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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 710, Input/Output (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
INTEL CORPORATION 115 77 104 79 65 440
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 106 82 91 71 86 436
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 88 62 72 28 33 283
HITACHI, LTD 28 22 43 28 33 154
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 37 29 25 10 10 111
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 32 25 31 11 11 110
SONY CORPORATION 34 26 21 10 11 102
FUJITSU LIMITED 27 15 15 17 25 99
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 14 17 24 16 27 98
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 31 21 19 20 4 95
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 22 15 17 24 16 94
EMC CORPORATION 21 16 14 13 17 81
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 19 8 27 8 18 80
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 16 15 21 17 11 80
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 25 16 15 6 14 76
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 16 17 13 15 14 75
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 19 16 16 11 9 71
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 15 16 12 12 13 68
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 18 8 20 11 9 66
BROADCOM CORPORATION 10 15 13 15 12 65
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 11 11 8 9 19 58
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 13 11 15 11 5 55
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 6 8 14 12 14 54
ADAPTEC, INC. 21 12 16 2 2 53
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 18 6 12 8 8 52
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 13 9 10 10 6 48
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 17 7 9 2 3 38
NEC CORPORATION 13 9 8 2 5 37
XILINX, INC. 4 3 10 3 16 36
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 4 6 5 8 12 35
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 3 5 10 6 7 31
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 6 5 9 2 8 30
RAMBUS, INC. 8 4 10 6 2 30
MOTOROLA, INC. 6 5 14 2 2 29
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 5 6 3 2 10 26
NVIDIA CORPORATION 2 0 2 6 15 25
ARM LIMITED 2 2 6 8 5 23
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 3 5 4 5 6 23
ALTERA CORPORATION 1 1 6 8 6 22
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 1 3 4 7 6 21
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 8 1 4 3 19
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 1 4 8 4 2 19
UNISYS CORPORATION 6 1 7 4 1 19
BOEING COMPANY 1 3 7 3 4 18
EMULEX DESIGN & MANUFACTURING CORPORATION 1 4 9 1 3 18
NOKIA CORPORATION 4 1 5 5 3 18
O2 MICRO INTERNATIONAL LTD. 5 2 3 2 6 18
INVENTEC CORPORATION 2 1 4 5 5 17
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 8 2 0 2 4 16
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 7 2 0 4 2 15
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 4 2 2 2 15
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 7 5 2 0 1 15
QLOGIC CORPORATION 1 2 3 2 7 15
SANDISK CORPORATION 1 4 1 4 5 15
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 5 1 1 4 3 14
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 2 4 6 0 2 14
SONICS, INC. 3 1 3 5 1 13
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC. 0 0 5 2 5 12
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 4 4 1 1 2 12
QUALCOMM, INC. 1 0 0 6 5 12
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 3 3 3 1 2 12
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 4 0 3 2 12
3COM CORPORATION 7 3 1 0 0 11
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 5 1 1 3 1 11
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 2 2 2 3 11
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 5 1 1 4 0 11
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 1 5 1 3 1 11
NXP B.V. 0 0 0 3 8 11
DOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP. 0 1 3 0 6 10
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 0 0 1 2 7 10
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 5 1 1 0 2 9
CROSSROADS SYSTEMS, INC. 5 0 1 1 2 9
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 3 3 3 0 0 9
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 3 0 1 3 2 9
PIONEER CORPORATION 2 2 3 1 1 9
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 2 2 2 2 1 9
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 1 3 2 0 9
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 0 0 3 3 8
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 5 3 0 0 0 8
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 4 1 1 1 1 8
STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION 0 2 3 1 2 8
SUPER TALENT ELECTRONICS, INC. 0 1 4 0 3 8
ACQIS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 0 2 0 4 7
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG 1 3 1 1 1 7
BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 1 1 4 7
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 3 2 2 0 0 7
FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC. 1 4 1 1 0 7
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 1 2 2 0 2 7
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 2 3 0 1 7
MEDIATEK INC. 0 0 2 2 3 7
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 2 1 3 1 0 7
OMRON CORPORATION 2 2 3 0 0 7
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 1 1 2 3 0 7
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 2 1 3 0 7
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 2 2 1 1 1 7
ALCATEL 1 3 2 0 0 6
ATEN INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 0 1 0 1 4 6
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 2 1 1 0 6
ATMEL CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 2 6
C-ONE TECHNOLOGY CORP. 2 1 1 2 0 6
CRADLE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 2 0 1 0 6
DENSO CORPORATION 2 1 0 2 1 6
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 0 0 2 0 4 6
PHISON ELECTRONIC CORP. 0 1 0 3 2 6
QUANTA COMPUTER INC. 0 2 1 3 0 6
SIEMENS ENERGY & AUTOMATION, INC. 3 2 1 0 0 6
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 2 0 1 2 1 6
ACTEL CORPORATION 1 0 2 1 1 5
COLUMBIA DATA PRODUCTS, INC. 2 3 0 0 0 5
DATASCAPE, INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
DIGI INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 2 0 2 0 5
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 1 2 1 0 5
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 0 0 2 3 5
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 0 1 2 0 2 5
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
NOVELL, INC. 2 1 0 1 1 5
PERICOM SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 1 0 1 2 1 5
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 3 1 0 1 5
ROSEMOUNT INC. 0 1 0 2 2 5
SOCKET COMMUNICATIONS INC. 1 2 0 1 1 5
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 2 1 0 0 2 5
SRC COMPUTERS, INC. 0 0 3 0 2 5
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 1 1 1 2 0 5
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 3 0 1 5
TELLABS PETALUMA, INC. 0 0 3 1 1 5
VERITAS OPERATING CORPORATION 0 0 4 1 0 5
VICOM SYSTEMS, INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 1 1 1 2 0 5


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