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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 718, Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (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 58 47 53 44 48 250
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 11 12 24 20 14 81
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 13 18 17 13 9 70
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 4 8 24 9 12 57
INTEL CORPORATION 5 10 13 9 18 55
HITACHI, LTD 3 4 5 5 4 21
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 7 3 4 2 2 18
UNISYS CORPORATION 4 1 4 4 5 18
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 1 4 1 7 15
EMC CORPORATION 3 2 3 4 2 14
NEC CORPORATION 2 2 3 3 3 13
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 1 3 2 2 5 13
FUJITSU LIMITED 1 3 5 2 1 12
SONY CORPORATION 2 3 2 1 3 11
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 0 2 3 1 2 8
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 0 0 5 2 1 8
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 1 2 2 1 7
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 3 1 1 1 1 7
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 2 0 2 1 2 7
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 1 2 2 1 0 6
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 0 0 6 6
MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 0 1 2 2 6
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 1 2 1 0 2 6
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
BEA SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 1 0 3 5
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 0 2 2 0 5
CRAY INC. 0 1 0 1 3 5
DENSO CORPORATION 0 1 2 0 2 5
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 3 1 0 0 1 5
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 1 0 4 5
VMWARE, INC. 2 0 0 1 2 5


PTMT Contacts

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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Electronic Information Products Division - PTMT
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Alexandria VA 22313-1450

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