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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2006 - 2010 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 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Total
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 331 276 367 487 639 2100
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 139 201 288 521 620 1769
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 82 77 85 97 185 526
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 71 79 73 78 161 462
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 15 43 63 128 187 436
HITACHI, LTD 76 60 41 52 63 292
YAHOO, INC. 6 6 26 66 154 258
GOOGLE, INC. 8 16 29 61 121 235
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 43 31 25 32 62 193
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 71 47 24 37 10 189
EMC CORPORATION 22 21 23 51 69 186
SONY CORPORATION 21 25 17 43 59 165
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 18 14 14 25 43 114
FUJITSU LIMITED 22 21 25 14 30 112
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. 15 18 21 13 20 87
SYMANTEC OPERATING CORPORATION 0 2 17 21 46 86
UNISYS CORPORATION 22 13 21 12 7 75
BEA SYSTEMS, INC. 9 16 16 15 18 74
NCR CORPORATION 35 26 8 3 0 72
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 14 11 9 16 22 72
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 3 1 8 14 43 69
NETAPP, INC. 0 0 2 20 46 68
TERADATA US, INC. 0 0 6 19 40 65
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 12 6 16 11 19 64
INTEL CORPORATION 12 14 14 12 11 63
AOL LLC 6 14 9 14 19 62
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 8 12 7 15 20 62
XEROX CORPORATION 14 8 11 10 18 61
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 0 8 24 23 55
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 3 3 3 18 26 53
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 1 6 5 13 22 47
NOKIA CORPORATION 4 12 8 6 17 47
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 5 3 7 5 24 44
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 5 3 5 8 22 43
COMMVAULT SYSTEMS, INC. 2 2 6 12 21 43
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 3 8 8 20 43
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 3 6 30 40
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 0 39 39
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 1 0 8 13 17 39
AT&T CORP. 3 10 13 5 7 38
SIEBEL SYSTEMS, INC. 2 9 6 8 13 38
NOVELL, INC. 4 5 3 9 16 37
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 14 12 7 0 0 33
RED HAT, INC. 1 0 2 2 25 30
NEC CORPORATION 5 4 3 2 15 29
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 3 4 7 6 9 29
BOEING COMPANY 4 2 4 2 16 28
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 9 19 28
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 6 7 2 6 6 27
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 0 2 2 8 15 27
OVERTURE SERVICES, INC. 9 9 7 0 1 26
EBAY INC. 0 0 2 6 17 25
VERITAS OPERATING CORPORATION 9 14 1 0 1 25
AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC. 2 3 5 4 10 24
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 5 4 3 4 8 24
BMC SOFTWARE, INC. 7 3 0 3 10 23
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 2 3 3 8 7 23
A9.COM, INC. 2 2 4 4 10 22
ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES GMBH 3 5 5 4 5 22
NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 2 8 11 21
SYBASE, INC. 0 4 4 2 11 21
I2 TECHNOLOGIES US, INC. 6 4 0 0 10 20
SAS INSTITUTE, INC. 2 0 2 4 12 20
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 11 8 0 0 0 19
INTUIT, INC. 1 0 1 3 13 18
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 4 0 1 6 7 18
BUSINESS OBJECTS SOFTWARE LTD. 0 0 0 5 12 17
NHN CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 14 17
HYPERION SOLUTIONS CORPORATION 5 3 4 1 3 16
NAVTEQ NORTH AMERICA, LLC. 6 2 2 1 5 16
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 2 3 1 3 6 15
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. 3 0 3 3 6 15
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 5 5 2 1 2 15
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 2 1 1 3 8 15
NETEZZA CORPORATION 4 2 3 3 3 15
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 2 7 3 2 1 15
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. 0 0 1 8 5 14
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 1 1 0 7 5 14
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 0 4 3 2 5 14
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 0 3 1 4 6 14
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 1 4 5 0 3 13
IAC SEARCH & MEDIA, INC. 1 2 4 1 5 13
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 4 2 3 4 0 13
BROADCOM CORPORATION 3 1 3 2 3 12
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 1 11 12
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2 1 0 3 6 12
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 3 4 3 2 12
GRAVIC, INC. 3 2 1 3 3 12
ISILON SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 2 10 12
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 5 3 4 0 0 12
THE WEB ACCESS, INC. 2 6 1 0 3 12
ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. 0 0 1 5 5 11
COGNOS INCORPORATED 2 5 4 0 0 11
IRON MOUNTAIN INCORPORATED 0 1 0 3 7 11
MICROSTRATEGY, INC. 3 5 2 1 0 11
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 4 3 2 1 1 11
SEISINT, INC. 0 2 2 0 7 11
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 2 0 5 2 10
INNOPATH SOFTWARE, INC. 5 1 2 0 2 10
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 1 0 1 2 6 10
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 5 4 10
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 3 1 3 1 10
PALMSOURCE INC. 2 0 2 1 5 10
SALESFORCE.COM, INC. 0 1 0 2 7 10
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 2 0 3 3 2 10
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 1 0 0 2 7 10
THOMSON LICENSING 0 1 1 1 7 10
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 5 1 0 2 2 10
VERIZON LABORATORIES INC. 6 1 1 0 2 10
VEVEO, INC. 0 0 1 3 6 10
ACCENTURE LLP 5 0 3 1 0 9
ALCATEL LUCENT 0 1 1 4 3 9
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC. 0 0 8 1 0 9
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 1 0 4 4 9
BURNSIDE ACQUISITION, LLC 0 1 7 1 0 9
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 1 1 1 1 5 9
PALM, INC. 1 2 0 4 2 9
QURIO HOLDINGS, INC. 0 0 1 2 6 9
SONIC SOLUTIONS, INC. 4 1 1 3 0 9
ACTUATE CORPORATION 2 0 0 1 5 8
ATTENEX CORPORATION 2 2 1 3 0 8
BUSINESS OBJECTS, S.A. 1 4 1 0 2 8
COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION 1 0 3 3 1 8
FRANCE TELECOM 1 1 1 3 2 8
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 3 2 0 1 2 8
MCAFEE, INC. 2 0 0 1 5 8
SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS HEALTH SERVICES CORPORATION 5 2 1 0 0 8
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 2 2 0 1 3 8
UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA) 0 1 0 1 6 8
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 5 1 1 0 0 7
HARRIS CORP. 0 2 0 1 4 7
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 3 1 2 1 0 7
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 2 1 1 2 1 7
INITIATE SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 0 3 2 7
INTELLISYNC CORPORATION 2 3 1 1 0 7
NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA, INC. 1 0 1 0 5 7
NEON ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE, INC. 2 1 2 0 2 7
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 0 0 3 2 2 7
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 1 3 0 2 1 7
ORACLE CORPORATION 3 1 1 2 0 7
PILLAR DATA SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 1 0 4 7
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 1 3 0 1 2 7
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 2 1 2 2 7
REALNETWORKS, INC. 0 0 1 1 5 7
SWSOFT HOLDINGS, LTD. 0 2 3 1 1 7
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 2 1 2 0 2 7
WEST SERVICES, INC. 0 0 0 4 3 7
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 1 1 1 0 6
AMAZON.COM, INC. 1 1 1 1 2 6
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC. 0 0 1 2 3 6
ARENA SOLUTIONS, INC. 2 0 0 3 1 6
BAYNOTE, INC. 0 0 0 2 4 6
CATERPILLAR INC. 1 1 2 1 1 6
CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 0 1 4 6
DATADOMAIN, INC. 0 0 2 2 2 6
DATASCOUT, INC. 0 0 0 0 6 6
ENDECA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 0 1 2 1 6
FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC. 2 2 0 1 1 6
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. 0 1 2 2 1 6
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1 3 0 1 1 6
MOTOROLA, INC. 1 1 0 2 2 6
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 1 2 1 1 1 6
PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 3 6
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 1 1 0 2 2 6
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 0 0 2 2 2 6
SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC. 0 0 3 1 2 6
SONY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED 0 2 0 2 2 6
TELENOR ASA 0 1 0 1 4 6
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 0 2 2 1 1 6
TREND MICRO, INC. 0 0 0 4 2 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, POSTAL SERVICE 1 0 0 1 4 6
VIGNETTE CORPORATION 2 0 1 3 0 6
WEBROOT SOFTWARE, INC. 0 0 3 3 0 6
ALPINE ELECTRONICS INC. 0 1 0 4 0 5
ALTERA CORPORATION 2 1 1 0 1 5
AMDOCS SOFTWARE SYSTEMS LIMITED 1 0 0 0 4 5
AT& T BLS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC. 0 5 0 0 0 5
AUTODESK, INC. 2 0 1 1 1 5
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE 1 1 0 3 0 5
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 1 0 3 5
CINGULAR WIRELESS II, LLC 2 3 0 0 0 5
CLARIA CORPORATION 0 0 1 3 1 5
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 0 1 2 1 1 5
CROSSROADS SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
EMBARQ HOLDINGS COMPANY LLC 0 0 0 1 4 5
F5 NETWORKS, INC., 2 0 0 2 1 5
IANYWHERE SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 0 0 2 1 2 5
INFORMATICA CORPORATION 1 2 1 0 1 5
JUMPTAP, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
KAYAK SOFTWARE CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 3 5
KONTERA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 0 1 3 5
LSI CORPORATION 0 1 0 3 1 5
LYCOS, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
MATHON SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 4 0 0 5
METATOMIX, INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 0 0 0 3 2 5
NVIDIA CORPORATION 1 0 0 3 1 5
OCE-TECHNOLOGIES, B.V. 1 0 0 0 4 5
ORBITZ LLC 0 1 2 1 1 5
PANASAS, INC. 3 1 0 0 1 5
PIONEER CORPORATION 1 2 0 1 1 5
QNX SOFTWARE SYSTEMS GMBH & CO. KG 0 0 3 1 1 5
QUEST SOFTWARE, INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
RAYTHEON COMPANY 0 1 1 1 2 5
REACHFORCE, INC. 3 0 2 0 0 5
REVENUE SCIENCE, INC. 3 1 1 0 0 5
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 0 0 2 3 5
SBC PROPERTIES, L.P. 3 1 1 0 0 5
SONICWALL, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
THE MATH WORKS, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
TURBO DATA LABORATORIES INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
UBS AG 0 0 0 3 2 5
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC. 1 1 0 2 1 5
UT-BATTELLE, LLC 1 0 1 0 3 5
VERISIGN, INC. 1 2 1 0 1 5
VERIZON BUSINESS GLOBAL LLC 0 1 0 0 4 5
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY 1 2 0 1 1 5
XILINX, INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5


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