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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 716, DP: Design and Analysis of Circuit or Semiconductor Mask (Data Processing)

( 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 54 35 124 99 143 455
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 37 75 93 40 47 292
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 50 41 74 55 61 281
XILINX, INC. 23 34 59 48 61 225
FUJITSU LIMITED 18 26 31 44 42 161
ALTERA CORPORATION 9 9 22 48 56 144
SYNOPSYS INC. 7 24 27 37 30 125
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 44 24 26 10 13 117
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 24 15 21 25 30 115
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 19 10 28 32 26 115
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 25 27 38 10 4 104
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 19 9 24 32 19 103
INTEL CORPORATION 17 16 17 19 14 83
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 7 13 11 11 15 57
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 8 7 14 10 14 53
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 19 17 6 3 3 48
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 10 5 13 13 6 47
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 9 8 11 9 10 47
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 5 7 17 9 9 47
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 10 9 18 4 5 46
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 19 11 5 1 2 38
SYNPLICITY, INC. 6 4 10 11 4 35
NEC CORPORATION 7 6 3 3 10 29
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 5 8 7 7 27
MAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION, INC. 1 3 9 3 9 25
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 6 7 7 2 2 24
HITACHI, LTD 10 6 6 1 1 24
NUMERICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 18 3 0 0 0 21
BROADCOM CORPORATION 2 5 5 2 5 19
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 3 5 4 3 3 18
PDF SOLUTIONS, INC. 3 2 3 4 5 17
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 4 3 4 1 4 16
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 4 1 3 4 3 15
SONY CORPORATION 4 1 5 4 1 15
MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION 1 2 3 5 2 13
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 3 2 3 3 2 13
ASML MASKTOOLS, B.V. 2 3 2 2 3 12
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 4 3 5 0 0 12
SEQUENCE DESIGN, INC. 6 1 2 3 0 12
FARADAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 1 3 3 4 11
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 0 5 6 11
KLA-TENCOR TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 0 4 2 2 3 11
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 2 1 2 4 2 11
UNISYS CORPORATION 4 5 1 0 1 11
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 3 4 1 2 11
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 1 0 2 2 4 9
JASPER DESIGN AUTOMATION, INC. 0 0 3 2 4 9
ACTEL CORPORATION 0 2 2 1 3 8
BARCELONA DESIGN, INC. 2 2 4 0 0 8
CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY 0 0 2 4 2 8
GRADIENT DESIGN AUTOMATION, INC. 0 0 0 3 5 8
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 1 2 3 1 8
INVARIUM, INC. 0 0 0 3 4 7
NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA, INC. 0 0 1 5 1 7
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 0 3 0 1 3 7
ATRENTA, INC. 0 0 4 1 1 6
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 0 2 1 1 2 6
BRION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 6 0 0 6
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2 0 1 2 1 6
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 3 2 0 1 6
CHARTERED SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING LTD. 0 0 3 1 2 6
DUPONT PHOTOMASKS, INC. 3 3 0 0 0 6
INVENTEC CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 3 6
LIGHTSPEED SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 3 1 2 0 0 6
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 1 0 2 1 2 6
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 2 0 0 0 6
NASCENTRIC, INC. 0 0 3 2 1 6
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION AT UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO 4 1 1 0 0 6
SPRING SOFT INC. 0 1 0 4 1 6
TENSILICA, INC. 1 0 2 0 3 6
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
KAWASAKI MICROELECTRONICS, INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
LOGICVISION, INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
MOTOROLA, INC. 2 0 0 1 2 5
RAMBUS, INC. 1 0 1 1 2 5
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 2 5
RESHAPE, INC. 2 3 0 0 0 5
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 0 1 0 1 5
STMICROELECTRONICS PVT. LTD. 0 0 2 2 1 5
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 1 1 2 1 0 5
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 2 0 1 2 0 5


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