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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 705, DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing)

( 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
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 60 114 191 146 196 707
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 17 50 90 76 112 345
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 13 41 22 13 23 112
FUJITSU LIMITED 2 11 26 21 33 93
SONY CORPORATION 4 11 20 21 35 91
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3 6 20 23 31 83
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 3 15 22 16 14 70
NCR CORPORATION 3 16 9 13 15 56
HITACHI, LTD 2 14 11 14 12 53
FIRST DATA CORPORATION 1 3 22 9 16 51
I2 TECHNOLOGIES US, INC. 1 8 13 10 18 50
CONTENTGUARD HOLDINGS, INC. 3 18 12 10 5 48
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. 1 0 5 17 20 43
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 5 8 9 8 12 42
WALKER DIGITAL, LLC 3 9 7 13 10 42
ACCENTURE LLP 1 5 12 5 16 39
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. 2 2 4 13 18 39
AMAZON.COM, INC. 1 7 9 9 11 37
AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC. 0 1 3 10 18 32
DIEBOLD INCORPORATED 0 9 7 7 9 32
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 1 5 6 9 9 30
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 6 10 4 6 27
NOKIA CORPORATION 1 6 8 5 7 27
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION 1 4 8 6 7 26
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 1 7 6 9 2 25
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 3 3 3 8 8 25
ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES GMBH 0 0 5 2 17 24
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 1 3 5 14 24
TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 1 4 3 14 24
AT&T CORP. 2 2 1 2 16 23
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 1 4 18 23
NEC CORPORATION 2 2 6 4 8 22
STAMPS.COM INC. 0 2 3 11 4 20
FORD MOTOR COMPANY 2 8 3 4 2 19
INTEL CORPORATION 1 7 1 2 8 19
EBAY INC. 0 2 4 3 9 18
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 0 1 11 5 0 17
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 1 3 4 3 6 17
CHECKFREE CORPORATION 1 1 2 6 6 16
CITIBANK N.A. 1 5 8 0 2 16
ARIBA, INC. 0 1 3 6 5 15
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC. 0 0 0 4 11 15
FRANCOTYP-POSTALIA AG & CO. KG 2 5 3 4 1 15
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 4 4 3 4 15
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 1 2 2 7 3 15
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 2 2 3 1 6 14
FAIR ISAAC CORPORATION 0 1 1 6 6 14
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC. 1 1 1 5 6 14
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 2 4 4 3 13
ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION 1 2 4 4 2 13
GE CAPITAL COMMERCIAL FINANCE, INC. 0 1 12 0 0 13
XEROX CORPORATION 0 3 7 3 0 13
COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION 0 2 1 0 9 12
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 0 2 1 2 7 12
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 2 4 5 12
AOL LLC 0 0 3 4 4 11
CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION 0 1 0 1 9 11
SL PATENT HOLDINGS LLC 0 0 4 3 4 11
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 4 2 4 11
YAHOO, INC. 0 0 3 2 6 11
DEMANDTEC, INC. 0 0 4 5 1 10
SIEMENS POWER TRANSMISSION & DISTRIBUTION, INC. 0 0 0 1 9 10
THE NASDAQ STOCK MARKET, INC. 0 0 2 6 2 10
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC. 0 2 2 1 4 9
CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE, INC. 0 0 1 2 6 9
CITICORP DEVELOPMENT CENTER, INC. 0 4 0 2 3 9
INTERTRUST TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 0 1 8 0 0 9
MOTOROLA, INC. 0 2 4 2 1 9
FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORP. 0 0 2 1 5 8
GE CORPORATE FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. 0 0 1 5 2 8
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 0 0 1 2 5 8
MEDCO HEALTH SOLUTIONS, INC. 2 0 3 1 2 8
TERADATA US, INC. 0 0 0 0 8 8
VISICU, INC. 1 0 0 0 7 8
AMERICAN MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, INC. 3 2 1 0 1 7
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 0 0 0 7 7
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 1 1 1 2 2 7
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 3 2 0 2 7
MACROVISION CORPORATION 0 1 4 2 0 7
MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 1 3 1 2 7
SABRE INC. 0 1 1 1 4 7
SWISSCOM MOBILE AG 1 1 1 3 1 7
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 0 0 1 1 5 7
ALMOND NET, INC. 1 2 1 0 2 6
ASCOM HASLER MAILING SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 3 1 0 6
CATALINA MARKETING CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 3 6
EBS GROUP LIMITED 0 0 2 1 3 6
EFFICIENT AUCTIONS LLC 0 0 1 2 3 6
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 0 1 2 2 1 6
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 2 2 1 1 6
MANUGISTICS, INC. 0 1 5 0 0 6
NEC INFRONTIA CORPORATION 0 3 2 0 1 6
NEOPOST INC. 2 1 3 0 0 6
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 0 2 1 2 1 6
OMX TECHNOLOGY AB 0 0 2 0 4 6
PANALEC, LTD. 0 0 3 3 0 6
PAYBYCLICK CORPORATION 0 1 0 3 2 6
PEROT SYSTEMS CORPORATION 0 0 1 3 2 6
RESTAURANT SERVICES, INC. 0 1 4 1 0 6
SHUTTERFLY, INC. 1 1 1 1 2 6
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 0 1 4 0 1 6
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, N.A. 1 0 3 1 1 6
VULCAN PORTALS, INC. 0 1 2 2 1 6
W.W. GRAINGER, INC. 0 0 0 4 2 6
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
BANK ONE, DELAWARE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 0 4 1 0 0 5
BOEING COMPANY 0 1 1 2 1 5
BOTTOMLINE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 3 1 0 5
C4CAST.COM, INC. 1 1 1 0 2 5
E-2 INTERACTIVE, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
EBS DEALING RESOURCES, INC. 0 0 3 0 2 5
ERINMEDIA, LLC 0 0 2 3 0 5
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 3 5
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC 0 3 1 0 1 5
GRAFF/ROSS HOLDINGS 1 0 2 2 0 5
IEX CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 1 5
INDIVOS CORPORATION 0 3 1 0 1 5
INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY (IGT) 1 1 1 0 2 5
IPF, INC. 0 3 1 0 1 5
ITA SOFTWARE, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 0 1 0 2 2 5
LV PARTNERS, L.P. 0 2 0 1 2 5
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 1 3 1 0 5
MORGAN STANLEY 0 0 0 1 4 5
NEW MARKET SOLUTIONS, LLC 1 1 1 1 1 5
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0 0 2 1 2 5
OVERTURE SERVICES, INC. 0 0 3 2 0 5
PRICELINE.COM INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
PROCTER + GAMBLE COMPANY 0 0 1 2 2 5
REYNOLDS AND REYNOLDS HOLDINGS, INC. 0 2 1 2 0 5
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 1 1 2 0 1 5
SIEBEL SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 0 2 2 5
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 0 0 3 1 1 5
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 1 1 3 0 0 5
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 0 1 1 2 1 5
UBS AG 0 1 1 0 3 5
UNISYS CORPORATION 1 0 2 1 1 5
USA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 0 1 0 0 5
UTBK, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
VERIZON LABORATORIES INC. 0 0 3 0 2 5
XILINX, INC. 1 0 1 2 1 5
YAMAHA CORPORATION 1 0 1 0 3 5


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