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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 700, DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (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
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 58 64 50 62 93 327
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 24 22 33 40 40 159
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 18 22 15 36 34 125
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 13 13 16 45 37 124
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 23 22 15 28 21 109
SONY CORPORATION 13 19 11 29 21 93
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 17 11 11 23 25 87
FANUC LTD. 18 16 9 14 17 74
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 9 8 16 21 17 71
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 20 12 12 14 13 71
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 13 14 15 17 11 70
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 8 11 10 11 25 65
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 26 9 9 8 8 60
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 5 11 9 13 20 58
BOEING COMPANY 5 10 13 13 16 57
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 18 14 11 7 6 56
FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC. 5 10 9 18 14 56
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 1 12 20 18 51
HITACHI, LTD 15 11 8 7 6 47
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 8 12 12 6 8 46
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 4 5 3 13 14 39
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 10 5 7 9 7 38
YAMAHA CORPORATION 4 7 14 8 4 37
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 3 7 8 13 36
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 9 4 5 6 10 34
FUJITSU LIMITED 7 9 2 4 9 31
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 18 11 0 0 0 29
OMRON CORPORATION 6 6 7 5 3 27
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 5 8 5 5 27
ABB RESEARCH LTD. 5 5 1 5 9 25
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 2 8 8 3 25
SHIMA SEIKI MFG. LTD. 7 6 5 3 2 23
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC. 3 3 2 4 8 20
INTEL CORPORATION 3 6 6 4 1 20
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 5 2 1 7 5 20
APPLE, INC. 1 1 1 8 8 19
ASEA BROWN BOVERI AB 3 2 4 2 7 18
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 4 1 2 4 16
HUNTER INDUSTRIES, INC. 6 3 1 1 4 15
KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI 3 4 2 4 2 15
RAIN BIRD CORPORATION 1 3 4 4 3 15
WALKER DIGITAL, LLC 1 1 2 3 8 15
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 4 2 0 5 3 14
CATERPILLAR INC. 2 2 0 6 3 13
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 4 1 0 5 3 13
INTOUCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 10 0 0 3 0 13
INVENSYS SYSTEMS, INC. 2 2 1 5 3 13
JTEKT CORPORATION 2 1 1 4 5 13
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5 3 4 1 0 13
MKS INSTRUMENTS, INC. 1 4 1 4 3 13
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 2 0 2 2 7 13
ASML NETHERLANDS B.V. 3 1 3 3 2 12
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 1 3 4 2 2 12
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 4 2 1 3 2 12
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 2 3 3 2 2 12
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 1 4 3 2 1 11
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 0 3 2 5 1 11
MURATA KIKAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 3 2 3 2 11
OKUMA CORP. 1 0 1 4 5 11
XEROX CORPORATION 2 1 1 4 3 11
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 1 0 2 6 1 10
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 0 0 3 5 10
AUTOMED TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED 2 1 3 4 0 10
BROOKS AUTOMATION INC. 4 0 0 1 5 10
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. 0 1 0 6 3 10
HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 2 2 1 2 3 10
HUSKY INJECTION MOLDING SYSTEMS LIMITED 1 2 3 4 0 10
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC. 0 0 0 4 6 10
IROBOT CORPORATION 2 2 2 3 1 10
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 5 0 0 1 4 10
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 2 1 1 3 3 10
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, POSTAL SERVICE 0 0 0 5 5 10
AMADA COMPANY, LIMITED 5 2 0 2 0 9
CADENT LTD. 1 2 1 3 2 9
CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 3 0 3 1 2 9
DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD. 3 3 2 1 0 9
DENSO CORPORATION 3 2 1 1 2 9
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 2 7 9
PARATA SYSTEMS, LLC 3 0 2 2 2 9
SIEMENS BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 3 4 0 0 9
TORO COMPANY 1 2 3 1 2 9
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 1 3 0 2 3 9
WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 5 9
ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD 0 1 3 4 0 8
DAIFUKU CO., LTD. 1 0 1 4 2 8
DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. 1 2 1 3 1 8
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 0 0 4 4 8
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. 0 0 0 5 3 8
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 0 2 5 1 0 8
HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 2 0 3 3 8
KUKA ROBOTER GMBH 2 2 2 2 0 8
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 1 0 3 3 1 8
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 1 0 2 4 8
NOKIA CORPORATION 2 2 2 2 0 8
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 2 2 1 1 8
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 3 1 2 0 8
SIEMENS ENERGY & AUTOMATION, INC. 3 0 4 1 0 8
SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC. 0 0 0 4 4 8
SMP LOGIC SYSTEMS LLC 0 6 1 1 0 8
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 2 1 1 0 4 8
YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORP. 1 0 0 3 4 8
ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 0 0 3 3 7
DRESSER, INC. 1 0 2 1 3 7
FORD MOTOR COMPANY 1 3 1 1 1 7
HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC. 1 0 1 2 3 7
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. 3 0 1 2 1 7
KLA-TENCOR TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 4 1 0 1 1 7
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 0 2 1 4 0 7
NORDEX ENERGY GMBH 1 0 0 3 3 7
OBJET GEOMETRIES LTD. 2 1 0 1 3 7
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 0 0 2 1 4 7
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 1 2 0 1 3 7
REDBOX AUTOMATED RETAIL, L.L.C. 0 1 1 4 1 7
ROSEMOUNT INC. 2 1 0 2 2 7
SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY 0 0 0 3 4 7
SIGMATEL INC. 0 1 0 3 3 7
STRATASYS, INC. 0 1 1 1 4 7
TOSHIBA MACHINE CO., LTD. 2 2 0 1 2 7
TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 0 0 1 6 7
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 3 1 2 6
BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC 0 0 3 1 2 6
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 3 1 0 6
EMERSON PROCESS MANAGEMENT POWER & WATER SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 0 0 3 3 6
EVOLUTION ROBOTICS, INC. 2 0 0 2 2 6
EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY 0 1 1 3 1 6
F ROBOTICS ACQUISITIONS LTD. 1 2 0 2 1 6
FIRST DATA CORPORATION 2 3 0 1 0 6
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 3 2 1 0 0 6
HONEYWELL ASCA INC. 0 1 3 2 0 6
HURCO COMPANIES, INC. 0 0 0 3 3 6
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 3 0 0 2 1 6
MTU AERO ENGINES GMBH 0 3 0 0 3 6
NCR CORPORATION 2 0 0 0 4 6
NEC CORPORATION 1 0 2 0 3 6
NITTO DENKO CORPORATION 0 2 1 0 3 6
PANASONIC ELECTRIC WORKS CO., LTD. 0 0 0 5 1 6
SMART SYNCH, INC. 1 2 0 1 2 6
TERADYNE, INC. 0 0 0 0 6 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 1 0 2 1 2 6
YAMAZAKI MAZAK CORPORATION 3 3 0 0 0 6
YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD. 0 1 1 1 3 6
ABB, INC. 2 2 0 1 0 5
ASM JAPAN K.K. 0 1 0 1 3 5
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 0 3 0 2 5
CARRIER CORPORATION 3 0 1 0 1 5
DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0 0 2 1 2 5
EBARA CORPORATION 2 0 0 2 1 5
ENVISIONTEC GMBH 0 0 1 2 2 5
FANUC ROBOTICS NORTH AMERICA, INC. 1 0 0 2 2 5
FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 2 0 1 2 5
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
GRIDPOINT, INC. 1 0 1 2 1 5
INOTERA MEMORIES, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
INVENTEC CORPORATION 0 3 2 0 0 5
JVM CO., LTD. 3 2 0 0 0 5
KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 1 1 1 1 5
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 0 2 1 1 1 5
MORI SEIKI CO., LTD. 3 0 1 0 1 5
NEUCO, INC. 2 2 0 0 1 5
NOVELLUS SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
NVIDIA CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 1 5
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 1 1 1 1 1 5
PEGASUS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG 1 1 0 1 2 5
POWERCHIP SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 4 1 0 0 0 5
PRECISION AUTOMATION, INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
QUAD/GRAPHICS INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
SAMSUNG KWANG-JU ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 0 2 3 0 5
SOMFY 0 1 0 2 2 5
SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. 2 1 1 0 1 5
THOMSON LICENSING 2 1 0 0 2 5
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE 1 4 0 0 0 5
WALGREEN CO. 0 0 0 2 3 5


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