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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 716, Computer-Aided Design and Analysis of Circuits and Semiconductor Masks

( 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
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 90 138 124 180 246 778
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 34 45 68 98 89 334
XILINX, INC. 44 59 61 50 64 278
SYNOPSYS INC. 35 30 46 45 67 223
ALTERA CORPORATION 45 51 34 36 32 198
FUJITSU LIMITED 43 42 16 36 45 182
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 23 30 29 33 37 152
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 28 26 29 43 13 139
LSI CORPORATION 28 35 21 14 21 119
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 9 14 10 11 19 63
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 24 20 5 0 0 49
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 10 13 6 11 8 48
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 7 9 8 10 13 47
INTEL CORPORATION 18 11 8 4 4 45
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 25 17 0 0 0 42
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 9 8 16 9 0 42
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 7 7 9 11 7 41
NEC CORPORATION 3 9 7 11 9 39
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 1 14 13 9 37
MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION 4 2 5 10 15 36
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 10 12 10 1 0 33
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 2 2 7 11 9 31
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 12 6 3 4 4 29
FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 0 0 18 11 0 29
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 0 0 0 10 19 29
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 0 2 27 29
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 2 4 8 3 3 20
ASML MASKTOOLS, B.V. 2 3 7 5 2 19
LUMINESCENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 2 8 7 19
MAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION, INC. 2 9 0 2 6 19
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 4 2 5 3 5 19
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 10 3 2 2 1 18
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 3 4 4 3 18
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 8 9 17
TELA INNOVATIONS, INC. 0 1 3 6 7 17
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 1 6 7 3 17
TABULA, INC. 1 2 6 2 5 16
INVENTEC CORPORATION 3 3 7 2 0 15
PDF SOLUTIONS, INC. 4 4 2 4 1 15
SYNPLICITY, INC. 11 4 0 0 0 15
BROADCOM CORPORATION 2 5 2 0 4 13
ELPIDA MEMORY, INC. 0 1 0 12 0 13
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 4 4 1 4 13
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 2 2 2 2 4 12
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 3 1 3 0 5 12
SONY CORPORATION 4 1 0 3 4 12
SPRINGSOFT USA, INC. 0 0 2 3 7 12
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 0 1 3 2 6 12
GRADIENT DESIGN AUTOMATION, INC. 3 5 2 1 0 11
PULSIC LIMITED 1 2 2 4 2 11
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 3 2 3 0 11
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 3 2 0 3 3 11
ASML NETHERLANDS B.V. 0 1 2 2 5 10
CALYPTO DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 3 1 2 2 2 10
FARADAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 4 3 1 0 10
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 4 6 0 0 0 10
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 0 1 4 5 10
ATRENTA, INC. 1 1 3 2 2 9
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. 0 0 0 6 3 9
HITACHI, LTD 1 1 1 3 3 9
JASPER DESIGN AUTOMATION, INC. 2 4 1 1 1 9
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 0 4 4 1 0 9
SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 1 2 5 1 0 9
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 0 0 2 4 2 8
KLA-TENCOR TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 2 2 3 1 0 8
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 1 2 1 2 2 8
QIMONDA AG 0 1 2 4 1 8
SPRING SOFT INC. 4 1 1 2 0 8
ARM LIMITED 0 0 1 0 6 7
CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY 3 2 2 0 0 7
DONGBU HITEK CO., LTD. 0 0 1 3 3 7
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELEKTRONICA CENTRUM (IMEC VZW) 2 0 0 2 3 7
INVARIUM, INC. 3 4 0 0 0 7
MICRONIC LASER SYSTEMS AB 1 2 1 1 2 7
NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA, INC. 3 1 1 1 1 7
NUFLARE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 0 3 4 7
NXP B.V. 0 1 3 1 2 7
SAGE SOFTWARE, INC. 0 0 1 2 4 7
TAKUMI TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 1 4 0 2 7
THE MATH WORKS, INC. 0 1 2 1 3 7
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 0 0 2 1 3 6
KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION 0 0 1 0 5 6
NVIDIA CORPORATION 1 2 0 1 2 6
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 3 3 0 0 0 6
OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 0 0 0 4 2 6
RAMBUS, INC. 1 2 0 2 1 6
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 2 1 0 2 6
SOLIDO DESIGN AUTOMATION INC. 0 0 0 3 3 6
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 1 3 1 1 0 6
APPLIED MATERIALS ISRAEL LTD. 1 1 3 0 0 5
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 2 2 1 0 0 5
BRION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 2 3 0 5
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2 1 2 0 0 5
CHARTERED SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING LTD. 1 1 1 1 1 5
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
DONGBU ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 1 1 2 1 0 5
GOLDEN GATE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 1 0 1 1 5
KAWASAKI MICROELECTRONICS, INC. 2 1 0 0 2 5
QUALCOMM, INC. 1 0 0 2 2 5
SEMICONDUCTOR INSIGHTS INC. 2 0 0 1 2 5
SEQUENCE DESIGN, INC. 3 0 2 0 0 5
SONICS, INC. 1 1 0 1 2 5
TENSILICA, INC. 0 3 1 0 1 5
TRANSMETA CORPORATION 3 1 1 0 0 5
YAZAKI CORP. 1 3 1 0 0 5


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