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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 718, Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (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 91 254 301 316 335 1297
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 32 56 57 68 12 225
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 35 43 35 39 46 198
INTEL CORPORATION 26 41 34 34 31 166
VMWARE, INC. 6 22 21 35 34 118
FUJITSU LIMITED 4 9 34 33 29 109
HITACHI, LTD 13 26 27 22 17 105
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 30 29 18 10 6 93
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 10 13 19 25 15 82
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 6 13 18 16 27 80
EMC CORPORATION 4 7 13 15 26 65
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC. 0 0 0 0 57 57
NEC CORPORATION 1 4 14 17 17 53
RED HAT, INC. 0 10 11 10 22 53
RED HAT ISRAEL, LTD. 0 2 7 15 26 50
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 2 5 14 11 17 49
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 9 14 23 48
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 3 4 8 17 16 48
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 9 7 8 8 14 46
QUALCOMM, INC. 2 4 8 12 17 43
GOOGLE, INC. 1 2 7 10 17 37
NETAPP, INC. 1 4 9 8 15 37
NVIDIA CORPORATION 7 6 8 5 10 36
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 7 9 8 10 35
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 2 1 8 11 11 33
CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. 0 6 7 6 14 33
CA, INC. 0 5 9 7 8 29
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 2 5 5 2 13 27
ADAPTIVE COMPUTING ENTERPRISES INC. 3 5 3 6 6 23
EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC 0 2 2 11 8 23
NOVELL, INC. 2 3 7 6 5 23
PANASONIC CORPORATION 6 2 7 7 0 22
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 2 3 5 11 21
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 4 8 3 1 5 21
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 2 3 2 9 20
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 2 3 5 6 4 20
PARALLELS IP HOLDINGS GMBH 0 3 8 4 5 20
APPLE, INC. 1 3 6 0 9 19
LSI CORPORATION 0 3 5 10 1 19
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 7 6 4 0 1 18
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL.) 0 1 3 3 11 18
THE MATH WORKS, INC. 1 5 2 7 3 18
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 0 1 2 5 6 14
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 0 2 3 4 5 14
MANAGEIQ, INC. 0 2 3 4 5 14
NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA, INC. 0 2 2 4 6 14
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 0 4 2 6 2 14
ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED 0 3 3 4 3 13
ALCATEL LUCENT 0 2 2 3 6 13
ARM LIMITED 0 3 6 0 4 13
SONY CORPORATION 0 3 4 3 3 13
TERADATA US, INC. 0 5 5 2 1 13
XEROX CORPORATION 2 7 1 1 2 13
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 0 0 3 8 1 12
OPEN INVENTION NETWORK, LLC 0 1 2 4 5 12
SALESFORCE.COM, INC. 0 0 2 6 4 12
VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC. 0 2 0 3 7 12
AVAYA INC. 0 3 4 3 1 11
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 0 1 3 1 6 11
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 2 3 4 2 11
BOEING COMPANY 0 0 3 4 3 10
LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 0 0 2 8 10
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 1 1 2 2 3 9
BROADCOM CORPORATION 2 1 1 2 3 9
BROMIUM, INC. 0 0 0 2 7 9
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 0 3 2 1 3 9
MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INC. 3 2 0 1 3 9
SPLUNK INC. 0 0 0 2 7 9
ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED 0 2 0 3 3 8
INFOSYS LIMITED 0 0 1 2 5 8
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 2 3 2 0 1 8
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA 0 0 0 2 6 8
RAYTHEON COMPANY 0 2 0 4 2 8
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 1 1 3 3 8
SYNOPSYS INC. 0 0 1 1 6 8
BMC SOFTWARE, INC. 0 0 4 1 2 7
COMMVAULT SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 3 1 2 7
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 6 1 0 0 0 7
EMBOTICS CORPORATION 0 2 1 3 1 7
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0 3 2 0 2 7
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 2 2 1 2 7
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 1 2 1 1 2 7
MCAFEE, INC. 0 1 3 1 2 7
NOKIA CORPORATION 2 3 0 1 1 7
QNX SOFTWARE SYSTEMS, LTD. 0 1 5 1 0 7
SAS INSTITUTE, INC. 1 1 1 0 4 7
AZUL SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 4 0 0 6
EBAY INC. 0 0 2 3 1 6
JOYENT, INC. 0 0 1 4 1 6
LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED 0 2 3 0 1 6
MOKA5, INC. 1 0 2 1 2 6
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 1 1 2 1 1 6
UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA) 0 0 2 3 1 6
WIND RIVER SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 2 4 6
YAHOO, INC. 1 2 0 2 1 6
ZTE CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 5 6
BLACKBERRY LIMITED 0 0 0 3 2 5
INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION INDUSTRY 0 1 0 3 1 5
NUTANIX, INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 0 3 0 0 2 5
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 1 0 2 0 2 5
THROUGHPUTER, INC. 0 0 1 4 0 5
VIRTUSTREAM, INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
WISTRON CORPORATION 1 0 0 1 3 5



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