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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 365, Static Information Storage and Retrieval

( 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
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 329 324 272 258 285 1468
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 240 235 261 267 249 1252
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 231 297 257 245 221 1251
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 327 215 163 73 13 791
SK HYNIX INC. 0 35 132 267 338 772
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC. 34 67 62 111 122 396
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 71 72 77 91 80 391
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 15 65 93 86 124 383
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 104 92 73 52 46 367
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 78 72 50 49 66 315
ELPIDA MEMORY, INC. 67 82 102 22 1 274
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 84 70 43 26 25 248
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 36 21 37 82 49 225
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 10 23 54 82 52 221
QUALCOMM, INC. 23 37 34 40 60 194
INTEL CORPORATION 28 25 35 28 48 164
PANASONIC CORPORATION 35 29 46 41 2 153
SANDISK 3D LLC 22 29 34 36 31 152
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 26 30 29 28 26 139
APPLE, INC. 11 21 41 38 24 135
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 17 15 22 38 38 130
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 40 33 20 22 12 127
RAMBUS, INC. 14 22 24 27 36 123
PS4 LUXCO S.A.R.L. 0 0 0 46 67 113
SPANSION LLC 50 17 19 16 4 106
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 33 27 34 11 0 105
SONY CORPORATION 12 22 23 27 17 101
ALTERA CORPORATION 23 14 23 20 14 94
UNITY SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 26 26 14 10 8 84
AVALANCHE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 6 31 27 18 83
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 8 8 23 30 10 79
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 11 18 16 18 12 75
LSI CORPORATION 4 13 16 33 6 72
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 17 18 9 10 15 69
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 14 7 13 19 15 68
QIMONDA AG 46 13 2 2 0 63
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 10 8 11 15 16 60
NEC CORPORATION 15 18 14 10 1 58
ARM LIMITED 13 7 13 6 18 57
BROADCOM CORPORATION 12 8 13 10 12 55
ROUND ROCK RESEARCH, LLC 15 19 10 7 3 54
OVONYX, INC. 16 15 9 9 3 52
HITACHI, LTD 10 8 7 15 10 50
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 8 5 16 11 10 50
NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 26 3 8 10 1 48
SANDISK CORPORATION 42 2 3 1 0 48
FUJITSU LIMITED 12 10 9 10 5 46
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 5 1 5 10 24 45
E-MEMORY TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 6 8 11 14 43
NAN YA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 11 7 7 10 8 43
ADESTO TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 0 4 5 11 21 41
ZENO SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 4 11 9 7 9 40
CONVERSANT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT INC. 0 0 0 21 17 38
APLUS FLASH TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 9 7 6 13 36
ELITE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY TECHNOLOGY INC. 5 7 14 4 6 36
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 10 4 8 6 7 35
NXP B.V. 11 11 7 4 2 35
SANDISK IL LTD. 15 6 6 4 3 34
STMICROELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL N.V. 0 3 7 16 8 34
CROCUS TECHNOLOGY S.A. 3 8 7 9 5 32
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 8 4 11 4 5 32
XILINX, INC. 7 9 8 3 5 32
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 8 9 3 7 4 31
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 31 31
CROSSBAR, INC. 0 3 7 6 13 29
SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 4 9 9 2 28
ATMEL CORPORATION 12 7 3 3 2 27
INTERMOLECULAR INC. 1 1 5 7 11 25
STMICROELECTRONICS ROUSSET SAS 0 3 7 7 8 25
SYNOPSYS INC. 11 5 1 5 3 25
ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5 7 2 7 2 23
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. 3 2 1 4 13 23
LAPIS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 0 3 7 10 2 22
MEDIATEK INC. 4 3 2 9 4 22
STEC, INC. 6 3 4 6 3 22
EVERSPIN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 2 2 3 13 21
GRANDIS, INC. 5 4 9 1 1 20
PHISON ELECTRONIC CORP. 2 1 1 8 8 20
SILICON MOTION, INC. 0 1 2 8 9 20
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 10 3 2 2 3 20
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 0 3 10 6 20
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 2 4 5 5 3 19
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES 1 3 1 5 8 18
GOOGLE, INC. 2 6 3 5 2 18
MAGIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 3 9 1 0 18
NVIDIA CORPORATION 1 2 1 4 10 18
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 7 1 7 1 2 18
NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY 2 1 4 8 2 17
ANOBIT TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 12 4 0 0 0 16
SK HYNIX MEMORY SOLUTIONS INC. 0 0 3 6 7 16
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 2 4 8 16
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 4 5 2 0 4 15
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 1 5 0 5 4 15
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 10 3 0 1 0 14
INVENSAS CORPORATION 0 6 2 4 2 14
OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 5 9 0 0 0 14
ROHM CO., LTD. 3 4 1 3 3 14
SPANSION ISRAEL LTD. 4 6 3 0 1 14
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 0 0 4 9 13
DENSBITS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 0 1 5 4 3 13
INPHI CORPORATION 0 1 0 8 4 13
MARVELL ISRAEL (MISL) LTD. 2 2 2 3 4 13
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 0 1 3 3 6 13
SIDENSE CORP. 4 3 2 2 2 13
CONTOUR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 3 2 4 1 2 12
FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 3 4 2 3 12
MOSYS, INCORPORATED 3 2 4 1 2 12
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 1 2 4 3 1 11
DONGBU HITEK CO., LTD. 2 5 3 1 0 11
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 2 2 5 2 11
NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY 2 3 1 2 3 11
NETLIST, INC. 7 2 1 1 0 11
POWERCHIP TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 2 1 1 5 11
SKYMEDI CORPORATION 3 1 3 3 1 11
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 1 2 2 2 4 11
AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH 0 0 2 4 4 10
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 7 2 1 0 0 10
FARADAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 5 1 2 1 10
GSI TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 2 3 4 10
III HOLDINGS 1, LLC 0 0 0 5 5 10
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 3 0 4 1 2 10
MAGSIL CORPORATION 2 2 4 2 0 10
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 5 4 1 0 0 10
S.O.I. TEC SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGIES S.A. 0 3 1 2 4 10
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC 4 3 0 2 1 10
FLASHSILICON INCORPORATION 3 0 0 3 3 9
HALO LSI, INC. 3 4 0 0 2 9
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 8 0 1 9
INTERSIL AMERICALS LLC 3 4 1 0 1 9
INVISAGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 4 1 1 0 9
NANTERO, INC. 4 0 3 2 0 9
SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL (SHANGHAI) CORPORATION 1 5 1 0 2 9
BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY 1 4 2 1 0 8
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE - CNRS 0 0 2 2 4 8
CROCUS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 5 3 0 8
GENUSION, INC. 3 2 0 2 1 8
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 7 8
PEKING UNIVERSITY 0 0 2 0 6 8
SHANGHAI HUAHONG GRACE SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 6 8
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 0 2 0 1 5 8
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY 1 0 2 3 1 7
GLOBALFOUNDRIES SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. 0 0 1 3 3 7
III HOLDINGS 2, LLC 0 0 0 1 6 7
RADIANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 1 3 2 7
RAMOT AT TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY LTD. 3 1 0 2 1 7
SOCIONEXT INC. 0 0 0 0 7 7
STMICROELECTRONICS PVT. LTD. 0 6 1 0 0 7
EON SILICON SOLUTION INC. 0 1 1 3 1 6
FUSION-IO, INC. 0 3 1 1 1 6
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 2 1 2 0 6
HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 1 3 1 1 0 6
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELEKTRONICA CENTRUM (IMEC VZW) 1 1 2 0 2 6
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 2 0 1 2 1 6
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 4 1 1 0 0 6
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 2 0 0 3 1 6
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 0 2 3 0 6
S. AQUA SEMICONDUCTOR LLC 4 1 1 0 0 6
SNU R& DB FOUNDATION 1 3 0 1 1 6
STMICROELECTRONICS (CROLLES 2) SAS 2 1 0 3 0 6
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 1 0 1 2 2 6
SUVOLTA, INC. 1 0 1 2 2 6
TDK CORPORATION 2 2 1 1 0 6
ACER INCORPORATED 2 2 1 0 0 5
ACTEL CORPORATION 2 2 1 0 0 5
ADVANTEST CORP. 0 2 2 0 1 5
AMS AG 1 3 1 0 0 5
AXON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 1 3 0 0 1 5
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 2 1 0 1 1 5
CHIP MEMORY TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 0 1 1 2 5
FUNAI ELECTRIC ADVANCED APPLIED TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 0 0 1 2 2 5
INTEGRATED SILICON SOLUTION, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 4 0 1 0 0 5
MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR, LTD. 1 2 1 0 1 5
OCZ TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC. 0 3 2 0 0 5
SOLID STATE STORAGE SOLUTIONS, LLC 3 0 1 0 1 5
T-RAM SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 4 0 1 0 0 5
TOHOKU UNIVERSITY 0 1 0 0 4 5



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