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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 712, Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems)

( 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 56 50 61 47 48 262
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 47 38 35 38 63 221
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 16 20 22 22 30 110
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 29 17 16 9 15 86
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 10 18 7 11 9 55
FUJITSU LIMITED 12 8 10 9 12 51
ARM LIMITED 1 7 10 9 16 43
BROADCOM CORPORATION 6 9 9 12 6 42
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 16 10 5 2 7 40
IP FIRST LLC 5 4 9 15 6 39
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 6 8 8 3 9 34
MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INC. 4 0 7 13 8 32
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 5 2 7 6 10 30
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 2 4 10 7 7 30
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 4 12 5 2 5 28
PTS CORPORATION 9 8 8 0 1 26
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 8 4 5 4 1 22
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5 1 7 5 4 22
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 1 5 8 6 20
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 7 5 2 2 3 19
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 5 4 2 3 5 19
HITACHI, LTD 9 2 5 1 1 18
NEC CORPORATION 7 6 1 2 2 18
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 2 4 6 2 3 17
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 2 7 8 0 0 17
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 7 3 4 1 1 16
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 1 4 3 3 4 15
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 1 4 2 5 15
TRANSMETA CORPORATION 5 1 4 2 3 15
NVIDIA CORPORATION 0 0 1 6 7 14
ALTERA CORPORATION 0 0 2 6 5 13
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 1 0 3 2 7 13
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 0 2 4 4 12
XILINX, INC. 1 4 1 3 3 12
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 0 1 3 1 6 11
ATI INTERNATIONAL SRL 6 2 2 1 0 11
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 1 3 2 2 2 10
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 0 1 2 4 2 9
MICROUNITY SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, INC. 1 0 0 4 4 9
NXP B.V. 0 0 0 5 4 9
QUALCOMM, INC. 0 0 2 3 4 9
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 2 2 4 0 1 9
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 1 3 2 0 1 7
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 4 1 0 0 2 7
VERISILICON HOLDINGS, CO., LTD. 0 0 0 5 2 7
FARADAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 4 0 1 0 6
MINDSPEED TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 1 2 1 0 6
MOTOROLA, INC. 2 0 1 2 1 6
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 2 0 2 2 0 6
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 0 0 1 1 3 5
PACT XPP TECHNOLOGIES AG 1 1 1 2 0 5
SONY CORPORATION 1 0 2 2 0 5
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 0 1 0 3 1 5
VIA-CYRIX, INC. 0 0 4 1 0 5


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