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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 710, Input/Output (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 91 71 86 158 170 576
INTEL CORPORATION 104 79 64 67 74 388
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 72 28 33 18 33 184
HITACHI, LTD 43 28 33 24 35 163
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 24 16 27 25 41 133
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 17 24 16 33 35 125
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 21 17 11 26 24 99
FUJITSU LIMITED 15 17 25 16 20 93
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 27 8 18 22 16 91
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 14 15 14 21 25 89
BROADCOM CORPORATION 13 15 12 21 23 84
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 31 11 11 16 9 78
EMC CORPORATION 14 13 17 17 14 75
SONY CORPORATION 21 10 11 14 17 73
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 5 8 12 22 25 72
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 15 6 14 14 16 65
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 8 9 19 16 12 64
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 16 11 9 13 12 61
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 14 12 14 7 11 58
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 12 8 8 13 13 54
XILINX, INC. 10 3 16 9 15 53
NVIDIA CORPORATION 2 6 15 16 13 52
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 19 20 4 5 3 51
LSI CORPORATION 0 5 7 15 23 50
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 2 15 33 50
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 12 12 13 7 2 46
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 20 11 9 0 0 40
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 10 6 7 9 7 39
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 25 5 3 3 2 38
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 15 11 5 2 4 37
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 4 7 6 3 16 36
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 10 10 6 6 4 36
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 9 2 8 3 13 35
ALTERA CORPORATION 6 8 6 5 9 34
ARM LIMITED 6 8 5 4 11 34
RAMBUS, INC. 10 6 2 10 2 30
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 3 2 10 7 8 30
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC. 5 2 5 6 10 28
NEC CORPORATION 8 2 5 2 9 26
EMULEX DESIGN & MANUFACTURING CORPORATION 9 1 3 2 10 25
NXP B.V. 0 3 8 5 9 25
ATEN INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 0 1 4 7 12 24
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 2 3 5 12 24
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 9 2 3 7 3 24
INVENTEC CORPORATION 4 5 5 6 3 23
MOTOROLA, INC. 14 2 2 4 1 23
QLOGIC CORPORATION 3 2 7 5 5 22
ADAPTEC, INC. 16 2 2 1 0 21
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 4 3 3 10 21
NOKIA CORPORATION 5 5 3 6 2 21
SANDISK CORPORATION 1 4 5 6 5 21
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 4 3 4 8 20
THOMSON LICENSING 8 4 2 3 3 20
QUALCOMM, INC. 0 6 5 2 6 19
SUPER TALENT ELECTRONICS, INC. 4 0 3 2 10 19
UNISYS CORPORATION 7 4 1 1 5 18
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 2 3 5 7 17
MEDIATEK INC. 2 2 3 4 6 17
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 3 1 2 6 5 17
STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION 3 1 2 9 2 17
BOEING COMPANY 7 3 4 2 0 16
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 3 3 2 8 16
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 5 5 6 0 0 16
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 1 2 7 2 4 16
DOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP. 3 0 6 5 1 15
SONICS, INC. 3 5 1 2 4 15
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 0 4 2 2 5 13
ATMEL CORPORATION 2 2 2 1 6 13
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 2 3 0 2 6 13
SANDISK IL LTD. 0 2 2 2 7 13
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 6 0 2 3 2 13
SYMANTEC OPERATING CORPORATION 0 1 2 4 6 13
CROSSROADS SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 2 3 5 12
FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 0 0 0 5 7 12
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 1 3 1 4 3 12
O2 MICRO INTERNATIONAL LTD. 3 2 6 1 0 12
PALM, INC. 1 1 0 4 6 12
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 0 0 2 2 8 12
BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 4 3 2 11
DENSO CORPORATION 0 2 1 7 1 11
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 0 11 11
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 1 0 3 5 10
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 1 2 3 4 10
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2 1 0 2 5 10
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 2 0 4 1 3 10
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 2 0 1 3 4 10
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 0 0 1 4 5 10
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 1 2 5 10
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 0 0 2 5 2 9
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 1 0 0 1 7 9
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 2 4 0 3 9
QUANTA COMPUTER INC. 1 3 0 3 2 9
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 2 2 1 1 8
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 2 0 2 2 2 8
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 3 1 0 2 2 8
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 2 3 2 1 0 8
SILICON IMAGE, INC. 0 2 1 2 3 8
FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED 2 0 1 2 2 7
P.A. SEMI, INC. 0 1 3 3 0 7
PHISON ELECTRONIC CORP. 0 3 2 2 0 7
SRC COMPUTERS, INC. 3 0 2 1 1 7
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 3 2 0 2 7
ACQIS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 0 4 0 0 6
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 1 3 1 1 0 6
AVOCENT CORPORATION 1 0 1 2 2 6
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 2 0 2 2 0 6
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 3 0 1 1 1 6
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 6 6
NEXTIO INC. 0 3 1 1 1 6
OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 0 0 0 4 2 6
OMRON CORPORATION 3 0 0 2 1 6
PIONEER CORPORATION 3 1 1 0 1 6
PMC-SIERRA LTD. 1 0 0 2 3 6
QUANTUM CORP. (CA) 0 0 0 4 2 6
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 0 1 3 1 6
SIGMATEL INC. 0 1 2 1 2 6
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 1 1 1 0 3 6
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 1 2 1 1 1 6
APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION 1 0 0 2 2 5
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 2 2 0 1 0 5
DIGI INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 2 0 1 2 5
FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 0 0 3 5
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 1 0 2 0 5
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
ICRON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 1 0 0 3 1 5
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 3 0 0 1 1 5
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATED SYSTEMS, L.P. 0 0 2 0 3 5
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 4 0 0 0 5
NETAPP, INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 1 1 0 1 2 5
SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5
SILICON SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 0 1 1 1 2 5
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 2 2 1 0 0 5
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 2 0 0 0 5
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 1 2 0 1 1 5
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 0 1 1 0 5
TELLABS PETALUMA, INC. 3 1 1 0 0 5
VERITAS OPERATING CORPORATION 4 1 0 0 0 5
XEROX CORPORATION 0 1 0 1 3 5


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