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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 714, Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery

( 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 209 236 283 359 330 1417
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 70 72 89 101 122 454
INTEL CORPORATION 80 92 75 80 54 381
HITACHI, LTD 36 79 56 53 88 312
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 31 49 64 62 97 303
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 70 72 63 56 35 296
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 40 57 73 62 53 285
FUJITSU LIMITED 41 40 57 44 64 246
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 38 26 57 51 26 198
BROADCOM CORPORATION 26 47 35 30 44 182
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 28 43 31 33 44 179
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 28 42 27 34 41 172
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 55 37 24 15 13 144
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 57 32 38 9 0 136
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 13 12 19 38 42 124
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 18 19 26 31 16 110
XILINX, INC. 20 25 34 16 13 108
EMC CORPORATION 21 16 15 30 22 104
ADVANTEST CORP. 28 16 20 20 16 100
NEC CORPORATION 15 17 21 21 23 97
LSI CORPORATION 20 14 15 23 22 94
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 6 9 17 27 20 79
QUALCOMM, INC. 11 11 12 23 20 77
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 10 12 14 19 21 76
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. 16 28 18 7 6 75
SONY CORPORATION 15 13 19 16 12 75
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 6 11 16 19 16 68
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 3 21 27 17 68
MEDIATEK INC. 9 11 14 20 13 67
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 6 13 23 21 0 63
NETAPP, INC. 0 0 8 28 26 62
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 7 19 12 13 10 61
ARM LIMITED 15 13 5 9 18 60
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 18 11 9 11 10 59
NOKIA CORPORATION 14 7 14 14 8 57
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 8 13 13 13 9 56
ALTERA CORPORATION 11 11 14 7 11 54
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 11 6 13 14 9 53
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 7 5 13 11 13 49
NXP B.V. 8 10 10 8 13 49
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 9 9 8 8 15 49
SYMANTEC OPERATING CORPORATION 4 14 10 15 6 49
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 23 24 47
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 10 8 7 7 13 45
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 4 11 6 8 15 44
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 12 10 10 6 5 43
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 8 5 10 10 8 41
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 31 10 0 0 0 41
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 0 3 37 40
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 15 16 3 6 0 40
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 2 5 4 13 16 40
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 7 5 5 12 8 37
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 14 5 7 7 4 37
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 8 8 5 4 10 35
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 16 4 3 8 4 35
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 12 8 7 4 34
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 5 3 10 9 7 34
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 16 18 0 0 0 34
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 7 1 3 13 10 34
SANDISK CORPORATION 2 3 6 12 11 34
UNISYS CORPORATION 12 10 3 5 4 34
VERIGY PTE LTD 7 8 6 8 5 34
NVIDIA CORPORATION 4 4 10 8 7 33
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 15 11 6 0 0 32
MOTOROLA, INC. 15 6 6 5 0 32
INVENTEC CORPORATION 4 5 10 9 2 30
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 12 10 6 2 0 30
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 8 6 9 2 1 26
ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. 0 2 7 9 8 26
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 5 7 3 11 26
ALCATEL LUCENT 2 4 4 6 9 25
INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 3 4 5 10 25
SYNOPSYS INC. 1 1 2 9 12 25
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. 5 6 5 9 0 25
THOMSON LICENSING 6 7 2 6 4 25
DOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP. 1 7 7 8 1 24
SYNTEST TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 6 4 3 6 5 24
APPLE, INC. 0 2 1 9 10 22
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 4 2 3 6 7 22
MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION 0 0 1 8 13 22
NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA, INC. 7 1 5 6 3 22
RAMBUS, INC. 4 4 3 6 5 22
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 7 2 3 3 7 22
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 5 1 3 6 6 21
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 4 9 4 0 4 21
FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 0 0 13 7 0 20
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 0 0 0 5 15 20
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 1 3 4 7 5 20
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 9 2 7 1 0 19
HARRIS CORP. 1 1 6 5 6 19
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 3 3 5 5 3 19
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 1 3 6 8 18
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 2 2 1 7 6 18
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 5 3 2 4 4 18
QIMONDA AG 0 1 0 9 8 18
CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORPORATION 8 5 1 3 0 17
ELPIDA MEMORY, INC. 3 4 5 3 2 17
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 2 3 5 4 17
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 7 3 3 3 1 17
TERADYNE, INC. 3 4 4 4 2 17
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC. 7 2 0 4 3 16
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 2 1 6 2 5 16
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 3 5 0 5 3 16
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 1 2 7 2 4 16
SANDISK IL LTD. 0 1 4 5 6 16
ATMEL CORPORATION 2 3 5 2 3 15
BEA SYSTEMS, INC. 1 7 2 5 0 15
DENSO CORPORATION 2 3 1 4 5 15
FARADAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 4 2 4 3 2 15
PIONEER CORPORATION 6 3 5 0 1 15
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 4 0 4 2 5 15
ADAPTEC, INC. 5 3 2 3 1 14
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. 0 0 6 3 5 14
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 6 1 4 1 1 13
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. 0 0 1 8 4 13
RED HAT, INC. 1 0 0 7 5 13
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 1 1 1 6 4 13
XEROX CORPORATION 1 0 1 5 6 13
ALCATEL 6 3 1 2 0 12
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 1 3 4 2 12
MARVELL ISRAEL (MISL) LTD. 0 3 2 3 4 12
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 4 1 2 1 4 12
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 1 4 3 3 12
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 5 0 2 3 12
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 4 2 1 2 12
STMICROELECTRONICS PVT. LTD. 3 2 3 1 3 12
DIGITAL FOUNTAIN, INC. 3 3 0 2 3 11
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 0 1 1 4 5 11
MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INC. 3 1 4 3 0 11
PMC-SIERRA LTD. 1 5 2 0 3 11
STMICROELECTRONICS N.V. 1 1 4 3 2 11
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 5 3 0 2 1 11
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 3 1 2 2 3 11
VIRAGE LOGIC CORPORATION 2 4 2 3 0 11
AT&T CORP. 4 2 4 0 0 10
COMPELLENT TECHNOLOGIES 0 2 3 1 4 10
FINISAR CORPORATION 3 5 2 0 0 10
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 3 2 1 1 3 10
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 2 3 3 2 0 10
MAXTOR CORPORATION 5 3 2 0 0 10
MOTOROLA-MOBILITY, INC. 0 0 0 2 8 10
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 2 2 5 0 1 10
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 4 2 0 1 3 10
VIA TELECOM CO., LTD. 3 2 0 0 5 10
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 3 1 0 4 1 9
LOGICVISION, INC. 6 2 1 0 0 9
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 1 3 4 0 1 9
QUANTUM CORP. (CA) 4 0 1 2 2 9
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 2 1 2 1 2 8
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC. 0 1 3 2 2 8
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 4 0 0 1 3 8
NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 4 1 0 2 1 8
PHISON ELECTRONIC CORP. 1 0 0 0 7 8
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 3 3 1 1 8
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 1 2 1 2 2 8
TRELLIS WARE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 5 2 8
AQUANTIA CORPORATION 0 0 1 5 1 7
ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC. 1 0 0 1 5 7
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 1 3 1 2 7
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 2 1 1 1 2 7
DTVG LICENSING, INC. 0 0 0 2 5 7
ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 2 4 1 0 7
KINGSTON TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 2 0 3 2 0 7
LINK--A--MEDIA DEVICES CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 3 7
MAXWELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 3 2 1 1 7
RAMOT AT TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY LTD. 0 0 1 3 3 7
RAYTHEON COMPANY 0 1 1 3 2 7
SILICON IMAGE, INC. 0 0 1 4 2 7
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS JAPAN, INC. 1 3 2 1 0 7
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 4 2 0 0 7
SUPER TALENT ELECTRONICS, INC. 0 0 0 3 4 7
TEKTRONIX INC. 1 2 2 2 0 7
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 1 1 2 1 2 7
ACTEL CORPORATION 0 2 1 2 1 6
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 0 5 6
AVAILIGENT, INC. 6 0 0 0 0 6
AWARE, INC. 0 1 0 3 2 6
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 0 0 2 3 6
CRAY INC. 0 1 1 1 3 6
GOOGLE, INC. 1 0 0 2 3 6
IKANOS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 1 1 2 0 2 6
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 1 0 1 1 3 6
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 1 1 1 2 6
NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY 2 0 1 0 3 6
OMRON CORPORATION 3 1 2 0 0 6
OPEN INVENTION NETWORK, LLC 0 0 0 3 3 6
SANDISK 3D LLC 1 1 0 0 4 6
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 0 0 6 6
SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 2 1 2 1 6
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 0 1 1 3 1 6
THALES 1 0 2 1 2 6
UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA) 0 0 1 2 3 6
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 3 1 1 6
YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORP. 0 1 1 3 1 6
AZUL SYSTEMS, INC. 2 2 0 1 0 5
BOEING COMPANY 0 1 1 2 1 5
CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE, INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
DATADIRECT NETWORKS, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
EAGLE HARBOR HOLDINGS LLC 0 0 0 1 4 5
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 0 1 2 2 0 5
GENESYS LOGIC, INC. 1 0 0 0 4 5
INAPAC TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 3 0 0 0 5
INFORTREND TECHNOLOGY INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
INVENSYS SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 0 1 2 5
IROC TECHNOLOGIES 0 2 2 0 1 5
JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY 0 0 0 0 5 5
LECROY CORPORATION 0 2 2 1 0 5
MICREL INCORPORATED 0 1 4 0 0 5
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
NETWORK EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGIES 1 2 1 1 0 5
NOVELL, INC. 1 1 0 3 0 5
OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 0 1 2 2 0 5
ON-CHIP TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 0 0 1 0 5
QLOGIC CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 0 5
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 2 1 1 0 1 5
ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO., KG 0 1 3 0 1 5
SAPPHIRE INFOTECH, INC. 0 0 3 1 1 5
SEARETE LLC 0 0 4 1 0 5
SIGMATEL INC. 0 1 2 1 1 5
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 1 1 3 0 0 5
SILICON MOTION, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
SPANSION LLC 2 1 0 2 0 5
THE MATH WORKS, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
TIME WARNER CABLE 1 1 0 1 2 5
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 0 2 2 1 0 5
TRIDENT MICROSYSTEMS (FAR EAST) LTD. 0 0 1 2 2 5
TYCO TELECOMMUNICATIONS (US) INC. 1 3 0 1 0 5
WEGENER COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 3 0 1 0 1 5


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