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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 341, Coded Data Generation or Conversion

( 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
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 22 23 29 14 25 113
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 15 6 19 18 31 89
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 15 17 16 17 24 89
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 26 15 18 16 12 87
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 25 14 9 14 19 81
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 15 9 21 17 13 75
SONY CORPORATION 16 17 22 9 10 74
BROADCOM CORPORATION 17 9 11 15 19 71
FUJITSU LIMITED 18 14 10 15 9 66
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 15 8 16 14 13 66
MEDIATEK INC. 21 6 11 11 14 63
PANASONIC CORPORATION 20 12 13 13 1 59
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 17 5 12 8 12 54
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 14 7 7 12 14 54
QUALCOMM, INC. 7 10 9 13 12 51
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 9 8 11 10 8 46
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 20 7 6 4 9 46
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 19 13 14 0 0 46
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 4 11 8 10 9 42
NXP B.V. 13 7 6 8 6 40
INTEL CORPORATION 2 2 5 13 8 30
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 2 3 8 10 7 30
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 5 6 0 8 9 28
LSI CORPORATION 7 2 7 9 1 26
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 4 6 3 7 6 26
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 5 3 3 6 8 25
ST-ERICSSON SA 2 4 6 6 7 25
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 3 3 3 5 10 24
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 5 3 3 6 7 24
BLACKBERRY LIMITED 0 0 5 14 4 23
APPLE, INC. 4 0 7 5 6 22
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 4 1 5 6 21
INTERSIL AMERICALS LLC 6 10 3 2 0 21
ADVANTEST CORP. 7 4 6 1 2 20
ALTERA CORPORATION 4 3 3 5 5 20
ANALOG DEVICES GLOBAL 0 0 0 0 20 20
INTEL MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS GMBH 0 1 2 9 7 19
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 0 2 9 4 4 19
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 4 7 2 2 3 18
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 4 0 4 5 5 18
MEDIATEK SINGAPORE PTE LTD 3 0 6 9 0 18
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 13 2 2 0 17
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 3 8 1 2 17
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 4 4 3 2 4 17
NEC CORPORATION 5 2 4 3 3 17
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 1 5 4 3 3 16
MAXLINEAR, INC. 0 0 1 1 14 16
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 5 0 5 4 16
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 4 4 2 2 16
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 2 1 4 3 5 15
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 3 2 9 1 0 15
SK HYNIX INC. 0 0 4 4 7 15
ATMEL CORPORATION 4 4 2 3 1 14
GOOGLE, INC. 1 2 3 6 2 14
MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 1 2 4 6 1 14
RAYTHEON COMPANY 3 2 4 4 1 14
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 1 1 6 3 3 14
SYNTROPY SYSTEMS, LLC 0 4 3 2 5 14
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL.) 3 1 6 2 2 14
ASAHI KASEI MICRODEVICES CORPORATION 3 0 5 3 2 13
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 2 2 6 3 0 13
HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 2 4 6 1 0 13
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 1 8 3 0 1 13
SEMTECH CORPORATION 2 1 3 4 3 13
XILINX, INC. 1 2 1 6 3 13
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 4 2 5 1 0 12
IQ-ANALOG, INC. 0 0 0 3 9 12
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 5 3 2 2 0 12
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 4 3 1 1 3 12
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 5 2 2 2 1 12
ANALOG DEVICES TECHNOLOGY 0 0 0 9 2 11
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELEKTRONICA CENTRUM (IMEC VZW) 1 3 3 1 3 11
NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY 7 1 0 2 1 11
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 11 11
SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY ACADEMIC RESEARCH CENTER 3 3 1 3 1 11
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 1 3 3 1 3 11
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 5 2 2 1 1 11
CAMBRIDGE SILICON RADIO LIMITED 1 5 2 1 1 10
CREST SEMICONDUCTORS, INC. 0 1 6 2 1 10
DENSO CORPORATION 2 1 3 2 2 10
MOTOROLA-MOBILITY, INC. 4 2 1 3 0 10
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 4 1 2 3 0 10
REALTIME DATA, LLC 0 0 1 6 3 10
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 3 0 5 1 1 10
STMICROELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL N.V. 0 0 3 4 3 10
HITACHI, LTD 2 2 2 2 1 9
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 4 3 1 1 0 9
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 3 2 1 1 9
AKADEMIA GORNICZO-HUTNICZA IM. STANISLAWA STASZICA 1 0 0 4 3 8
HONG KONG APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO. LTD. 0 1 5 1 1 8
NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY 0 3 2 3 0 8
NVIDIA CORPORATION 2 0 2 4 0 8
PMC-SIERRA US, INC. 0 0 0 5 3 8
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 1 1 5 7
CMOSIS BVBA 2 2 1 0 2 7
HIMAX MEDIA SOLUTIONS, INC. 6 1 0 0 0 7
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 4 2 0 1 0 7
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 0 1 0 2 4 7
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 0 2 3 0 2 7
NOKIA CORPORATION 3 1 2 1 0 7
NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 3 2 2 7
RED HAT, INC. 4 3 0 0 0 7
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 0 4 2 1 0 7
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 2 2 1 0 6
CHI MEI COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC. 1 4 0 0 1 6
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. 0 0 1 2 3 6
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 2 2 1 0 1 6
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 4 2 0 0 0 6
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 2 1 3 0 0 6
NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY 0 2 2 2 0 6
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 1 0 3 2 0 6
POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC. 1 1 1 2 1 6
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 0 3 3 0 0 6
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 2 0 1 0 3 6
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 0 1 2 3 0 6
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 3 2 1 0 0 6
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 0 1 2 1 6
STMICROELECTRONICS ASIA PACIFIC PTE LIMITED 0 3 2 0 1 6
SYNAPTICS, INC. 0 0 5 0 1 6
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 3 0 1 2 0 6
THALES 1 2 3 0 0 6
UEI CAYMAN INC. 3 1 1 0 1 6
UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS, INC. 2 0 1 1 2 6
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 1 1 0 0 3 5
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 4 0 5
ALCATEL LUCENT 0 0 1 2 2 5
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 0 1 1 3 5
CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. 3 0 0 2 0 5
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES 1 0 1 1 2 5
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 2 1 0 2 0 5
D-WAVE SYSTEMS INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5
DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR GMBH 1 2 2 0 0 5
GUZIK TECHNICAL ENTERPRISES 0 0 2 1 2 5
HITTITE MICROWAVE CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 2 5
HTC CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 1 5
INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION YONSEI UNIVERSITY 0 0 1 2 2 5
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 2 0 3 0 5
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY 2 1 1 1 0 5
RAMBUS, INC. 0 4 1 0 0 5
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 0 2 1 1 5
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC 1 2 0 0 2 5
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 3 2 0 0 0 5
STMICROELECTRONICS (RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT) LIMITED 1 0 3 1 0 5
STMICROELECTRONICS R& D (SHANGHAI) CO. LTD. 0 3 1 0 1 5
SYNOPSYS INC. 0 0 3 2 0 5
TEKTRONIX INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
UNIVERSITY OF MACAU 0 0 3 1 1 5
YAMAHA CORPORATION 2 1 1 0 1 5



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