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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 715, DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (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
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 67 74 113 177 266 697
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 129 145 153 126 118 671
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 30 32 63 50 35 210
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 16 22 25 17 23 103
SONY CORPORATION 14 23 31 13 18 99
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 11 19 17 34 17 98
FUJITSU LIMITED 10 17 19 22 16 84
XEROX CORPORATION 11 19 25 19 10 84
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 17 15 18 13 7 70
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 5 10 11 14 17 57
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 10 8 7 10 20 55
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 1 4 17 33 55
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 12 11 19 2 5 49
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 6 5 8 13 13 45
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 7 3 13 11 11 45
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 3 6 22 7 5 43
INTEL CORPORATION 4 12 8 7 10 41
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 6 12 12 6 36
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 2 1 6 11 14 34
AOL LLC 4 0 5 9 12 30
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 6 9 5 4 26
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 3 4 8 5 5 25
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 6 6 6 4 2 24
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 1 5 7 6 5 24
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2 1 2 10 9 24
HITACHI, LTD 3 3 7 8 2 23
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 3 10 1 6 22
NEC CORPORATION 5 4 6 1 5 21
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 1 0 7 7 5 20
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 5 3 1 8 2 19
TANGIS CORPORATION 4 3 11 1 0 19
AUTODESK, INC. 2 7 2 4 2 17
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 0 4 8 1 3 16
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 2 7 3 2 16
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 0 2 3 9 2 16
DIGEO, INC. 1 0 7 3 1 12
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 2 2 6 2 0 12
SIEBEL SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 5 5 1 12
EMC CORPORATION 0 2 1 0 8 11
GOOGLE, INC. 1 0 1 6 3 11
PALMSOURCE INC. 3 3 2 1 2 11
YAHOO, INC. 0 3 3 1 4 11
AT&T CORP. 4 2 1 3 0 10
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 2 2 3 1 2 10
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 1 1 1 3 4 10
YAMAHA CORPORATION 1 3 1 3 2 10
ACCENTURE LLP 1 2 3 2 1 9
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 4 2 0 0 9
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 0 1 5 3 0 9
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 3 2 4 0 0 9
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 1 1 1 2 4 9
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 0 1 5 0 2 8
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 3 0 2 1 2 8
MOTOROLA, INC. 1 2 0 4 1 8
SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH, INC. 2 2 2 2 0 8
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 0 1 2 3 2 8
XSIDES CORPORATION 5 2 0 0 1 8
ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES GMBH 0 0 3 0 4 7
BEA SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 1 2 3 7
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 0 0 0 4 3 7
IMMERSION CORPORATION 3 0 3 1 0 7
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 0 1 2 2 2 7
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 0 0 1 3 3 7
SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS HEALTH SERVICES CORPORATION 0 2 1 3 1 7
UNISYS CORPORATION 2 1 1 2 1 7
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC. 0 0 0 0 6 6
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 2 0 1 3 0 6
COREL CORPORATION 2 2 1 1 0 6
FLASHPOINT TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 1 2 0 1 6
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 5 6
NCR CORPORATION 2 1 1 2 0 6
OPENWAVE SYSTEMS INC. 1 2 2 1 0 6
PALM, INC. 0 2 1 1 2 6
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 4 1 0 0 1 6
VERIZON LABORATORIES INC. 3 0 1 2 0 6
YODLEE.COM, INC. 2 1 1 2 0 6
BOEING COMPANY 0 0 1 3 1 5
DANGER, INC. 0 1 2 2 0 5
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 0 0 0 3 5
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 0 1 2 5
OPEN INVENTION NETWORK 0 0 2 2 1 5
OVERTURE SERVICES, INC. 1 1 1 0 2 5
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 0 0 3 0 2 5
SANAVIGATOR, INC. 2 1 0 2 0 5
SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P. 1 0 3 1 0 5


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