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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 707, DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (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 262 232 341 288 370 1493
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 78 101 144 209 296 828
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 89 59 80 83 76 387
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 52 52 86 77 88 355
HITACHI, LTD 41 28 79 61 43 252
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 40 42 71 49 24 226
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 56 26 48 32 26 188
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 5 16 44 65 131
FUJITSU LIMITED 27 23 22 22 26 120
NCR CORPORATION 32 16 35 27 8 118
EMC CORPORATION 17 12 22 22 24 97
SONY CORPORATION 19 13 21 26 17 96
UNISYS CORPORATION 13 12 22 14 21 82
INTEL CORPORATION 12 15 12 15 15 69
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 8 12 19 15 14 68
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. 5 8 15 18 21 67
GOOGLE, INC. 1 3 8 16 30 58
XEROX CORPORATION 10 9 14 11 11 55
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 9 11 12 6 16 54
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 13 5 14 12 7 51
BEA SYSTEMS, INC. 1 7 10 16 16 50
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 6 5 14 11 9 45
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 8 7 8 13 8 44
YAHOO, INC. 1 3 6 7 26 43
AT&T CORP. 6 9 3 10 13 41
AOL LLC 3 6 7 15 9 40
NOKIA CORPORATION 5 6 4 12 8 35
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 9 7 7 8 2 33
OVERTURE SERVICES, INC. 4 4 9 9 7 33
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 8 5 11 8 0 32
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 7 8 7 5 2 29
NEC CORPORATION 12 5 5 4 3 29
SIEBEL SYSTEMS, INC. 9 3 2 9 5 28
VERITAS OPERATING CORPORATION 1 3 9 14 1 28
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 3 7 5 1 8 24
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 4 4 3 8 23
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 2 4 6 3 6 21
NOVELL, INC. 7 2 4 5 3 21
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 2 3 4 5 7 21
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 7 8 4 0 1 20
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 6 1 6 3 4 20
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 3 1 6 3 7 20
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 4 4 5 4 3 20
SYBASE, INC. 11 1 0 4 4 20
SYMANTEC OPERATING CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 17 19
I2 TECHNOLOGIES US, INC. 4 4 6 4 0 18
MICROSTRATEGY, INC. 8 0 4 4 2 18
BMC SOFTWARE, INC. 4 2 7 3 0 16
COGNOS INCORPORATED 3 2 2 5 4 16
HYPERION SOLUTIONS CORPORATION 2 2 5 3 4 16
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 5 4 2 3 16
ACCENTURE LLP 4 2 5 0 3 14
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 1 4 3 3 3 14
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 2 0 1 6 5 14
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 3 1 4 4 2 14
ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES GMBH 0 0 3 5 5 13
BOEING COMPANY 2 1 4 2 4 13
NAVTEQ NORTH AMERICA, LLC. 1 1 7 2 2 13
SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS HEALTH SERVICES CORPORATION 0 3 7 2 1 13
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 0 1 2 7 3 13
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 0 2 1 4 5 12
COMMVAULT SYSTEMS, INC. 2 0 2 2 6 12
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 2 3 3 1 12
VERIZON LABORATORIES INC. 1 3 6 1 1 12
BROADCOM CORPORATION 4 0 3 1 3 11
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 6 2 1 1 11
INNOPATH SOFTWARE, INC. 0 3 5 1 2 11
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 3 2 4 2 0 11
A9.COM, INC. 0 2 2 2 4 10
AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC. 0 0 2 3 5 10
NETEZZA CORPORATION 0 1 4 2 3 10
PALMSOURCE INC. 3 2 2 1 2 10
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 0 6 0 3 1 10
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 2 2 5 1 0 10
BURNSIDE ACQUISITION, LLC 0 0 0 2 7 9
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 0 0 5 4 9
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 1 2 3 1 2 9
INVENTEC CORPORATION 2 5 0 1 1 9
SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 5 2 0 1 1 9
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 3 1 2 0 3 9
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 0 0 1 0 8 9
THE WEB ACCESS, INC. 0 0 2 6 1 9
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 0 0 0 8 8
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC. 0 0 0 0 8 8
ATTENEX CORPORATION 2 1 2 2 1 8
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 2 2 1 1 2 8
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 5 3 0 0 0 8
INTELLISYNC CORPORATION 1 1 2 3 1 8
ORACLE CORPORATION 3 0 3 1 1 8
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 0 0 2 3 3 8
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 1 2 2 3 0 8
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 2 1 2 1 2 8
ADAPTEC, INC. 2 2 1 1 1 7
BORLAND SOFTWARE CORPORATION 5 1 1 0 0 7
BUSINESS OBJECTS, S.A. 1 0 1 4 1 7
FUSIONONE, INC. 3 1 2 0 1 7
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 0 0 5 1 1 7
IAC SEARCH & MEDIA, INC. 0 0 1 2 4 7
INFORMATICA CORPORATION 2 1 1 2 1 7
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 0 0 3 3 1 7
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 0 0 0 4 3 7
REVENUE SCIENCE, INC. 1 1 3 1 1 7
SAS INSTITUTE, INC. 1 2 2 0 2 7
SONIC SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 1 4 1 1 7
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 1 2 2 2 0 7
VIGNETTE CORPORATION 0 3 3 0 1 7
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 3 1 1 6
ALCATEL 4 0 1 0 1 6
ALTERA CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 2 6
AMAZON.COM, INC. 3 0 1 1 1 6
FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC. 2 0 2 2 0 6
GRAVIC, INC. 0 0 3 2 1 6
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 0 0 2 3 1 6
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 2 1 2 0 6
INFOGLIDE CORPORATION, INC. 3 2 1 0 0 6
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. 0 0 3 0 3 6
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1 1 1 3 0 6
METATOMIX, INC. 0 3 1 1 1 6
NEON ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE, INC. 0 1 2 1 2 6
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 3 1 1 1 0 6
OPENWAVE SYSTEMS INC. 2 1 2 1 0 6
REQUISITE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 2 2 0 0 6
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 2 0 0 2 2 6
TERADATA US, INC. 0 0 0 0 6 6
TRILOGY DEVELOPMENT GROUP, INC. 4 1 0 1 0 6
VERITY, INC. 3 0 2 0 1 6
AT& T BLS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC. 0 0 0 5 0 5
ATTENSITY CORPORATION 5 0 0 0 0 5
AUTODESK, INC. 1 1 2 0 1 5
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE 3 0 1 1 0 5
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 1 0 1 5
CINGULAR WIRELESS II, LLC 0 0 2 3 0 5
CLARITECH CORPORATION 3 2 0 0 0 5
CNET NETWORKS, INC. 2 0 2 1 0 5
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 1 1 0 1 2 5
COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION 0 1 1 0 3 5
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 1 1 3 0 0 5
FAIR ISAAC CORPORATION 1 1 1 0 2 5
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 3 1 0 0 1 5
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION 0 1 3 0 1 5
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 2 1 0 0 2 5
INFOGLIDE SOFTWARE CORPORATION 1 0 1 2 1 5
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY 1 1 1 2 0 5
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 1 0 2 1 1 5
LYCOS, INC. 3 1 0 0 1 5
MAQUIS TECHTRIX, LLC. 3 1 0 1 0 5
MATHON SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
MCI, INC. 1 2 2 0 0 5
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 2 0 2 0 1 5
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 1 2 0 1 1 5
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 1 0 1 2 1 5
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 1 0 1 3 0 5
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 0 0 3 1 5
REACHFORCE, INC. 0 0 3 0 2 5
SBC PROPERTIES, L.P. 0 0 3 1 1 5
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 2 1 1 0 1 5
SWSOFT HOLDINGS, LTD. 0 0 0 2 3 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 4 1 0 0 0 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 1 2 1 0 1 5
VERISIGN, INC. 1 0 1 2 1 5
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY 2 0 1 2 0 5


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