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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2007 - 2011 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 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Total
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 39 53 80 155 134 461
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 62 46 76 52 47 283
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 34 38 47 51 29 199
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 43 34 36 30 32 175
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 39 27 28 45 27 166
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 45 31 25 38 19 158
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 18 20 22 46 24 130
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 13 25 28 18 36 120
FUJITSU LIMITED 29 36 9 22 22 118
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 6 31 36 39 112
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 20 13 35 41 0 109
ALTERA CORPORATION 24 15 25 22 21 107
INTEL CORPORATION 34 25 19 21 5 104
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 26 23 23 17 4 93
BROADCOM CORPORATION 24 17 16 15 12 84
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 11 9 14 28 21 83
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 19 9 15 14 21 78
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 9 19 13 17 12 70
NXP B.V. 16 9 15 11 16 67
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 36 29 0 0 0 65
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 0 6 58 64
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 18 8 7 15 14 62
ELPIDA MEMORY, INC. 7 10 9 22 13 61
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 19 17 12 11 0 59
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 8 10 15 15 8 56
MEDIATEK INC. 10 8 11 11 13 53
SONY CORPORATION 8 3 12 9 20 52
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 11 11 10 9 11 52
QUALCOMM, INC. 3 1 5 16 26 51
ATMEL CORPORATION 13 9 5 19 3 49
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 18 9 7 8 5 47
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 16 13 8 5 4 46
XILINX, INC. 17 7 10 6 4 44
DENSO CORPORATION 14 11 7 4 6 42
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 10 6 4 18 4 42
NEC CORPORATION 6 6 4 12 13 41
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 9 4 10 9 8 40
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 9 7 7 6 11 40
HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 1 5 3 13 17 39
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 12 5 7 8 5 37
NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 6 5 9 12 3 35
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 8 8 10 5 4 35
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 5 4 4 9 12 34
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 8 3 6 5 9 31
RAMBUS, INC. 12 6 5 4 4 31
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 4 4 6 8 9 31
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 5 7 5 8 6 31
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 12 7 4 6 2 31
HITACHI, LTD 1 3 10 10 6 30
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 2 4 4 11 9 30
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 6 6 9 7 2 30
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 4 6 4 10 5 29
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 16 10 2 0 1 29
ADVANTEST CORP. 2 3 8 6 9 28
FARADAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 4 5 5 10 3 27
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 0 0 0 9 18 27
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 3 7 4 4 9 27
INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORPORATION 11 5 6 4 1 27
OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 0 0 16 6 5 27
FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 0 0 14 12 0 26
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 4 8 6 4 3 25
INTERSIL AMERICAS INC. 5 7 7 4 2 25
STMICROELECTRONICS PVT. LTD. 8 5 3 5 3 24
NAN YA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 1 6 9 6 22
RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORP. 4 5 5 6 2 22
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC 2 2 7 6 5 22
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 9 4 2 3 3 21
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 7 1 2 5 5 20
LSI CORPORATION 2 3 5 4 6 20
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2 2 2 3 10 19
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 5 4 4 4 2 19
ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 4 4 4 3 18
FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 3 4 4 5 17
ELITE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY TECHNOLOGY INC. 2 3 3 5 3 16
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 4 7 3 1 1 16
ST-ERICSSON SA 0 0 0 7 9 16
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 0 3 5 5 3 16
MARVELL ISRAEL (MISL) LTD. 0 2 2 6 5 15
MICREL INCORPORATED 5 2 0 6 2 15
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 3 2 3 5 2 15
SANDISK CORPORATION 2 3 6 2 2 15
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 5 9 14
POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC. 3 2 2 2 5 14
QIMONDA AG 0 3 3 4 4 14
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 6 2 4 2 0 14
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 5 4 1 1 2 13
AUSTRIAMICROSYSTEMS AG 0 0 1 3 8 12
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 1 2 2 6 1 12
ATHEROS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 2 1 6 2 11
EXAR CORPORATION 1 4 0 5 1 11
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 2 4 2 3 0 11
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 1 3 2 2 3 11
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 3 1 0 3 4 11
NVIDIA CORPORATION 2 1 6 2 0 11
SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL (SHANGHAI) CORPORATION 3 2 2 3 1 11
AU OPTRONICS CORP. 1 2 3 3 1 10
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 3 1 1 2 3 10
MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 0 3 2 5 10
NOKIA CORPORATION 2 1 2 3 2 10
STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION 0 1 3 1 5 10
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 4 1 1 2 9
ATMEL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH 0 0 5 3 1 9
DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR GMBH 2 0 3 2 2 9
DONGBU HITEK CO., LTD. 0 0 0 2 7 9
HOLTEK SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 1 2 5 1 9
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA AG 1 1 0 5 2 9
PRINCETON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 1 3 5 0 9
RAYTHEON COMPANY 1 1 0 4 3 9
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 4 2 1 1 1 9
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 1 3 0 1 4 9
ARM LIMITED 2 1 4 0 1 8
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES WIRELESS IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 1 1 2 4 0 8
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 0 2 2 3 8
HIMAX ANALOGIC, INC. 0 0 2 3 3 8
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 1 0 3 1 3 8
MOTOROLA, INC. 2 2 1 2 1 8
PMC-SIERRA LTD. 1 1 1 2 3 8
ROUND ROCK RESEARCH, LLC 0 0 0 4 4 8
SANDISK 3D LLC 1 0 2 3 2 8
SPANSION LLC 1 2 3 2 0 8
SUPERTEX, INC. 0 3 1 1 3 8
TPO DISPLAYS CORPORATION 1 2 0 4 1 8
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 1 1 3 1 7
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 3 0 2 2 0 7
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 2 2 2 1 0 7
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 1 1 3 0 2 7
ILI TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 1 2 4 0 7
NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 0 4 0 1 2 7
SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 1 3 2 7
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. 1 1 1 0 4 7
SYSTEM-GENERAL CORPORATION 1 1 3 1 1 7
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 2 0 4 0 7
YAMAHA CORPORATION 3 0 1 1 2 7
ZILOG, INC. 1 2 3 1 0 7
ACTEL CORPORATION 2 1 3 0 0 6
ANPEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 3 1 2 6
APPLE, INC. 0 0 0 1 5 6
BOEING COMPANY 1 1 1 1 2 6
CAMBRIDGE ANALOG TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 3 2 0 6
E-MEMORY TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 4 1 0 0 6
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 3 3 0 0 0 6
NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY 0 0 0 5 1 6
NDK, NIHON DEMPA KOGYO COMPANY, LTD. 0 0 0 4 2 6
PROMOS TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD. 1 0 4 0 1 6
SANKEN ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED 1 0 0 2 3 6
TRANSMETA CORPORATION 4 1 1 0 0 6
WOLFSON MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 1 0 3 2 0 6
XEROX CORPORATION 1 1 0 3 1 6
ADVANCED ANALOG TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 2 2 0 5
ALPHA AND OMEGA SEMICONDUCTOR INCORPORATED 0 0 1 2 2 5
ATMEL GERMANY GMBH 1 3 1 0 0 5
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ENTERPRISE IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 0 2 0 3 5
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 1 0 3 5
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5
FINISAR CORPORATION 0 2 2 1 0 5
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0 0 0 2 3 5
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 0 1 1 2 1 5
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 0 0 1 0 4 5
MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR, LTD. 2 2 0 1 0 5
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 0 0 1 2 2 5
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR GERMANY AG 0 0 4 1 0 5
O2 MICRO, INC. 1 0 0 1 3 5
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 2 1 0 2 5
STMICROELECTRONICS ASIA PACIFIC PTE LIMITED 1 0 0 0 4 5
THOMSON LICENSING 0 2 1 2 0 5
TOSHIBA AMERICA ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, INC. 1 1 1 0 2 5
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 1 3 0 1 0 5
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 3 0 1 1 0 5


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