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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 711, Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing 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
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 236 189 261 277 299 1262
HITACHI, LTD 217 194 212 162 174 959
INTEL CORPORATION 146 106 131 110 83 576
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 93 54 68 32 47 294
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 50 67 79 62 22 280
EMC CORPORATION 36 46 51 74 56 263
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 79 49 33 33 25 219
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 46 25 49 36 48 204
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 17 23 27 38 47 152
FUJITSU LIMITED 26 16 49 28 27 146
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 26 18 28 31 35 138
SANDISK CORPORATION 14 16 24 22 21 97
SYMANTEC OPERATING CORPORATION 0 7 31 30 29 97
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 11 17 19 13 31 91
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. 12 17 32 14 13 88
BROADCOM CORPORATION 25 17 12 16 16 86
SONY CORPORATION 22 14 16 16 16 84
NVIDIA CORPORATION 6 9 18 24 16 73
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 16 21 11 10 10 68
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 27 9 7 13 11 67
RAMBUS, INC. 16 16 17 11 3 63
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 13 20 15 5 6 59
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 13 12 20 7 6 58
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 20 18 11 0 0 49
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 11 5 8 9 16 49
NETAPP, INC. 0 0 5 12 30 47
VERITAS OPERATING CORPORATION 27 19 0 1 0 47
NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 6 13 9 7 10 45
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 11 12 8 7 6 44
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 0 43 43
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 6 6 16 10 4 42
ARM LIMITED 8 10 4 12 7 41
NEC CORPORATION 8 6 9 8 10 41
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 9 9 5 10 8 41
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 27 4 7 1 0 39
LSI CORPORATION 1 7 6 8 15 37
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 14 6 11 2 4 37
COMMVAULT SYSTEMS, INC. 2 2 9 8 14 35
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 3 5 6 9 9 32
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 4 8 7 6 6 31
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 1 7 6 9 8 31
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 3 14 9 5 31
VMWARE, INC. 5 6 3 11 6 31
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 20 9 29
QUALCOMM, INC. 0 2 8 9 10 29
UNISYS CORPORATION 8 7 8 5 1 29
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 1 5 3 2 16 27
MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INC. 3 3 1 11 9 27
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 5 2 6 7 7 27
XILINX, INC. 9 6 4 4 4 27
ALTERA CORPORATION 7 5 5 6 2 25
SANDISK IL LTD. 0 3 6 4 12 25
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 5 7 5 2 24
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 5 3 8 1 7 24
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 3 5 2 6 7 23
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 7 4 3 4 5 23
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 10 6 4 0 2 22
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 12 6 3 0 1 22
MEDIATEK INC. 4 1 10 4 2 21
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 5 5 2 6 3 21
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 2 7 5 3 4 21
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC. 1 3 2 4 10 20
ATMEL CORPORATION 3 8 3 4 2 20
IP FIRST LLC 13 5 2 0 0 20
NXP B.V. 1 2 5 6 6 20
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2 0 9 3 4 18
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 3 6 2 4 2 17
INVENTEC CORPORATION 0 2 5 5 5 17
CRAY INC. 2 4 2 7 1 16
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 9 1 2 1 3 16
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 3 4 1 2 6 16
NEWISYS, INC. 8 4 4 0 0 16
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 8 4 0 2 2 16
SPANSION LLC 1 3 1 7 4 16
ADAPTEC, INC. 8 2 2 3 0 15
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 1 2 2 4 6 15
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 3 3 1 3 5 15
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 1 3 4 4 3 15
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 4 3 4 2 15
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 11 2 2 0 0 15
AZUL SYSTEMS, INC. 1 3 5 3 2 14
NOKIA CORPORATION 3 2 1 3 5 14
SUPER TALENT ELECTRONICS, INC. 1 2 1 2 8 14
LEXAR MEDIA, INC. 3 2 3 3 2 13
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. 0 0 0 2 10 12
SIGMATEL INC. 1 0 2 6 3 12
TRANSMETA CORPORATION 5 1 5 1 0 12
CROSSROADS SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 5 1 3 11
DOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP. 0 1 4 3 3 11
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 2 0 3 5 11
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 1 0 1 6 3 11
QIMONDA AG 0 0 0 3 8 11
QUANTUM CORP. (CA) 1 1 3 1 5 11
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 3 6 2 0 0 11
ACRONIS INC. 1 1 3 2 3 10
COPAN SYSTEMS, INC 2 5 2 1 0 10
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 4 3 3 0 0 10
RED HAT, INC. 0 0 2 4 4 10
RMI CORPORATION 0 0 5 5 0 10
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 3 2 4 1 0 10
TDK CORPORATION 2 2 1 2 3 10
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 3 3 2 0 1 9
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 1 4 3 1 0 9
ARISTOS LOGIC CORPORATION 3 3 2 0 0 8
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 2 1 1 4 8
DATADOMAIN, INC. 3 1 1 3 0 8
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2 2 1 0 3 8
MOTOROLA, INC. 2 2 1 2 1 8
PHISON ELECTRONIC CORP. 1 4 1 0 2 8
TEPLIN APPLICATION LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 0 0 2 6 0 8
TILERA CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 5 8
XIV LTD. 0 4 2 2 0 8
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 3 1 2 0 1 7
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 1 0 1 4 7
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 0 3 0 1 3 7
YAHOO, INC. 0 0 4 1 2 7
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 1 2 3 0 6
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 2 0 3 1 0 6
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 3 3 6
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 0 1 2 1 2 6
PILLAR DATA SYSTEMS, INC. 2 2 1 1 0 6
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 1 2 1 0 2 6
SOLID STATE SYSTEM CO., LTD. 4 1 0 0 1 6
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 0 4 1 0 1 6
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 1 2 2 1 0 6
SUPERSPEED SOFTWARE, INC. 3 0 0 3 0 6
THOMSON LICENSING 1 2 0 2 1 6
UNITY SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 5 6
BEA SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
FALCONSTOR SOFTWARE, INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
FALCONSTOR, INC. 0 0 4 1 0 5
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 0 0 0 0 5 5
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 0 3 1 1 5
GENESYS LOGIC, INC. 0 0 3 0 2 5
M-SYSTEMS FLASH DISK PIONEERS LTD. 5 0 0 0 0 5
NOVELL, INC. 1 0 0 0 4 5
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5
SONIC SOLUTIONS, INC. 2 1 0 2 0 5
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 2 1 1 1 0 5
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 1 2 0 0 2 5
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION 1 0 2 1 1 5


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