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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 703, DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (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 47 28 39 43 70 227
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 38 25 27 22 30 142
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 20 24 26 26 16 112
THE MATH WORKS, INC. 3 5 12 24 25 69
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 10 12 12 11 20 65
FUJITSU LIMITED 11 12 12 9 13 57
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 20 12 11 5 2 50
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 10 12 7 7 13 49
XILINX, INC. 9 7 10 7 9 42
INTEL CORPORATION 16 9 4 4 8 41
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 5 1 5 12 16 39
BOEING COMPANY 5 4 8 8 13 38
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 12 4 7 6 6 35
INSTITUT FRANCAIS DU PETROLE 5 3 7 9 8 32
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 11 8 8 0 4 31
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 5 7 7 2 9 30
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 10 5 3 2 8 28
SYNOPSYS INC. 7 3 6 4 8 28
AUTODESK, INC. 6 0 1 8 11 26
ALTERA CORPORATION 3 4 4 4 7 22
HITACHI, LTD 5 1 5 2 8 21
UNISYS CORPORATION 6 8 4 3 0 21
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 4 5 8 2 20
EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY 1 2 5 3 7 18
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 7 5 1 1 3 17
GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL -- AMERICAS, LLC 0 5 5 4 2 16
NEC CORPORATION 4 0 4 5 3 16
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 5 4 3 0 3 15
QUICKTURN DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 4 1 3 5 2 15
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 5 3 2 3 13
LIVERMORE SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 3 4 3 3 13
SMITH INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 4 3 1 3 13
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 5 2 0 1 12
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 0 6 6 0 12
CHEVRON U.S.A. INC. 0 0 1 9 2 12
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 5 2 2 1 2 12
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 4 2 2 2 2 12
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 5 1 5 0 1 12
ARM LIMITED 5 0 2 2 2 11
CATERPILLAR INC. 3 1 1 1 5 11
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 7 2 1 1 0 11
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 0 2 1 4 11
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 2 3 1 3 2 11
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 3 0 0 1 6 10
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 3 5 0 1 1 10
LSI CORPORATION 0 3 1 4 2 10
MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION 4 0 1 1 4 10
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 5 1 0 2 2 10
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 3 2 1 2 2 10
EMC CORPORATION 0 1 3 3 2 9
FORD MOTOR COMPANY 1 1 4 1 2 9
LANDMARK GRAPHICS CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 4 9
NVIDIA CORPORATION 0 0 1 6 2 9
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 2 3 4 9
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 1 3 1 2 2 9
YAZAKI CORP. 0 2 4 3 0 9
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 3 2 0 1 8
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 3 2 1 0 8
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 2 3 1 2 8
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 4 4 0 0 0 8
RAYTHEON COMPANY 1 0 2 5 0 8
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 2 3 1 1 1 8
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 2 1 0 1 3 7
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 5 1 0 1 0 7
M-I L.L.C 0 0 2 4 1 7
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 4 0 1 2 0 7
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 1 1 2 0 3 7
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD. 1 3 2 1 0 7
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 1 2 1 2 1 7
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 1 3 0 1 2 7
CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY 4 2 0 0 0 6
DASSAULT SYSTEMES 2 1 0 3 0 6
ENTELOS, INC. 1 1 2 1 1 6
FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 0 0 0 3 3 6
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC. 0 0 0 3 3 6
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 2 1 1 1 6
NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA, INC. 0 0 1 1 4 6
OBJECT RESERVOIR, INC. 4 1 1 0 0 6
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 0 1 2 1 2 6
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 0 1 4 6
SANDIA CORPORATION 3 2 0 1 0 6
SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY 0 0 2 2 2 6
SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH, INC. 2 2 0 2 0 6
SONY CORPORATION 2 1 2 1 0 6
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 1 2 2 0 1 6
WIRELESS VALLEY COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 5 0 0 1 6
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 2 1 1 0 1 5
ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 3 0 2 5
BENTLEY SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED 0 2 1 1 1 5
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY 2 0 0 1 2 5
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 1 0 0 2 2 5
DENSO CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 1 5
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
KOITO MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED 1 2 2 0 0 5
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 3 0 0 0 5
NCR CORPORATION 4 1 0 0 0 5
OPNET TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 1 0 2 5
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 1 2 1 1 0 5
SAS INSTITUTE, INC. 0 0 1 0 4 5
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 1 1 0 1 2 5
SMARTSIGNAL CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 1 5
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 0 1 0 0 4 5
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 0 0 2 0 3 5


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