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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 330, Amplifiers

( 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
QUALCOMM, INC. 21 16 16 22 34 109
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 13 17 21 21 9 81
FUJITSU LIMITED 17 11 18 18 14 78
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 17 27 14 8 8 74
NXP B.V. 20 14 16 9 12 71
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 19 23 6 7 9 64
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 15 16 9 13 10 63
BROADCOM CORPORATION 18 17 6 13 8 62
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 11 13 9 13 9 55
RF MICRO DEVICES, INC. 4 6 8 15 21 54
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 10 15 13 10 6 54
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 7 7 9 11 11 45
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL.) 9 3 10 12 10 44
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. 9 6 10 5 13 43
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 6 5 3 7 16 37
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 7 7 8 6 6 34
PANASONIC CORPORATION 11 4 7 6 5 33
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 8 5 4 9 5 31
NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 4 5 7 6 8 30
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. 1 2 10 12 5 30
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 10 6 3 5 5 29
NUJIRA LIMITED 1 5 4 12 5 27
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 3 1 4 10 8 26
MEDIATEK INC. 6 3 4 7 5 25
NEC CORPORATION 4 2 6 5 5 22
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 4 6 4 4 4 22
ST-ERICSSON SA 2 3 4 3 9 21
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2 4 3 6 3 18
PEREGRINE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 2 4 4 0 8 18
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 2 3 7 3 3 18
YAMAHA CORPORATION 8 6 2 1 0 17
THALES 5 1 4 4 2 16
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 2 2 4 3 4 15
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 3 2 4 3 3 15
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 5 7 1 0 1 14
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 0 1 6 6 13
INTEL MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS GMBH 0 1 1 9 2 13
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 4 3 2 3 1 13
QUANTANCE, INC. 3 1 3 3 3 13
RAYTHEON COMPANY 5 2 2 2 2 13
MEDIATEK SINGAPORE PTE LTD 3 0 0 4 5 12
PARKERVISION, INC. 4 1 3 2 2 12
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 1 2 3 3 3 12
TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTORS, INC. 3 4 1 0 4 12
AMS AG 4 1 3 3 0 11
ANADIGICS, INC. 0 2 5 3 1 11
DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR GMBH 2 3 3 2 1 11
HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC. 5 1 1 1 3 11
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 0 1 3 3 4 11
SONY CORPORATION 2 3 2 2 2 11
ALCATEL LUCENT 2 1 1 2 4 10
INTEL CORPORATION 2 0 1 2 5 10
INTERSIL AMERICALS LLC 4 4 2 0 0 10
RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORP. 6 3 0 1 0 10
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 3 3 2 1 10
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 3 2 2 0 3 10
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 3 1 2 1 2 9
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 4 3 2 0 0 9
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 3 1 4 0 9
MKS INSTRUMENTS, INC. 1 1 2 2 3 9
RENESAS MOBILE CORPORATION 0 3 5 1 0 9
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 0 5 1 0 3 9
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC 3 1 2 1 2 9
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 2 1 0 5 1 9
VIASAT, INC. 4 4 0 0 1 9
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 2 0 1 1 4 8
CAMBRIDGE SILICON RADIO LIMITED 1 1 1 3 2 8
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 3 1 3 1 0 8
HITACHI, LTD 2 1 2 0 3 8
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 1 2 2 1 2 8
BLACK SAND TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 5 0 1 0 7
BOSE CORPORATION 2 0 3 1 1 7
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 3 1 2 0 1 7
FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 1 2 2 1 7
FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 2 0 5 7
HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INC. 2 2 3 0 0 7
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 3 1 1 7
POSTECH ACADEMY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION 0 1 4 1 1 7
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 2 7
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 0 2 1 2 2 7
WOLFSON MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 0 3 2 2 0 7
XILINX, INC. 0 2 1 1 3 7
ACCO SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 2 2 1 0 1 6
ALTERA CORPORATION 0 2 0 1 3 6
ANPEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 2 0 2 1 6
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES WIRELESS IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 4 1 1 0 0 6
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 3 1 2 0 0 6
HONG KONG APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO. LTD. 1 2 0 2 1 6
IPGOAL MICROELECTRONICS (SICHUAN) CO., LTD. 1 2 1 1 1 6
LAPIS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 0 2 2 2 0 6
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 1 2 1 1 6
MICROSEMI CORP. 1 0 0 1 4 6
MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 0 0 4 2 6
PRINCETON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 1 0 4 0 6
RF MICRO DEVICES (CAYMAN ISLANDS), LTD. 0 0 1 5 0 6
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 0 1 1 3 1 6
SK HYNIX INC. 0 0 0 2 4 6
SNAPTRACK, INC. 0 0 0 0 6 6
STMICROELECTRONICS (GRENOBLE 2) SAS 1 0 2 3 0 6
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 0 4 1 1 0 6
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 1 1 2 1 1 6
ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
AMALFI SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 1 2 2 0 0 5
APPLE, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
AURIGA MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS, LLC 0 1 1 2 1 5
AVIAT U.S., INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 2 1 1 1 5
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 1 3 0 1 0 5
DALI SYSTEMS CO. LTD. 0 1 1 0 3 5
DONGBU HITEK CO., LTD. 3 1 1 0 0 5
DSP GROUP LIMITED 0 0 0 0 5 5
HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 0 2 2 1 0 5
HITTITE MICROWAVE CORPORATION 0 2 0 2 1 5
HOLLINWORTH FUND, LLC 0 1 3 1 0 5
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 2 2 0 1 0 5
JM ELECTRONICS LTD. LLC 3 1 1 0 0 5
KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS 0 0 1 0 4 5
M/A-COM TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 0 1 0 1 5
MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS, INC. 4 1 0 0 0 5
RALINK TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 1 1 0 0 5
SIGE SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 2 0 1 0 2 5
STMICROELECTRONICS (SHENZHEN) R& D CO., LTD. 1 0 1 2 1 5
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC DEVICE INNOVATIONS, INC. 1 0 4 0 0 5
THX LTD. 1 1 1 1 1 5
ZTE CORPORATION 0 0 0 5 0 5



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