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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 716, Computer-Aided Design and Analysis of Circuits and Semiconductor Masks

( 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 115 90 138 124 178 645
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 88 34 45 68 90 325
XILINX, INC. 57 44 59 61 49 270
ALTERA CORPORATION 18 45 51 34 35 183
SYNOPSYS INC. 25 35 30 46 41 177
FUJITSU LIMITED 30 43 42 16 36 167
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 23 28 26 29 43 149
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 17 23 30 29 33 132
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 72 24 20 5 0 121
LSI CORPORATION 0 28 35 21 13 97
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 21 25 17 0 0 63
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 14 9 14 10 11 58
INTEL CORPORATION 16 18 11 8 4 57
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 23 10 12 10 1 56
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 36 10 3 2 2 53
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 10 10 13 6 11 50
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 7 9 8 16 9 49
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 16 7 9 8 9 49
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 8 7 7 9 10 41
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 10 12 6 3 3 34
NEC CORPORATION 3 3 9 7 10 32
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 16 4 3 4 4 31
FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 0 0 0 18 11 29
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 1 14 13 28
SYNPLICITY, INC. 10 11 4 0 0 25
MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION 3 4 2 5 9 23
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 2 2 2 7 10 23
MAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION, INC. 9 2 9 0 2 22
ASML MASKTOOLS, B.V. 2 2 3 7 5 19
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 1 2 4 8 3 18
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 6 3 3 2 3 17
PDF SOLUTIONS, INC. 2 4 4 2 4 16
INVENTEC CORPORATION 0 3 3 7 2 15
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 6 2 2 2 2 14
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 4 2 5 2 14
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 1 6 7 14
ELPIDA MEMORY, INC. 0 0 1 0 12 13
FARADAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 2 4 3 1 13
LUMINESCENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 1 2 8 13
BROADCOM CORPORATION 3 2 5 2 0 12
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 3 0 4 4 1 12
SONY CORPORATION 5 4 1 0 2 12
ATRENTA, INC. 4 1 1 3 2 11
BRION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 6 0 0 2 3 11
GRADIENT DESIGN AUTOMATION, INC. 0 3 5 2 1 11
HITACHI, LTD 5 1 1 1 3 11
JASPER DESIGN AUTOMATION, INC. 3 2 4 1 1 11
TABULA, INC. 0 1 2 6 2 11
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 4 6 0 0 10
PULSIC LIMITED 1 1 2 2 4 10
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 2 3 2 0 3 10
TELA INNOVATIONS, INC. 0 0 1 3 6 10
CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY 2 3 2 2 0 9
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 0 4 4 1 9
KLA-TENCOR TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 1 2 2 3 1 9
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 4 0 0 1 4 9
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 3 1 3 0 9
SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 0 1 2 5 1 9
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 3 0 1 3 2 9
CALYPTO DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 0 3 1 2 2 8
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 0 0 0 0 8 8
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 2 1 2 1 2 8
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 2 3 3 0 0 8
SPRING SOFT INC. 0 4 1 1 2 8
INVARIUM, INC. 0 3 4 0 0 7
NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA, INC. 1 3 1 1 1 7
QIMONDA AG 0 0 1 2 4 7
SEQUENCE DESIGN, INC. 2 3 0 2 0 7
TAKUMI TECHNOLOGY CORP. 2 0 1 4 0 7
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 1 1 1 0 7
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 1 2 0 0 6
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 2 1 2 0 6
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 1 1 2 6
NASCENTRIC, INC. 3 2 1 0 0 6
ONESPIN SOLUTIONS, GMBH 2 1 1 0 2 6
RAMBUS, INC. 1 1 2 0 2 6
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 0 1 3 1 1 6
TENSILICA, INC. 2 0 3 1 0 6
APPLIED MATERIALS ISRAEL LTD. 0 1 1 3 0 5
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 2 2 1 0 5
CHARTERED SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING LTD. 2 1 1 1 0 5
DONGBU ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 1 1 2 1 5
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELEKTRONICA CENTRUM (IMEC VZW) 1 2 0 0 2 5
KAWASAKI MICROELECTRONICS, INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
MICRONIC LASER SYSTEMS AB 0 1 2 1 1 5
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 2 0 0 3 0 5
NXP B.V. 0 0 1 3 1 5
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 0 5
SPRINGSOFT USA, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
STMICROELECTRONICS PVT. LTD. 2 2 1 0 0 5
TRANSMETA CORPORATION 0 3 1 1 0 5
YAZAKI CORP. 0 1 3 1 0 5


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