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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Electronic Information Products Division
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2004 - 2008 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 709, Multicomputer Data Transferring (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 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Total
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 225 207 264 207 332 1235
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 74 80 160 169 222 705
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 76 70 105 130 126 507
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 47 64 104 73 76 364
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 63 52 72 76 56 319
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 41 59 72 83 48 303
INTEL CORPORATION 42 42 61 56 65 266
HITACHI, LTD 24 22 59 68 67 240
FUJITSU LIMITED 29 32 52 47 45 205
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 49 46 38 36 30 199
SONY CORPORATION 22 15 40 35 49 161
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 22 16 27 46 39 150
NEC CORPORATION 21 23 27 24 7 102
NOKIA CORPORATION 8 8 21 23 38 98
AT&T CORP. 13 15 20 28 18 94
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 16 13 31 17 11 88
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 8 9 17 21 31 86
EMC CORPORATION 7 12 20 19 26 84
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 9 12 24 18 18 81
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 3 5 15 17 39 79
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 7 13 34 16 1 71
3COM CORPORATION 23 19 13 7 8 70
AOL LLC 7 3 9 17 32 68
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 8 11 13 18 17 67
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 9 13 11 12 9 54
MOTOROLA, INC. 9 8 10 14 10 51
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 10 13 10 10 7 50
BEA SYSTEMS, INC. 1 3 13 18 14 49
AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 0 15 12 17 48
LV PARTNERS, L.P. 14 6 6 8 13 47
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 0 3 11 16 16 46
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 3 4 10 13 14 44
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 5 1 11 14 12 43
YAHOO, INC. 1 5 14 6 17 43
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. 2 5 8 8 15 38
ALCATEL 7 4 13 7 6 37
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 1 3 8 7 14 33
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 5 4 7 5 11 32
BROADCOM CORPORATION 1 7 4 6 14 32
XEROX CORPORATION 4 3 10 7 8 32
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 7 1 9 7 7 31
MCAFEE, INC. 0 1 13 13 3 30
UNISYS CORPORATION 10 5 5 6 4 30
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 10 8 7 2 2 29
NOVELL, INC. 5 6 8 8 2 29
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 0 0 0 28 28
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 4 5 6 7 6 28
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 0 1 10 16 28
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC. 0 0 0 1 25 26
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 6 7 0 3 10 26
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 1 2 4 11 8 26
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 4 9 5 6 1 25
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 1 3 6 5 9 24
NETWORK ASSOCIATES, INC. 13 8 3 0 0 24
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 2 1 5 3 13 24
PALMSOURCE INC. 2 5 4 6 5 22
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 0 3 5 4 10 22
CIENA CORPORATION 2 2 4 9 4 21
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 2 6 2 9 21
PANASONIC COMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. 6 3 6 4 2 21
QUALCOMM, INC. 4 4 4 5 4 21
ALACRITECH, INC. 5 3 3 6 3 20
VERITAS OPERATING CORPORATION 1 6 7 6 0 20
CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. 7 5 3 1 3 19
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 4 6 3 3 17
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 0 0 4 12 17
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 5 1 3 1 7 17
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 0 4 3 3 7 17
ADAPTEC, INC. 4 1 9 2 0 16
ALCATEL CANADA, INC. 3 1 3 6 3 16
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 1 1 4 1 9 16
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 5 2 3 4 2 16
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 0 0 5 8 3 16
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 6 2 2 3 2 15
GENESYS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LABORATORIES, INC. 5 2 3 3 2 15
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 6 4 3 2 0 15
ACCENTURE LLP 5 3 3 0 3 14
BOEING COMPANY 4 2 5 1 2 14
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 5 2 2 0 5 14
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 2 1 5 3 3 14
NCR CORPORATION 3 5 2 3 1 14
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 4 3 4 3 0 14
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 5 4 1 2 14
REDBACK NETWORKS INC. 0 5 1 5 3 14
NOKIA INC. 0 0 3 6 4 13
OPENWAVE SYSTEMS INC. 2 1 6 4 0 13
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA INC. 0 1 2 4 6 13
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 1 3 4 3 1 12
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 0 5 3 2 12
SCHNEIDER AUTOMATION INC. 1 3 5 3 0 12
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 0 2 5 2 3 12
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 1 3 1 4 3 12
UT STARCOM, INC. 3 0 3 4 2 12
VIGNETTE CORPORATION 1 0 4 4 3 12
DANGER, INC. 3 1 3 1 3 11
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 1 2 2 6 11
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 0 0 6 2 3 11
NVIDIA CORPORATION 0 1 3 2 5 11
PACKETEER, INC. 0 1 4 0 6 11
PIONEER CORPORATION 1 1 1 6 2 11
SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P. 0 2 2 5 2 11
SYMANTEC OPERATING CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 10 11
VERIZON LABORATORIES INC. 4 2 3 2 0 11
AMDOCS (ISRAEL) LTD. 0 3 4 1 2 10
EBAY INC. 2 0 2 2 4 10
F5 NETWORKS, INC., 0 1 1 2 6 10
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 1 2 7 0 0 10
I2 TECHNOLOGIES US, INC. 0 4 3 2 1 10
INTELLIDEN, INC. 0 2 2 4 2 10
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 2 4 3 1 0 10
POLYCOM, INC. 2 1 4 0 3 10
SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC. 2 1 3 3 1 10
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 1 2 4 1 2 10
TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 1 4 1 0 10
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 0 0 3 5 2 10
WEBEX COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 2 1 2 3 2 10
YAMAHA CORPORATION 1 0 1 5 3 10
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 1 1 2 1 4 9
MCI COMMUNICATIONS CORP. 4 2 1 1 1 9
SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 3 3 3 0 0 9
SIEBEL SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 2 1 4 9
SIEMENS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 2 2 3 2 9
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 0 2 3 1 9
WESTERN DIGITAL VENTURES, INC. 1 3 3 1 1 9
AT& T BLS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC. 0 0 0 7 1 8
AVISTAR COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 8 8
CINGULAR WIRELESS II, LLC 0 0 4 3 1 8
COLLABORATION PROPERTIES, INC. 2 2 2 2 0 8
ERICSSON, INC. 3 2 0 3 0 8
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 3 2 1 2 0 8
INKTOMI CORPORATION 1 2 3 2 0 8
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 0 1 2 0 5 8
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 3 1 0 2 8
MITEL NETWORKS CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 6 8
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 2 0 2 3 1 8
NEWISYS, INC. 0 1 2 2 3 8
PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORPORATION 1 3 1 1 2 8
PLURIS, INC. 2 3 3 0 0 8
REALNETWORKS, INC. 0 2 2 1 3 8
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 2 1 0 2 3 8
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 2 2 1 1 8
UNITED DEVICES, INC. 0 2 5 1 0 8
WEBTV NETWORKS, INC. 6 1 0 1 0 8
CLOUDSHIELD TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 0 3 0 2 7
FORTINET, INC. 0 0 0 4 3 7
HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC 0 0 2 2 3 7
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. 1 1 1 0 4 7
NETZERO INC. 1 1 3 1 1 7
NOMADIX, INC. 3 1 0 3 0 7
QLOGIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 6 7
REGISTER.COM, INC. 1 1 3 1 1 7
SRI INTERNATIONAL 5 0 0 0 2 7
SWSOFT HOLDINGS, LTD. 0 0 1 1 5 7
TEAMON SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 3 1 2 7
TEKELEC 0 1 3 1 2 7
TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 1 2 3 7
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 4 2 1 7
WORLDCOM, INC. 7 0 0 0 0 7
ALCATEL LUCENT 0 0 0 1 5 6
ASPECT COMMUNICATIONS CORP. 4 1 0 0 1 6
BIGFIX, INC. 1 1 0 3 1 6
BLUE COAT SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 0 2 3 6
BMC SOFTWARE, INC. 0 3 2 1 0 6
BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 0 0 5 6
BULL S.A. 0 1 2 1 2 6
CIRCADENCE CORPORATION 0 0 6 0 0 6
CLEARCUBE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 1 0 5 6
DIGIMARC CORPORATION 0 0 2 1 3 6
ERICSSON AB 0 0 0 2 4 6
EXTREME NETWORKS, INC. 0 2 0 1 3 6
FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 1 2 1 6
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 0 0 4 2 6
G&H NEVADA-TEK 0 0 5 1 0 6
GOOGLE, INC. 1 0 0 2 3 6
HOSHIKO LLC 0 0 0 2 4 6
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 0 1 1 1 3 6
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP. 2 2 0 0 2 6
IANYWHERE SOLUTIONS, INC. 1 1 1 2 1 6
INTERCALL, INC. 0 0 0 2 4 6
INTERLAND, INC. 2 4 0 0 0 6
INTERTRUST TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 0 2 2 0 2 6
KABUSHIKI KAISHA SQUARE ENIX 0 1 2 2 1 6
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD. 0 1 2 2 1 6
MCI, INC. 1 3 2 0 0 6
MERCURY INTERACTIVE CORPORATION 3 1 1 1 0 6
MUSIC CHOICE 0 0 3 0 3 6
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 2 1 2 0 1 6
PALM, INC. 0 1 1 3 1 6
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 1 2 2 1 6
SBC PROPERTIES, L.P. 4 0 1 1 0 6
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 0 1 0 2 3 6
TIME WARNER CABLE 0 0 1 2 3 6
TREND MICRO, INC. 1 0 1 1 3 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 0 0 5 1 0 6
VERIZON BUSINESS GLOBAL LLC 0 0 0 3 3 6
VERIZON CORPORATE SERVICES GROUP INC. 2 1 1 1 1 6
VISTO CORPORATION 1 0 1 2 2 6
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 0 3 1 5
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC. 0 1 0 2 2 5
ASOKA USA CORPORATION 0 0 1 0 4 5
AT HOME CORPORATION 2 0 1 1 1 5
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
DENSO CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 1 5
DIGEO, INC. 1 0 1 3 0 5
ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 2 5
IDEAFLOOD, INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 0 2 2 1 5
INFRASTRUCTURE INNOVATIONS, LLC 1 0 1 1 2 5
INVENTEC CORPORATION 1 0 3 0 1 5
KASENNA, INC. 0 1 0 2 2 5
KONINKLIJKE KPN N.V. 0 2 0 1 2 5
MEDIAONE GROUP, INC. 2 2 0 1 0 5
NETAPP, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
NETWORK GENERAL TECHNOLOGY 0 0 1 2 2 5
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 0 1 2 2 0 5
ROCKWELL ELECTRONIC COMMERCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0 2 2 0 1 5
SBC KNOWLEDGE VENTURES, L.P. 0 0 1 2 2 5
SCHNEIDER AUTOMATION 0 1 1 2 1 5
SEDNA PATENT SERVICES, LLC 0 2 1 2 0 5
SENSORIA CORPORATION 3 1 1 0 0 5
SERVER TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 0 2 2 0 5
TERRASPRING, INC. 2 0 3 0 0 5
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. 0 0 3 2 0 5
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 1 1 1 1 5
TROPIC NETWORKS INC. 1 0 3 1 0 5
VAN DREBBEL MARINER LLC 0 1 0 0 4 5
WEST CORPORATION 0 0 2 0 3 5
XACCT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 1 3 1 0 0 5
YODLEE.COM, INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5


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