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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 717, DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing)

( 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 111 152 199 220 284 966
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 97 95 172 215 129 708
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 20 24 38 71 60 213
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 72 55 38 19 0 184
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 35 31 23 45 26 160
INTEL CORPORATION 36 29 26 42 27 160
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 12 14 15 36 25 102
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 54 31 85
BEA SYSTEMS, INC. 15 15 26 24 0 80
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 5 10 5 27 33 80
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 7 6 15 19 20 67
THE MATH WORKS, INC. 2 6 10 20 21 59
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 6 9 2 10 10 37
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 1 5 6 9 11 32
APPLE, INC. 3 1 5 12 11 32
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 6 3 5 13 5 32
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 1 3 3 11 12 30
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 7 8 4 8 2 29
FUJITSU LIMITED 7 3 2 9 7 28
EMC CORPORATION 7 4 6 8 2 27
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 1 12 9 5 27
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 4 4 10 5 27
HITACHI, LTD 6 3 5 5 6 25
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 1 6 4 7 6 24
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 1 3 1 8 8 21
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 1 3 1 8 7 20
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 4 2 5 5 19
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 4 1 3 5 6 19
SONY CORPORATION 3 4 2 5 4 18
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 1 3 2 7 5 18
NVIDIA CORPORATION 3 3 0 1 9 16
NOKIA CORPORATION 6 2 3 2 1 14
TRANSITIVE LIMITED 4 9 1 0 0 14
UNISYS CORPORATION 4 5 3 2 0 14
SIEBEL SYSTEMS, INC. 3 2 1 5 2 13
XILINX, INC. 1 1 3 4 4 13
INVENSYS SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 2 2 6 11
NEC CORPORATION 5 1 3 0 2 11
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC. 0 3 2 3 2 10
BORLAND SOFTWARE CORPORATION 2 2 2 4 0 10
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 4 2 1 3 0 10
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 3 0 2 1 4 10
MCAFEE, INC. 2 0 1 3 4 10
SYMANTEC OPERATING CORPORATION 0 0 2 6 2 10
ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. 0 0 4 3 2 9
ALTERA CORPORATION 3 1 1 1 3 9
LSI CORPORATION 4 2 1 1 1 9
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 2 0 1 1 5 9
WIND RIVER SYSTEMS, INC. 4 0 1 1 3 9
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 5 1 1 1 0 8
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 1 1 1 4 1 8
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 6 2 0 0 0 8
NOVELL, INC. 1 0 0 4 3 8
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 2 0 1 4 1 8
PARASOFT CORPORATION 1 1 2 0 4 8
RED HAT, INC. 0 0 1 1 6 8
SAP PORTALS ISRAEL LTD. 0 0 1 3 4 8
ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED 0 0 0 0 7 7
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 2 1 2 1 1 7
ARM LIMITED 1 1 2 3 0 7
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 0 1 1 4 7
DENSO CORPORATION 1 1 0 2 3 7
ELECTRIC CLOUD, INC. 2 1 1 1 2 7
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 1 1 2 2 7
INTUIT, INC. 1 0 1 2 3 7
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 5 1 0 0 7
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. 3 3 0 0 1 7
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 0 0 1 4 2 7
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 0 0 1 2 4 7
VMWARE, INC. 2 0 1 3 1 7
ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES GMBH 2 1 1 1 1 6
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 2 1 1 2 6
BOEING COMPANY 4 0 1 0 1 6
BROADCOM CORPORATION 1 1 4 0 0 6
ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION 3 2 1 0 0 6
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 0 0 0 2 4 6
MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INC. 3 0 0 3 0 6
MOTOROLA, INC. 0 2 1 3 0 6
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 0 1 1 2 2 6
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 1 2 2 6
SAS INSTITUTE, INC. 0 1 0 3 2 6
UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA) 0 0 0 5 1 6
ZENPRISE, INC. 0 0 0 0 6 6
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 1 3 1 5
COMPUWARE CORPORATION 2 2 0 1 0 5
COVIA LABS, INC. 0 0 0 5 0 5
GOOGLE, INC. 0 1 0 2 2 5
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 1 1 1 1 1 5
NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
NETAPP, INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
RAMCO SYSTEMS LIMITED 0 0 3 2 0 5
RAYTHEON COMPANY 2 2 0 0 1 5
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 3 5
SOSY, INC. 1 1 2 0 1 5
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 3 1 0 1 0 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 2 1 1 0 1 5
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
XEROX CORPORATION 2 0 1 1 1 5
YAHOO, INC. 1 0 0 1 3 5


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