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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2011 - 2015 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 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total
ALTERA CORPORATION 33 15 24 27 40 139
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 34 9 16 10 11 80
XILINX, INC. 21 14 18 9 18 80
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 5 8 19 16 29 77
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 9 12 24 12 13 70
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 27 14 9 9 6 65
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 39 12 11 1 0 63
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 12 16 11 9 7 55
TABULA, INC. 10 13 8 13 8 52
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 19 5 12 6 6 48
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 13 8 11 8 7 47
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 10 5 16 9 4 44
SK HYNIX INC. 0 4 10 14 15 43
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 8 2 12 7 9 38
RAMBUS, INC. 6 6 9 4 12 37
QUALCOMM, INC. 9 3 12 3 6 33
INTEL CORPORATION 3 7 4 4 14 32
BROADCOM CORPORATION 5 6 3 4 10 28
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 4 4 10 4 6 28
ELPIDA MEMORY, INC. 9 6 11 1 0 27
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 5 2 7 5 6 25
APPLE, INC. 6 3 9 2 3 23
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 1 1 11 2 6 21
ACTEL CORPORATION 17 2 1 0 0 20
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 9 3 6 2 0 20
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 8 5 4 3 0 20
PANASONIC CORPORATION 10 3 5 1 0 19
LSI CORPORATION 6 4 6 2 0 18
FUJITSU LIMITED 4 2 5 3 1 15
MARVELL ISRAEL (MISL) LTD. 4 2 3 2 4 15
NEC CORPORATION 6 1 2 2 3 14
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION 5 3 2 1 3 14
NXP B.V. 6 3 3 1 1 14
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 2 1 7 1 2 13
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 4 1 5 3 0 13
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 4 1 5 1 2 13
SONY CORPORATION 2 4 3 2 2 13
ARM LIMITED 2 1 7 1 1 12
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 2 2 1 2 12
ELEMENT CXI, LLC 4 0 6 1 0 11
ADVANTAGE LOGIC, INC. 4 2 2 1 1 10
MONOLITHIC 3D INC. 0 2 6 1 1 10
PS4 LUXCO S.A.R.L. 0 0 0 2 8 10
D-WAVE SYSTEMS INC. 4 3 0 2 0 9
STMICROELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL N.V. 0 2 2 3 2 9
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 1 1 5 1 1 9
SYNOPSYS INC. 4 2 2 1 0 9
ACHRONIX SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 3 3 2 0 0 8
AGATE LOGIC, INC. 3 1 2 0 2 8
ATI TECHNOLOGIES ULC 2 2 3 1 0 8
ATMEL CORPORATION 3 1 1 1 2 8
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 1 2 3 1 8
HITACHI, LTD 5 1 1 1 0 8
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 5 1 0 2 0 8
MEDIATEK INC. 2 0 2 2 2 8
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 5 1 2 0 0 8
DENSO CORPORATION 1 0 2 2 2 7
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 1 6 0 0 7
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 0 2 0 3 2 7
PMC-SIERRA LTD. 3 0 2 1 1 7
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 1 3 1 1 7
UNITY SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 3 0 2 1 1 7
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 1 1 2 2 0 6
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 2 1 2 0 6
ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 0 1 2 0 6
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 2 2 1 0 1 6
STMICROELECTRONICS PVT. LTD. 4 1 0 0 1 6
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 3 0 3 0 0 6
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 1 2 1 0 2 6
CHAOLOGIX, INC. 0 1 0 3 1 5
CROSSBAR, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
EXCEM 3 2 0 0 0 5
FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 0 2 1 2 5
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. 0 1 0 1 3 5
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 0 3 1 0 5
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 0 2 2 1 0 5
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2 0 1 2 0 5
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 1 5
PERICOM SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 1 1 2 0 1 5
RAYTHEON COMPANY 2 1 0 2 0 5
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 1 0 3 1 5
ST-ERICSSON SA 3 1 0 1 0 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE 2 1 1 0 1 5
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS 1 1 0 1 2 5



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