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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 365, Static Information Storage and Retrieval

( 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
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 245 250 245 246 215 1201
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 110 122 161 197 259 849
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 124 161 185 166 163 799
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 207 160 127 110 106 710
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 80 104 174 164 153 675
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 121 98 99 122 125 565
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 61 54 74 64 85 338
SANDISK CORPORATION 21 41 42 81 139 324
FUJITSU LIMITED 70 69 53 59 45 296
INTEL CORPORATION 53 45 53 52 34 237
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 64 74 50 21 10 219
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 25 25 37 60 62 209
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 30 40 52 49 32 203
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 26 38 29 26 29 148
HITACHI, LTD 38 30 26 29 18 141
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 24 18 46 29 12 129
ELPIDA MEMORY, INC. 12 23 21 35 36 127
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 32 27 19 22 19 119
SPANSION LLC 1 0 24 50 40 115
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 17 22 28 23 25 115
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 25 21 24 16 27 113
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 22 21 19 18 28 108
SONY CORPORATION 13 18 33 26 17 107
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 10 22 13 34 26 105
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 10 18 21 26 27 102
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 27 25 24 13 12 101
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 44 24 10 6 3 87
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 19 9 18 17 20 83
BROADCOM CORPORATION 24 30 11 9 6 80
NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 14 16 13 15 15 73
ATMEL CORPORATION 4 7 11 22 25 69
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 13 11 9 9 13 55
XILINX, INC. 7 8 12 19 9 55
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 10 17 12 8 4 51
SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 7 12 13 10 7 49
ALTERA CORPORATION 3 6 8 13 17 47
UNITY SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 4 11 16 4 10 45
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 10 6 12 8 5 41
NEC CORPORATION 13 2 9 11 6 41
SAIFUN SEMICONDUCTORS, LTD. 4 13 8 5 11 41
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 5 13 8 8 6 40
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 7 8 10 8 4 37
E-MEMORY TECHNOLOGY, INC. 11 10 1 3 9 34
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 6 5 8 5 10 34
SANDISK 3D LLC 0 0 1 19 13 33
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 10 7 3 6 7 33
MATRIX SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 12 13 6 1 0 32
RAMBUS, INC. 9 4 6 6 6 31
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 9 3 8 9 2 31
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 3 6 4 12 4 29
GRANDIS, INC. 2 5 6 11 4 28
T-RAM, INC. 6 10 5 2 5 28
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 7 8 7 4 27
OVONYX, INC. 7 4 4 1 10 26
APLUS FLASH TECHNOLOGY, INC. 6 3 7 4 5 25
VIRAGE LOGIC CORPORATION 5 3 8 5 2 23
ACTEL CORPORATION 2 2 5 6 6 21
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 4 3 2 6 21
ELITE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY TECHNOLOGY INC. 0 3 5 3 10 21
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 4 1 5 5 6 21
TDK CORPORATION 0 1 5 7 8 21
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 1 5 5 6 20
INNOVATIVE SILICON S.A. 0 5 2 9 3 19
QIMONDA AG 0 0 0 0 19 19
QUALCOMM, INC. 1 2 5 9 2 19
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 1 3 3 6 5 18
HALO LSI, INC. 3 2 5 2 6 18
NXP B.V. 0 0 0 9 9 18
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 1 3 1 5 8 18
THIN FILM ELECTRONICS ASA 6 3 3 4 2 18
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 15 2 0 0 0 17
STMICROELECTRONICS PVT. LTD. 0 0 4 7 6 17
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 2 5 6 0 3 16
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 2 1 1 2 9 15
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES FLASH GMBH & CO. KG 0 0 0 10 5 15
MOTOROLA, INC. 13 1 0 1 0 15
KILOPASS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 4 3 2 2 14
NAN YA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 8 1 0 1 4 14
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 9 2 1 0 1 13
ARM LIMITED 1 1 2 4 5 13
UNITED MEMORIES, INC. 3 1 6 1 2 13
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 3 1 3 1 4 12
IMPINJ, INC. 0 2 1 8 1 12
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 1 3 1 3 4 12
NANTERO, INC. 1 1 3 5 2 12
POWERCHIP SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 3 3 2 2 2 12
PROMOS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 1 4 4 1 12
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES NORTH AMERICA CORP. 1 4 2 2 2 11
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 4 3 0 1 3 11
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 3 5 1 1 11
MEDIATEK INC. 2 0 3 3 2 10
NSCORE INC. 0 0 2 3 5 10
PROGRESSANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 2 5 0 0 10
TOWER SEMICONDUCTOR LTD. 4 2 1 1 2 10
APPLIED SPINTRONICS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 7 2 0 0 9
ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 3 3 2 9
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 3 3 3 9
NEXFLASH, TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 7 2 0 0 0 9
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 2 2 1 2 2 9
SILICON MAGNETIC SYSTEMS 3 2 3 1 0 9
UNION SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 4 5 0 0 9
MONOLITHIC SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY, INC. 6 1 0 1 0 8
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 8 8
QIMONDA NORTH AMERICA CORP. 0 0 0 0 8 8
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 2 1 2 1 8
WESTERN DIGITAL (FREMONT), INC. 6 0 2 0 0 8
BTG INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 1 3 1 0 7
MOSEL VITELIC, INCORPORATED 4 1 2 0 0 7
MULTI LEVEL MEMORY TECHNOLOGY 3 4 0 0 0 7
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 1 1 1 2 2 7
SIGMATEL INC. 0 0 0 4 3 7
SOLID STATE SYSTEM CO., LTD. 0 1 3 2 1 7
AXON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 1 2 2 0 1 6
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 0 0 1 4 6
DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR GMBH 3 0 2 1 0 6
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 3 1 1 1 0 6
KAWASAKI MICROELECTRONICS, INC. 1 4 0 1 0 6
MAGLABS, INC. 0 2 2 1 1 6
NETLIST, INC. 1 3 0 2 0 6
SOLID STATE STORAGE SOLUTIONS, LLC 0 0 0 0 6 6
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 1 0 3 2 6
SYMETRIX CORPORATION 1 1 2 2 0 6
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 1 1 3 0 1 6
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
DENSO CORPORATION 2 0 1 2 0 5
DONGBU ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 0 1 3 1 5
ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 2 1 0 2 5
FASL, LLC 1 3 1 0 0 5
MAGIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
NANOAMP SOLUTIONS, INC. 5 0 0 0 0 5
NVE CORPORATION 1 0 1 3 0 5
PHISON ELECTRONIC CORP. 1 1 0 2 1 5
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 3 0 1 1 5
SKYMEDI CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 3 5
SPIN OP CORPORATION 0 0 1 4 0 5
SUPER TALENT ELECTRONICS, INC. 0 0 2 0 3 5
SYNOPSYS INC. 0 1 0 2 2 5
YAMAHA CORPORATION 1 0 1 2 1 5


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