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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 326, Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry

( 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
ALTERA CORPORATION 70 58 44 53 33 258
XILINX, INC. 51 38 42 52 21 204
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 33 44 37 35 9 158
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 30 35 29 19 34 147
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 18 21 20 44 39 142
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 18 13 19 31 12 93
ACTEL CORPORATION 13 27 20 14 17 91
TABULA, INC. 11 12 31 14 10 78
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 12 20 19 14 8 73
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 16 7 19 15 13 70
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 11 8 12 16 19 66
INTEL CORPORATION 19 21 7 9 3 59
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 13 12 13 17 0 55
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 14 22 7 3 4 50
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 13 8 6 9 10 46
FUJITSU LIMITED 10 13 7 8 4 42
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 9 5 4 15 8 41
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 1 11 18 10 40
ELPIDA MEMORY, INC. 5 3 7 7 9 31
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 12 3 4 6 5 30
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 0 2 27 29
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 7 11 5 6 0 29
RAMBUS, INC. 9 4 4 5 6 28
NXP B.V. 5 3 4 9 6 27
BROADCOM CORPORATION 6 4 5 6 5 26
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 1 9 4 7 5 26
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 11 3 5 4 2 25
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 9 2 4 5 24
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 9 14 0 0 0 23
STMICROELECTRONICS PVT. LTD. 11 4 3 1 4 23
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 8 4 5 2 3 22
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 3 5 4 4 5 21
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 8 3 2 3 4 20
LSI CORPORATION 8 2 0 3 6 19
QUALCOMM, INC. 2 1 2 5 9 19
SONY CORPORATION 5 4 3 5 2 19
NEC CORPORATION 2 3 3 4 6 18
HITACHI, LTD 1 2 3 6 5 17
NANTERO, INC. 5 1 2 6 2 16
VICICIV TECHNOLOGY 11 5 0 0 0 16
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 4 3 2 5 1 15
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 6 1 6 1 15
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 0 0 0 5 9 14
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 3 4 2 4 1 14
TIER-LOGIC, INC. 0 3 6 5 0 14
ADVANTAGE LOGIC, INC. 1 3 1 4 4 13
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 6 0 0 5 2 13
ELEMENT CXI, LLC 0 3 2 3 4 12
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 1 2 2 5 12
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 5 2 1 0 4 12
TRANSMETA CORPORATION 5 5 2 0 0 12
CSWITCH CORPORATION 0 8 3 0 0 11
D-WAVE SYSTEMS INC. 2 0 3 2 4 11
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 3 4 2 2 0 11
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION 0 0 1 5 5 11
APPLE, INC. 0 0 1 3 6 10
HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 0 4 2 2 2 10
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 0 4 5 1 0 10
NVIDIA CORPORATION 0 1 4 4 1 10
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 2 3 3 1 10
SYNOPSYS INC. 0 1 1 4 4 10
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 4 1 0 3 1 9
ATMEL CORPORATION 3 1 2 0 3 9
MEDIATEK INC. 0 1 2 4 2 9
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 1 2 2 4 0 9
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 3 6 0 0 0 9
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 7 2 9
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 3 3 2 1 0 9
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 0 1 2 3 3 9
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 1 1 2 2 8
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 3 2 1 0 2 8
FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 0 0 3 5 0 8
NORTHERN LIGHTS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 1 6 0 1 0 8
NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 2 2 1 3 0 8
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 0 2 3 1 8
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 5 3 0 0 0 8
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 4 0 4 0 0 8
ADVANTEST CORP. 1 1 2 1 2 7
DENSO CORPORATION 3 1 0 2 1 7
MARVELL ISRAEL (MISL) LTD. 0 1 1 1 4 7
PMC-SIERRA LTD. 2 1 1 0 3 7
QIMONDA AG 0 2 1 2 2 7
TERNARYLOGIC LLC 1 2 1 3 0 7
AGATE LOGIC, INC. 0 0 0 3 3 6
ARM LIMITED 1 0 0 3 2 6
EASIC CORPORATION 1 2 2 1 0 6
ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 1 1 3 6
FARADAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 1 0 0 2 6
HYPRES, INC. 0 1 2 2 1 6
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 4 2 0 0 0 6
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 0 1 0 3 2 6
OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 0 0 3 2 1 6
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC 3 0 0 2 1 6
SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL (SHANGHAI) CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 1 6
UNITY SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 3 6
ACHRONIX SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 3 5
AGATE LOGIC (BEIJING), INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
AU OPTRONICS CORP. 2 2 1 0 0 5
DONGBU HITEK CO., LTD. 0 1 0 1 3 5
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 1 1 2 1 5
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 2 1 2 0 5
INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORPORATION 1 1 2 0 1 5
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 0 1 2 0 2 5
NATIONAL SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY 0 0 0 2 3 5
NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY 1 2 0 0 2 5
SICRONIC REMOTE KG, LLC 0 2 1 1 1 5
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 0 2 0 2 1 5


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