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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 326, Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry

( 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
ALTERA CORPORATION 65 70 58 44 53 290
XILINX, INC. 44 51 38 42 52 227
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 28 33 44 37 35 177
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 17 30 35 29 19 130
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 12 18 21 20 44 115
ACTEL CORPORATION 18 13 27 20 14 92
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 8 18 13 19 31 89
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 13 12 20 19 14 78
INTEL CORPORATION 18 19 21 7 9 74
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 17 16 7 19 15 74
TABULA, INC. 0 11 12 31 14 68
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 15 14 22 7 3 61
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 5 13 12 13 17 60
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 11 11 8 12 16 58
FUJITSU LIMITED 7 10 13 7 8 45
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 9 13 8 6 9 45
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 11 7 11 5 6 40
BROADCOM CORPORATION 18 6 4 5 6 39
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 3 9 5 4 15 36
RAMBUS, INC. 10 9 4 4 5 32
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 6 12 3 4 6 31
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 1 11 18 30
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 5 9 14 0 0 28
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 5 1 9 4 7 26
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 9 8 3 2 3 25
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2 11 3 5 4 25
STMICROELECTRONICS PVT. LTD. 6 11 4 3 1 25
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 4 9 2 4 24
ELPIDA MEMORY, INC. 1 5 3 7 7 23
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 4 8 4 5 2 23
VICICIV TECHNOLOGY 7 11 5 0 0 23
NXP B.V. 0 5 3 4 9 21
HITACHI, LTD 7 1 2 3 6 19
SONY CORPORATION 2 5 4 3 5 19
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 4 4 3 2 5 18
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 1 3 5 4 4 17
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 1 6 1 6 16
NANTERO, INC. 1 5 1 2 6 15
NEC CORPORATION 2 2 3 3 5 15
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 1 3 4 2 4 14
TIER-LOGIC, INC. 0 0 3 6 5 14
TRANSMETA CORPORATION 2 5 5 2 0 14
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 2 6 0 0 5 13
LSI CORPORATION 0 8 2 0 3 13
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 5 4 0 4 0 13
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 3 4 2 2 12
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 3 3 6 0 0 12
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 3 3 3 2 1 12
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 3 4 1 0 3 11
CSWITCH CORPORATION 0 0 8 3 0 11
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 2 1 2 2 4 11
QUALCOMM, INC. 1 2 1 2 5 11
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 5 0 1 2 3 11
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 3 5 3 0 0 11
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 3 5 2 1 0 11
EASIC CORPORATION 4 1 2 2 1 10
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 0 0 4 5 1 10
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 1 2 3 3 10
ADVANTAGE LOGIC, INC. 0 1 3 1 4 9
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 3 4 2 0 0 9
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 2 1 2 2 9
NVIDIA CORPORATION 0 0 1 4 4 9
ELEMENT CXI, LLC 0 0 3 2 3 8
FARADAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 4 3 1 0 0 8
FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 0 0 0 3 5 8
HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 0 0 4 2 2 8
NORTHERN LIGHTS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 0 1 6 0 1 8
NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 0 2 2 1 3 8
D-WAVE SYSTEMS INC. 0 2 0 3 2 7
MEDIATEK INC. 0 0 1 2 4 7
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 0 7 7
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 0 2 0 2 3 7
TERNARYLOGIC LLC 0 1 2 1 3 7
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 2 1 1 2 6
ATMEL CORPORATION 0 3 1 2 0 6
BTR, INC. 6 0 0 0 0 6
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 0 3 2 1 0 6
DENSO CORPORATION 0 3 1 0 2 6
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 3 1 2 0 0 6
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 1 1 0 0 6
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 5 6
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC 1 3 0 0 2 6
SYNOPSYS INC. 0 0 1 1 4 6
ADVANTEST CORP. 0 1 1 2 1 5
ARM LIMITED 1 1 0 0 3 5
AU OPTRONICS CORP. 0 2 2 1 0 5
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 0 0 0 0 5 5
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 2 1 2 5
HYPRES, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
KLP INTERNATIONAL, LTD. 2 2 1 0 0 5
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 1 0 1 0 3 5
OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 0 0 0 3 2 5
QIMONDA AG 0 0 2 1 2 5
SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL (SHANGHAI) CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 2 5
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 1 3 0 0 5
SIGMATEL INC. 3 1 1 0 0 5


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