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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 709, Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems)

( 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 265 210 333 493 573 1874
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 160 172 223 356 381 1292
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 105 130 126 160 189 710
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 74 77 56 108 181 496
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 104 73 76 73 85 411
HITACHI, LTD 61 69 67 48 69 314
INTEL CORPORATION 61 57 65 57 60 300
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 72 83 48 55 20 278
SONY CORPORATION 40 35 49 65 77 266
FUJITSU LIMITED 52 48 45 36 51 232
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 27 46 39 53 59 224
NOKIA CORPORATION 21 23 38 47 51 180
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 15 17 39 46 38 155
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 38 36 30 30 20 154
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 11 16 44 75 147
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 0 28 46 63 137
EMC CORPORATION 20 19 26 29 43 137
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 18 21 31 29 38 137
AOL LLC 9 18 32 31 38 128
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 11 16 16 22 49 114
YAHOO, INC. 14 7 17 23 41 102
BEA SYSTEMS, INC. 13 18 14 23 30 98
NEC CORPORATION 27 24 7 15 24 97
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 10 13 14 15 44 96
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 5 3 13 27 46 94
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 11 14 12 16 29 82
AT&T CORP. 20 28 18 10 2 78
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 13 18 17 12 15 75
AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 15 12 17 13 15 72
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 7 5 11 10 38 71
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 11 12 9 10 24 66
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 10 10 7 11 25 63
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 9 7 7 7 32 62
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 24 18 18 1 1 62
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 31 17 11 0 0 59
BROADCOM CORPORATION 4 6 14 10 21 55
GOOGLE, INC. 0 2 3 17 33 55
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 0 54 54
MOTOROLA, INC. 10 14 10 7 12 53
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 6 5 9 14 18 52
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 34 16 1 0 0 51
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. 0 0 4 20 25 49
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 1 4 3 17 24 49
SYMANTEC OPERATING CORPORATION 0 1 10 13 25 49
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. 8 8 15 8 7 46
XEROX CORPORATION 10 7 8 9 12 46
ALCATEL LUCENT 0 1 5 12 27 45
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 2 21 22 45
MCAFEE, INC. 13 13 3 5 10 44
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 8 7 14 8 7 44
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 4 12 7 20 43
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 4 1 9 8 20 42
NOVELL, INC. 8 8 2 8 16 42
3COM CORPORATION 13 7 8 9 4 41
ALCATEL 14 7 6 9 5 41
ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. 0 0 0 19 22 41
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 3 3 7 14 14 41
NETAPP, INC. 0 0 5 15 20 40
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2 2 6 10 18 38
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 6 7 6 10 8 37
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 4 11 9 7 6 37
THOMSON LICENSING 4 2 9 10 10 35
CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. 3 1 3 8 19 34
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 1 1 3 6 21 32
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 0 3 10 6 10 29
PALMSOURCE INC. 5 6 5 7 6 29
QUALCOMM, INC. 5 5 4 4 11 29
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 3 2 6 13 29
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA INC. 2 4 6 6 11 29
F5 NETWORKS, INC., 1 2 6 8 11 28
LV PARTNERS, L.P. 6 8 13 1 0 28
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 3 1 7 5 11 27
SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P. 2 5 2 10 8 27
UNISYS CORPORATION 5 6 4 6 6 27
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 0 3 1 8 14 26
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC. 0 1 25 0 0 26
ALACRITECH, INC. 3 6 3 6 7 25
FOUNDRY NETWORKS, INC. 0 1 3 7 14 25
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 0 2 3 6 14 25
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 5 8 3 2 6 24
CIENA CORPORATION 4 9 4 1 5 23
PACKETEER, INC. 4 0 6 5 7 22
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 5 6 1 6 3 21
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 5 2 3 5 6 21
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 2 9 2 1 20
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 0 4 14 19
AT& T MOBILITY II LLC 0 0 4 5 10 19
BOEING COMPANY 5 1 2 7 4 19
EBAY INC. 2 2 4 2 9 19
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 3 4 2 1 9 19
GO DADDY GROUP, INC. 1 0 1 3 14 19
NVIDIA CORPORATION 3 2 5 6 3 19
SIEMENS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 2 3 2 5 6 18
TEAMON SYSTEMS, INC. 3 1 2 3 9 18
YAMAHA CORPORATION 1 5 3 1 7 17
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 7 2 2 4 1 16
FORTINET, INC. 0 4 3 5 4 16
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 4 2 6 4 16
GENESYS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LABORATORIES, INC. 3 3 2 3 5 16
SIEBEL SYSTEMS, INC. 2 1 4 4 5 16
EXTREME NETWORKS, INC. 0 1 3 3 8 15
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 6 2 3 0 4 15
NOKIA INC. 3 6 4 2 0 15
RED HAT, INC. 2 0 0 1 12 15
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 3 5 2 2 3 15
VIGNETTE CORPORATION 4 4 3 3 1 15
ADAPTEC, INC. 9 2 0 2 1 14
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 6 3 3 2 0 14
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 0 5 2 5 14
PANASONIC COMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. 6 4 2 2 0 14
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. 4 1 2 3 4 14
TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 3 4 4 14
VERITAS OPERATING CORPORATION 7 6 0 1 0 14
VERIZON BUSINESS GLOBAL LLC 0 3 3 1 7 14
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 4 3 1 4 1 13
AMDOCS (ISRAEL) LTD. 4 1 2 4 2 13
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 2 3 1 4 3 13
OPENWAVE SYSTEMS INC. 6 4 0 1 2 13
PIONEER CORPORATION 1 6 2 3 1 13
QLOGIC CORPORATION 0 1 6 3 3 13
RPX-LV ACQUISITION LLC 0 0 0 9 4 13
SCHNEIDER AUTOMATION INC. 5 3 0 4 1 13
ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES GMBH 0 3 1 2 6 12
ALCATEL CANADA, INC. 3 6 3 0 0 12
BMC SOFTWARE, INC. 2 1 0 4 5 12
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 2 3 2 2 3 12
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 2 0 5 3 2 12
LSI CORPORATION 0 1 2 3 6 12
MITEL NETWORKS CORPORATION 1 1 6 4 0 12
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 2 2 0 3 5 12
PALM, INC. 1 3 1 3 4 12
REALNETWORKS, INC. 2 1 3 2 4 12
REDBACK NETWORKS INC. 1 6 3 1 1 12
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 0 0 1 2 9 12
SWSOFT HOLDINGS, LTD. 1 1 5 4 1 12
TIME WARNER CABLE 1 2 3 3 3 12
VMWARE, INC. 0 0 2 2 8 12
BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 5 2 4 11
FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 1 3 4 11
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 0 2 0 1 8 11
KABUSHIKI KAISHA SQUARE ENIX 2 2 1 2 4 11
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 0 1 2 2 6 11
PATENTVC LTD. 0 0 0 0 11 11
RIVERBED TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 0 2 1 7 11
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 0 2 3 2 4 11
VIGNETTE SOFTWARE, LLC 0 0 0 0 11 11
WEST CORPORATION 2 0 3 2 4 11
BLUE COAT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 3 2 3 10
DIGITAL RIVER, INC. 1 2 0 3 4 10
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 2 1 4 0 3 10
ERICSSON AB 0 2 4 2 2 10
FRANCE TELECOM 0 2 2 2 4 10
HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC 2 2 3 1 2 10
INTELLIDEN, INC. 2 4 2 1 1 10
INVENSYS SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 0 3 5 10
MUSIC CHOICE 3 0 3 2 2 10
QURIO HOLDINGS, INC. 0 0 0 0 10 10
SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC. 3 3 1 1 2 10
TEKELEC 3 1 2 1 3 10
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. 3 2 0 1 4 10
TREND MICRO, INC. 1 1 3 1 4 10
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC. 0 2 2 1 4 9
AVISTAR COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 0 0 8 1 0 9
COMMVAULT SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 1 1 4 9
HEALTH HERO NETWORK, INC. 0 1 1 3 4 9
NETWORK GENERAL TECHNOLOGY 1 2 2 3 1 9
NEWISYS, INC. 2 2 3 2 0 9
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 1 0 2 1 5 9
SCENERA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 0 0 2 2 5 9
SONY DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 0 3 1 2 3 9
TELECOM ITALIA S.P.A. 0 0 2 2 5 9
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 5 1 0 0 3 9
UT STARCOM, INC. 3 4 2 0 0 9
VERIZON LABORATORIES INC. 3 2 0 3 1 9
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 2 1 0 2 9
AT& T BLS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC. 0 7 1 0 0 8
CINGULAR WIRELESS II, LLC 4 3 1 0 0 8
COMPUWARE CORPORATION 2 0 2 1 3 8
DANGER, INC. 4 1 3 0 0 8
DENSO CORPORATION 2 1 1 2 2 8
DIGIMARC CORPORATION 2 1 3 0 2 8
G&H NEVADA-TEK 5 1 0 0 2 8
INTERCALL, INC. 0 2 4 1 1 8
IRONPORT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 0 1 6 8
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 5 2 1 0 0 8
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2 1 0 1 4 8
NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS OY 0 1 0 3 4 8
NOMADIX, INC. 0 3 0 0 5 8
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 4 3 0 0 1 8
PIXION, INC. 0 2 1 2 3 8
POLYCOM, INC. 4 0 3 1 0 8
RAYTHEON COMPANY 0 2 2 2 2 8
SALESFORCE.COM, INC. 0 0 0 3 5 8
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 4 1 2 1 0 8
SONICWALL, INC. 0 1 2 3 2 8
THE NIELSEN COMPANY (U.S.), L.L.C. 0 0 0 0 8 8
ACCENTURE LLP 3 0 3 0 1 7
ADARA NETWORKS, INC. 0 1 1 3 2 7
AMERICAN POWER CONVERSION CORPORATION 0 1 2 2 2 7
ASOKA USA CORPORATION 1 0 4 0 2 7
BIGFIX, INC. 0 3 2 0 2 7
BULL S.A. 2 1 2 1 1 7
CLOUDSHIELD TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 0 2 1 1 7
DEMAND MEDIA, INC. 0 0 0 4 3 7
ENTERASYS NETWORKS, INC. 0 0 2 2 3 7
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 7 0 0 0 0 7
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 0 1 0 6 7
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 2 2 1 1 1 7
INTERTRUST TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 2 0 2 3 0 7
IXIA 0 1 0 4 2 7
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. 1 0 4 1 1 7
NCR CORPORATION 2 3 1 1 0 7
NETWORK EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGIES 1 0 2 1 3 7
NETZERO INC. 3 1 1 1 1 7
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 3 1 0 2 1 7
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 2 1 0 2 7
SAVVIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP. 1 1 1 1 3 7
SNAPNAMES.COM INC. 1 0 2 3 1 7
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 3 1 1 0 7
TEXAS TECHNOLOGY VENTURES 0 1 3 2 1 7
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 1 2 1 1 2 7
VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC. 0 0 0 0 7 7
WEBEX COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 2 3 2 0 0 7
ALCATEL-LUCENT CANADA INC. 0 0 0 3 3 6
AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC. 1 0 2 1 2 6
APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION 0 1 3 0 2 6
BLUE TITAN SOFTWARE, INC. 0 2 1 2 1 6
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 0 3 1 1 1 6
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC. 1 1 1 2 1 6
CIRCADENCE CORPORATION 6 0 0 0 0 6
CLEARCUBE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 0 5 0 0 6
ENTRUST, INC. 0 0 3 1 2 6
FOTOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0 2 2 2 0 6
GE FANUC AUTOMATION NORTH AMERICA, INC. 0 2 1 2 1 6
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 1 2 0 1 2 6
GOOD TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 2 1 0 2 6
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 1 2 0 3 6
HOSHIKO LLC 0 2 4 0 0 6
I2 TECHNOLOGIES US, INC. 3 2 1 0 0 6
IANYWHERE SOLUTIONS, INC. 1 2 1 0 2 6
INKTOMI CORPORATION 3 2 0 0 1 6
INTERNAP NETWORK SERVICES CORPORATION 0 1 1 3 1 6
INVENTEC CORPORATION 3 0 1 1 1 6
IPASS, INC. 1 2 0 1 2 6
KASENNA, INC. 0 2 2 0 2 6
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD. 2 2 1 1 0 6
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 0 2 3 0 6
MURATA KIKAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 1 3 2 0 6
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 3 2 0 1 0 6
NONEND INVENTIONS N.V. 1 0 2 2 1 6
OKIDATA CORPORATION 1 0 1 0 4 6
OPEN INVENTION NETWORK 0 1 1 2 2 6
SBC KNOWLEDGE VENTURES, L.P. 1 2 2 0 1 6
SERVER TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 2 0 0 2 6
SIERRA WIRELESS, INC. 0 2 0 2 2 6
TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 1 0 1 0 6
TVWORKS, LLC 1 0 2 1 2 6
UNITED DEVICES, INC. 5 1 0 0 0 6
VERISIGN, INC. 1 0 1 0 4 6
VISTO CORPORATION 1 2 2 0 1 6
WESTERN DIGITAL VENTURES, INC. 3 1 1 0 1 6
ACCESS SYSTEMS AMERICAS, INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
ADTRAN 1 1 1 1 1 5
BUYERLEVERAGE EMAIL SOLUTIONS LLC 1 1 1 1 1 5
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 2 0 1 1 1 5
DATACORE SOFTWARE CORPORATION 0 2 0 2 1 5
DIALOGIC CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 1 5
DIGITAL ENVOY, INC. 0 0 2 0 3 5
ENGATE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 1 0 1 3 5
HARRIS CORP. 1 1 0 0 3 5
HYPERFORMIX, INC. 0 1 0 0 4 5
INFRASTRUCTURE INNOVATIONS, LLC 1 1 2 1 0 5
INTERNET ASSOCIATES, LLC 1 0 1 2 1 5
KDDI CORPORATION 0 1 0 0 4 5
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 0 0 2 0 3 5
MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 1 0 0 2 2 5
MINDSHARE DESIGN, INC. 1 0 1 1 2 5
NETWORK FOUNDATION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 0 0 0 3 2 5
NHN CORPORATION 0 1 1 0 3 5
NOATAK SOFTWARE, LLC 0 1 3 1 0 5
PARALLEL NETWORKS, LLC 0 0 2 2 1 5
PMC-SIERRA LTD. 1 2 0 0 2 5
QUOVA, INC. 1 0 2 0 2 5
REGISTER.COM, INC. 3 1 1 0 0 5
RPX-NW ACQUISITION LLC 0 0 0 3 2 5
SCHNEIDER AUTOMATION 1 2 1 1 0 5
SOFTRICITY, INC. 0 2 0 1 2 5
SONIC SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 2 1 0 2 5
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 1 1 0 1 5
SYBASE, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 0 1 1 2 1 5
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 1 1 1 1 5
UBS AG 0 0 1 3 1 5
VAN DREBBEL MARINER LLC 0 0 4 1 0 5
WEBTRENDS, INC. 0 2 0 1 2 5
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5


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