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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 365, Static Information Storage and Retrieval

( 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
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 197 259 313 378 329 1476
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 164 153 217 331 327 1192
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 246 215 178 178 240 1057
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 166 163 186 190 231 936
SANDISK CORPORATION 81 139 149 71 42 482
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 65 85 98 108 71 427
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 60 62 75 70 78 345
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 122 125 37 26 17 327
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 110 106 62 41 4 323
ELPIDA MEMORY, INC. 35 36 45 77 67 260
SPANSION LLC 50 40 37 51 50 228
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 23 25 59 50 36 193
INTEL CORPORATION 52 34 44 30 28 188
QIMONDA AG 0 19 20 61 45 145
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 34 26 30 30 17 137
FUJITSU LIMITED 59 45 12 8 12 136
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 26 27 30 28 15 126
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 8 35 43 35 121
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 0 17 104 121
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 2 2 2 29 84 119
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 16 27 22 26 26 117
SANDISK 3D LLC 19 13 29 30 22 113
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 18 28 22 37 0 105
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 8 5 22 26 33 94
HITACHI, LTD 29 18 18 18 10 93
ATMEL CORPORATION 22 25 19 14 12 92
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 26 29 6 13 8 82
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 49 32 0 0 0 81
NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 15 15 7 15 26 78
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 22 19 22 8 7 78
SONY CORPORATION 26 17 15 7 12 77
ALTERA CORPORATION 13 17 10 9 23 72
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 17 20 14 8 10 69
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 29 12 12 7 8 68
FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 0 0 40 27 0 67
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 9 13 8 21 14 65
XILINX, INC. 19 9 9 16 7 60
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 0 0 0 18 40 58
QUALCOMM, INC. 9 2 9 15 23 58
UNITY SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 4 10 6 12 26 58
NEC CORPORATION 11 6 8 15 15 55
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 21 10 7 6 8 52
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 5 8 9 18 10 50
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 2 9 14 16 8 49
NXP B.V. 9 9 8 8 11 45
QIMONDA NORTH AMERICA CORP. 0 8 19 17 1 45
BROADCOM CORPORATION 9 6 6 11 12 44
OVONYX, INC. 1 10 5 12 16 44
RAMBUS, INC. 6 6 7 9 14 42
SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 10 7 3 15 4 39
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 6 5 9 7 10 37
ARM LIMITED 4 5 6 7 13 35
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 3 4 6 11 11 35
SAIFUN SEMICONDUCTORS, LTD. 5 11 8 11 0 35
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 0 0 34 34
GRANDIS, INC. 11 4 7 5 5 32
SANDISK IL LTD. 1 3 6 7 15 32
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 12 4 9 3 3 31
ACTEL CORPORATION 6 6 10 5 2 29
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 7 4 6 6 5 28
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 5 10 5 5 3 28
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 6 3 4 4 10 27
TDK CORPORATION 7 8 5 5 2 27
ELITE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY TECHNOLOGY INC. 3 10 4 4 5 26
MAGIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 4 9 7 5 26
NAN YA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 4 2 8 11 26
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 13 12 1 0 0 26
APPLE, INC. 1 0 7 6 11 25
OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 0 1 11 8 5 25
LSI CORPORATION 5 5 4 6 4 24
VIRAGE LOGIC CORPORATION 5 2 5 12 0 24
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 8 4 4 6 0 22
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 6 7 4 0 22
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 6 7 3 1 5 22
E-MEMORY TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 9 3 2 4 21
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 8 4 6 2 1 21
ROUND ROCK RESEARCH, LLC 0 0 0 6 15 21
STMICROELECTRONICS PVT. LTD. 7 6 4 3 0 20
ANOBIT TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 0 1 1 5 12 19
ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 2 3 6 5 19
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 5 6 6 2 0 19
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES FLASH GMBH & CO. KG 10 5 3 1 0 19
NANTERO, INC. 5 2 2 6 4 19
MEDIATEK INC. 3 2 5 4 4 18
NSCORE INC. 3 5 6 4 0 18
NOVELICS, LLC 0 4 2 9 2 17
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 0 1 1 4 10 16
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 9 2 1 2 1 15
SYNOPSYS INC. 2 2 0 0 11 15
NVIDIA CORPORATION 0 0 6 7 1 14
APLUS FLASH TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 5 0 3 1 13
CONTOUR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 2 4 4 3 13
INNOVATIVE SILICON ISI SA 0 0 11 2 0 13
MOSYS, INCORPORATED 0 3 5 2 3 13
T-RAM SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 2 5 0 2 4 13
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 6 1 1 2 12
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 0 0 3 7 2 12
INNOVATIVE SILICON S.A. 9 3 0 0 0 12
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 0 3 2 5 2 12
NETLIST, INC. 2 0 3 0 7 12
SOLID STATE STORAGE SOLUTIONS, LLC 0 6 2 1 3 12
FLASHSILICON INCORPORATION 0 1 3 4 3 11
HALO LSI, INC. 2 6 0 0 3 11
SKYMEDI CORPORATION 1 3 1 2 3 10
STEC, INC. 0 2 1 1 6 10
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 1 4 1 2 1 9
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 1 1 0 0 7 9
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 0 3 1 3 2 9
IMPINJ, INC. 8 1 0 0 0 9
MAGSIL CORPORATION 2 1 0 4 2 9
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 1 2 3 1 9
SIGMATEL INC. 4 3 0 1 1 9
KILOPASS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 2 3 0 1 8
KINGSTON TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 1 1 2 2 2 8
POWERCHIP SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 2 2 1 2 1 8
QIMONDA FLASH GMBH & CO. KG 0 2 4 2 0 8
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 2 2 0 1 3 8
SUPER TALENT ELECTRONICS, INC. 0 3 2 1 2 8
THIN FILM ELECTRONICS ASA 4 2 0 2 0 8
APTINA IMAGING CORPORATION 0 0 5 1 1 7
DONGBU ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 3 1 1 2 0 7
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 3 0 0 1 7
INTERSIL AMERICAS INC. 1 0 2 1 3 7
JONKER LLC 0 0 0 5 2 7
NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY 2 0 2 1 2 7
PROMOS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 1 0 2 0 7
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC 0 1 1 1 4 7
SIDENSE CORP. 0 0 1 2 4 7
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 4 1 0 0 6
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 2 0 3 1 6
EVERSPIN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 3 1 1 6
GENUSION, INC. 0 0 2 1 3 6
HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 3 1 0 1 1 6
INVISAGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 3 3 6
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 3 1 0 2 0 6
NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY 0 0 0 4 2 6
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 2 4 6
PHISON ELECTRONIC CORP. 2 1 0 1 2 6
PROMOS TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD. 0 1 1 2 2 6
PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION 1 1 2 1 1 6
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 0 1 3 1 6
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 1 1 2 2 0 6
UNITED MEMORIES, INC. 1 2 3 0 0 6
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 1 6
ZMOS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 2 1 2 6
AGATE LOGIC, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
CROCUS TECHNOLOGY S.A. 0 0 1 1 3 5
DONGBU HITEK CO., LTD. 0 1 0 2 2 5
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 1 2 2 0 5
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES NORTH AMERICA CORP. 2 2 1 0 0 5
METARAM, INC. 0 1 4 0 0 5
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 0 0 1 0 4 5
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 2 0 1 0 2 5
NOKIA CORPORATION 1 1 2 0 1 5
NORTHERN LIGHTS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 2 1 2 0 0 5
NVE CORPORATION 3 0 0 2 0 5
P.A. SEMI, INC. 3 1 1 0 0 5
RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 1 0 0 2 2 5
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 1 0 0 3 1 5
SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL (SHANGHAI) CORPORATION 1 0 0 3 1 5
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 1 0 2 1 5
SILICON SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
STMICROELECTRONICS (CROLLES 2) SAS 0 0 1 2 2 5
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 3 2 0 0 0 5
SUVOLTA, INC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
SYMETRIX CORPORATION 2 0 1 1 1 5


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