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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 710, Input/Output (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 71 86 158 170 136 621
INTEL CORPORATION 79 64 67 74 51 335
HITACHI, LTD 28 33 24 35 41 161
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 16 27 25 41 35 144
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 28 33 18 33 28 140
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 24 16 33 35 26 134
FUJITSU LIMITED 17 25 16 20 25 103
APPLE, INC. 8 12 22 25 34 101
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 17 11 26 24 23 101
BROADCOM CORPORATION 15 12 21 23 28 99
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 15 14 21 25 16 91
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 8 18 22 16 15 79
LSI CORPORATION 5 7 15 23 27 77
SONY CORPORATION 10 11 14 17 25 77
EMC CORPORATION 13 17 17 14 15 76
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 9 19 16 12 10 66
NVIDIA CORPORATION 6 15 16 13 12 62
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 2 15 33 12 62
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 8 8 13 13 16 58
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 12 14 7 11 12 56
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 11 9 13 12 11 56
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 6 14 14 16 6 56
XILINX, INC. 3 16 9 15 10 53
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 7 6 3 16 17 49
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 11 11 16 9 0 47
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 12 13 7 2 10 44
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 10 7 8 14 41
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 2 8 3 13 12 38
ARM LIMITED 8 5 4 11 9 37
NXP B.V. 3 8 5 9 12 37
ALTERA CORPORATION 8 6 5 9 8 36
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 20 4 5 3 2 34
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC. 2 5 6 10 11 34
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 6 7 9 7 2 31
ATEN INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 1 4 7 12 5 29
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 3 4 8 10 29
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 11 5 2 4 6 28
QUALCOMM, INC. 6 5 2 6 8 27
RAMBUS, INC. 6 2 10 2 7 27
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 3 5 12 4 26
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 10 6 6 4 0 26
QLOGIC CORPORATION 2 7 5 5 5 24
EMULEX DESIGN & MANUFACTURING CORPORATION 1 3 2 10 7 23
NEC CORPORATION 2 5 2 9 5 23
SANDISK CORPORATION 4 5 6 5 3 23
INVENTEC CORPORATION 5 5 6 3 3 22
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 11 11 22
CROSSROADS SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 3 5 10 21
MEDIATEK INC. 2 3 4 6 6 21
STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION 1 2 9 2 7 21
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 2 3 5 7 3 20
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 3 3 2 8 4 20
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 11 9 0 0 0 20
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 4 3 3 10 0 20
NOKIA CORPORATION 5 3 6 2 4 20
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 0 3 17 20
SANDISK IL LTD. 2 2 2 7 7 20
SUPER TALENT ELECTRONICS, INC. 0 3 2 10 5 20
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 2 3 4 9 19
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 0 1 4 5 9 19
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 0 2 2 8 7 19
THOMSON LICENSING 4 3 3 3 6 19
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 2 3 7 3 3 18
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 1 2 6 5 4 18
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 3 0 2 6 6 17
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 2 7 2 4 2 17
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 4 2 2 5 1 14
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 0 3 5 5 14
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 1 2 5 4 14
UNISYS CORPORATION 4 1 1 5 3 14
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 5 3 3 2 0 13
SONICS, INC. 5 1 2 4 1 13
SYMANTEC OPERATING CORPORATION 1 2 4 6 0 13
DOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP. 0 6 5 1 0 12
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 0 2 5 4 12
FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 0 0 5 7 0 12
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 3 1 4 3 1 12
ATMEL CORPORATION 2 2 1 6 0 11
BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. 1 4 3 2 1 11
DENSO CORPORATION 2 1 7 1 0 11
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 0 1 3 4 3 11
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 0 0 1 7 3 11
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 4 0 3 2 11
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 5 6 0 0 0 11
PALM, INC. 1 0 4 6 0 11
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 1 3 1 6 11
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 2 3 2 4 11
BOEING COMPANY 3 4 2 0 1 10
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 0 6 4 10
SILICON IMAGE, INC. 2 1 2 3 2 10
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 2 0 2 3 10
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 0 2 5 2 0 9
MOTOROLA, INC. 2 2 4 1 0 9
O2 MICRO INTERNATIONAL LTD. 2 6 1 0 0 9
QUANTA COMPUTER INC. 3 0 3 2 1 9
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 0 4 1 3 0 8
PHISON ELECTRONIC CORP. 3 2 2 0 1 8
ROUND ROCK RESEARCH, LLC 0 0 0 0 8 8
XEROX CORPORATION 1 0 1 3 3 8
FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 0 3 3 7
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 0 2 2 0 3 7
FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED 0 1 2 2 2 7
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 1 3 3 7
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 0 2 2 2 7
NETAPP, INC. 0 2 1 2 2 7
P.A. SEMI, INC. 1 3 3 0 0 7
QUANTUM CORP. (CA) 0 0 4 2 1 7
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 1 1 0 3 2 7
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 2 1 1 1 2 7
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 2 1 1 0 6
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 3 1 1 0 1 6
DIGI INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 0 1 2 1 6
FINISAR CORPORATION 1 1 0 2 2 6
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 0 0 0 1 5 6
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 2 1 1 1 1 6
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 0 2 2 2 0 6
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 0 0 1 1 4 6
LANTIQ DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 0 0 0 2 4 6
MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 4 0 2 6
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. 1 1 0 1 3 6
NEXTIO INC. 3 1 1 1 0 6
OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 0 0 4 2 0 6
QIMONDA AG 0 0 0 3 3 6
SIGMATEL INC. 1 2 1 2 0 6
SILICON SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 2 2 1 6
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 2 1 0 0 3 6
ADAPTEC, INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
ALCATEL LUCENT 0 1 0 3 1 5
APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 1 5
AVOCENT CORPORATION 0 1 2 2 0 5
BECKHOFF AUTOMATION GMBH 0 0 0 1 4 5
BELKIN INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
DEARBORN GROUP, INC. 0 1 0 2 2 5
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 0 2 0 2 5
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATED SYSTEMS, L.P. 0 2 0 3 0 5
LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED 0 0 0 1 4 5
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 3 1 1 0 0 5
PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG 0 0 0 2 3 5
PMC-SIERRA LTD. 0 0 2 3 0 5
PMC-SIERRA US, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
REDPINE SIGNALS, INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 1 1 1 2 0 5
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 0 0 1 1 3 5
SRC COMPUTERS, INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
ST-ERICSSON SA 0 0 1 3 1 5


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