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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 714, Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery

( 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 127 118 156 209 236 846
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 57 70 107 70 72 376
INTEL CORPORATION 48 41 59 79 91 318
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 46 49 78 57 32 262
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 26 18 48 70 72 234
HITACHI, LTD 20 28 69 36 78 231
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 35 19 43 31 49 177
FUJITSU LIMITED 34 22 38 40 40 174
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 16 25 41 55 37 174
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 26 18 33 39 57 173
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 22 25 39 34 23 143
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 14 15 36 28 43 136
BROADCOM CORPORATION 9 10 40 26 47 132
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 16 22 20 28 42 128
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 24 19 20 38 26 127
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 29 15 32 28 10 114
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 19 12 21 18 19 89
EMC CORPORATION 13 17 20 21 16 87
NEC CORPORATION 19 16 16 15 17 83
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 19 13 20 15 16 83
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. 5 11 19 16 28 79
XILINX, INC. 8 6 22 18 25 79
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 15 16 24 14 5 74
SONY CORPORATION 14 11 18 15 13 71
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 9 7 17 16 18 67
ADVANTEST CORP. 8 10 4 28 16 66
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 18 15 16 8 6 63
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 12 10 11 18 10 61
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 13 10 15 8 5 51
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 16 8 10 6 11 51
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 10 12 8 8 13 51
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 8 10 15 6 9 48
MOTOROLA, INC. 12 8 6 15 6 47
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 19 12 6 5 3 45
QUALCOMM, INC. 9 3 11 11 11 45
UNISYS CORPORATION 7 5 11 12 10 45
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 12 9 7 8 8 44
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 9 7 8 6 13 43
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 5 7 5 7 17 41
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 6 5 5 10 12 38
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 6 11 14 7 38
ARM LIMITED 2 0 7 15 13 37
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 1 2 9 13 12 37
MEDIATEK INC. 1 3 13 9 11 37
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 4 8 12 10 37
ALTERA CORPORATION 4 2 9 11 10 36
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 9 12 7 3 5 36
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 1 2 9 12 10 34
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 7 5 2 16 4 34
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 5 7 3 12 30
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 5 1 10 6 7 29
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 4 2 9 4 9 28
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 4 5 2 11 6 28
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 3 4 3 9 8 27
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 4 1 6 7 5 23
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 4 4 3 7 5 23
ADAPTEC, INC. 6 6 1 5 3 21
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 7 1 7 5 1 21
MAXTOR CORPORATION 3 7 3 5 3 21
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 1 3 7 7 3 21
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 4 5 4 5 3 21
CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORPORATION 1 2 4 8 5 20
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 0 2 3 4 11 20
LOGICVISION, INC. 7 3 2 6 2 20
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 4 3 5 7 1 20
ALCATEL 2 2 6 6 3 19
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 1 10 8 19
CIENA CORPORATION 3 6 8 1 0 18
NXP B.V. 0 0 0 8 10 18
SYMANTEC OPERATING CORPORATION 0 0 0 4 14 18
TERADYNE, INC. 4 3 4 3 4 18
3COM CORPORATION 8 2 5 2 0 17
APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION 4 5 7 1 0 17
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 2 2 4 7 2 17
AT&T CORP. 4 4 2 4 2 16
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 2 1 5 5 3 16
INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 6 3 3 3 16
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 0 4 9 2 15
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 3 1 3 4 15
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 5 0 7 0 3 15
SYNTEST TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 4 6 4 15
VERIGY PTE LTD 0 0 0 7 8 15
INVENTEC CORPORATION 1 3 1 4 5 14
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 3 5 1 4 14
FINISAR CORPORATION 0 1 4 3 5 13
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 2 1 5 3 2 13
STRATUS TECHNOLOGIES BERMUDA LTD. 7 4 2 0 0 13
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. 1 0 1 5 6 13
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 4 4 3 2 0 13
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC. 0 2 1 7 2 12
FARADAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 2 3 4 2 12
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 5 2 2 1 1 11
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 2 2 3 1 3 11
NCR CORPORATION 4 2 3 2 0 11
PIONEER CORPORATION 1 0 1 6 3 11
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 3 1 1 4 2 11
VIRAGE LOGIC CORPORATION 0 0 5 2 4 11
BEA SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 2 1 7 10
DOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP. 1 0 1 1 7 10
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP. 4 5 1 0 0 10
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 1 3 3 3 10
NVIDIA CORPORATION 0 0 2 4 4 10
RAMBUS, INC. 1 0 1 4 4 10
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 0 2 2 5 10
SANDISK CORPORATION 4 0 1 2 3 10
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 3 2 2 2 0 9
INAPAC TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 0 2 2 3 9
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 1 0 1 2 5 9
XIOTECH CORPORATION 0 0 6 3 0 9
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 0 1 1 5 1 8
DENSO CORPORATION 1 2 0 2 3 8
ELPIDA MEMORY, INC. 0 1 0 3 4 8
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 1 0 1 4 2 8
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 0 2 1 4 1 8
ARRAYCOMM, INC. 2 2 2 0 1 7
BULL HN INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC. 4 2 1 0 0 7
DIGITAL FOUNTAIN, INC. 0 0 1 3 3 7
HARRIS CORP. 0 3 2 1 1 7
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN, LTD. 0 3 2 1 1 7
KINGSTON TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 1 1 3 2 0 7
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 0 1 2 2 2 7
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 3 1 2 1 0 7
MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 3 3 1 7
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 2 7
NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 2 4 1 7
ON-CHIP TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 1 4 0 7
PMC-SIERRA LTD. 0 0 1 1 5 7
QUANTUM CORP. (CA) 2 0 1 4 0 7
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 1 2 2 1 1 7
TEKTRONIX INC. 1 1 2 1 2 7
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 2 1 0 1 7
ACTEL CORPORATION 2 1 1 0 2 6
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 0 2 1 2 1 6
ANDO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 4 2 0 0 0 6
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 1 1 2 0 2 6
ATMEL CORPORATION 1 0 0 2 3 6
AVAILIGENT, INC. 0 0 0 6 0 6
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 1 2 2 1 0 6
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES NORTH AMERICA CORP. 3 0 1 1 1 6
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 0 2 2 1 1 6
NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 5 1 6
NETWORK EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGIES 1 0 2 1 2 6
NOKIA INC. 0 1 2 1 2 6
PC-DOCTOR INC. 3 0 2 0 1 6
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 4 0 1 1 0 6
SYNOPSYS INC. 1 1 2 1 1 6
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 0 1 1 4 0 6
TYCO TELECOMMUNICATIONS (US) INC. 0 1 1 1 3 6
VERITAS OPERATING CORPORATION 0 1 3 1 1 6
VIA TELECOM CO., LTD. 0 0 1 3 2 6
3PARDATA, INC. 0 0 5 0 0 5
ABB RESEARCH LTD. 0 0 2 3 0 5
ACER LABORATORIES INC. 5 0 0 0 0 5
ADTRAN 0 1 2 2 0 5
ALCATEL LUCENT 0 0 0 1 4 5
ARC INTERNATIONAL PLC 1 1 1 1 1 5
BOEING COMPANY 1 2 1 0 1 5
COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP. 1 0 2 0 2 5
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 4 1 0 0 5
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 0 1 1 5
FRANCE TELECOM 1 1 0 1 2 5
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF CANADA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE MINISTER OF INDUSTRY THROUGH THE COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH CENTRE 2 2 0 1 0 5
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 0 1 1 3 5
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 5 5
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
INVENSYS SYSTEMS, INC. 2 1 0 0 2 5
IROC TECHNOLOGIES 0 0 3 0 2 5
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 0 1 0 4 0 5
MARVELL SEMICONDUCTOR ISRAEL LTD. 0 0 1 1 3 5
NEWISYS, INC. 0 0 3 2 0 5
NTT MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK INC. 1 1 0 1 2 5
OAK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 0 0 0 0 5
OKI TECHNO CENTRE (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 0 0 1 3 1 5
OMRON CORPORATION 0 0 1 3 1 5
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 0 3 1 1 5
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 1 1 0 2 1 5
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 0 0 2 1 2 5
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS JAPAN, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
STMICROELECTRONICS PVT. LTD. 0 0 0 3 2 5
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 1 1 1 1 1 5
YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORP. 0 3 1 0 1 5


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