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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 712, Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (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 110 68 82 81 86 427
INTEL CORPORATION 33 28 35 42 62 200
ARM LIMITED 18 5 12 10 26 71
APPLE, INC. 10 7 21 6 15 59
QUALCOMM, INC. 11 11 8 17 12 59
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 8 8 21 13 7 57
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 21 11 10 1 11 54
NVIDIA CORPORATION 12 14 10 8 7 51
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 20 10 9 7 5 51
FUJITSU LIMITED 15 7 12 8 7 49
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 12 8 5 6 13 44
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 8 2 9 14 6 39
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 8 9 7 4 10 38
ALTERA CORPORATION 11 4 9 5 7 36
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 6 7 5 5 9 32
PANASONIC CORPORATION 15 2 3 7 0 27
NEC CORPORATION 4 8 0 7 7 26
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 6 5 5 5 3 24
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 8 2 3 4 5 22
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5 4 2 2 7 20
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 4 4 3 2 5 18
MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INC. 8 9 0 0 0 17
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3 1 6 5 1 16
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 0 0 5 5 5 15
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 4 5 4 0 2 15
RAMBUS, INC. 5 2 2 1 2 12
BROADCOM CORPORATION 7 2 1 1 0 11
LSI CORPORATION 2 0 4 3 2 11
NXP B.V. 5 1 1 2 2 11
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. 8 0 1 0 1 10
INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I, LLC 4 5 1 0 0 10
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 4 2 3 0 1 10
SONY CORPORATION 1 2 3 3 1 10
SYNOPSYS INC. 3 1 0 2 2 8
VNS PORTFOLIO LLC 7 1 0 0 0 8
XILINX, INC. 2 2 1 1 2 8
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 3 2 1 1 0 7
ATMEL CORPORATION 2 1 4 0 0 7
GOOGLE, INC. 0 1 1 1 4 7
ICERA INC. 1 0 2 2 2 7
IMAGINATION TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 1 2 2 0 2 7
ATI TECHNOLOGIES ULC 2 1 1 1 1 6
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 1 1 0 4 6
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 1 1 0 2 6
COHERENT LOGIX INCORPORATED 3 1 1 1 0 6
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 0 0 2 4 0 6
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 2 1 2 1 0 6
MICROUNITY SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, INC. 2 1 0 3 0 6
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 6 0 0 0 0 6
STMICROELECTRONICS (BEIJING) R& D COMPANY LTD. 0 1 3 0 2 6
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 0 4 0 1 1 6
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS 2 2 1 0 1 6
XMOS LIMITED 2 3 0 1 0 6
DENSO CORPORATION 4 1 0 0 0 5
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 1 1 0 1 2 5
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2 0 1 2 0 5
OVICS 2 3 0 0 0 5
QST HOLDINGS, L.L.C. 1 3 1 0 0 5
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 2 1 0 0 5
SILICON HIVE B.V. 2 2 0 1 0 5
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 2 3 0 0 0 5
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 2 2 0 1 0 5
TILERA CORPORATION 0 3 1 1 0 5



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