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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 341, Coded Data Generation or Conversion

( 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
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 24 33 36 42 26 161
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 32 28 34 33 25 152
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 25 27 27 28 34 141
BROADCOM CORPORATION 37 22 25 22 15 121
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 28 31 18 9 23 109
SONY CORPORATION 18 24 21 21 22 106
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 18 19 25 22 20 104
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 12 31 21 7 5 76
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 9 14 13 20 19 75
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 7 13 15 13 17 65
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 17 23 23 1 0 64
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 8 8 12 17 7 52
INTEL CORPORATION 11 15 12 3 9 50
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 2 20 26 48
FUJITSU LIMITED 23 11 9 1 3 47
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 8 11 9 13 5 46
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 8 10 13 4 10 45
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 12 10 7 8 6 43
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 12 13 10 5 2 42
MEDIATEK INC. 4 6 8 9 14 41
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 20 8 5 3 3 39
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 2 7 9 14 7 39
NXP B.V. 0 4 11 16 7 38
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 5 7 8 6 10 36
QUALCOMM, INC. 4 3 4 10 13 34
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 8 5 7 10 3 33
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 8 10 5 3 4 30
ALTERA CORPORATION 8 6 9 1 4 28
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 6 6 8 4 2 26
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 6 5 4 1 10 26
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 2 9 6 2 7 26
DENSO CORPORATION 5 3 6 5 6 25
ADVANTEST CORP. 5 1 6 7 5 24
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 6 8 5 1 4 24
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 8 3 5 5 1 22
MOTOROLA, INC. 6 5 4 2 4 21
NEC CORPORATION 2 7 6 2 4 21
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 4 9 1 4 3 21
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 2 8 5 1 20
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 3 5 1 5 6 20
RED HAT, INC. 0 0 0 10 10 20
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 2 1 8 6 3 20
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 5 2 2 6 4 19
NOKIA CORPORATION 3 5 5 2 4 19
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 4 4 2 4 5 19
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2 1 3 7 5 18
HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 0 3 4 7 3 17
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 2 7 2 3 17
SIGMATEL INC. 4 6 3 3 1 17
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 2 2 4 5 3 16
NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 1 7 3 2 3 16
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2 2 3 0 9 16
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 5 3 4 2 16
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 3 1 2 2 7 15
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 2 4 2 3 4 15
ZILOG, INC. 1 4 7 1 2 15
ATMEL CORPORATION 2 1 4 2 5 14
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 2 3 3 4 2 14
HITACHI, LTD 3 2 3 2 4 14
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 2 4 3 2 14
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 1 3 4 2 4 14
XILINX, INC. 8 1 3 2 0 14
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 1 0 2 6 4 13
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 0 1 4 5 3 13
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 4 3 6 0 0 13
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 5 2 2 3 1 13
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 5 3 2 1 2 13
THOMSON LICENSING 2 1 5 0 5 13
TERADYNE, INC. 2 4 2 3 1 12
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 4 1 2 3 1 11
KENET, INC. 2 2 1 2 4 11
MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 3 2 1 1 4 11
OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 0 0 1 5 5 11
RAMBUS, INC. 4 4 1 0 2 11
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 6 3 0 0 1 10
NVIDIA CORPORATION 1 1 5 2 1 10
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 3 1 4 1 1 10
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 3 1 2 3 9
ESS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 2 3 0 0 9
FARADAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 5 1 0 1 2 9
LSI CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 6 9
MICRONAS GMBH 0 4 3 0 2 9
RAYTHEON COMPANY 5 1 0 2 1 9
SAMPLIFY SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 1 3 4 9
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 0 0 3 4 2 9
SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY ACADEMIC RESEARCH CENTER 3 2 0 2 2 9
TEKTRONIX INC. 2 2 2 0 3 9
WOLFSON MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 3 1 0 2 3 9
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 1 5 1 1 8
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 1 2 1 4 0 8
EXAR CORPORATION 1 0 1 2 4 8
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 5 1 2 0 0 8
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 3 2 1 1 1 8
MEDTRONIC INC. 0 2 2 3 1 8
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 2 1 0 2 3 8
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 3 3 0 2 0 8
OPTICHRON, INC. 2 1 3 1 1 8
REALTIME DATA, LLC 0 1 5 0 2 8
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 1 1 0 3 3 8
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 1 1 1 2 3 8
APTINA IMAGING CORPORATION 0 0 0 5 2 7
DIGITAL FOUNTAIN, INC. 2 2 1 1 1 7
FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 0 0 0 4 3 7
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 0 2 2 1 2 7
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 2 1 0 2 2 7
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 3 0 3 0 1 7
NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY 1 2 0 1 3 7
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 2 2 2 0 1 7
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 0 1 3 0 7
UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS, INC. 2 3 2 0 0 7
VERIGY PTE LTD 0 2 2 0 3 7
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 0 3 1 1 6
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 2 1 0 0 3 6
HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GMBH 1 3 1 1 0 6
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 0 3 2 1 6
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 5 1 0 0 0 6
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 1 2 2 0 1 6
ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO., KG 1 0 1 2 2 6
THALES 3 0 3 0 0 6
ACTEL CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 2 5
ATHEROS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 1 0 1 1 2 5
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 1 1 2 1 0 5
BOEING COMPANY 1 2 0 2 0 5
DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR GMBH 3 1 0 0 1 5
ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 2 1 1 0 1 5
FORTEMEDIA, INC. 0 3 1 1 0 5
HIMAX MEDIA SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
HONG KONG APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO. LTD. 0 0 1 1 3 5
INTERSIL AMERICAS INC. 0 1 1 0 3 5
LECROY CORPORATION 0 2 2 1 0 5
MITUTOYO CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 0 5
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR GERMANY AG 0 0 4 1 0 5
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 0 3 1 0 1 5
O2 MICRO INTERNATIONAL LTD. 0 2 1 1 1 5
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 1 0 2 1 5
SLICEX, INC. 1 0 1 0 3 5
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 0 1 2 0 2 5
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 0 3 1 0 1 5
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER 1 0 2 1 1 5
XEROX CORPORATION 2 2 0 0 1 5


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