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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 327, Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and 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
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 53 39 53 80 155 380
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 54 62 46 76 52 290
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 39 34 38 47 51 209
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 58 45 31 25 38 197
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 38 43 34 36 30 181
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 34 39 27 28 45 173
INTEL CORPORATION 42 34 25 19 21 141
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 29 18 20 22 46 135
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 44 26 23 23 17 133
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 22 20 13 35 41 131
FUJITSU LIMITED 29 29 36 9 22 125
BROADCOM CORPORATION 50 24 17 16 15 122
ALTERA CORPORATION 24 24 15 25 22 110
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 13 13 25 28 18 97
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 29 36 29 0 0 94
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 23 19 17 12 11 82
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 21 9 19 13 17 79
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 11 11 9 14 28 73
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 6 31 36 73
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 14 19 9 15 14 71
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 18 18 8 7 15 66
XILINX, INC. 24 17 7 10 6 64
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 7 8 10 15 15 55
ATMEL CORPORATION 7 13 9 5 19 53
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 14 10 6 4 18 52
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 11 11 11 10 9 52
ELPIDA MEMORY, INC. 3 7 10 9 22 51
NXP B.V. 0 16 9 15 11 51
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 8 18 9 7 8 50
MEDIATEK INC. 9 10 8 11 11 49
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 16 13 8 5 45
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 14 8 8 10 5 45
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 14 16 10 2 0 42
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 10 12 5 7 8 42
DENSO CORPORATION 5 14 11 7 4 41
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 8 9 4 10 9 40
RAMBUS, INC. 13 12 6 5 4 40
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 10 9 7 7 6 39
SONY CORPORATION 7 8 3 12 9 39
NEC CORPORATION 7 6 6 4 12 35
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 6 12 7 4 6 35
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 7 6 6 9 7 35
INTERSIL AMERICAS INC. 10 5 7 7 4 33
NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 1 6 5 9 12 33
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 14 5 4 4 4 31
QUALCOMM, INC. 6 3 1 5 16 31
INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORPORATION 4 11 5 6 4 30
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 8 8 3 6 5 30
FARADAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 5 4 5 5 10 29
HITACHI, LTD 4 1 3 10 10 28
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 4 4 6 4 10 28
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 6 4 4 6 8 28
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 2 5 7 5 8 27
ADVANTEST CORP. 6 2 3 8 7 26
FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 0 0 0 14 12 26
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 15 2 4 2 3 26
STMICROELECTRONICS PVT. LTD. 5 8 5 3 5 26
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 12 6 2 4 2 26
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 10 4 7 3 1 25
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 3 5 4 4 9 25
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 3 2 4 4 11 24
HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 0 1 5 3 13 22
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 4 8 6 4 22
OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 0 0 0 16 6 22
RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORP. 2 4 5 5 6 22
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC 3 2 2 7 6 20
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 3 7 4 4 18
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 9 4 2 3 18
SANDISK CORPORATION 5 2 3 6 2 18
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 2 7 1 2 5 17
ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 3 4 4 4 17
FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 5 1 3 4 4 17
MICREL INCORPORATED 4 5 2 0 6 17
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 6 1 2 2 6 17
NAN YA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 1 6 9 16
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 8 1 4 1 1 15
LSI CORPORATION 0 2 3 5 4 14
POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC. 5 3 2 2 2 14
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 1 3 2 3 5 14
ELITE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY TECHNOLOGY INC. 0 2 3 3 5 13
EXAR CORPORATION 3 1 4 0 5 13
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 2 5 4 1 1 13
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 0 0 3 5 5 13
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 8 3 0 1 1 13
ATHEROS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 3 0 2 1 6 12
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 5 3 0 2 2 12
DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR GMBH 5 2 0 3 2 12
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 3 2 2 2 3 12
NVIDIA CORPORATION 1 2 1 6 2 12
SPANSION LLC 4 1 2 3 2 12
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 4 4 2 1 1 12
AU OPTRONICS CORP. 2 1 2 3 3 11
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 4 2 2 2 1 11
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 5 3 3 0 0 11
PRINCETON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 0 1 3 5 11
MARVELL ISRAEL (MISL) LTD. 0 0 2 2 6 10
NOKIA CORPORATION 2 2 1 2 3 10
QIMONDA AG 0 0 3 3 4 10
SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL (SHANGHAI) CORPORATION 0 3 2 2 3 10
ARM LIMITED 2 2 1 4 0 9
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 0 0 0 0 9 9
HOLTEK SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 1 0 1 2 5 9
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 1 1 3 2 2 9
MARVELL SEMICONDUCTOR ISRAEL LTD. 5 3 1 0 0 9
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 2 3 1 0 3 9
MOTOROLA, INC. 2 2 2 1 2 9
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 4 1 3 0 1 9
TRANSMETA CORPORATION 3 4 1 1 0 9
ATMEL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH 0 0 0 5 3 8
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES WIRELESS IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 1 1 2 4 8
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 5 0 2 1 0 8
SYSTEM-GENERAL CORPORATION 2 1 1 3 1 8
TERADYNE, INC. 4 1 1 1 1 8
ACTEL CORPORATION 1 2 1 3 0 7
ATMEL GERMANY GMBH 2 1 3 1 0 7
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 3 1 1 2 7
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 1 0 2 2 7
E-MEMORY TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 4 1 0 7
ELANTEC SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 5 1 1 0 0 7
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 2 1 0 3 1 7
ILI TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 0 1 2 4 7
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA AG 0 1 1 0 5 7
RAYTHEON COMPANY 1 1 1 0 4 7
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. 4 1 1 1 0 7
ST-ERICSSON SA 0 0 0 0 7 7
STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION 2 0 1 3 1 7
TPO DISPLAYS CORPORATION 0 1 2 0 4 7
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 1 2 0 4 7
ZILOG, INC. 0 1 2 3 1 7
AIMTRON TECHNOLOGY CORP. 2 3 1 0 0 6
ASAHI KASEI MICROSYSTEMS CO. LTD. 2 1 2 0 1 6
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 1 1 1 3 6
CAMBRIDGE ANALOG TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 3 2 6
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 1 1 1 3 0 6
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 1 1 1 1 6
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 2 2 1 1 0 6
O2 MICRO INTERNATIONAL LTD. 2 0 4 0 0 6
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 0 0 6 6
SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD. 3 0 2 1 0 6
SANDISK 3D LLC 0 1 0 2 3 6
SILICON INTEGRATED SYSTEMS CORP. 2 3 1 0 0 6
SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 0 1 1 3 6
SUPERTEX, INC. 1 0 3 1 1 6
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 1 1 3 0 1 6
WOLFSON MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 0 1 0 3 2 6
YAMAHA CORPORATION 1 3 0 1 1 6
ADVANCED ANALOG TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
AEROFLEX COLORADO SPRINGS, INC. 1 0 0 2 2 5
AUSTRIAMICROSYSTEMS AG 1 0 0 1 3 5
BOEING COMPANY 1 1 1 1 1 5
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. 0 1 2 1 1 5
FINISAR CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 1 5
HIMAX ANALOGIC, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
INTEGRANT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 1 2 1 0 5
MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR, LTD. 0 2 2 0 1 5
MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY 1 1 0 1 2 5
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR GERMANY AG 0 0 0 4 1 5
NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY 0 0 0 0 5 5
NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 4 0 1 5
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
PMC-SIERRA LTD. 0 1 1 1 2 5
PROMOS TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD. 0 1 0 4 0 5
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 2 1 0 1 1 5
THOMSON LICENSING 0 0 2 1 2 5
XEROX CORPORATION 0 1 1 0 3 5


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