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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 375, Pulse or Digital Communications

( 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
BROADCOM CORPORATION 31 32 80 87 109 339
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 47 39 45 68 102 301
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 33 42 76 71 72 294
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 62 52 67 58 52 291
INTEL CORPORATION 37 39 57 63 81 277
SONY CORPORATION 42 40 70 48 52 252
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 72 63 87 22 6 250
QUALCOMM, INC. 53 29 74 44 36 236
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 31 30 66 63 44 234
NOKIA CORPORATION 37 16 38 61 69 221
NEC CORPORATION 52 46 57 38 20 213
MOTOROLA, INC. 43 44 46 30 20 183
FUJITSU LIMITED 33 27 33 33 48 174
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 19 22 44 39 44 168
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 27 46 31 20 34 158
INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 31 22 37 20 44 154
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 24 27 37 22 35 145
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 28 25 35 32 24 144
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 16 20 44 17 36 133
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 30 20 26 23 25 124
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 14 23 29 22 15 103
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 17 12 21 24 27 101
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 6 10 19 27 27 89
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 15 16 24 16 12 83
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 22 14 12 16 13 77
AT&T CORP. 9 14 20 15 15 73
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 9 10 25 12 17 73
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 4 15 18 14 20 71
HITACHI, LTD 11 9 13 16 13 62
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 9 6 19 11 17 62
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 13 11 14 14 7 59
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 13 13 13 9 11 59
MEDIATEK INC. 1 3 14 19 20 57
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 5 9 16 9 18 57
RAMBUS, INC. 4 4 15 17 15 55
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 5 8 8 21 10 52
ALCATEL 10 9 10 7 13 49
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 7 8 15 12 7 49
ERICSSON, INC. 19 13 10 3 3 48
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 12 8 9 10 7 46
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 2 3 10 12 19 46
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 1 5 17 6 17 46
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 13 11 15 2 2 43
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 7 8 10 10 8 43
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 10 5 11 3 14 43
XILINX, INC. 3 4 7 13 16 43
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 6 5 9 8 14 42
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 7 5 10 8 8 38
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 3 12 5 15 38
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 9 4 10 8 7 38
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 12 6 7 9 3 37
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 11 7 8 4 5 35
3COM CORPORATION 16 6 7 5 0 34
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 16 11 5 0 2 34
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 5 2 8 11 7 33
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 2 3 6 11 10 32
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 4 7 6 8 7 32
HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC. 1 9 10 7 4 31
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 1 6 15 6 31
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 7 7 8 7 1 30
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 3 7 7 5 8 30
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 8 5 2 6 8 29
ZENITH ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 4 5 2 11 7 29
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 6 9 4 4 5 28
HARRIS CORP. 5 2 3 6 12 28
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 5 2 2 6 13 28
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 6 2 6 8 6 28
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. 0 1 7 10 10 28
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 3 6 4 10 4 27
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 0 5 11 10 27
ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO., KG 0 4 11 6 6 27
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 5 4 8 6 4 27
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 2 3 6 10 5 26
ALTERA CORPORATION 0 1 3 10 11 25
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 4 4 6 4 7 25
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. 10 4 8 2 1 25
STMICROELECTRONICS N.V. 3 2 11 5 4 25
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 5 5 3 8 3 24
INTERVIDEO, INC. 1 5 6 9 2 23
TIME DOMAIN CORPORATION 7 8 3 1 4 23
BOEING COMPANY 5 1 7 5 4 22
KABUSHIKI KAISHA KENWOOD 13 2 3 3 1 22
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 8 7 1 5 22
NXP B.V. 0 0 0 12 10 22
PANASONIC COMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. 4 9 6 3 0 22
SIRF TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 4 4 5 5 22
APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION 2 2 8 5 4 21
ARRAYCOMM, INC. 6 1 4 3 7 21
ATHEROS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 1 1 6 5 8 21
PARADYNE CORPORATION 2 5 8 4 2 21
AEROSPACE CORPORATION 3 2 9 1 5 20
PULSE-LINK, INC. 1 5 5 2 7 20
SILICON INTEGRATED SYSTEMS CORP. 1 3 8 7 1 20
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 1 1 5 5 7 19
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 1 6 5 5 2 19
PMC-SIERRA LTD. 3 2 5 4 5 19
ADVANTEST CORP. 4 2 3 3 6 18
PARKERVISION, INC. 0 1 9 2 6 18
RF MICRO DEVICES, INC. 6 0 4 6 2 18
GOLDEN BRIDGE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5 3 7 1 1 17
SONY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED 3 2 4 3 5 17
THALES 0 0 3 3 11 17
FRANCE TELECOM 2 0 4 7 3 16
MINDSPEED TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 6 2 2 4 2 16
PIONEER CORPORATION 5 3 4 3 1 16
SARNOFF CORPORATION 9 6 1 0 0 16
SILICON IMAGE, INC. 2 2 3 5 4 16
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 2 4 6 3 1 16
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 3 3 4 0 5 15
CONEXANT, INC. 0 0 7 4 4 15
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 5 1 2 1 6 15
NOKIA NETWORKS OY 8 2 5 0 0 15
SCINTERA NETWORKS, INC. 0 2 7 2 4 15
VIASAT, INC. 0 1 3 3 8 15
CINGULAR WIRELESS II, LLC 0 5 7 1 1 14
VIXS SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 3 3 8 14
AWARE, INC. 6 3 0 3 1 13
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 0 5 3 4 1 13
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 1 3 0 8 1 13
IPR LICENSING, INC. 2 3 3 3 2 13
MERCURY COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 5 5 3 13
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 0 2 4 2 5 13
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 0 2 6 3 2 13
SONY DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 0 0 4 3 6 13
SYNOPSYS INC. 0 0 0 8 5 13
BEN Q CORPORATION 0 0 0 7 5 12
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. 2 2 4 4 0 12
IKANOS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 3 6 0 3 12
2WIRE, INC. 0 3 2 2 4 11
ADTRAN 3 4 2 2 0 11
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 3 3 2 1 11
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 0 1 8 2 11
GLOBESPAN VIRATA, INC. 4 4 3 0 0 11
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP. 6 4 1 0 0 11
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 11 11
PTS CORPORATION 1 4 6 0 0 11
SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC. 3 1 3 3 1 11
SONY INTERNATIONAL (EUROPE) GMBH 4 3 4 0 0 11
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 1 3 1 4 2 11
TEKTRONIX INC. 4 0 2 1 4 11
TIOGA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 2 3 2 0 11
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION, LTD. 1 4 2 3 1 11
BROOKTREE BROADBAND HOLDING, INC. 0 0 0 2 8 10
COMSYS COMMUNICATION & SIGNAL PROCESSING LTD. 1 6 3 0 0 10
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 1 4 3 10
DENSO CORPORATION 1 1 5 1 2 10
IBIQUITY DIGITAL CORPORATION 2 3 1 2 2 10
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 1 1 4 3 1 10
PC-TEL, INC. 4 3 0 3 0 10
POWERWAVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 3 4 3 10
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 2 2 1 3 2 10
ACTELIS NETWORKS INC. 2 0 4 2 1 9
ANDREW CORPORATION 0 0 2 5 2 9
CYNTRUST COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 2 3 4 0 0 9
EMC CORPORATION 3 2 2 0 2 9
FARADAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 4 1 4 9
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 2 2 0 1 4 9
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY 1 1 1 3 3 9
TELLABS OPERATIONS INC. 2 1 0 3 3 9
TENSORCOMM, INCORPORATED 1 1 2 2 3 9
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, THE REGENTS OF 0 1 1 4 3 9
VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 0 4 4 1 9
ACCTON TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 1 4 3 0 8
ALEREON INC. 0 3 0 2 3 8
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 3 3 0 1 8
CURRENT TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 0 3 3 1 1 8
DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG 0 3 1 3 1 8
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 2 1 4 1 0 8
GENNUM CORPORATION 0 1 1 3 3 8
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 1 3 1 2 8
INTERSIL AMERICAS INC. 2 1 1 2 2 8
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELEKTRONICA CENTRUM (IMEC VZW) 0 4 0 2 2 8
MICRONAS SEMICONDUCTORS, INC. 1 0 2 2 3 8
RAYTHEON COMPANY 0 4 1 2 1 8
SANDBRIDGE TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 2 2 2 2 8
SIEMENS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 0 4 4 0 8
STMICROELECTRONICS ASIA PACIFIC PTE LIMITED 1 2 3 1 1 8
TROPIAN, INC. 2 0 6 0 0 8
ANRITSU CORPORATION 1 2 0 3 1 7
BANDSPEED, INC. 1 0 3 2 1 7
CENTILLIUM COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 3 0 1 3 0 7
CIENA CORPORATION 0 0 3 3 1 7
CORNELL RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC. 1 1 1 3 1 7
DATA FLOW TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 5 1 7
DIGEO, INC. 0 0 1 3 3 7
ESS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 5 1 1 7
GLOBAL LOCATE, INC. 2 1 1 2 1 7
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 3 2 2 0 0 7
KDDI CORPORATION 0 2 2 1 2 7
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 0 3 2 2 7
LINEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 1 1 2 0 7
QUELLAN, INC. 0 0 3 2 2 7
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 0 1 1 4 7
SASKEN COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 0 0 2 3 2 7
SYMMETRICOM, INC. 2 1 3 0 1 7
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 1 1 1 4 0 7
UT-BATTELLE, LLC 1 2 1 1 2 7
WIDEBAND SEMICONDUCTORS, INC. 1 2 2 2 0 7
YAMAHA CORPORATION 1 3 2 0 1 7
ZARLINK SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 2 1 1 3 0 7
AKTINO, INC. 0 0 0 1 5 6
ATI INTERNATIONAL SRL 5 0 0 1 0 6
ATMEL CORPORATION 0 1 2 2 1 6
ATT WIRELESS SERVICES INC 5 1 0 0 0 6
BECEEM COMMUNICATIONS INC. 0 0 0 0 6 6
BIGBAND NETWORKS, INC. 1 2 2 0 1 6
BROADLOGIC NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 0 1 4 6
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 0 0 2 1 3 6
COGNIO, INC. 1 1 0 4 0 6
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 2 0 2 1 1 6
GENERAL DYNAMICS C4 SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 2 4 6
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 0 2 1 1 2 6
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 0 0 3 1 2 6
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 0 2 2 1 6
MICRONAS GMBH 0 0 3 1 2 6
RALINK TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 0 4 2 6
REDROCK SEMICONDUCTOR, LTD. 4 0 1 1 0 6
SBC TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES, INC. 1 1 2 1 1 6
SCHLEIFRING UND APPARATEBAU GMBH 2 0 1 2 1 6
SIGMATEL INC. 0 1 0 2 3 6
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 1 0 1 3 1 6
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 0 2 1 0 3 6
TUT SYSTEMS, INC. 2 3 1 0 0 6
VIA TELECOM CO., LTD. 1 1 0 3 1 6
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 5 1 0 6
VIXS, INC. 0 0 6 0 0 6
AT& T MOBILITY II LLC 0 0 0 0 5 5
ATMEL GERMANY GMBH 0 1 1 1 2 5
BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION 3 0 1 1 0 5
COPPERGATE COMMUNICATIONS LTD. 0 0 2 1 2 5
DOLBY LABORATORIES INC. 2 1 0 1 1 5
FINISAR CORPORATION 0 3 1 0 1 5
GENERAL ATOMIC COMPANY 0 1 0 1 3 5
GENERAL DYNAMICS DECISION SYSTEMS, INC. 3 1 1 0 0 5
HONEYWELL FEDERAL MANUFACTURING & TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 0 0 0 4 1 5
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 1 1 2 0 1 5
INTERMEC IP CORP. 1 0 1 2 1 5
INVENSYS SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 0 1 2 5
IPWIRELESS, INC. 0 0 1 0 4 5
ITRAN COMMUNICATIONS LTD. 3 1 0 0 1 5
ITRON, INC. 0 1 2 2 0 5
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 1 2 0 2 5
LG-NORTEL CO., LTD. 0 0 3 1 1 5
M/A COM, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
MAGNOLIA BROADBAND INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 0 0 0 2 3 5
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 0 1 2 2 0 5
PHOTRON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PTE LTD. 0 0 0 1 4 5
POLYCOM, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
REALNETWORKS, INC. 2 0 3 0 0 5
SKYBITZ, INC. 0 0 3 1 1 5
SNELL & WILCOX LIMITED 1 2 1 1 0 5
SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 1 0 2 2 5
TERADYNE, INC. 1 0 0 2 2 5
THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TELECOMMUNICATION TRANSMISSION, MII 0 0 0 3 2 5
TITAN CORPORATION 0 2 3 0 0 5
UB VIDEO INC. 0 1 2 2 0 5
UNIDEN CORPORATION 0 2 1 1 1 5
UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG 2 2 0 1 0 5
VTECH COMMUNICATIONS, LTD. 1 2 1 1 0 5
XG TECHNOLOGY, LLC 1 1 3 0 0 5
ZARBANA DIGITAL FUND LLC 0 0 0 1 4 5


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