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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 726, Information Security

( 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
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 27 53 66 135 158 439
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 58 43 64 110 122 397
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 9 14 32 55 63 173
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 17 17 22 41 46 143
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 31 20 15 32 42 140
MCAFEE, INC. 31 27 17 13 23 111
SONY CORPORATION 14 12 23 32 26 107
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 14 23 23 23 18 101
INTEL CORPORATION 22 17 18 16 28 101
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 9 13 12 22 4 60
HITACHI, LTD 5 13 14 6 13 51
FUJITSU LIMITED 5 6 9 12 14 46
NOKIA CORPORATION 5 5 7 19 5 41
NOVELL, INC. 0 3 7 8 21 39
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 2 14 20 36
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 2 4 12 15 35
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 3 4 6 9 10 32
TREND MICRO, INC. 0 3 4 7 18 32
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 2 8 7 5 9 31
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 4 6 4 7 9 30
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 6 3 3 4 12 28
BEA SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 6 5 12 26
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 0 3 7 14 24
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 3 6 5 10 24
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 1 1 5 3 13 23
AOL LLC 2 8 3 5 4 22
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 3 1 2 4 12 22
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 3 2 2 3 11 21
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 0 7 3 3 8 21
EMC CORPORATION 1 1 3 5 9 19
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 3 0 5 9 18
KASPERSKY LAB, ZAO 0 0 3 10 4 17
NEC CORPORATION 3 0 3 6 4 16
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 2 1 1 3 8 15
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 3 7 3 2 0 15
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 0 1 1 4 9 15
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 1 3 5 4 15
SECURE COMPUTING CORPORATION 0 8 1 5 0 14
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 0 3 1 1 8 13
ARCSIGHT, INC. 0 2 2 3 6 13
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 6 3 4 0 0 13
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 1 5 2 5 0 13
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 0 0 1 4 8 13
ALCATEL LUCENT 0 0 2 5 5 12
ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. 0 0 0 7 5 12
AT&T CORP. 2 2 2 3 3 12
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 2 2 2 5 12
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 0 12 12
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 0 5 1 2 4 12
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 1 3 4 2 1 11
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2 2 1 4 2 11
XEROX CORPORATION 1 2 1 4 3 11
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 2 3 0 2 3 10
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 2 1 1 2 4 10
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 2 4 1 2 1 10
THOMSON LICENSING 0 0 2 1 7 10
YAHOO, INC. 1 1 2 2 4 10
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 1 0 4 2 2 9
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 2 0 0 7 9
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 1 2 1 1 4 9
FORTINET, INC. 0 0 1 1 7 9
MACROVISION CORPORATION 1 1 3 1 3 9
NXP B.V. 0 2 1 3 3 9
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. 0 0 1 2 5 8
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC. 0 1 7 0 0 8
CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 1 2 4 8
DIGITAL DOORS, INC. 3 1 1 1 2 8
FRANCE TELECOM 0 0 2 1 5 8
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 1 3 0 2 2 8
INTERTRUST TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 1 1 2 0 4 8
QUALCOMM, INC. 1 3 0 2 2 8
SONICWALL, INC. 1 1 2 1 3 8
F5 NETWORKS, INC., 1 0 3 1 2 7
FINJAN SOFTWARE, LTD. 3 2 1 0 1 7
FOUNDRY NETWORKS, INC. 0 0 0 3 4 7
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 3 0 4 0 7
MOTOROLA, INC. 1 1 3 2 0 7
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 0 2 0 1 4 7
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 1 2 2 0 2 7
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 0 1 3 0 3 7
STONESOFT CORPORATION 0 2 4 0 1 7
3COM CORPORATION 3 0 0 2 1 6
AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC. 0 2 1 2 1 6
CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 1 3 1 6
GRAPHON CORPORATION 1 0 5 0 0 6
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 0 1 1 4 6
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 0 0 2 0 4 6
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 1 2 2 1 0 6
MACROVISION EUROPE LIMITED 1 0 1 0 4 6
MAZU NETWORKS, INC. 2 2 2 0 0 6
RIVERBED TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 0 0 6 6
SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P. 2 0 1 2 1 6
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 0 2 0 2 2 6
VERIZON BUSINESS GLOBAL LLC 0 0 0 0 6 6
VERIZON CORPORATE SERVICES GROUP INC. 0 1 1 1 3 6
AIRDEFENSE, INC. 1 0 2 1 1 5
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 0 0 1 0 4 5
ARCHITECTURE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 2 5
ARCOT SYSTEMS, INC. 2 1 2 0 0 5
BOEING COMPANY 1 2 0 1 1 5
CIGITAL, INC. 0 3 1 0 1 5
CORENTE, INC. 3 1 0 1 0 5
CYBERSOFT, INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION 2 0 2 1 0 5
GOOGLE, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
HARRIS CORP. 2 1 0 0 2 5
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 0 0 1 2 2 5
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 3 0 1 1 5
IRONPORT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. 0 2 1 0 2 5
MESSAGELABS LIMITED 0 0 1 4 0 5
NCIRCLE NETWORK SECURITY, INC. 1 2 0 2 0 5
NETAPP, INC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
NVIDIA CORPORATION 1 1 0 0 3 5
PORTAUTHORITY TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
PROTEGRITY CORPORATION 1 2 0 2 0 5
TUMBLEWEED COMMUNICATIONS CORP. 1 1 3 0 0 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, POSTAL SERVICE 0 1 1 0 3 5
VOLTAGE SECURITY, INC. 2 1 0 0 2 5
WEBROOT SOFTWARE, INC. 0 1 0 3 1 5


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