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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 716, Computer-Aided Design and Analysis of Circuits and Semiconductor Masks

( 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 246 211 256 169 76 958
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 89 112 129 119 80 529
SYNOPSYS INC. 67 91 104 117 64 443
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 13 36 76 119 101 345
ALTERA CORPORATION 32 62 48 65 24 231
XILINX, INC. 64 65 33 29 17 208
FUJITSU LIMITED 45 42 42 43 11 183
MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION 15 23 35 44 24 141
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 37 42 24 10 6 119
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 27 43 21 16 3 110
LSI CORPORATION 21 30 29 25 2 107
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 7 11 16 25 17 76
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 13 19 22 15 5 74
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. 3 3 9 37 20 72
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 19 18 13 16 2 68
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 19 14 24 6 4 67
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 9 10 15 13 9 56
ASML NETHERLANDS B.V. 5 4 16 23 7 55
NEC CORPORATION 9 24 8 7 4 52
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 3 7 6 11 19 46
APPLE, INC. 0 8 22 6 4 40
TELA INNOVATIONS, INC. 7 7 5 9 6 34
QUALCOMM, INC. 2 6 9 9 7 33
ATRENTA, INC. 2 0 5 18 4 29
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 4 4 13 5 1 27
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 9 12 4 2 0 27
NVIDIA CORPORATION 2 0 4 10 10 26
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 8 4 8 4 25
PANASONIC CORPORATION 9 8 4 4 0 25
TABULA, INC. 5 3 4 9 4 25
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 4 9 7 3 0 23
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 8 11 4 0 23
INTEL CORPORATION 4 5 4 4 4 21
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 3 8 3 3 20
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 8 1 3 5 2 19
KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION 5 3 2 6 3 19
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 4 2 3 6 3 18
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 0 2 3 9 4 18
SONY CORPORATION 4 6 4 3 1 18
ARM LIMITED 6 3 4 3 1 17
JASPER DESIGN AUTOMATION, INC. 1 3 4 4 5 17
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 6 2 2 5 2 17
PULSIC LIMITED 2 5 4 3 2 16
BROADCOM CORPORATION 4 6 0 4 0 14
GLOBALFOUNDRIES SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. 0 0 5 3 6 14
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 5 4 2 1 2 14
SYNOPSYS TAIWAN CO., LTD. 0 0 1 9 4 14
THE MATH WORKS, INC. 3 2 5 3 1 14
D2S, INC. 0 0 3 3 6 12
LUMINESCENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 7 1 4 0 0 12
NUFLARE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 3 4 0 1 12
ACTIVE-SEMI, INC. 2 8 0 0 1 11
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 2 7 2 0 0 11
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 3 2 3 2 1 11
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 2 2 2 3 2 11
ACHRONIX SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 5 3 1 1 10
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 3 3 3 1 0 10
ALGOTOCHIP CORPORATION 0 3 7 0 0 10
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 1 1 4 4 0 10
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 5 0 3 2 0 10
CALYPTO DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 2 4 1 1 1 9
HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 0 1 3 3 2 9
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELEKTRONICA CENTRUM (IMEC VZW) 3 2 4 0 0 9
NXP B.V. 2 3 1 2 1 9
SPRINGSOFT USA, INC. 7 2 0 0 0 9
EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC 0 3 3 2 0 8
HITACHI, LTD 3 4 1 0 0 8
MAXELER TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 0 0 1 5 2 8
NANGATE INC. 0 0 6 1 1 8
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 5 1 1 0 1 8
NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY 1 0 4 3 0 8
ASML MASKTOOLS, B.V. 2 2 2 1 0 7
ELPIDA MEMORY, INC. 0 1 5 1 0 7
GAUDA, INC. 0 3 2 2 0 7
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 0 3 1 2 1 7
SPRING SOFT INC. 0 4 3 0 0 7
WORLDWIDE PRO LTD. 0 1 2 2 2 7
BOEING COMPANY 0 2 3 0 1 6
MAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION, INC. 6 0 0 0 0 6
MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 1 2 2 1 0 6
NAN YA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 0 2 2 0 6
NANGATE A/S 3 3 0 0 0 6
NETSPEED SYSTEMS 0 0 1 3 2 6
NIKON CORPORATION 0 0 4 2 0 6
OTRSOTECH, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 2 3 1 0 0 6
RAMBUS, INC. 1 3 1 1 0 6
RESONANT LLC 0 0 0 2 4 6
SOLIDO DESIGN AUTOMATION INC. 3 1 2 0 0 6
STMICROELECTRONICS ROUSSET SAS 0 0 2 4 0 6
SUVOLTA, INC. 1 0 0 5 0 6
WISTRON CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 5 6
APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION 0 1 3 1 0 5
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY 0 1 1 1 2 5
ATOPTECH, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 0 2 3 0 5
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES 0 0 1 2 2 5
GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. 2 LLC 0 0 0 0 5 5
GOLDEN GATE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 3 0 0 5
HELIC S.A. 0 1 0 1 3 5
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 2 0 2 1 0 5
MEDIATEK INC. 1 0 0 2 2 5
NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY 0 2 1 2 0 5
PS4 LUXCO S.A.R.L. 0 0 0 3 2 5
SAGE SOFTWARE, INC. 4 0 0 1 0 5
SEMICONDUCTOR INSIGHTS INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5
SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL (SHANGHAI) CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 2 5
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 1 1 1 1 1 5
SYNTEST TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
TAKUMI TECHNOLOGY CORP. 2 2 1 0 0 5
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 0 0 4 0 1 5
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 2 0 2 0 1 5



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