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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 379, Telephonic Communications

( 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
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 67 52 40 47 47 253
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 0 40 109 95 244
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 50 40 33 35 27 185
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 31 30 23 14 37 135
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 94 37 0 1 0 132
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 33 14 10 16 47 120
AT&T CORP. 29 26 13 22 13 103
SBC PROPERTIES, L.P. 40 27 9 0 0 76
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 7 11 6 17 23 64
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 21 12 7 6 18 64
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC. 0 18 45 0 0 63
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 19 13 7 12 10 61
NOKIA CORPORATION 17 14 8 10 10 59
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 27 13 3 6 6 55
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 31 11 7 0 0 49
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 9 6 9 13 11 48
SIEMENS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 22 9 5 9 0 45
ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. 0 0 1 20 21 42
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. 0 0 3 9 30 42
ALCATEL 20 7 2 4 5 38
INTEL CORPORATION 14 13 5 3 3 38
MOTOROLA, INC. 15 4 2 10 7 38
AT& T KNOWLEDGE VENTURES, L.P. 0 7 27 1 2 37
AT& T BLS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC. 0 27 9 0 0 36
MITEL NETWORKS CORPORATION 7 5 5 6 12 35
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 7 13 8 4 1 33
FUJITSU LIMITED 9 8 5 2 8 32
SBC KNOWLEDGE VENTURES, L.P. 11 7 7 5 0 30
SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P. 7 6 3 5 9 30
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 11 9 7 1 2 30
SBC TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES, INC. 15 8 3 3 0 29
TEKELEC 14 7 4 1 3 29
VERIZON BUSINESS GLOBAL LLC 0 6 7 9 7 29
VERIZON SERVICES CORP. 8 6 5 4 6 29
NEC CORPORATION 11 3 3 5 6 28
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. 12 9 2 4 0 27
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 10 2 0 9 5 26
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 15 5 1 2 2 25
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 8 4 5 3 5 25
ALCATEL LUCENT 0 1 6 5 12 24
AT& T LABS, INC. 0 10 8 3 3 24
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 3 2 4 9 23
GENESYS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LABORATORIES, INC. 8 4 6 2 3 23
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 5 3 6 1 6 21
AOL LLC 6 7 4 3 1 21
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 3 8 3 4 3 21
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 11 3 0 4 3 21
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 10 6 1 1 3 21
BROADCOM CORPORATION 7 1 4 3 5 20
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 1 1 1 10 7 20
FRANCE TELECOM 6 3 2 5 2 18
ROCKWELL ELECTRONIC COMMERCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 11 4 3 0 0 18
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 1 2 1 4 9 17
VERIZON LABORATORIES INC. 3 6 3 3 2 17
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 2 6 8 16
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 6 6 2 1 0 15
NEC INFRONTIA CORPORATION 3 3 4 4 1 15
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 2 3 3 4 3 15
3COM CORPORATION 4 2 3 2 3 14
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 6 6 2 0 0 14
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 1 0 1 8 4 14
TELLABS OPERATIONS INC. 7 3 4 0 0 14
ASPECT SOFTWARE, INC. 2 1 0 0 10 13
CALLWAVE, INC. 1 2 3 3 4 13
PLANTRONICS INC 5 1 2 2 3 13
SONY CORPORATION 3 1 2 3 4 13
VERINT AMERICAS INC. 0 0 1 4 8 13
ADTRAN 6 1 0 3 2 12
EMBARQ HOLDINGS COMPANY LLC 0 0 2 1 8 11
MCI, LLC 7 4 0 0 0 11
VTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 2 1 3 2 3 11
AT& T MOBILITY II LLC 0 0 4 3 3 10
DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG 1 6 1 0 2 10
INTELLECT WIRELESS INC. 0 8 2 0 0 10
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 1 3 0 3 3 10
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 3 2 1 1 3 10
ADC DSL SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 3 3 0 9
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 2 1 1 1 9
CINGULAR WIRELESS II, LLC 4 4 1 0 0 9
EVERCOM SYSTEMS, INC. 3 1 1 4 0 9
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 4 2 1 1 1 9
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 6 1 0 1 1 9
LEGERITY, INC. 3 6 0 0 0 9
LG-NORTEL CO., LTD. 3 4 1 1 0 9
METRO ONE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 7 1 1 0 0 9
MICROSTRATEGY, INC. 3 2 3 1 0 9
MINDSPEED TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 0 2 5 9
PARADYNE CORPORATION 6 2 0 0 1 9
POLYCOM, INC. 3 2 0 1 3 9
VERIZON DATA SERVICES INC. 1 3 1 1 3 9
FORTEMEDIA, INC. 1 1 2 0 4 8
GLENAYRE ELECTRONICS, INC. 1 4 0 1 2 8
GRAPE TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC. 1 0 5 1 1 8
HITACHI, LTD 0 4 0 3 1 8
INTRADO INC. 2 5 0 1 0 8
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 6 1 1 0 0 8
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 3 3 1 0 1 8
SIEBEL SYSTEMS, INC. 2 3 1 2 0 8
TECH RADIUM, INC. 1 1 2 2 2 8
THOMSON LICENSING 3 1 0 2 2 8
VERIZON CORPORATE SERVICES GROUP INC. 5 0 1 1 1 8
AUSTIN LOGISTICS INC. 3 2 0 1 1 7
COMVERSE, LTD. 3 1 1 1 1 7
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 1 1 1 2 7
INLINE CONNECTION CORPORATION 3 3 0 1 0 7
INTERSIL AMERICAS INC. 4 3 0 0 0 7
ITXC IP HOLDINGS S.A.R.L. 2 3 0 2 0 7
MCI, INC. 7 0 0 0 0 7
NICE SYSTEMS LTD. 2 1 1 2 1 7
QUALCOMM, INC. 1 2 0 3 1 7
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 0 2 3 0 7
SERCONET LTD. 1 0 1 5 0 7
TOLLGRADE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 0 2 4 1 7
UTBK, INC. 0 3 2 1 1 7
@SECURITY BROADBAND CORP 5 0 1 0 0 6
ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 0 1 2 1 6
AMERITECH CORPORATION 3 1 2 0 0 6
BEN Q CORPORATION 4 0 1 1 0 6
KONINKLIJKE KPN N.V. 0 3 2 1 0 6
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 5 0 0 1 0 6
LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 0 0 2 1 3 6
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 4 1 0 0 1 6
NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 2 0 0 4 6
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 3 3 0 0 0 6
SIEMENS ENTERPRISE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 0 0 0 6 6
SK TELECOM CO., LTD 1 3 1 0 1 6
SORENSON COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 2 1 0 0 3 6
TANDBERG TELECOM AS 1 2 1 1 1 6
TELEBUYER, LLC 0 0 1 1 4 6
TIME WARNER CABLE 1 0 1 1 3 6
ULTRATEC, INC. 2 1 1 1 1 6
WALKER DIGITAL, LLC 1 2 2 0 1 6
ZARLINK SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 5 1 0 0 0 6
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 3 1 1 0 0 5
APPTERA INC. 0 2 0 1 2 5
ASCENDENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 4 1 0 0 5
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 3 0 2 0 0 5
EMC CORPORATION 1 0 2 1 1 5
EWI HOLDINGS, INC. 0 1 0 3 1 5
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 1 2 0 1 1 5
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 1 2 1 1 0 5
GN NETCOM, INC. 4 0 0 1 0 5
KYOCERA CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 2 5
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 0 0 1 1 3 5
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 1 0 3 0 1 5
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 1 0 1 3 5
SECURUS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 1 0 3 5
SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 0 0 2 3 0 5
SHORETEL, INC 1 0 3 0 1 5
TELESECTOR RESOURCES GROUP, INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5


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