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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 717, DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing)

( 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 285 467 538 511 475 2276
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 129 178 201 209 32 749
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 60 62 75 105 81 383
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 33 33 54 67 58 245
THE MATH WORKS, INC. 21 39 35 66 60 221
GOOGLE, INC. 2 20 39 55 62 178
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 25 30 32 38 43 168
RED HAT, INC. 6 14 42 40 49 151
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 26 30 27 37 24 144
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 31 38 39 20 15 143
INTEL CORPORATION 27 23 28 32 28 138
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC. 0 0 0 0 127 127
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 20 19 34 17 10 100
APPLE, INC. 11 14 25 24 20 94
FUJITSU LIMITED 7 18 26 23 20 94
ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED 11 14 24 22 21 92
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 7 14 19 24 19 83
ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED 7 6 20 20 11 64
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 1 5 21 35 64
CA, INC. 0 8 17 22 15 62
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 8 9 18 19 8 62
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 5 9 22 18 4 58
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 9 14 11 15 54
EMC CORPORATION 2 7 8 17 17 51
INFOSYS LIMITED 1 3 12 15 18 49
SALESFORCE.COM, INC. 1 0 7 20 20 48
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 6 6 10 15 9 46
NVIDIA CORPORATION 9 9 5 8 12 43
VMWARE, INC. 1 5 7 8 18 39
SONY CORPORATION 4 7 10 12 5 38
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 10 5 6 10 6 37
NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA, INC. 2 7 13 11 3 36
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 13 9 12 0 0 34
QUALCOMM, INC. 3 1 9 8 11 32
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 1 1 4 10 15 31
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL.) 5 5 5 8 8 31
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 0 6 4 10 10 30
NEC CORPORATION 2 3 7 8 9 29
HITACHI, LTD 6 6 9 1 6 28
INTUIT, INC. 3 7 8 7 2 27
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 5 5 8 7 2 27
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 4 6 2 7 7 26
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD. 0 0 3 5 16 24
VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC. 1 2 8 6 6 23
BLACKBERRY LIMITED 0 0 2 10 10 22
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 2 1 5 7 7 22
SYNOPSYS INC. 1 2 7 9 3 22
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 5 2 5 4 6 22
BOEING COMPANY 1 4 4 4 8 21
CONCURIX CORPORATION 0 0 1 11 9 21
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2 0 6 7 6 21
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 3 6 6 4 21
ALCATEL LUCENT 2 6 4 8 0 20
SOFTWARE AG 0 4 2 6 8 20
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 2 6 3 2 7 20
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 1 3 7 4 4 19
MCAFEE, INC. 4 1 9 3 1 18
YAHOO, INC. 3 3 3 5 4 18
EBAY INC. 0 2 6 7 2 17
PANASONIC CORPORATION 5 4 4 4 0 17
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 1 0 3 7 5 16
ALTERA CORPORATION 3 5 2 2 4 16
AVAYA INC. 4 2 5 3 2 16
BMC SOFTWARE, INC. 0 1 2 7 5 15
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 2 0 1 8 4 15
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 3 6 4 15
PANAYA LTD. 0 0 0 2 13 15
FACEBOOK, INC. 0 0 0 3 11 14
UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA) 1 1 6 3 3 14
XILINX, INC. 4 2 5 1 2 14
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC. 2 1 5 4 1 13
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 2 0 5 3 3 13
INVENSYS SYSTEMS, INC. 6 2 1 3 1 13
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 1 2 2 4 4 13
NOVELL, INC. 3 3 3 2 2 13
UNISYS CORPORATION 0 2 3 4 4 13
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 1 1 4 5 12
OPEN INVENTION NETWORK, LLC 0 1 3 4 4 12
RAYTHEON COMPANY 1 3 4 3 1 12
SAP PORTALS ISRAEL LTD. 4 0 3 0 5 12
SONATYPE, INC. 0 0 4 3 5 12
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 1 1 2 2 5 11
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC 1 1 5 1 3 11
LSI CORPORATION 1 2 4 3 1 11
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 4 4 3 11
NOKIA CORPORATION 1 5 3 2 0 11
RED HAT ISRAEL, LTD. 0 0 1 4 6 11
XEROX CORPORATION 1 1 3 2 4 11
AMDOCS SOFTWARE SYSTEMS LIMITED 2 1 2 0 5 10
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 6 4 0 0 0 10
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 4 1 3 2 0 10
PARALLELS IP HOLDINGS GMBH 0 2 2 4 2 10
PARASOFT CORPORATION 4 2 2 2 0 10
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 2 1 4 2 1 10
SYMANTEC OPERATING CORPORATION 2 4 0 1 3 10
TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED 0 0 1 2 7 10
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 2 2 4 2 0 10
WIND RIVER SYSTEMS, INC. 3 3 4 0 0 10
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. 2 0 2 4 1 9
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 2 2 3 2 0 9
GREEN HILLS SOFTWARE, INC. 1 4 1 2 1 9
INTERACTIVE TKO, INC. 1 2 1 1 4 9
LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 0 0 0 9 9
NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY 2 0 3 2 2 9
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 2 4 2 1 0 9
TIBCO SOFTWARE INC. 1 2 0 2 4 9
ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC. 0 0 1 2 5 8
APPCELERATOR, INC. 0 1 3 4 0 8
CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 2 2 3 8
DSPACE DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING AND CONTROL ENGINEERING GMBH 0 0 3 4 1 8
SAS INSTITUTE, INC. 2 2 3 1 0 8
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 3 2 1 1 1 8
SIEMENS CORPORATION 3 0 4 1 0 8
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 1 0 4 1 2 8
WAL-MART STORES, INC. 0 0 0 2 6 8
ZTE CORPORATION 0 0 0 4 4 8
ZYNGA, INC. 0 1 1 2 4 8
AO KASPERSKY LAB 0 2 0 3 2 7
BEEK FUND B.V. L.L.C. 0 0 3 4 0 7
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 1 3 3 0 7
BUSINESS OBJECTS SOFTWARE LTD. 3 0 1 2 1 7
CATERPILLAR INC. 0 3 2 1 1 7
CRIMSON CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 2 7
DENSO CORPORATION 3 0 3 0 1 7
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 3 2 2 7
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 4 1 0 7
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 1 2 0 1 3 7
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 1 1 1 0 4 7
MEDIA DIRECT, INC. 0 1 0 4 2 7
MUREX S.A.S. 1 3 1 1 1 7
TILERA CORPORATION 0 4 1 0 2 7
TREND MICRO, INC. 0 3 1 2 1 7
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 1 1 3 2 0 7
VERSIONONE, INC. 0 0 3 3 1 7
WYSE TECHNOLOGY L.L.C. 1 0 1 3 2 7
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 0 2 1 2 1 6
CRAY INC. 0 1 2 2 1 6
FLEXERA SOFTWARE LLC 0 0 6 0 0 6
INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 0 3 3 0 0 6
MASSIVELY PARALLEL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 2 4 6
MICRO FOCUS (US), INC. 0 0 4 1 1 6
NINTENDO CO., LTD. 0 0 2 1 3 6
PIVOTAL SOFTWARE, INC. 0 0 0 1 5 6
RAMCO SYSTEMS LIMITED 0 2 2 1 1 6
RED BEND LTD. 0 0 4 2 0 6
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 2 3 0 1 6
XAMARIN INC. 0 0 0 2 4 6
ZENPRISE, INC. 6 0 0 0 0 6
ABB RESEARCH LTD. 0 0 5 0 0 5
COMMVAULT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
COVERITY, INC. 0 0 3 2 0 5
DYNATRACE SOFTWARE GMBH 0 1 3 1 0 5
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE, FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE 0 1 0 2 2 5
F5 NETWORKS, INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 0 2 1 5
GEMALTO SA 0 1 0 3 1 5
HITACHI SOLUTIONS, LTD. 0 0 2 2 1 5
IDENTIFY SOFTWARE LTD. 1 1 1 2 0 5
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. 2 1 1 1 0 5
KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 2 1 1 0 1 5
MOTOROLA-MOBILITY, INC. 0 1 3 1 0 5
NCR CORPORATION 0 0 4 1 0 5
NETAPP, INC. 1 4 0 0 0 5
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 1 3 1 0 0 5
OPTUMSOFT, INC. 0 1 0 2 2 5
PILZ GMBH & CO. 0 1 1 3 0 5
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 1 1 2 0 1 5
RESERVOIR LABS, INC 0 0 2 1 2 5
SIEBEL SYSTEMS, INC. 2 1 2 0 0 5
SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC. 0 3 1 1 0 5
SYBASE, INC. 1 1 0 1 2 5
TERADATA US, INC. 1 0 2 1 1 5
TOPCODER, INC. 0 1 3 1 0 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 4 0 0 1 0 5
VERSATA DEVELOPMENT GROUP, INC. 1 2 0 0 2 5
WIPRO LIMITED 0 3 1 0 1 5
XMOS LIMITED 0 0 2 3 0 5



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