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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 713, Support (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 107 137 149 119 155 667
INTEL CORPORATION 73 73 137 136 134 553
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 31 46 115 85 82 359
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 23 32 76 97 102 330
SONY CORPORATION 24 17 46 51 44 182
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 15 23 45 34 33 150
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 26 20 45 23 31 145
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 12 10 20 36 44 122
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 19 13 32 31 19 114
HITACHI, LTD 8 9 33 32 30 112
FUJITSU LIMITED 10 14 31 23 31 109
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 19 13 24 20 28 104
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 11 6 19 30 37 103
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 9 10 11 20 30 80
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 9 13 19 12 21 74
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 15 13 17 20 71
BROADCOM CORPORATION 1 9 23 16 18 67
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 15 17 15 11 9 67
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 21 7 14 11 10 63
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 10 14 17 20 63
NEC CORPORATION 9 13 18 9 12 61
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 0 0 15 26 19 60
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 9 9 14 17 10 59
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 4 5 15 9 16 49
NOKIA CORPORATION 2 4 8 16 18 48
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 8 7 6 9 17 47
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 11 3 8 15 7 44
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 6 4 14 5 11 40
XILINX, INC. 5 6 7 10 10 38
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 3 8 10 7 6 34
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 4 12 8 2 6 32
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 7 5 6 5 7 30
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 3 6 9 3 7 28
INTERTRUST TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 2 3 11 5 6 27
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 2 1 10 7 7 27
ALTERA CORPORATION 1 0 6 10 9 26
MOTOROLA, INC. 6 2 11 3 4 26
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 4 1 2 7 12 26
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 3 4 3 7 8 25
XEROX CORPORATION 3 5 3 8 6 25
FIRST DATA CORPORATION 3 9 11 1 0 24
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 5 2 5 4 8 24
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 4 4 3 6 6 23
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0 6 8 4 4 22
AT&T CORP. 1 4 6 6 4 21
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 1 0 5 7 8 21
NVIDIA CORPORATION 0 2 1 6 12 21
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 2 3 3 7 5 20
DIGIMARC CORPORATION 1 1 4 6 7 19
EMC CORPORATION 2 2 4 7 4 19
MCAFEE, INC. 0 3 7 6 3 19
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 1 2 3 9 4 19
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 4 1 3 5 5 18
INVENTEC CORPORATION 0 3 3 5 7 18
NETWORK ASSOCIATES, INC. 5 13 0 0 0 18
3COM CORPORATION 4 4 8 0 1 17
CERTICOM CORPORATION 3 2 1 7 4 17
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 3 2 5 4 17
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 1 1 3 6 6 17
DENSO CORPORATION 2 0 3 5 6 16
QUALCOMM, INC. 1 2 5 2 6 16
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 0 0 3 6 7 16
RAMBUS, INC. 5 3 2 2 3 15
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 0 3 3 4 4 14
NOVELL, INC. 3 3 2 2 4 14
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 9 2 1 1 1 14
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 1 1 3 4 4 13
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 0 1 4 8 13
MITAC TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 2 4 1 5 13
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 3 2 5 2 1 13
ADAPTEC, INC. 0 2 3 5 2 12
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 1 3 2 2 4 12
AOL LLC 0 1 3 4 4 12
NDS LIMITED 0 3 3 3 3 12
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 1 3 5 2 1 12
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC. 0 0 4 4 3 11
ARM LIMITED 0 2 2 4 3 11
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 1 4 1 5 11
FRANCE TELECOM 1 0 1 5 4 11
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 3 2 3 2 1 11
GEMPLUS 0 3 3 0 5 11
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 0 3 0 2 11
NXP B.V. 0 0 0 5 6 11
SAFENET, INC. 2 0 3 3 3 11
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 4 3 3 1 11
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 2 3 4 11
VERITAS OPERATING CORPORATION 0 1 7 3 0 11
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 1 0 1 4 4 10
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 0 2 4 3 1 10
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 0 0 0 5 5 10
PHOENIX TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 3 4 2 1 0 10
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 0 1 1 1 7 10
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 0 1 3 2 4 10
ATI INTERNATIONAL SRL 2 2 2 2 1 9
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 1 4 2 2 9
PALM, INC. 0 2 2 1 4 9
TECSEC INCORPORATED 2 1 4 2 0 9
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 0 3 1 2 8
ALCATEL 3 2 0 2 1 8
ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC. 1 0 2 1 4 8
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 1 1 1 4 8
CONTENTGUARD HOLDINGS, INC. 1 1 0 4 2 8
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 1 2 1 4 8
ELPIDA MEMORY, INC. 0 0 5 2 1 8
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 4 8
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 0 0 1 3 4 8
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 0 1 0 2 5 8
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 0 4 4 8
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 0 0 6 2 0 8
UNISYS CORPORATION 3 2 2 1 0 8
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 3 2 1 2 8
ENTRUST LIMITED 0 2 2 1 2 7
ERICSSON, INC. 5 0 1 0 1 7
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 2 1 2 1 1 7
INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 1 2 1 0 7
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 1 1 2 1 2 7
MICROSEMI CORP.-ANALOG MIXED SIGNAL GROUP LTD. 0 0 0 2 5 7
NCR CORPORATION 1 0 3 2 1 7
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 1 3 1 2 0 7
POWERDSINE, LTD. 0 0 1 6 0 7
QUANTA COMPUTER INC. 0 1 1 0 5 7
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 0 3 2 7
RSA SECURITY INC. 0 0 2 1 4 7
SONY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED 0 1 3 3 0 7
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 2 2 0 2 1 7
WESTERN DIGITAL VENTURES, INC. 3 1 3 0 0 7
ACTIVCARD IRELAND, LIMITED 0 1 1 2 2 6
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 0 0 5 6
AMERICAN POWER CONVERSION CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 2 6
CIENA CORPORATION 0 4 2 0 0 6
CLOAKWARE CORPORATION 1 1 0 0 4 6
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 0 0 1 2 3 6
DIGITAL VIDEO EXPRESS, LP 1 3 0 1 1 6
ENTRUST TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 2 2 0 0 2 6
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 0 1 1 2 2 6
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. 0 0 0 1 5 6
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 0 4 1 0 6
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 0 1 1 3 1 6
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 1 6
NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS OY 0 0 0 0 6 6
O2 MICRO INTERNATIONAL LTD. 1 0 1 0 4 6
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 0 0 1 1 4 6
SIGMATEL INC. 0 0 1 4 1 6
SILICON INTEGRATED SYSTEMS CORP. 0 2 0 3 1 6
SYNOPSYS INC. 5 1 0 0 0 6
TRICIPHER, INC. 0 0 4 0 2 6
WIDEVINE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 1 1 3 6
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 1 1 1 2 1 6
ACER INCORPORATED 0 0 1 3 1 5
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 0 0 0 5 5
AXALTO SA 0 0 2 1 2 5
BOEING COMPANY 0 1 1 1 2 5
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 2 1 2 5
COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GMBH 0 0 2 1 2 5
HIGH TECH COMPUTER CORP. 0 0 2 3 0 5
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 1 2 2 5
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
IRDETO ACCESS B.V. 0 0 2 2 1 5
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
MAXTOR CORPORATION 2 1 1 0 1 5
MURATA KIKAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 1 2 1 0 5
NOKIA INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
PALMONE, INC. 5 0 0 0 0 5
PALMSOURCE INC. 2 0 0 0 3 5
POWER-ONE, INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
RAYTHEON COMPANY 1 2 1 1 0 5
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 1 5
SAS VALIDY 0 0 0 3 2 5
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
SPYRUS, INC. 1 2 0 0 2 5
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 1 0 1 1 2 5
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 1 0 1 2 5
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. 0 1 0 1 3 5
WISTARIA TRADING, INC. 0 0 3 0 2 5
YAMAHA CORPORATION 0 1 1 0 3 5


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