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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 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 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Total
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 87 93 96 110 113 499
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 68 56 71 55 45 295
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 31 26 30 23 43 153
AT&T CORP. 37 43 32 3 2 117
SONY CORPORATION 25 28 31 11 13 108
NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 7 8 3 25 59 102
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 27 20 15 16 13 91
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. 0 0 6 36 37 79
NOKIA CORPORATION 14 11 15 18 21 79
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 6 9 10 15 37 77
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 20 10 11 18 15 74
INTEL CORPORATION 22 22 14 9 4 71
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 32 23 16 0 0 71
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 2 26 41 69
MOTOROLA, INC. 24 15 9 8 9 65
FUJITSU LIMITED 14 13 8 4 12 51
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 2 9 7 9 19 46
NEC CORPORATION 9 9 8 8 7 41
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 11 11 7 10 2 41
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 2 3 2 6 23 36
MINDSPEED TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 21 5 4 4 2 36
BROADCOM CORPORATION 4 7 7 9 8 35
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 17 9 5 4 0 35
XEROX CORPORATION 7 1 5 9 11 33
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 5 5 6 8 6 30
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 2 8 7 11 29
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 5 5 7 3 8 28
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 4 5 2 9 25
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 6 6 7 1 5 25
YAMAHA CORPORATION 8 3 6 5 1 23
FRANCE TELECOM 0 2 5 4 11 22
QUALCOMM, INC. 6 3 4 5 4 22
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 5 4 4 5 3 21
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. 2 1 9 5 3 20
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 7 9 4 0 0 20
PHOENIX SOLUTIONS, INC. 2 3 2 2 10 19
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 8 5 0 2 19
DOLBY LABORATORIES INC. 1 3 9 4 1 18
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 1 4 6 5 1 17
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 2 7 4 4 17
CODING TECHNOLOGIES AB 2 5 3 4 2 16
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 2 4 1 3 5 15
DENSO CORPORATION 0 1 5 5 4 15
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 6 1 3 2 2 14
GOOGLE, INC. 1 0 2 4 7 14
SONY DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 2 2 3 1 6 14
HITACHI, LTD 4 2 2 3 2 13
KABUSHIKI KAISHA KENWOOD 0 1 2 3 7 13
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 3 6 0 1 3 13
SRI INTERNATIONAL 4 3 1 2 3 13
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 5 4 1 1 2 13
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 5 3 1 3 0 12
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 0 4 1 2 5 12
PIONEER CORPORATION 8 2 1 0 1 12
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 0 1 1 5 5 12
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DIRECTOR NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY 1 0 5 1 5 12
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 8 3 0 1 0 12
VOICE SIGNAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 2 0 4 5 12
WEST CORPORATION 2 4 1 1 4 12
DICTAPHONE CORPORATION 2 1 1 2 5 11
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 2 1 1 1 5 10
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 0 3 0 1 6 10
SIEBEL SYSTEMS, INC. 2 1 2 3 2 10
SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P. 3 5 2 0 0 10
STMICROELECTRONICS ASIA PACIFIC PTE LIMITED 1 1 2 2 4 10
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 1 2 2 1 3 9
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 0 3 2 4 0 9
VERIZON CORPORATE SERVICES GROUP INC. 1 1 5 1 1 9
ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. 0 0 0 2 6 8
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 0 1 6 1 8
BEVOCAL, INC. 2 3 2 0 1 8
DILITHIUM NETWORKS PTY LTD. 0 4 3 0 1 8
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 4 0 3 0 1 8
NOVELL, INC. 1 2 2 2 1 8
QNX SOFTWARE SYSTEMS (WAVEMAKERS), INC. 0 1 0 4 3 8
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 2 4 0 0 2 8
TELLME NETWORKS, INC. 2 2 0 2 2 8
VOICEBOX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 4 3 8
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 2 0 1 0 4 7
ALPINE ELECTRONICS INC. 0 1 1 4 1 7
COMVERSE, INC. 3 2 0 0 2 7
DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG 1 3 2 1 0 7
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 1 2 1 2 7
HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GMBH 1 0 5 0 1 7
KONINKLIJKE KPN N.V. 2 1 2 1 1 7
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. 5 1 1 0 0 7
SENSORY, INC. 2 0 1 1 3 7
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 3 2 0 7
THOMSON LICENSING 1 1 3 1 1 7
ALCATEL 1 1 0 1 3 6
BEN FRANKLIN PATENT HOLDING L.L.C. 3 1 0 1 1 6
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 0 1 2 1 2 6
EASTERN INVESTMENTS, LLC 0 1 5 0 0 6
LANGUAGE WEAVER, INC. 0 0 1 1 4 6
MULTIMODAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 3 3 6
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 1 1 0 2 2 6
SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH, INC. 4 1 1 0 0 6
SPEECHWORKS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 4 1 0 1 0 6
TEGIC COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 0 2 2 2 6
VOICEAGE CORPORATION 0 3 0 1 2 6
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
AGILE TV CORPORATION 1 2 0 1 1 5
CUSTOM SPEECH USA, INC. 2 0 0 1 2 5
EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE 0 0 1 0 4 5
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORP. 0 2 2 0 1 5
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 0 0 0 1 4 5
INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 0 1 1 1 5
ITTIAM SYSTEMS (P) LTD. 0 0 0 1 4 5
LOQUENDO S.P.A. 0 0 1 2 2 5
NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY 0 2 0 1 2 5
SHAW STROZ LLC 0 1 2 1 1 5
TELLABS OPERATIONS INC. 1 1 3 0 0 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 4 1 0 0 0 5
YAHOO, INC. 0 1 2 0 2 5


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