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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 708, Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers)

( 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
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 17 20 20 22 30 109
INTEL CORPORATION 16 28 18 17 12 91
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 9 9 14 12 14 58
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 5 6 9 12 9 41
ALTERA CORPORATION 5 7 10 9 7 38
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 6 11 8 9 4 38
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 14 11 9 3 0 37
BROADCOM CORPORATION 8 8 9 6 1 32
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 3 7 8 7 7 32
XILINX, INC. 0 6 4 9 8 27
NVIDIA CORPORATION 1 5 4 7 7 24
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 5 6 3 6 1 21
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 4 4 2 5 5 20
ARM LIMITED 1 7 3 6 3 20
QUALCOMM, INC. 0 2 5 6 7 20
FUJITSU LIMITED 1 5 6 3 3 18
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 2 3 5 5 3 18
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 1 5 1 2 7 16
NXP B.V. 2 7 4 1 1 15
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 5 1 7 15
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 3 2 4 2 14
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 2 4 4 4 14
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 4 0 2 6 2 14
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 0 1 1 4 6 12
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 4 1 2 2 11
SONY CORPORATION 2 4 2 2 1 11
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 1 2 1 4 2 10
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 1 2 1 1 4 9
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 4 0 1 3 9
NEC CORPORATION 5 1 0 1 2 9
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 5 3 1 0 0 9
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 1 4 3 1 9
STMICROELECTRONICS PVT. LTD. 0 1 2 4 2 9
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 1 5 0 2 1 9
APPLE, INC. 0 2 0 1 5 8
MOTOROLA, INC. 1 3 1 1 2 8
NOKIA CORPORATION 1 2 2 2 1 8
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 0 2 2 1 2 7
ATMEL CORPORATION 1 1 1 3 1 7
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 0 0 0 4 3 7
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 2 0 4 1 7
IP FIRST LLC 3 2 0 2 0 7
MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 1 1 2 1 7
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 2 2 0 1 2 7
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 3 3 1 0 0 7
AEROSPACE CORPORATION 0 1 4 1 0 6
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 3 3 0 0 0 6
OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 0 0 1 1 4 6
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 3 3 6
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 0 0 2 2 5
HARRIS CORP. 1 0 0 0 4 5
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 2 0 1 0 2 5
QSIGMA, INC. 1 0 2 0 2 5
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 0 5
SANDBRIDGE TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 3 0 1 1 5
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 0 2 0 2 1 5
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 0 2 0 2 5
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 2 2 0 1 0 5
TEKTRONIX INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS 0 2 2 0 1 5


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