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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 712, Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (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 38 63 55 86 110 352
INTEL CORPORATION 47 48 37 31 33 196
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 22 30 42 11 0 105
ARM LIMITED 9 16 9 38 18 90
MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INC. 13 8 15 25 8 69
FUJITSU LIMITED 9 12 10 18 15 64
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 7 7 11 18 21 64
NVIDIA CORPORATION 6 7 18 10 12 53
QUALCOMM, INC. 3 4 12 19 11 49
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 11 9 4 8 8 40
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 2 7 12 10 8 39
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 18 20 38
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 9 15 3 6 4 37
ALTERA CORPORATION 6 5 6 6 11 34
BROADCOM CORPORATION 12 6 4 5 7 34
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 2 3 2 11 12 30
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 1 7 6 15 29
IP FIRST LLC 15 6 3 2 0 26
NXP B.V. 5 4 6 5 5 25
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 3 5 6 5 6 25
APPLE, INC. 1 6 5 1 10 23
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5 4 6 3 5 23
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 9 6 5 0 23
XILINX, INC. 3 3 7 8 2 23
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 2 2 4 8 6 22
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 4 2 4 8 22
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 8 6 3 3 0 20
MICROUNITY SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, INC. 4 4 3 6 2 19
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 2 7 3 5 2 19
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 3 5 1 6 4 19
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. 0 0 0 9 8 17
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 1 3 0 7 6 17
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4 2 2 6 3 17
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 6 9 0 0 0 15
NEC CORPORATION 2 2 2 5 4 15
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 2 3 3 3 2 13
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 3 4 0 2 3 12
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 1 1 5 5 0 12
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 5 1 1 2 11
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 4 1 0 4 2 11
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 0 5 4 0 10
VNS PORTFOLIO LLC 0 0 2 1 7 10
ATMEL CORPORATION 0 1 2 4 2 9
HITACHI, LTD 1 1 4 2 1 9
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 0 1 8 9
DENSO CORPORATION 2 0 0 2 4 8
TILERA CORPORATION 0 1 3 4 0 8
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 3 1 1 1 1 7
STRETCH, INC. 1 1 5 0 0 7
VERISILICON HOLDINGS, CO., LTD. 5 2 0 0 0 7
APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION 0 1 0 3 2 6
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 2 0 1 2 6
CLEARSPEED TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 0 1 3 2 0 6
RAMBUS, INC. 0 0 0 1 5 6
SONY CORPORATION 2 0 1 2 1 6
TRANSMETA CORPORATION 2 3 1 0 0 6
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 1 1 2 1 5
FARADAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 0 0 2 2 5
IMAGINATION TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 1 2 1 0 1 5
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 0 2 1 1 1 5
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 2 0 1 1 1 5
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 0 2 0 2 5
SEARETE LLC 0 0 2 3 0 5
SILICON HIVE B.V. 0 0 1 2 2 5
TENSILICA, INC. 2 1 0 1 1 5
XMOS LIMITED 0 0 2 1 2 5


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