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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 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 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Total
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 53 66 135 158 134 546
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 43 64 110 122 143 482
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 15 32 55 63 63 228
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 17 22 41 46 44 170
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 20 15 32 42 45 154
SONY CORPORATION 12 23 32 26 39 132
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 23 23 23 18 30 117
MCAFEE, INC. 27 17 13 23 25 105
INTEL CORPORATION 17 18 16 28 21 100
TREND MICRO, INC. 3 4 7 18 29 61
FUJITSU LIMITED 6 9 12 14 19 60
HITACHI, LTD 13 14 6 13 14 60
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 2 14 20 21 57
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 4 12 15 21 54
NOKIA CORPORATION 5 7 19 5 15 51
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 13 12 22 4 0 51
NOVELL, INC. 3 7 8 21 11 50
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 6 4 7 9 20 46
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 4 6 9 10 15 44
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 1 5 3 13 21 43
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 3 7 14 12 36
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 1 2 4 12 17 36
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 8 7 5 9 3 32
EMC CORPORATION 1 3 5 9 13 31
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 7 3 3 8 10 31
AOL LLC 8 3 5 4 8 28
ALCATEL LUCENT 0 2 5 5 15 27
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 12 15 27
BEA SYSTEMS, INC. 2 6 5 12 1 26
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 3 3 4 12 4 26
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 3 0 5 9 9 26
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 2 2 3 11 8 26
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 0 1 4 8 13 26
KASPERSKY LAB, ZAO 0 3 10 4 8 25
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 6 5 10 1 25
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 3 1 1 8 8 21
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 2 2 2 5 10 21
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. 0 1 2 5 12 20
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 1 1 3 8 7 20
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 1 4 9 5 20
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 1 1 2 4 10 18
BROADCOM CORPORATION 2 0 0 7 8 17
FORTINET, INC. 0 1 1 7 8 17
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 3 5 4 4 17
GOOGLE, INC. 0 0 1 4 11 16
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 5 1 2 4 4 16
CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 2 4 8 15
NEC CORPORATION 0 3 6 4 2 15
NETAPP, INC. 0 0 4 1 10 15
QUALCOMM, INC. 3 0 2 2 8 15
ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. 0 0 7 5 2 14
ARCSIGHT, INC. 2 2 3 6 1 14
SECURE COMPUTING CORPORATION 8 1 5 0 0 14
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 0 2 0 4 7 13
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 5 2 5 0 1 13
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2 1 4 2 4 13
XEROX CORPORATION 2 1 4 3 3 13
YAHOO, INC. 1 2 2 4 4 13
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 2 1 1 4 4 12
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 3 0 2 3 4 12
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 7 3 2 0 0 12
THOMSON LICENSING 0 2 1 7 2 12
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 3 4 2 1 1 11
AT&T CORP. 2 2 3 3 0 10
BOEING COMPANY 2 0 1 1 6 10
INTERTRUST TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 1 2 0 4 3 10
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 4 1 2 1 2 10
SONICWALL, INC. 1 2 1 3 3 10
VERIZON CORPORATE SERVICES GROUP INC. 1 1 1 3 4 10
FOUNDRY NETWORKS, INC. 0 0 3 4 2 9
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 3 0 2 2 2 9
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 1 1 4 3 9
NXP B.V. 2 1 3 3 0 9
APPLE, INC. 0 1 0 4 3 8
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC. 1 7 0 0 0 8
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 0 4 2 2 0 8
FRANCE TELECOM 0 2 1 5 0 8
MACROVISION CORPORATION 1 3 1 3 0 8
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 0 4 0 1 8
NVIDIA CORPORATION 1 0 0 3 4 8
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 1 3 0 3 1 8
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 0 1 0 0 7 8
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 0 2 1 1 4 8
SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P. 0 1 2 1 4 8
VERIZON BUSINESS GLOBAL LLC 0 0 0 6 2 8
VERIZON SERVICES CORP. 0 1 0 1 6 8
VMWARE, INC. 0 0 0 4 4 8
WEBROOT SOFTWARE, INC. 1 0 3 1 3 8
AT& T MOBILITY II LLC 0 1 0 3 3 7
CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 3 1 1 7
EBAY INC. 0 0 1 2 4 7
F5 NETWORKS, INC., 0 3 1 2 1 7
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 1 2 0 1 3 7
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 3 0 1 1 2 7
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 2 2 1 0 2 7
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 3 4 0 0 0 7
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 2 0 1 4 0 7
RIVERBED TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 0 6 1 7
STONESOFT CORPORATION 2 4 0 1 0 7
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 2 0 2 2 1 7
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, POSTAL SERVICE 1 1 0 3 2 7
AIRDEFENSE, INC. 0 2 1 1 2 6
AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC. 2 1 2 1 0 6
CYBERSOFT, INC. 0 2 1 2 1 6
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 0 1 2 2 1 6
IRONPORT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 5 1 6
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. 2 1 0 2 1 6
MOTOROLA, INC. 1 3 2 0 0 6
RED HAT, INC. 0 0 0 1 5 6
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 2 2 0 2 0 6
AIRTIGHT NETWORKS, INC 1 0 1 1 2 5
ARCHITECTURE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 0 5
ARM LIMITED 1 1 1 1 1 5
AUTHENEX, INC. 1 1 1 0 2 5
CIGITAL, INC. 3 1 0 1 0 5
DELL MARKETING USA, L.P. 0 0 3 1 1 5
DIGITAL DOORS, INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
FIRST DATA CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 2 5
GEMALTO SA 0 0 0 2 3 5
GRAPHON CORPORATION 0 5 0 0 0 5
IMPERVA, INC 0 0 0 2 3 5
INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY (IGT) 1 0 2 0 2 5
LANCOPE, INC. 2 0 2 0 1 5
LIONIC CORPORATION 1 0 1 2 1 5
MACROVISION EUROPE LIMITED 0 1 0 4 0 5
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 2 0 0 2 1 5
MESSAGELABS LIMITED 0 1 4 0 0 5
NCIRCLE NETWORK SECURITY, INC. 2 0 2 0 1 5
NDS LIMITED 0 0 1 2 2 5
PORTAUTHORITY TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 1 3 1 0 5
REALNETWORKS, INC. 0 1 0 2 2 5
ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 4 5
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 0 0 1 2 2 5
TIME WARNER CABLE 1 0 2 1 1 5
TRUSTEDFLOW SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 1 0 1 5
VOLTAGE SECURITY, INC. 1 0 0 2 2 5
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION 0 0 0 1 4 5


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