTRONICS ASIA PACIFIC PTE LIMITED 0 0 0 4 3 7
TPO DISPLAYS CORPORATION 2 0 4 1 0 7
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 2 0 4 0 1 7
YAMAHA CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 3 7
APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION 0 0 2 1 3 6
CAMBRIDGE ANALOG TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 3 2 0 0 6
CAMBRIDGE SILICON RADIO LIMITED 0 0 0 0 6 6
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 1 3 0 2 0 6
E-MEMORY TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 1 0 0 1 6
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0 0 2 3 1 6
HONG KONG APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO. LTD. 0 2 1 0 3 6
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 1 1 2 1 1 6
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 0 1 0 4 1 6
MOTOROLA, INC. 2 1 2 1 0 6
NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY 0 1 2 0 3 6
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 1 0 2 1 6
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 2 1 1 1 1 6
SYNOPSYS INC. 0 0 1 0 5 6
SYSTEM-GENERAL CORPORATION 1 3 1 1 0 6
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 2 1 2 0 1 6
WOLFSON MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 0 3 2 0 1 6
ZILOG, INC. 2 3 1 0 0 6
ADVANCED ANALOG TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 2 2 0 0 5
ALPHA AND OMEGA SEMICONDUCTOR INCORPORATED 0 1 2 2 0 5
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ENTERPRISE IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 2 0 3 0 5
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
BOEING COMPANY 1 1 1 2 0 5
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 0 3 0 5
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. 2 1 1 0 1 5
FAIRCHILD KOREA SEMICONDUCTOR, LTD. 2 1 0 0 2 5
FINISAR CORPORATION 2 2 1 0 0 5
FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 0 0 1 4 5
INTEL MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS GMBH 0 0 0 1 4 5
IPGOAL MICROELECTRONICS (SICHUAN) CO., LTD. 0 0 1 1 3 5
KENET, INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR GERMANY AG 0 4 1 0 0 5
NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY 1 0 0 2 2 5
O2 MICRO INTERNATIONAL LTD. 4 0 0 0 1 5
O2 MICRO, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
PROMOS TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD. 0 4 0 1 0 5
RF MICRO DEVICES, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 1 2 0 1 1 5
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
STMICROELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL N.V. 0 0 0 0 5 5
TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTORS, INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
XEROX CORPORATION 1 0 3 1 0 5


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