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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 455, Telecommunications

( 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
NOKIA CORPORATION 111 100 238 226 166 841
MOTOROLA, INC. 125 107 163 117 97 609
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 68 60 129 141 173 571
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 95 82 146 144 94 561
NEC CORPORATION 82 101 141 114 94 532
QUALCOMM, INC. 93 66 146 84 78 467
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 92 87 110 70 58 417
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 63 70 104 85 66 388
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 55 61 113 79 61 369
BROADCOM CORPORATION 13 34 77 78 82 284
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 9 35 74 58 50 226
FUJITSU LIMITED 34 28 58 43 53 216
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 13 15 49 58 68 203
INTEL CORPORATION 19 14 44 68 53 198
INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 16 22 55 63 35 191
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 23 29 58 46 33 189
SONY CORPORATION 21 32 43 51 40 187
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 21 40 55 33 36 185
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 23 31 65 31 32 182
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 54 46 40 24 6 170
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 42 25 45 28 25 165
SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P. 7 14 49 43 38 151
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 0 2 27 46 69 144
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 6 16 39 35 46 142
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 33 22 64 21 1 141
HITACHI, LTD 19 19 46 19 15 118
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 43 47 22 4 1 117
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 23 23 33 19 15 113
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 8 21 21 26 33 109
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 11 13 30 29 24 107
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 10 16 22 23 22 93
ALCATEL 24 13 26 15 11 89
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 8 12 21 22 23 86
ERICSSON, INC. 35 23 17 8 1 84
CINGULAR WIRELESS II, LLC 0 3 36 39 3 81
KYOCERA WIRELESS CORP. 2 7 24 23 23 79
AT&T CORP. 17 11 16 16 17 77
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 8 13 21 16 17 75
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. 25 11 18 8 9 71
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 8 4 15 21 22 70
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 11 18 17 12 9 67
DENSO CORPORATION 12 15 28 5 6 66
BOEING COMPANY 10 8 20 14 11 63
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 9 9 14 17 12 61
NOKIA NETWORKS OY 31 14 14 2 0 61
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 2 7 15 20 14 58
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 3 1 15 22 16 57
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. 8 11 17 11 9 56
BEN Q CORPORATION 3 3 15 25 8 54
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 8 12 13 17 54
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 16 8 14 11 4 53
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 2 10 10 15 15 52
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 8 5 15 11 9 48
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 11 12 11 6 46
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 3 2 10 14 16 45
AT& T MOBILITY II LLC 0 0 0 6 35 41
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 6 3 12 12 8 41
HARRIS CORP. 8 3 12 6 10 39
ARRAYCOMM, INC. 3 11 14 6 3 37
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 3 7 6 10 10 36
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 8 7 9 7 35
PARKERVISION, INC. 7 4 6 12 5 34
OPENWAVE SYSTEMS INC. 4 8 12 5 4 33
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 3 7 13 8 32
HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC. 1 15 11 1 3 31
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 4 9 9 6 3 31
ANDREW CORPORATION 6 2 12 7 3 30
SIEMENS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 4 11 5 10 30
AUTOCELL LABORATORIES, INC. 0 0 12 13 4 29
NXP B.V. 0 0 1 11 17 29
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC. 0 0 0 6 22 28
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 3 5 7 10 3 28
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 6 5 5 8 27
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 1 1 6 8 11 27
PIONEER CORPORATION 3 6 12 5 1 27
RF MICRO DEVICES, INC. 8 3 1 5 9 26
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS JAPAN, INC. 0 0 3 9 14 26
T. MOBILE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 3 3 11 4 5 26
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 0 2 14 2 7 25
INVENTEC APPLIANCES CORP. 5 4 6 5 5 25
IPR LICENSING, INC. 2 4 12 7 0 25
PALM, INC. 1 3 5 8 8 25
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 1 3 6 8 7 25
CELLCO PARTNERSHIP 3 2 11 4 4 24
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 3 0 9 6 6 24
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 6 6 5 4 3 24
WILDSEED, LIMITED 1 7 9 6 1 24
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. 8 5 3 3 4 23
ATT WIRELESS SERVICES INC 17 4 1 0 0 22
KYOCERA CORPORATION 2 1 3 5 11 22
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 0 4 4 14 22
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 2 1 6 5 7 21
UT STARCOM, INC. 4 9 4 1 3 21
ATC TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 0 0 9 5 6 20
SK TELECOM CO., LTD 3 4 2 7 4 20
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP. 12 5 2 0 0 19
KINETO WIRELESS, INC. 0 1 2 11 5 19
MEDIATEK INC. 0 1 8 3 7 19
MICROTUNE (TEXAS), L.P. 1 3 2 6 7 19
NEC INFRONTIA CORPORATION 1 3 4 8 3 19
TEKELEC 3 2 7 5 2 19
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 0 3 9 5 1 18
AT& T BLS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC. 0 0 0 17 1 18
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 1 1 8 6 2 18
COGNIO, INC. 3 5 7 2 0 17
KATHREIN-WERKE KG 4 4 8 0 1 17
MESHNETWORKS, INC. 1 3 4 6 3 17
QUANTA COMPUTER INC. 0 6 3 2 6 17
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 2 2 6 4 3 17
TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC. 4 3 4 1 5 17
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 10 3 3 0 17
YAMAHA CORPORATION 0 3 5 6 3 17
ATHEROS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 2 1 3 7 3 16
CURITEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 1 0 6 5 4 16
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 5 1 3 5 16
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 16 0 0 0 0 16
M-STACK LIMITED 0 0 3 6 7 16
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 2 0 4 4 6 16
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 2 3 3 5 2 15
AOL LLC 3 0 5 2 5 15
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 1 2 5 4 3 15
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 1 3 8 0 3 15
PALMSOURCE INC. 3 4 1 3 4 15
SBC KNOWLEDGE VENTURES, L.P. 0 0 5 7 3 15
SOCIETE FRANCAISE DU RADIOTELEPHONE 2 4 3 1 5 15
VTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 0 2 7 1 5 15
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 2 3 4 3 2 14
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 1 0 2 6 5 14
FRANCE TELECOM 3 0 0 9 2 14
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 2 2 2 4 4 14
SWISSCOM MOBILE AG 1 5 4 2 2 14
XM SATELLITE RADIO INC. 3 1 6 2 2 14
EVOLIUM S.A.S. 0 1 3 4 5 13
FLARION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 3 8 0 0 13
HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GMBH 0 1 4 5 3 13
LG INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS, LTD. 7 4 2 0 0 13
SIRF TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 2 5 3 2 13
3COM CORPORATION 5 1 5 1 0 12
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 1 2 4 3 2 12
KONINKLIJKE KPN N.V. 1 1 6 1 3 12
VERIZON LABORATORIES INC. 2 2 3 2 3 12
ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC. 3 3 4 1 0 11
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 2 3 2 4 0 11
LEAR CORPORATION 0 0 4 5 2 11
NCR CORPORATION 1 3 3 3 1 11
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 11 11
SAGEM S.A. 8 2 1 0 0 11
SBC TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES, INC. 3 3 2 3 0 11
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 1 1 0 5 4 11
SOMA NETWORKS, INC. 0 1 4 2 4 11
STMICROELECTRONICS N.V. 0 3 6 2 0 11
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 2 4 0 3 2 11
TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 2 3 0 1 11
TELECOM ITALIA S.P.A. 0 0 5 3 3 11
AIRESPACE, INC. 0 0 2 6 2 10
HITACHI COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 0 0 0 3 7 10
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 3 4 1 2 10
OMRON CORPORATION 0 0 2 4 4 10
THALES 0 2 4 2 2 10
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 3 3 3 10
ALPINE ELECTRONICS INC. 1 2 0 4 2 9
ANRITSU CORPORATION 1 0 3 4 1 9
CHAMBERLAIN GROUP, INC. 1 2 2 3 1 9
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 3 2 1 3 9
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 1 1 5 0 2 9
FUJITSU TEN LIMITED 1 0 3 3 2 9
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 3 1 2 3 0 9
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 2 1 2 1 3 9
HITACHI METALS LTD. 0 0 4 3 2 9
ICO SERVICES LTD. 3 3 1 2 0 9
INVENTEC CORPORATION 0 1 1 5 2 9
IPWIRELESS, INC. 0 0 1 4 4 9
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 1 1 5 2 0 9
NIIGATA SEIMITSU CO., LTD. 0 1 4 4 0 9
NOVATEL WIRELESS, INC. 3 2 1 2 1 9
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 0 0 2 3 4 9
ORANGE PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE LIMITED 1 5 2 0 1 9
POLARIS WIRELESS, INC. 1 1 1 3 3 9
RAYTHEON COMPANY 0 0 6 2 1 9
SBC PROPERTIES, L.P. 3 1 0 4 1 9
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 2 1 3 1 2 9
TELULAR CORPORATION 4 0 3 2 0 9
VERIZON CORPORATE SERVICES GROUP INC. 0 0 4 4 1 9
VERTU LTD. 0 1 2 1 5 9
VIA TELECOM CO., LTD. 0 1 4 2 2 9
ADAPTIX, INC. 0 2 2 1 3 8
AIRNET COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 3 2 3 0 0 8
ATMEL GERMANY GMBH 0 4 0 1 3 8
CORE MOBILITY, INC. 0 0 4 1 3 8
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 2 1 2 2 1 8
GOOGLE, INC. 0 0 0 3 5 8
HIGH TECH COMPUTER CORP. 1 2 3 1 1 8
HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC 0 1 4 1 2 8
LEAP WIRELESS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 3 2 2 0 1 8
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 0 0 5 1 2 8
METRO ONE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 5 1 1 1 0 8
MOBILE SATELLITE VENTURES LP 2 5 0 0 1 8
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY 0 1 2 5 0 8
NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS OY 0 0 0 3 5 8
PANTECH & CURITEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 0 1 3 4 8
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 3 1 3 0 8
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 0 2 3 2 1 8
ROTANI, INC. 0 0 0 4 4 8
SIRIFIC WIRELESS CORPORATION 0 1 2 4 1 8
SONY INTERNATIONAL (EUROPE) GMBH 4 2 2 0 0 8
TCL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LIMITED 0 0 4 3 1 8
TEKTRONIX INC. 2 2 2 0 2 8
UNIDEN AMERICA CORPORATION 2 2 2 2 0 8
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 2 1 3 1 1 8
XILINX, INC. 0 1 3 3 1 8
AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH 0 1 2 4 0 7
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES WIRELESS IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 0 1 2 4 7
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 0 1 3 2 7
CASABYTE, INC. 2 1 3 0 1 7
CELLETRA LTD 1 2 3 1 0 7
E. LEAD ELECTRONIC CO., LTD. 4 3 0 0 0 7
FAULKNER INTERSTICES, LLC 0 0 0 1 6 7
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. 1 0 4 0 2 7
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 1 3 3 0 0 7
M/A COM, INC. 0 1 1 3 2 7
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 2 0 4 0 1 7
NAVINI NETWORKS, INC. 0 2 5 0 0 7
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 1 2 2 1 1 7
NOKIA INC. 2 2 3 0 0 7
POWERWAVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 2 2 2 7
SIGE SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 1 1 1 1 3 7
SONERA OY 2 3 1 1 0 7
SONY DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 0 0 2 3 2 7
SPYDER NAVIGATIONS L.L.C. 0 0 0 0 7 7
STARHOME GMBH 0 2 1 2 2 7
TDK CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 3 7
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 3 0 1 1 2 7
VESUVIUS, INC. 5 1 1 0 0 7
ZARLINK SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 0 5 2 0 0 7
ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES GMBH 0 0 2 3 1 6
ACCTON TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 1 1 1 3 6
ADTRAN 1 3 1 0 1 6
AIRCELL, INC. 2 1 3 0 0 6
ALCATEL LUCENT 0 0 0 1 5 6
AMERICAN CALCAR INC. 1 0 2 0 3 6
AT ROAD, INC. 0 2 3 1 0 6
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 0 0 0 6 6
BOSTON COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC. 1 0 0 4 1 6
CELLEMETRY LLC 1 2 1 2 0 6
FAR EASTONE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. 0 1 2 3 0 6
GOOD TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 2 3 1 6
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 0 3 2 1 6
IXI MOBILE (ISRAEL) LTD. 0 2 2 2 0 6
KABUSHIKI KAISHA KENWOOD 0 1 2 2 1 6
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 1 0 2 3 0 6
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 1 2 0 0 6
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 2 6
PANTECH CO. LTD. 0 0 0 3 3 6
PLANTRONICS INC 1 1 1 1 2 6
PMC-SIERRA LTD. 0 0 1 4 1 6
RAZE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 2 1 1 6
REDKNEE INC. 0 0 0 1 5 6
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 2 2 2 6
SEARETE LLC 0 0 0 0 6 6
SMARTTRUST AB 0 0 2 2 2 6
TELEMAC CORPORATION 2 0 1 1 2 6
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED 0 0 3 1 2 6
VOCERA COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 2 0 4 0 6
XYTRANS, INC. 0 0 4 2 0 6
APEX/ECLIPSE SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 1 0 4 5
ASULAB S.A. 1 1 1 1 1 5
AT& T KNOWLEDGE VENTURES, L.P. 0 0 0 2 3 5
AXESSTEL, INC. 0 0 4 0 1 5
COCOMO MB COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 1 2 1 0 1 5
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 0 0 3 2 0 5
EKAHAU OY 0 0 1 3 1 5
FRANCE TELECOM SA 0 1 2 2 0 5
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 1 2 1 1 5
GENERAL DYNAMICS DECISION SYSTEMS, INC. 4 0 1 0 0 5
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 1 0 2 1 1 5
INNOVISION RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY PLC 0 0 0 2 3 5
INTEGRANT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 5 0 0 5
INTERSIL AMERICAS INC. 3 1 1 0 0 5
INTERWAVE COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL LTD. 3 2 0 0 0 5
JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 0 1 0 1 3 5
KATOH ELECTRIC MACHINERY CO., LTD. 0 0 0 1 4 5
KTFREETEL CO., LTD. 0 1 3 0 1 5
LEGERITY, INC. 4 1 0 0 0 5
MICREL INCORPORATED 1 0 1 2 1 5
NTT MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
PALMONE, INC. 2 3 0 0 0 5
QISDA CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 5 5
ROKE MANOR RESEARCH LIMITED 1 1 2 1 0 5
SCIENTIFIC COMPONENTS, INC. 1 1 2 0 1 5
SEMICONDUCTOR IDEAS TO MARKET (ITOM) B.V. 0 1 2 2 0 5
SEQUOIA COMMUNICATIONS CORP. 0 1 1 1 2 5
SIERRA WIRELESS, INC. 0 3 1 0 1 5
SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 0 0 0 4 1 5
SYBASE 365, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
TELEPHIA, INC. 3 1 1 0 0 5
TELIASONERA FINLAND OYJ 2 0 1 1 1 5
TEMCO JAPAN CO., LTD. 0 2 1 2 0 5
TENDLER CELLULAR, INC. 1 0 1 2 1 5
TRAQ WIRELESS, INC. 2 0 1 1 1 5
TREX ENTERPRISES CORPORATION 1 0 2 1 1 5
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION, LTD. 1 0 2 1 1 5
TRUEPOSITION, INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
VERTEX STANDARD CO., LTD. 2 0 2 1 0 5
WINPHORIA NETWORKS, INC. 3 1 1 0 0 5
ZENITH ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 2 0 1 1 1 5


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