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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 711, Memory (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
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 184 178 235 187 260 1044
HITACHI, LTD 69 77 217 193 212 768
INTEL CORPORATION 109 117 146 106 130 608
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 93 93 91 53 68 398
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 61 70 50 67 79 327
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 40 49 79 49 33 250
EMC CORPORATION 39 40 36 45 50 210
FUJITSU LIMITED 37 33 26 16 48 160
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 16 18 46 25 49 154
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 23 28 27 11 13 102
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 13 13 24 18 28 96
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 8 15 17 23 27 90
SONY CORPORATION 18 13 22 14 16 83
BROADCOM CORPORATION 13 15 25 17 12 82
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 37 13 11 12 8 81
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 15 17 13 20 15 80
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 20 15 27 9 7 78
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 16 13 11 17 19 76
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 14 11 16 21 11 73
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 15 7 20 18 11 71
VERITAS OPERATING CORPORATION 10 15 27 19 0 71
RAMBUS, INC. 13 8 16 16 17 70
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. 6 1 12 17 32 68
SANDISK CORPORATION 4 6 14 16 24 64
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 1 6 13 12 20 52
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 10 14 11 5 8 48
NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 12 7 6 13 9 47
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 8 5 14 6 11 44
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 11 12 12 6 3 44
UNISYS CORPORATION 10 11 8 7 8 44
NEC CORPORATION 10 10 8 6 9 43
SYMANTEC OPERATING CORPORATION 0 0 0 7 31 38
NVIDIA CORPORATION 2 2 6 9 18 37
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 8 6 9 9 5 37
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 15 13 3 3 1 35
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 3 3 6 6 16 34
ARM LIMITED 5 6 8 10 4 33
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 4 8 4 8 7 31
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 10 11 3 2 4 30
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 3 10 6 4 26
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 7 11 2 2 25
IP FIRST LLC 3 1 13 5 2 24
XILINX, INC. 1 4 9 6 4 24
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 6 5 9 1 2 23
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 2 13 3 4 1 23
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 6 4 5 5 2 22
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 4 2 5 3 8 22
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 3 4 3 5 6 21
LEXAR MEDIA, INC. 7 6 3 2 3 21
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 4 3 7 4 3 21
ADAPTEC, INC. 0 8 8 2 2 20
ALTERA CORPORATION 1 2 7 5 5 20
NEWISYS, INC. 0 4 8 4 4 20
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 5 2 5 2 6 20
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 1 5 5 7 19
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 2 5 3 6 2 18
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 3 3 3 6 2 17
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 1 6 4 3 3 17
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 0 3 14 17
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 3 3 2 0 9 17
MEDIATEK INC. 1 0 4 1 10 16
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 4 0 8 4 0 16
VMWARE, INC. 1 1 5 6 3 16
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 0 1 1 7 6 15
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 1 0 2 7 5 15
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 3 6 1 2 2 14
ATMEL CORPORATION 0 0 3 8 3 14
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 1 5 3 3 2 14
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 2 2 1 5 3 13
COMMVAULT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 2 2 9 13
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 1 2 3 5 2 13
TRANSMETA CORPORATION 1 1 5 1 5 13
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 2 4 3 1 2 12
MOTOROLA, INC. 5 2 2 2 1 12
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 0 3 2 4 3 12
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 3 5 1 2 0 11
MATRIX SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 4 3 4 0 0 11
QUALCOMM, INC. 0 1 0 2 8 11
M-SYSTEMS FLASH DISK PIONEERS LTD. 5 0 5 0 0 10
MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 1 3 3 1 10
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 4 1 0 4 1 10
ARISTOS LOGIC CORPORATION 0 1 3 3 2 9
AZUL SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 1 3 5 9
COPAN SYSTEMS, INC 0 0 2 5 2 9
CRAY INC. 0 1 2 4 2 9
CROSSROADS SYSTEMS, INC. 2 0 1 1 5 9
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 3 3 1 2 0 9
MAXTOR CORPORATION 5 1 3 0 0 9
SANDISK IL LTD. 0 0 0 3 6 9
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 1 3 1 2 2 9
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 4 1 2 0 8
NOKIA CORPORATION 1 1 3 2 1 8
NXP B.V. 0 0 1 2 5 8
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 0 0 1 3 4 8
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 0 1 4 3 8
WIND RIVER SYSTEMS, INC. 2 3 1 0 2 8
BULL HN INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC. 2 5 0 0 0 7
EMULEX DESIGN & MANUFACTURING CORPORATION 1 4 1 1 0 7
GENESIS MICROCHIP INC. 4 1 0 1 1 7
HYWIRE LTD. 1 2 3 1 0 7
INVENTEC CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 5 7
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2 0 2 2 1 7
PHISON ELECTRONIC CORP. 1 0 1 4 1 7
QUANTUM CORP. (CA) 1 1 1 1 3 7
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 2 1 1 2 1 7
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC. 0 0 1 3 2 6
ATI INTERNATIONAL SRL 5 1 0 0 0 6
BARSA CONSULTING GROUP, LLC 5 1 0 0 0 6
DATADOMAIN, INC. 0 1 3 1 1 6
DOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP. 0 1 0 1 4 6
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 2 1 2 0 1 6
PILLAR DATA SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 2 2 1 6
SOLID STATE SYSTEM CO., LTD. 1 0 4 1 0 6
TDK CORPORATION 1 0 2 2 1 6
XIV LTD. 0 0 0 4 2 6
3COM CORPORATION 4 0 1 0 0 5
ACRONIS INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
ALCATEL 2 1 0 1 1 5
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 0 0 1 2 5
DENSO CORPORATION 1 1 0 2 1 5
FALCONSTOR SOFTWARE, INC. 0 0 3 2 0 5
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 0 0 2 0 3 5
INTELITRAC, INC. 0 1 3 1 0 5
NCR CORPORATION 3 1 0 0 1 5
NETAPP, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
PHOENIX TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 5 0 0 0 0 5
RMI CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 5 5
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 1 2 0 0 5
SPANSION LLC 0 0 1 3 1 5
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 3 0 0 2 0 5
WESTERN DIGITAL VENTURES, INC. 4 0 0 0 1 5
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION 0 2 1 0 2 5
XIOTECH CORPORATION 0 1 0 3 1 5


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