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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 717, DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (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 92 98 134 110 150 584
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 37 40 79 95 94 345
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 23 40 96 68 55 282
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 18 40 49 35 31 173
INTEL CORPORATION 11 19 35 36 29 130
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 9 10 9 12 14 54
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 1 4 20 24 49
BEA SYSTEMS, INC. 1 4 8 15 15 43
FUJITSU LIMITED 9 12 10 7 3 41
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 7 7 11 6 3 34
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 3 3 13 5 9 33
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 5 7 5 9 30
UNISYS CORPORATION 9 2 9 4 5 29
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 5 5 8 6 2 26
HITACHI, LTD 4 2 10 6 3 25
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 3 2 3 7 6 21
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 8 2 2 4 4 20
EMC CORPORATION 4 1 3 7 4 19
NEC CORPORATION 6 1 6 5 1 19
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 1 6 3 4 18
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 2 4 8 1 3 18
BORLAND SOFTWARE CORPORATION 0 6 7 2 2 17
SONY CORPORATION 4 2 4 3 4 17
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 0 1 0 6 8 15
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 4 3 4 3 1 15
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 4 3 1 5 1 14
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 3 3 2 1 5 14
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 1 4 2 4 2 13
ESMERTEC AG 2 5 3 3 0 13
TRANSITIVE LIMITED 0 0 0 4 9 13
WIND RIVER SYSTEMS, INC. 1 3 5 4 0 13
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 0 3 2 1 6 12
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 2 2 2 4 2 12
SIEBEL SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 5 3 2 12
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 3 1 5 10
ARM LIMITED 0 1 7 1 1 10
COMPUWARE CORPORATION 4 2 0 2 2 10
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 1 1 6 2 10
THE MATH WORKS, INC. 0 2 0 2 6 10
TRANSMETA CORPORATION 2 1 2 1 3 9
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 3 1 0 3 1 8
ATI INTERNATIONAL SRL 1 3 3 1 0 8
ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION 0 0 3 3 2 8
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 2 4 1 1 0 8
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 3 3 0 2 0 8
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 0 2 4 1 8
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 0 1 5 1 0 7
VERITAS OPERATING CORPORATION 3 1 2 1 0 7
EMPIRIX INC. 1 3 2 0 0 6
MCAFEE, INC. 0 2 2 2 0 6
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 2 0 2 0 6
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. 0 0 0 3 3 6
NVIDIA CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 3 6
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 1 1 1 3 6
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
AUTODESK, INC. 1 2 1 0 1 5
BOEING COMPANY 0 1 0 4 0 5
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 0 0 2 1 2 5
ELBRUS INTERNATIONAL LTD. 2 1 2 0 0 5
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 1 1 1 1 1 5
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 2 2 1 0 0 5
KYOCERA WIRELESS CORP. 0 1 2 1 1 5
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 0 0 3 1 1 5
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 1 0 1 1 2 5
MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 2 3 0 5
MOTOROLA, INC. 2 1 0 0 2 5
PALMSOURCE INC. 4 0 0 1 0 5
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 0 1 0 1 3 5
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD. 0 1 1 0 3 5
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 0 1 2 2 0 5
VMWARE, INC. 1 0 2 2 0 5
XILINX, INC. 0 1 2 1 1 5


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