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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 341, Coded Data Generation or Conversion

( 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. 33 36 42 26 26 163
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 28 34 33 25 22 142
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 27 27 28 34 15 131
SONY CORPORATION 24 21 21 22 16 104
BROADCOM CORPORATION 22 25 22 15 17 101
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 19 25 22 20 14 100
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 31 18 9 23 15 96
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 14 13 20 19 20 86
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 13 15 13 17 15 73
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 2 20 26 20 68
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 31 21 7 5 2 66
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 8 12 17 7 15 59
MEDIATEK INC. 6 8 9 14 21 58
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 7 9 14 7 19 56
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 10 13 4 10 17 54
NXP B.V. 4 11 16 7 13 51
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 23 23 1 0 0 47
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 11 9 13 5 5 43
FUJITSU LIMITED 11 9 1 3 18 42
INTEL CORPORATION 15 12 3 9 2 41
QUALCOMM, INC. 3 4 10 13 7 37
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 10 7 8 6 4 35
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 7 8 6 10 0 31
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 13 10 5 2 0 30
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 9 6 2 7 4 28
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5 7 10 3 2 27
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 0 2 25 27
ADVANTEST CORP. 1 6 7 5 7 26
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 3 7 5 9 25
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 5 4 1 10 5 25
ALTERA CORPORATION 6 9 1 4 4 24
NEC CORPORATION 7 6 2 4 5 24
RED HAT, INC. 0 0 10 10 4 24
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 10 5 3 4 1 23
DENSO CORPORATION 3 6 5 6 2 22
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 8 5 1 5 21
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 5 1 5 6 4 21
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 8 5 3 3 2 21
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 1 8 6 3 3 21
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 6 8 4 2 0 20
HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 3 4 7 3 2 19
NOKIA CORPORATION 5 5 2 4 3 19
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2 3 0 9 5 19
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 8 5 1 4 1 19
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 7 2 3 4 18
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 4 2 4 5 3 18
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 4 2 3 4 4 17
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 2 2 6 4 3 17
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 1 4 5 3 4 17
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 9 1 4 3 0 17
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 3 4 2 4 4 17
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 2 4 5 3 2 16
APPLE, INC. 1 2 2 7 4 16
ATMEL CORPORATION 1 4 2 5 4 16
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 3 3 4 2 4 16
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 0 2 6 4 4 16
LSI CORPORATION 0 0 3 6 7 16
THOMSON LICENSING 1 5 0 5 5 16
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 3 5 5 1 1 15
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 4 3 2 4 15
MOTOROLA, INC. 5 4 2 4 0 15
NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 7 3 2 3 0 15
OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 0 1 5 5 3 14
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 3 4 2 0 14
ZILOG, INC. 4 7 1 2 0 14
HITACHI, LTD 2 3 2 4 2 13
SIGMATEL INC. 6 3 3 1 0 13
KENET, INC. 2 1 2 4 3 12
SAMPLIFY SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 3 4 3 12
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 1 2 3 1 4 11
HIMAX MEDIA SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 0 1 4 6 11
INTERSIL AMERICAS INC. 1 1 0 3 6 11
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 1 0 2 3 5 11
NVIDIA CORPORATION 1 5 2 1 2 11
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 1 1 2 3 4 11
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 1 2 3 1 10
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 3 2 1 2 2 10
TERADYNE, INC. 4 2 3 1 0 10
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 5 1 1 1 9
MICRONAS GMBH 4 3 0 2 0 9
MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 2 1 1 4 1 9
NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY 0 0 1 1 7 9
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 3 6 0 0 0 9
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 0 3 4 2 0 9
SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY ACADEMIC RESEARCH CENTER 2 0 2 2 3 9
APTINA IMAGING CORPORATION 0 0 5 2 1 8
EXAR CORPORATION 0 1 2 4 1 8
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2 2 1 2 1 8
MEDTRONIC INC. 2 2 3 1 0 8
REALTIME DATA, LLC 1 5 0 2 0 8
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 2 2 3 1 0 8
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 1 0 3 3 1 8
WOLFSON MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 1 0 2 3 2 8
CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 2 0 3 7
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 2 1 4 0 0 7
FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 0 0 4 3 0 7
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 0 2 1 1 3 7
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 2 1 1 1 2 7
RAMBUS, INC. 4 1 0 2 0 7
RAYTHEON COMPANY 1 0 2 1 3 7
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 1 4 1 1 0 7
TEKTRONIX INC. 2 2 0 3 0 7
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 0 2 1 1 3 7
UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS, INC. 3 2 0 0 2 7
VERIGY PTE LTD 2 2 0 3 0 7
XILINX, INC. 1 3 2 0 1 7
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 3 1 1 1 6
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 1 2 0 0 3 6
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 0 3 2 6
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 0 0 0 1 5 6
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 3 2 1 0 6
NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY 2 0 1 3 0 6
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 2 2 0 1 1 6
OPTICHRON, INC. 1 3 1 1 0 6
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 0 2 1 2 6
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 1 3 0 2 6
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 0 1 0 2 3 6
YAMAHA CORPORATION 1 0 2 1 2 6
ACTEL CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 0 5
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 1 0 2 2 5
BOEING COMPANY 2 0 2 0 1 5
DIGITAL FOUNTAIN, INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5
ESS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 3 0 0 0 5
FORTEMEDIA, INC. 3 1 1 0 0 5
HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GMBH 3 1 1 0 0 5
HONG KONG APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO. LTD. 0 1 1 3 0 5
HYPRES, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATED SYSTEMS, L.P. 1 1 1 1 1 5
LECROY CORPORATION 2 2 1 0 0 5
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 1 0 2 2 0 5
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR GERMANY AG 0 4 1 0 0 5
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY 1 1 1 0 2 5
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 3 0 2 0 0 5
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 3 1 0 1 0 5
O2 MICRO INTERNATIONAL LTD. 2 1 1 1 0 5
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 2 2 0 1 0 5
ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO., KG 0 1 2 2 0 5
SIFLARE, INC 0 0 0 2 3 5
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 1 2 0 2 0 5
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 3 1 0 1 0 5


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