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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 726, Information Security

( 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 34 43 58 43 64 242
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4 12 27 52 66 161
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 12 17 31 20 15 95
MCAFEE, INC. 0 2 31 27 17 77
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 3 10 14 23 23 73
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 7 7 17 17 22 70
INTEL CORPORATION 5 2 22 17 18 64
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 2 5 9 14 32 62
SONY CORPORATION 4 0 14 12 23 53
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 9 7 9 13 12 50
HITACHI, LTD 1 4 4 13 13 35
NETWORK ASSOCIATES, INC. 22 12 1 0 0 35
FUJITSU LIMITED 7 5 5 6 9 32
NOKIA CORPORATION 4 0 5 5 7 21
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 0 0 2 8 7 17
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 3 6 3 4 17
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 2 0 4 6 4 16
AOL LLC 1 2 1 8 3 15
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 1 1 6 3 3 14
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 0 1 3 4 6 14
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 1 0 3 7 2 13
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 1 2 2 4 12
NOVELL, INC. 2 0 0 3 7 12
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 1 2 1 5 2 11
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 1 0 0 7 3 11
BEA SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 1 2 6 10
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 3 0 1 1 5 10
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 1 3 0 5 1 10
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 1 0 1 3 4 9
AT&T CORP. 2 1 2 2 2 9
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 0 3 6 9
SECURE COMPUTING CORPORATION 0 0 0 8 1 9
Z4 TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 7 1 1 0 0 9
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC. 0 0 0 1 7 8
NEC CORPORATION 1 1 3 0 3 8
TREND MICRO, INC. 1 0 0 3 4 8
3COM CORPORATION 2 2 3 0 0 7
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 1 1 2 2 7
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 1 1 2 3 0 7
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 2 1 1 3 0 7
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 1 0 3 1 2 7
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 0 0 2 4 1 7
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 0 0 3 2 2 7
FINJAN SOFTWARE, LTD. 0 0 3 2 1 6
GRAPHON CORPORATION 0 0 1 0 5 6
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 1 0 1 2 2 6
MAZU NETWORKS, INC. 0 0 2 2 2 6
QUALCOMM, INC. 1 1 1 3 0 6
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 2 1 3 6
STONESOFT CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 4 6
TUMBLEWEED COMMUNICATIONS CORP. 1 0 1 1 3 6
ARCOT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 1 0 1 3 0 5
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 0 0 1 0 4 5
DIGITAL DOORS, INC. 0 0 3 1 1 5
EMC CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 3 5
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 1 1 0 3 0 5
MACROVISION CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 3 5
MOTOROLA, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 0 0 1 2 2 5
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 1 5
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 1 0 0 1 3 5
UNISYS CORPORATION 4 0 1 0 0 5
WATCHGUARD TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 0 1 1 0 5


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