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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 717, DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (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 137 111 152 199 220 819
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 80 97 95 171 215 658
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 96 70 55 38 19 278
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 50 35 31 23 45 184
INTEL CORPORATION 35 36 29 26 42 168
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 5 20 24 38 71 158
BEA SYSTEMS, INC. 8 15 15 26 24 88
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 9 12 14 15 36 86
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 13 5 10 5 27 60
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 0 54 54
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 3 7 6 15 19 50
THE MATH WORKS, INC. 0 2 6 10 21 39
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 11 6 3 5 13 38
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 7 6 9 2 10 34
FUJITSU LIMITED 10 7 3 2 9 31
HITACHI, LTD 10 6 3 5 5 29
EMC CORPORATION 3 7 4 6 8 28
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 0 7 8 4 8 27
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 3 1 5 6 9 24
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 4 4 4 10 24
UNISYS CORPORATION 9 4 5 3 2 23
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 1 3 1 5 12 22
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 1 12 9 22
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 8 1 3 2 7 21
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 3 4 2 5 20
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 2 1 6 4 7 20
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 0 1 3 3 11 18
SONY CORPORATION 4 3 4 2 5 18
BORLAND SOFTWARE CORPORATION 7 2 2 2 4 17
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 8 6 2 0 0 16
SIEBEL SYSTEMS, INC. 5 3 2 1 5 16
NEC CORPORATION 6 5 1 3 0 15
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 4 1 3 5 15
ARM LIMITED 7 1 1 2 3 14
NOKIA CORPORATION 1 6 2 3 2 14
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 1 1 3 1 8 14
TRANSITIVE LIMITED 0 4 9 1 0 14
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 0 1 3 1 8 13
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 2 4 2 1 3 12
WIND RIVER SYSTEMS, INC. 5 4 0 1 1 11
XILINX, INC. 2 1 1 3 4 11
ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION 3 3 2 1 0 9
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 1 5 1 1 1 9
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 1 5 1 0 9
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 4 3 1 0 1 9
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC. 0 0 3 2 3 8
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 1 1 1 1 4 8
LSI CORPORATION 0 4 2 1 1 8
MCAFEE, INC. 2 2 0 1 3 8
MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 3 0 0 3 8
SYMANTEC OPERATING CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 6 8
VMWARE, INC. 2 2 0 1 3 8
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 1 2 1 2 1 7
ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. 0 0 0 4 3 7
INVENSYS SYSTEMS, INC. 2 1 0 2 2 7
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 3 1 1 1 1 7
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 0 2 0 1 4 7
NVIDIA CORPORATION 0 3 3 0 1 7
ALTERA CORPORATION 0 3 1 1 1 6
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 5 1 0 0 0 6
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 1 1 4 0 6
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 1 1 1 2 6
ESMERTEC AG 3 3 0 0 0 6
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 3 0 2 1 6
MOTOROLA, INC. 0 0 2 1 3 6
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. 0 3 3 0 0 6
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 1 0 0 1 4 6
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 2 2 0 1 1 6
TRANSMETA CORPORATION 2 1 3 0 0 6
XEROX CORPORATION 2 2 0 1 1 6
ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES GMBH 0 2 1 1 1 5
AUTODESK, INC. 1 0 1 2 1 5
BOEING COMPANY 0 4 0 1 0 5
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 2 1 2 0 0 5
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 0 0 1 3 5
BULL S.A. 2 0 1 2 0 5
COMPUWARE CORPORATION 0 2 2 0 1 5
COVIA LABS, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
ELECTRIC CLOUD, INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 1 1 0 1 2 5
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 0 5
NOVELL, INC. 0 1 0 0 4 5
RAMCO SYSTEMS LIMITED 0 0 0 3 2 5
SAS INSTITUTE, INC. 1 0 1 0 3 5
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 3 0 0 0 2 5
SRC COMPUTERS, INC. 3 1 0 0 1 5
UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA) 0 0 0 0 5 5
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 1 1 2 5


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