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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 711, Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing 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 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 315 396 363 495 561 2130
HITACHI, LTD 220 250 215 183 124 992
INTEL CORPORATION 86 92 90 97 129 494
EMC CORPORATION 51 60 62 108 149 430
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 77 75 67 87 99 405
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 33 60 62 80 78 313
FUJITSU LIMITED 40 59 74 76 62 311
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 41 59 56 70 80 306
NETAPP, INC. 43 47 51 70 48 259
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 44 46 56 57 45 248
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 43 57 49 57 9 215
APPLE, INC. 15 32 36 59 68 210
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC. 8 30 26 35 79 178
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 33 39 31 32 29 164
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 68 41 26 14 8 157
LSI CORPORATION 16 34 35 53 17 155
VMWARE, INC. 16 22 31 38 45 152
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 13 25 47 30 29 144
PHISON ELECTRONIC CORP. 16 29 25 27 38 135
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 18 22 16 23 47 126
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 9 16 23 26 45 119
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 12 19 38 45 116
NVIDIA CORPORATION 13 25 27 27 14 106
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 8 28 18 21 30 105
GOOGLE, INC. 2 15 31 26 29 103
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 19 18 24 22 19 102
QUALCOMM, INC. 11 15 22 15 32 95
SONY CORPORATION 15 25 17 19 16 92
PANASONIC CORPORATION 26 20 20 19 3 88
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 5 11 13 28 27 84
SILICON MOTION, INC. 6 24 16 19 18 83
ARM LIMITED 17 19 8 13 25 82
SANDISK IL LTD. 22 26 12 9 9 78
COMMVAULT SYSTEMS, INC. 15 16 16 14 15 76
RAMBUS, INC. 6 11 18 13 21 69
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 9 14 11 16 17 67
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 1 8 11 24 23 67
NEC CORPORATION 5 11 20 16 13 65
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 4 6 12 22 20 64
BROADCOM CORPORATION 16 11 7 9 18 61
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 4 10 14 26 56
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 17 15 10 6 8 56
CLEVERSAFE, INC. 2 3 12 15 20 52
SPANSION LLC 8 16 11 11 4 50
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC. 0 0 0 0 46 46
RED HAT, INC. 4 17 5 10 10 46
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 4 10 19 8 42
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 0 3 7 12 19 41
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC. 12 7 7 6 7 39
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 10 9 8 6 6 39
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 10 9 12 6 39
FUSION-IO, INC. 4 6 11 13 2 36
MARVELL ISRAEL (MISL) LTD. 3 9 8 5 11 36
SYMANTEC OPERATING CORPORATION 16 4 12 3 1 36
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 8 6 4 8 9 35
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 10 5 8 8 4 35
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 13 9 8 5 0 35
INFINIDAT LTD. 0 1 8 14 11 34
VIRIDENT SYSTEMS INC. 4 7 7 7 8 33
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 0 1 6 25 32
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 7 6 7 5 6 31
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 6 7 5 7 4 29
ALTERA CORPORATION 6 4 1 7 10 28
NXP B.V. 6 5 5 6 6 28
PURE STORAGE INC. 0 0 5 14 9 28
SANDISK CORPORATION 24 1 2 0 0 27
STEC, INC. 4 2 9 8 4 27
DENSBITS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 0 2 1 12 10 25
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. 8 5 1 0 11 25
MEDIATEK INC. 4 8 5 2 6 25
ROUND ROCK RESEARCH, LLC 9 5 4 5 2 25
SK HYNIX INC. 0 0 2 4 19 25
EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC 0 5 3 7 9 24
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 5 4 4 7 4 24
RED HAT ISRAEL, LTD. 0 6 2 4 12 24
XILINX, INC. 4 7 6 4 2 23
LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 0 0 4 18 22
SANDISK ENTERPRISE IP LLC 0 0 4 10 8 22
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 5 3 6 2 5 21
NOKIA CORPORATION 3 5 3 8 2 21
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 4 4 7 2 3 20
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 3 5 4 5 3 20
IMATION CORP. 1 8 5 5 1 20
NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 6 4 4 5 1 20
PIVOT 3, INC. 2 12 4 0 2 20
VIOLIN MEMORY, INC. 0 1 7 6 6 20
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. 5 10 4 0 0 19
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL.) 4 3 3 6 2 18
TILERA CORPORATION 2 4 6 4 2 18
NETLIST, INC. 0 1 5 8 3 17
QUANTUM CORP. (CA) 4 4 0 7 2 17
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 4 4 3 2 4 17
SUPER TALENT ELECTRONICS, INC. 9 7 1 0 0 17
APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION 0 2 3 5 5 15
MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INC. 7 4 2 1 1 15
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 5 3 2 3 2 15
ATI TECHNOLOGIES ULC 0 2 3 5 4 14
AVALANCHE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 1 3 10 14
CA, INC. 0 1 3 3 7 14
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 2 5 1 4 2 14
MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0 0 2 5 7 14
SILVER PEAK SYSTEMS, INC. 1 4 3 3 3 14
TAEJIN INFO TECH CO., LTD 0 0 6 3 5 14
INPHI CORPORATION 0 2 0 3 8 13
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 1 4 2 6 0 13
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 6 2 0 3 2 13
MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 1 0 2 4 6 13
QIMONDA AG 5 3 2 3 0 13
SYNOPSYS INC. 0 0 6 5 2 13
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 3 4 2 1 3 13
UNITY SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 9 3 0 0 1 13
A-DATA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 1 6 3 2 0 12
CONVERSANT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT INC. 0 0 0 10 2 12
INFORTREND TECHNOLOGY INC. 2 3 3 2 2 12
INTELLIGENT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY HOLDINGS 2 LLC 0 0 0 0 12 12
NETRONOME SYSTEMS INC. 0 0 0 1 11 12
OCZ STORAGE SOLUTIONS INC. 0 0 0 5 7 12
SKYMEDI CORPORATION 3 5 2 0 2 12
TDK CORPORATION 2 9 0 0 1 12
ATMEL CORPORATION 4 2 2 2 1 11
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 3 3 1 2 2 11
DENSO CORPORATION 3 2 1 1 4 11
DOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP. 2 1 0 3 5 11
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 4 2 1 4 0 11
INVENTEC CORPORATION 7 3 0 1 0 11
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 8 0 3 0 0 11
WARATEK PTY LTD. 7 4 0 0 0 11
AGIGA TECH INC. 3 2 1 3 1 10
CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. 1 3 3 2 1 10
FACEBOOK, INC. 0 0 3 3 4 10
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 1 2 0 0 7 10
NIMBLE STORAGE, INC. 0 1 0 1 8 10
NOVELL, INC. 1 3 1 2 3 10
OPEN TEXT S.A. 0 1 7 2 0 10
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 3 1 3 2 1 10
SMART STORAGE SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 1 1 6 10
ALCATEL LUCENT 0 1 0 4 4 9
BENHOV GMBH, LLC. 2 2 1 3 1 9
COMPELLENT TECHNOLOGIES 1 1 1 1 5 9
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 6 2 1 0 0 9
MEGACHIPS CORPORATION 5 1 1 2 0 9
P4TENTS1, LLC 0 0 0 0 9 9
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 3 3 2 0 1 9
SILICON GRAPHICS INTERNATIONAL CORP. 0 2 2 2 3 9
STMICROELECTRONICS (RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT) LIMITED 0 2 0 1 6 9
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 4 2 1 0 2 9
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 2 2 3 0 1 8
AVAYA INC. 0 1 4 1 2 8
CAVIUM, INC. 0 0 1 2 5 8
DATADIRECT NETWORKS, INC. 1 1 1 2 3 8
DATARAM, INC. 6 1 0 1 0 8
FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 0 7 8
GEMALTO SA 2 2 0 3 1 8
KIP CR P1 LP 0 0 0 2 6 8
MTEK VISION CO., LTD. 1 5 0 1 1 8
PARALLELS IP HOLDINGS GMBH 0 3 2 1 2 8
QST HOLDINGS, L.L.C. 5 1 0 1 1 8
QUEST SOFTWARE, INC. 3 4 1 0 0 8
SILICON SYSTEMS, INC. 0 4 2 1 1 8
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 6 2 0 0 0 8
SPECTRA LOGIC CORPORATION 0 2 0 4 2 8
ST-ERICSSON SA 1 3 2 0 2 8
TERADATA US, INC. 2 0 5 0 1 8
BOEING COMPANY 0 0 1 2 4 7
CRAY INC. 1 2 3 1 0 7
DSSD, INC. 0 2 5 0 0 7
EMC INTERNATIONAL COMPANY 0 0 3 2 2 7
GENESYS LOGIC, INC. 4 0 1 1 1 7
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 1 0 2 0 4 7
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 2 3 0 0 7
INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I, LLC 1 2 1 1 2 7
OCZ TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC. 0 1 5 1 0 7
OPEN INVENTION NETWORK, LLC 0 0 1 3 3 7
OVERLAND STORAGE, INC. 1 3 1 2 0 7
QLOGIC CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 2 7
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 3 2 2 0 0 7
STMICROELECTRONICS ROUSSET SAS 0 0 3 2 2 7
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 5 1 0 1 0 7
STORAGECRAFT TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 6 7
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 1 0 0 3 3 7
ACRONIS INC. 6 0 0 0 0 6
ATLANTIS COMPUTING, INC. 0 0 0 4 2 6
AZUL SYSTEMS, INC. 2 1 1 1 1 6
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 2 4 0 0 0 6
HICAMP SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 3 0 1 6
IP CUBE PARTNERS CO., LTD. 0 0 3 2 1 6
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 4 0 0 0 6
MEMOIR SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 2 2 1 6
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 6 6
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL 0 0 4 2 0 6
XYRATEX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 0 1 1 3 1 6
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 0 2 2 1 0 5
ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED 0 0 0 2 3 5
AMBARELLA, INC. 0 2 0 2 1 5
ARM FINANCE OVERSEAS LIMITED 0 0 0 0 5 5
BITMICRO NETWORKS, INC. 2 0 1 0 2 5
BUFFALO, INC. 1 3 1 0 0 5
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES 0 0 0 2 3 5
CONCURIX CORPORATION 0 0 1 3 1 5
CONVEY COMPUTER 0 2 2 0 1 5
CROSSROADS SYSTEMS, INC. 4 0 1 0 0 5
EDGECAST NETWORKS, INC. 2 1 0 1 1 5
FALCONSTOR, INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 3 0 2 0 0 5
MCAFEE, INC. 1 1 0 2 1 5
NXGN DATA, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
PS4 LUXCO S.A.R.L. 0 0 0 2 3 5
RAYTHEON COMPANY 0 2 1 2 0 5
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 1 4 0 0 0 5
THE MATH WORKS, INC. 0 1 2 1 1 5
TREK 2000 INTERNATIONAL LTD. 1 2 2 0 0 5
UNISYS CORPORATION 1 1 2 0 1 5
VIZIONCORE, INC. 0 5 0 0 0 5
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION 1 1 0 0 3 5
XIOTECH CORPORATION 2 0 0 2 1 5
YAHOO, INC. 1 2 2 0 0 5
ZTE CORPORATION 0 0 2 1 2 5



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