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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 341, Coded Data Generation or Conversion

( 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
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 14 39 32 28 34 147
BROADCOM CORPORATION 31 31 37 22 25 146
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 15 26 24 33 36 134
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 23 27 28 31 18 127
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 24 21 25 27 27 124
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 22 13 18 19 25 97
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 15 13 17 23 23 91
SONY CORPORATION 12 15 18 24 21 90
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 12 12 12 31 21 88
FUJITSU LIMITED 14 9 23 11 9 66
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 19 9 7 13 15 63
INTEL CORPORATION 13 8 11 15 12 59
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 12 7 20 8 5 52
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 9 11 12 10 7 49
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 1 10 9 14 13 47
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 19 5 6 6 8 44
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 6 12 13 10 44
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 2 7 8 10 13 40
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 8 4 8 8 12 40
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 10 7 8 5 7 37
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 8 8 6 8 5 35
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 5 8 11 9 34
ALTERA CORPORATION 2 5 8 6 9 30
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3 4 8 10 5 30
MOTOROLA, INC. 10 3 6 5 4 28
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 7 7 4 9 1 28
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 6 5 8 3 5 27
DENSO CORPORATION 4 8 5 3 6 26
NEC CORPORATION 7 2 2 7 6 24
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 3 1 5 7 8 24
NOKIA CORPORATION 6 5 3 5 5 24
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 4 4 6 5 4 23
MEDIATEK INC. 2 2 4 6 8 22
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 4 1 2 9 6 22
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 6 2 4 3 6 21
XILINX, INC. 8 1 8 1 3 21
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 8 6 3 3 0 20
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 8 1 2 1 8 20
ADVANTEST CORP. 5 1 5 1 6 18
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 3 4 2 8 18
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 0 0 2 7 9 18
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 6 2 2 5 3 18
RAYTHEON COMPANY 8 3 5 1 0 17
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 3 5 5 1 2 16
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 1 3 2 4 16
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 1 5 5 3 2 16
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 4 2 4 4 2 16
SIGMATEL INC. 1 2 4 6 3 16
ESS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 4 4 2 3 15
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 2 3 2 7 15
NXP B.V. 0 0 0 4 11 15
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 5 1 1 3 4 14
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 3 2 5 2 2 14
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 4 2 3 1 4 14
UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS, INC. 5 2 2 3 2 14
ZILOG, INC. 1 1 1 4 7 14
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 5 2 3 1 2 13
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 2 2 5 2 2 13
NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 2 0 1 7 3 13
QUALCOMM, INC. 0 2 4 3 4 13
SILICON LABS CP, INC. 0 12 1 0 0 13
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 3 1 3 1 5 13
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 3 1 2 2 4 12
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 2 2 2 4 2 12
RAMBUS, INC. 1 2 4 4 1 12
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2 3 2 2 3 12
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 0 3 5 1 11
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 3 2 3 2 1 11
TEKTRONIX INC. 3 2 2 2 2 11
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 2 1 4 1 2 10
FARADAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 2 5 1 0 10
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 0 1 6 3 0 10
HITACHI, LTD 1 1 3 2 3 10
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 2 3 0 1 10
TERADYNE, INC. 2 0 2 4 2 10
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 1 0 1 5 9
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 2 2 1 3 9
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0 1 2 3 3 9
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 2 5 1 0 9
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 2 3 0 3 9
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 4 1 0 3 1 9
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 3 4 0 1 1 9
ATMEL CORPORATION 1 0 2 1 4 8
HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 0 3 4 8
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 1 3 0 3 1 8
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 5 1 1 1 0 8
UNISYS CORPORATION 5 2 1 0 0 8
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 3 3 1 1 0 8
AU OPTRONICS CORP. 3 2 2 0 0 7
DIGITAL FOUNTAIN, INC. 0 2 2 2 1 7
ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 2 1 2 1 1 7
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. 1 5 1 0 0 7
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 2 2 1 0 2 7
IMPINJ, INC. 0 3 3 1 0 7
MICRONAS GMBH 0 0 0 4 3 7
NVIDIA CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 5 7
OPTICHRON, INC. 0 1 2 1 3 7
SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY ACADEMIC RESEARCH CENTER 2 0 3 2 0 7
ZENITH ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 4 2 1 0 0 7
BOEING COMPANY 2 1 1 2 0 6
DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR GMBH 0 2 3 1 0 6
MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 0 3 2 1 6
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 0 0 2 2 2 6
PIONEER CORPORATION 3 2 1 0 0 6
REALTIME DATA, LLC 0 0 0 1 5 6
STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION 1 2 2 1 0 6
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 2 3 0 1 6
THALES 0 0 3 0 3 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 3 0 2 1 0 6
BEN Q CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 0 5
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 0 3 1 5
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 3 0 0 5
HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GMBH 0 0 1 3 1 5
INTERSIL AMERICAS INC. 1 2 0 1 1 5
KAWASAKI MICROELECTRONICS, INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
KENET, INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 2 0 0 0 3 5
LECROY CORPORATION 1 0 0 2 2 5
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 0 0 0 1 4 5
MED-EL ELEKTROMEDIZINISCHE GERAETE GMBH 1 2 0 1 1 5
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 1 1 2 1 0 5
MITUTOYO CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 1 5
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 1 1 0 1 2 5
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 2 5
QUICKSHIFT, INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
SILICON IMAGE, INC. 2 1 0 1 1 5
SLICEX, INC. 1 2 1 0 1 5
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 2 1 1 5
THINK OUTSIDE, INC. 1 3 1 0 0 5
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 3 0 1 0 1 5
WOLFSON MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 0 1 3 1 0 5
YAMAHA CORPORATION 2 2 0 1 0 5


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