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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 326, Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry

( 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
ALTERA CORPORATION 34 48 61 68 54 265
XILINX, INC. 29 37 42 49 36 193
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 21 42 26 32 42 163
INTEL CORPORATION 35 17 18 19 20 109
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 14 7 17 29 35 102
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 17 28 12 12 20 89
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 16 19 15 14 22 86
ACTEL CORPORATION 15 16 17 12 25 85
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 13 23 16 16 7 75
BROADCOM CORPORATION 17 14 18 6 4 59
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 19 10 11 7 11 58
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 3 3 12 18 21 57
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 15 11 11 11 8 56
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 8 9 6 18 13 54
FUJITSU LIMITED 16 7 7 10 13 53
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 9 9 9 12 8 47
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 9 7 5 13 12 46
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 28 9 5 4 0 46
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 6 8 4 9 13 40
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 11 4 6 12 3 36
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 4 12 9 8 3 36
RAMBUS, INC. 7 3 10 9 4 33
STMICROELECTRONICS PVT. LTD. 2 5 6 11 4 28
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 6 5 4 8 4 27
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 6 3 5 4 9 27
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 6 6 3 3 6 24
VICICIV TECHNOLOGY 1 0 7 11 5 24
HITACHI, LTD 7 6 7 1 2 23
TABULA, INC. 0 0 0 11 12 23
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 5 1 2 11 3 22
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 7 4 2 7 1 21
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 2 2 5 1 9 19
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 1 3 9 5 18
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 5 2 3 4 2 16
SONY CORPORATION 3 2 2 5 4 16
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 1 3 4 4 3 15
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 4 2 3 4 1 14
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 3 3 2 6 0 14
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 2 1 3 5 3 14
NEC CORPORATION 4 2 2 2 3 13
TRANSMETA CORPORATION 0 1 2 5 5 13
ELPIDA MEMORY, INC. 0 3 1 5 3 12
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 8 2 1 0 0 11
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 2 2 1 6 11
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 1 1 3 3 3 11
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 0 1 3 5 2 11
EASIC CORPORATION 2 1 4 1 2 10
FARADAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 2 4 3 1 10
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 1 1 3 4 10
IP FIRST LLC 1 5 2 2 0 10
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 1 0 1 3 5 10
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 1 4 1 1 10
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 3 2 4 0 1 10
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 1 4 0 0 4 9
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 1 0 1 3 4 9
CSWITCH CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 8 8
NXP B.V. 0 0 0 5 3 8
ADVANTAGE LOGIC, INC. 1 2 0 1 3 7
ATMEL CORPORATION 3 0 0 3 1 7
BTR, INC. 2 0 5 0 0 7
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 1 0 3 2 7
MICREL INCORPORATED 2 3 0 2 0 7
NANTERO, INC. 0 0 1 5 1 7
NORTHERN LIGHTS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 0 0 0 1 6 7
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 4 1 1 1 0 7
AU OPTRONICS CORP. 1 1 0 2 2 6
FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 2 3 1 0 0 6
KLP INTERNATIONAL, LTD. 0 1 2 2 1 6
PERICOM SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 3 1 1 1 0 6
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC 2 0 1 3 0 6
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 3 0 1 0 2 6
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 0 1 1 3 6
DENSO CORPORATION 1 0 0 3 1 5
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 0 0 2 1 2 5
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
PICONETICS, INC. 3 0 2 0 0 5
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 2 5
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 1 1 0 1 5
SIGMATEL INC. 0 0 3 1 1 5
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 0 3 2 0 0 5
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 2 0 2 1 0 5


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