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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 708, Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers)

( 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 26 15 23 16 28 108
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 22 8 18 17 20 85
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 18 18 23 14 11 84
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 12 8 18 6 11 55
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 12 10 13 9 9 53
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 10 3 7 5 6 31
BROADCOM CORPORATION 1 4 9 8 8 30
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 4 7 7 5 6 29
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 4 11 10 2 0 27
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 4 3 8 3 7 25
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 2 3 9 4 4 22
ALTERA CORPORATION 0 3 4 5 7 19
NEC CORPORATION 9 1 3 5 1 19
FUJITSU LIMITED 2 4 6 1 5 18
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 1 0 6 5 3 15
SONY CORPORATION 4 2 3 2 4 15
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 3 3 3 4 1 14
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 4 3 2 3 2 14
ARM LIMITED 3 0 2 1 7 13
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 3 2 2 4 13
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 4 0 3 1 5 13
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 4 4 2 0 2 12
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 4 1 3 1 2 11
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 3 1 5 2 0 11
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 3 2 2 2 2 11
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 2 1 4 4 0 11
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 0 0 5 1 4 10
XILINX, INC. 4 0 0 0 6 10
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 1 3 5 0 0 9
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 3 4 0 2 9
IP FIRST LLC 0 2 2 3 2 9
MOTOROLA, INC. 3 1 1 1 3 9
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 0 2 3 3 9
NXP B.V. 0 0 0 2 7 9
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 1 1 4 8
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 2 3 1 0 2 8
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 2 3 3 8
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 2 3 1 2 8
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 4 1 1 1 1 8
ARITHMATICA LIMITED 0 2 2 3 0 7
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 0 6 0 1 0 7
NVIDIA CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 5 7
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 2 2 1 1 1 7
AEROSPACE CORPORATION 0 0 5 0 1 6
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 1 1 4 0 0 6
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 2 3 1 0 0 6
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 0 0 4 0 2 6
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 1 1 2 2 0 6
MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 1 1 2 1 6
QUALCOMM, INC. 2 1 1 0 2 6
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 0 1 1 2 2 6
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 0 2 0 2 5
ESS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 0 2 1 1 5
HITACHI, LTD 3 1 0 1 0 5
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 2 1 0 1 5
INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 0 2 0 1 5
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 3 5
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 2 1 1 1 5
STMICROELECTRONICS ASIA PACIFIC PTE LIMITED 0 0 2 1 2 5
TEKTRONIX INC. 0 1 0 2 2 5
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 1 0 1 1 2 5


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