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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 704, DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (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
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 93 96 110 113 84 496
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 56 71 55 45 67 294
NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 8 3 25 59 85 180
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 26 30 23 43 32 154
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. 0 6 36 37 63 142
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 9 10 15 37 31 102
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 2 26 41 31 100
SONY CORPORATION 28 31 11 13 14 97
AT&T CORP. 43 32 3 2 1 81
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 9 7 9 19 32 76
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 20 15 16 13 11 75
NOKIA CORPORATION 11 15 18 21 9 74
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 10 11 18 15 12 66
FUJITSU LIMITED 13 8 4 12 20 57
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 3 2 6 23 23 57
INTEL CORPORATION 22 14 9 4 4 53
BROADCOM CORPORATION 7 7 9 8 18 49
APPLE, INC. 5 6 8 6 17 42
MOTOROLA, INC. 15 9 8 9 0 41
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 23 16 0 0 0 39
NEC CORPORATION 9 8 8 7 7 39
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 11 7 10 2 8 38
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2 8 7 11 7 35
XEROX CORPORATION 1 5 9 11 7 33
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 5 7 3 8 5 28
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. 1 9 5 3 8 26
GOOGLE, INC. 0 2 4 7 12 25
QUALCOMM, INC. 3 4 5 4 8 24
FRANCE TELECOM 2 5 4 11 1 23
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 1 6 1 14 22
DOLBY LABORATORIES INC. 3 9 4 1 5 22
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 5 2 9 2 22
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 9 5 4 0 2 20
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 4 4 5 3 4 20
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 1 1 5 5 8 20
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 6 7 1 5 1 20
YAMAHA CORPORATION 3 6 5 1 5 20
CODING TECHNOLOGIES AB 5 3 4 2 5 19
MINDSPEED TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 4 4 2 4 19
PHOENIX SOLUTIONS, INC. 3 2 2 10 2 19
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 7 4 4 2 19
DENSO CORPORATION 1 5 5 4 3 18
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 4 6 5 1 2 18
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 8 5 0 2 3 18
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 4 1 3 5 4 17
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 0 0 1 4 11 16
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 4 1 2 5 3 15
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 6 0 1 3 4 14
QNX SOFTWARE SYSTEMS CO. 0 0 0 2 12 14
SONY DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 2 3 1 6 2 14
VOICEBOX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 4 3 6 14
WEST CORPORATION 4 1 1 4 4 14
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 1 1 1 5 5 13
KABUSHIKI KAISHA KENWOOD 1 2 3 7 0 13
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 9 4 0 0 0 13
VOICE SIGNAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 0 4 5 2 13
DICTAPHONE CORPORATION 1 1 2 5 3 12
HITACHI, LTD 2 2 3 2 3 12
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 2 2 1 3 4 12
MULTIMODAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 3 3 5 11
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 3 0 1 6 1 11
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 4 0 0 2 5 11
STMICROELECTRONICS ASIA PACIFIC PTE LIMITED 1 2 2 4 2 11
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DIRECTOR NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY 0 5 1 5 0 11
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 3 2 4 0 2 11
ALPINE ELECTRONICS INC. 1 1 4 1 2 9
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 3 2 2 1 9
GENERAL MOTORS LLC 0 0 0 4 5 9
SIEBEL SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 3 2 1 9
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 0 0 1 3 5 9
SRI INTERNATIONAL 3 1 2 3 0 9
VOICEAGE CORPORATION 3 0 1 2 3 9
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 1 1 4 8
ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. 0 0 2 6 0 8
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 3 1 3 0 1 8
DILITHIUM NETWORKS PTY LTD. 4 3 0 1 0 8
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 1 0 2 2 3 8
QNX SOFTWARE SYSTEMS (WAVEMAKERS), INC. 1 0 4 3 0 8
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 4 1 1 2 0 8
VERIZON CORPORATE SERVICES GROUP INC. 1 5 1 1 0 8
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 0 1 0 4 2 7
BEVOCAL, INC. 3 2 0 1 1 7
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 1 2 1 2 1 7
DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG 3 2 1 0 1 7
EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE 0 1 0 4 2 7
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 2 1 2 1 7
HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GMBH 0 5 0 1 1 7
LANGUAGE WEAVER, INC. 0 1 1 4 1 7
LOQUENDO S.P.A. 0 1 2 2 2 7
NOVELL, INC. 2 2 2 1 0 7
ROBERT BOSCH CORPORATION 0 1 0 1 5 7
SENSORY, INC. 0 1 1 3 2 7
SHAW STROZ LLC 1 2 1 1 2 7
SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P. 5 2 0 0 0 7
TEGIC COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 2 2 2 1 7
TELLABS OPERATIONS INC. 1 3 0 0 3 7
TELLME NETWORKS, INC. 2 0 2 2 1 7
THOMSON LICENSING 1 3 1 1 1 7
YAHOO, INC. 1 2 0 2 2 7
EASTERN INVESTMENTS, LLC 1 5 0 0 0 6
NEXIDIA INC. 1 0 2 1 2 6
NICE SYSTEMS LTD. 0 0 0 3 3 6
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 2 0 0 1 3 6
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 0 0 2 1 3 6
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 0 0 0 1 5 6
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 1 3 2 0 0 6
ALCATEL 1 0 1 3 0 5
AOL LLC 1 1 0 1 2 5
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORP. 2 2 0 1 0 5
GLOBALENGLISH CORPORATION 0 2 0 2 1 5
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 3 0 1 0 1 5
INTELLISIST, INC. 0 2 0 1 2 5
ITTIAM SYSTEMS (P) LTD. 0 0 1 4 0 5
KONINKLIJKE KPN N.V. 1 2 1 1 0 5
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 1 0 0 1 3 5
LUMEN VOX, LLC 0 3 0 0 2 5
NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY 2 0 1 2 0 5
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY 0 1 2 1 1 5
PIONEER CORPORATION 2 1 0 1 1 5
SONY ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT LLC 0 0 1 1 3 5
TOYOTA INFOTECHNOLOGY CENTER CO., LTD. 3 1 0 0 1 5
UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 3 5
VERINT AMERICAS INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 3 0 1 0 1 5


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