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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 380, Cryptography

( 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
SONY CORPORATION 5 10 31 33 24 103
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 7 20 19 12 15 73
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 2 4 14 18 17 55
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 4 3 14 20 11 52
INTEL CORPORATION 8 10 12 11 10 51
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 8 7 15 11 8 49
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 1 2 11 10 14 38
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 3 5 9 10 7 34
HITACHI, LTD 4 5 5 7 6 27
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 8 7 5 4 2 26
NEC CORPORATION 4 6 8 4 3 25
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 4 7 5 4 23
NOKIA CORPORATION 3 2 2 8 8 23
QUALCOMM, INC. 2 4 3 10 3 22
CERTICOM CORPORATION 2 2 5 5 6 20
FUJITSU LIMITED 3 3 3 5 6 20
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 3 3 6 5 3 20
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 2 4 5 6 17
GEMPLUS 0 1 6 5 4 16
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 0 4 1 4 6 15
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 2 1 1 2 9 15
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 0 1 5 6 12
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 4 1 3 1 3 12
DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG 4 0 2 3 2 11
MACROVISION CORPORATION 3 3 1 2 2 11
MAGIQ TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 6 5 11
NDS LIMITED 1 1 2 0 7 11
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 1 1 1 4 4 11
FRANCE TELECOM 2 0 2 2 4 10
MOTOROLA, INC. 1 0 7 1 1 10
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DIRECTOR NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY 4 2 4 0 0 10
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 0 4 2 2 1 9
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 0 0 1 0 7 8
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 1 2 2 2 1 8
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 2 2 2 1 1 8
BBN TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 0 0 1 2 4 7
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 1 2 2 2 7
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 0 0 1 4 2 7
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 2 1 2 1 1 7
SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC. 2 1 1 3 0 7
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. 0 2 1 2 2 7
CONTENTGUARD HOLDINGS, INC. 0 3 2 1 0 6
DIGIMARC CORPORATION 1 2 3 0 0 6
HARRIS CORP. 0 2 0 2 2 6
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 1 0 1 2 2 6
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 1 0 4 0 1 6
ASIER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 1 4 0 0 5
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 1 1 1 2 0 5
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 1 2 2 5
MURATA KIKAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 0 2 0 0 5
NAGRAVISION S.A. 0 1 0 3 1 5
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY 0 0 0 3 2 5
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 0 1 1 2 5
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 0 0 1 3 5
SILICON IMAGE, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 1 0 2 1 1 5
TECSEC INCORPORATED 0 0 4 1 0 5
XEROX CORPORATION 1 1 2 0 1 5
XILINX, INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5


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