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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 704, DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (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 14 28 87 93 96 318
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 60 42 68 55 71 296
AT&T CORP. 14 14 37 43 32 140
SONY CORPORATION 26 17 25 28 31 127
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 23 12 29 25 30 119
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 23 23 32 23 16 117
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 25 15 20 10 11 81
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 10 7 27 20 15 79
INTEL CORPORATION 11 6 22 22 14 75
MOTOROLA, INC. 12 11 24 15 9 71
MINDSPEED TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 14 12 21 5 4 56
FUJITSU LIMITED 5 6 14 13 8 46
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 8 4 17 9 5 43
NOKIA CORPORATION 1 0 14 11 15 41
NEC CORPORATION 5 9 9 9 8 40
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 4 6 11 11 7 39
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 12 4 7 9 4 36
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 8 7 6 6 7 34
QUALCOMM, INC. 12 5 6 3 4 30
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 3 1 6 9 10 29
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 8 4 8 5 28
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 6 3 2 9 7 27
NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 5 3 7 8 3 26
XEROX CORPORATION 2 9 7 1 5 24
YAMAHA CORPORATION 4 2 8 3 6 23
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 5 0 5 5 6 21
BROADCOM CORPORATION 1 2 4 7 7 21
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 15 4 1 0 0 20
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 0 1 5 5 7 18
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 4 6 4 0 3 17
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 4 4 3 6 0 17
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 3 4 5 3 1 16
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 1 5 4 5 16
PIONEER CORPORATION 2 3 8 2 1 16
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 1 1 5 4 4 15
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 3 6 1 3 14
DOLBY LABORATORIES INC. 1 0 1 3 9 14
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. 2 0 2 1 9 14
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 2 1 5 4 1 13
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 2 0 8 3 0 13
CODING TECHNOLOGIES AB 1 1 2 5 3 12
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 0 1 2 8 12
HITACHI, LTD 1 3 4 2 2 12
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 0 1 1 4 6 12
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 1 0 2 7 11
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 2 5 1 1 10
SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P. 0 0 3 5 2 10
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 5 1 2 0 1 9
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 2 0 2 3 2 9
SRI INTERNATIONAL 1 0 4 3 1 9
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 2 1 2 1 3 9
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 1 2 4 1 8
BEVOCAL, INC. 1 0 2 3 2 8
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 1 2 0 4 1 8
VERIZON CORPORATE SERVICES GROUP INC. 0 1 1 1 5 8
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 4 2 1 0 0 7
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 2 3 1 0 1 7
DENSO CORPORATION 0 1 0 1 5 7
DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG 0 1 1 3 2 7
DILITHIUM NETWORKS PTY LTD. 0 0 0 4 3 7
FRANCE TELECOM 0 0 0 2 5 7
HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GMBH 0 1 1 0 5 7
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 1 1 1 2 2 7
PHOENIX SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 0 2 3 2 7
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 1 0 2 4 0 7
SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH, INC. 0 1 4 1 1 7
SONY DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 0 0 2 2 3 7
SPEECHWORKS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 1 4 1 0 7
STMICROELECTRONICS ASIA PACIFIC PTE LIMITED 1 2 1 1 2 7
TELLABS OPERATIONS INC. 1 1 1 1 3 7
TELLME NETWORKS, INC. 1 2 2 2 0 7
WEST CORPORATION 0 0 2 4 1 7
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. 0 0 0 0 6 6
COMVERSE, INC. 0 1 3 2 0 6
CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 2 2 0 0 2 6
DICTAPHONE CORPORATION 2 0 2 1 1 6
EASTERN INVESTMENTS, LLC 0 0 0 1 5 6
INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 0 2 0 1 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DIRECTOR NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY 0 0 1 0 5 6
ALPINE ELECTRONICS INC. 1 2 0 1 1 5
AOL LLC 1 1 1 1 1 5
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 2 0 0 1 2 5
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 0 1 1 2 5
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 1 0 1 0 3 5
HAPAX LIMITED 2 1 1 1 0 5
INVENTEC CORPORATION 1 1 0 0 3 5
KONINKLIJKE KPN N.V. 0 0 2 1 2 5
NOVELL, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 4 0 0 0 1 5
SCANSOFT, INC. 1 3 1 0 0 5
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 1 1 2 0 1 5
SENSORY, INC. 2 0 2 0 1 5
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 1 1 1 2 0 5
SIEBEL SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 0 0 4 1 0 5
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 0 0 0 3 2 5
VOICEAGE CORPORATION 2 0 0 3 0 5


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