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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 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 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Total
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 189 261 277 299 315 1341
HITACHI, LTD 194 212 162 174 221 963
INTEL CORPORATION 106 131 110 83 87 517
EMC CORPORATION 46 51 74 56 51 278
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 54 68 32 47 44 245
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 67 79 62 22 0 230
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 23 27 38 47 76 211
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 25 49 36 48 43 201
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 49 33 33 25 33 173
FUJITSU LIMITED 16 49 28 27 40 160
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 18 28 31 35 33 145
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 17 19 13 31 41 121
SYMANTEC OPERATING CORPORATION 7 31 30 29 16 113
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 43 68 111
SANDISK CORPORATION 16 24 22 21 24 107
NETAPP, INC. 0 5 12 30 43 90
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. 17 32 14 13 5 81
NVIDIA CORPORATION 9 18 24 16 13 80
BROADCOM CORPORATION 17 12 16 16 16 77
SONY CORPORATION 14 16 16 16 15 77
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 21 11 10 10 8 60
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 5 8 9 16 18 56
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 20 9 26 55
RAMBUS, INC. 16 17 11 3 6 53
LSI CORPORATION 7 6 8 15 16 52
ARM LIMITED 10 4 12 7 17 50
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 12 20 7 6 5 50
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 9 7 13 11 9 49
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 7 6 9 8 19 49
COMMVAULT SYSTEMS, INC. 2 9 8 14 15 48
SANDISK IL LTD. 3 6 4 12 23 48
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 20 15 5 6 1 47
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 6 16 10 4 10 46
NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 13 9 7 10 6 45
VMWARE, INC. 6 3 11 6 16 42
APPLE, INC. 5 3 2 16 15 41
QUALCOMM, INC. 2 8 9 10 11 40
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 5 6 9 9 9 38
NEC CORPORATION 6 9 8 10 5 38
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 14 9 5 7 38
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 8 7 6 6 8 35
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 12 8 7 6 1 34
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 9 5 10 8 2 34
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 7 5 3 4 13 32
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC. 3 2 4 10 12 31
MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INC. 3 1 11 9 7 31
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 7 11 3 4 5 30
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 18 11 0 0 0 29
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 4 3 4 5 13 29
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 2 6 7 7 6 28
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 5 2 6 7 6 26
NXP B.V. 2 5 6 6 6 25
ALTERA CORPORATION 5 5 6 2 6 24
INVENTEC CORPORATION 2 5 5 5 7 24
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 3 8 1 7 5 24
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 4 1 2 6 10 23
PHISON ELECTRONIC CORP. 4 1 0 2 16 23
SPANSION LLC 3 1 7 4 8 23
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 3 4 4 3 8 22
SUPER TALENT ELECTRONICS, INC. 2 1 2 8 9 22
UNISYS CORPORATION 7 8 5 1 1 22
XILINX, INC. 6 4 4 4 4 22
ATMEL CORPORATION 8 3 4 2 4 21
MEDIATEK INC. 1 10 4 2 4 21
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 0 9 3 4 5 21
VERITAS OPERATING CORPORATION 20 0 1 0 0 21
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 7 5 2 1 20
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. 0 0 2 10 8 20
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 0 1 17 18
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 6 2 4 2 3 17
QIMONDA AG 0 0 3 8 6 17
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 4 3 4 2 4 17
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 5 2 6 3 0 16
ACRONIS INC. 1 3 2 3 6 15
AZUL SYSTEMS, INC. 3 5 3 2 2 15
CRAY INC. 4 2 7 1 1 15
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 3 1 3 5 3 15
UNITY SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 0 1 5 9 15
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 2 2 4 6 0 14
CROSSROADS SYSTEMS, INC. 1 5 1 3 4 14
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2 0 3 5 4 14
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 0 1 6 3 4 14
NOKIA CORPORATION 2 1 3 5 3 14
QUANTUM CORP. (CA) 1 3 1 5 4 14
RED HAT, INC. 0 2 4 4 4 14
DOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP. 1 4 3 3 2 13
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 6 4 0 2 1 13
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 1 2 1 3 5 12
LEXAR MEDIA, INC. 2 3 3 2 2 12
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 4 7 1 0 0 12
ROUND ROCK RESEARCH, LLC 0 0 0 3 9 12
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 6 2 0 0 4 12
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 6 3 0 1 2 12
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 0 0 0 5 6 11
SIGMATEL INC. 0 2 6 3 0 11
WARATEK PTY LTD. 0 0 1 3 7 11
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 1 1 4 2 10
RMI CORPORATION 0 5 5 0 0 10
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 4 0 2 2 2 10
TDK CORPORATION 2 1 2 3 2 10
TILERA CORPORATION 0 1 2 5 2 10
DATARAM, INC. 0 3 0 0 6 9
GENESYS LOGIC, INC. 0 3 0 2 4 9
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 4 3 1 0 1 9
COPAN SYSTEMS, INC 5 2 1 0 0 8
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 0 1 4 2 8
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 3 3 2 8
MEGACHIPS CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 5 8
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 0 1 0 1 6 8
NEWISYS, INC. 4 4 0 0 0 8
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 2 1 0 2 3 8
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 0 0 8 8
SILICON MOTION, INC. 0 0 1 1 6 8
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 3 0 1 3 1 8
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 2 0 0 2 4 8
TEPLIN APPLICATION LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 0 2 6 0 0 8
THOMSON LICENSING 2 0 2 1 3 8
XIV LTD. 4 2 2 0 0 8
YAHOO, INC. 0 4 1 2 1 8
ADAPTEC, INC. 2 2 3 0 0 7
DENSO CORPORATION 2 1 1 0 3 7
IP FIRST LLC 5 2 0 0 0 7
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 1 2 1 2 1 7
QST HOLDINGS, L.L.C. 0 1 0 1 5 7
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 2 4 1 0 0 7
STEC, INC. 0 0 1 2 4 7
TRANSMETA CORPORATION 1 5 1 0 0 7
VIGNETTE SOFTWARE, LLC 0 0 0 3 4 7
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 2 3 0 0 6
FALCONSTOR, INC. 0 4 1 0 1 6
INFORTREND TECHNOLOGY INC. 0 2 1 1 2 6
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2 1 0 3 0 6
MOTOROLA, INC. 2 1 2 1 0 6
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 3 3 0 0 0 6
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 3 2 0 1 0 6
SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC. 0 0 0 3 3 6
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 1 1 1 0 3 6
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 4 1 0 1 0 6
VIRIDENT SYSTEMS INC. 0 0 0 2 4 6
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 2 0 0 2 6
XIOTECH CORPORATION 3 1 0 0 2 6
ARISTOS LOGIC CORPORATION 3 2 0 0 0 5
BEA SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 2 1 0 5
CLEVERSAFE, INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 1 0 0 2 2 5
DATADOMAIN, INC. 1 1 3 0 0 5
FOUNDRY NETWORKS, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 3 1 1 0 5
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 0 3 1 0 1 5
ISILON SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 0 2 2 5
MTEK VISION CO., LTD. 1 0 0 3 1 5
NOVELL, INC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
QIMONDA NORTH AMERICA CORP. 0 1 1 2 1 5
QNX SOFTWARE SYSTEMS GMBH & CO. KG 0 0 0 4 1 5
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 3 5
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 1 1 0 1 5
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 2 2 1 0 0 5
TOSHIBA STORAGE DEVICE CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 4 5
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION 0 2 1 1 1 5


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