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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 330, Amplifiers

( 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
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 24 27 21 32 19 123
BROADCOM CORPORATION 30 15 22 22 18 107
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 22 32 19 18 7 98
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 21 26 15 19 8 89
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 13 21 16 17 10 77
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 20 12 17 11 10 70
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 15 8 10 23 13 69
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 3 19 25 11 58
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 18 6 17 11 5 57
FUJITSU LIMITED 2 11 8 13 17 51
NXP B.V. 12 6 3 10 20 51
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 10 9 11 15 0 45
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 24 19 0 0 0 43
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 7 4 13 11 6 41
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 3 8 13 6 11 41
INTEL CORPORATION 13 10 9 5 2 39
QUALCOMM, INC. 2 0 3 13 21 39
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 6 9 8 7 36
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 17 10 7 2 0 36
NEC CORPORATION 5 11 4 10 4 34
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 5 4 12 11 2 34
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. 5 7 7 4 9 32
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 3 0 6 7 15 31
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 6 6 7 3 9 31
MEDIATEK INC. 4 4 8 8 6 30
YAMAHA CORPORATION 4 7 4 6 8 29
HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC. 5 5 4 9 5 28
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 8 8 4 5 2 27
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 9 7 4 3 3 26
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 8 6 5 4 3 26
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 5 4 2 8 4 23
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 5 6 4 5 3 23
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES WIRELESS IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 4 4 6 4 4 22
RF MICRO DEVICES, INC. 5 7 3 3 4 22
SONY CORPORATION 9 5 3 3 2 22
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 4 10 4 2 1 21
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 0 3 17 20
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 8 4 5 1 2 20
MOTOROLA, INC. 7 7 2 3 0 19
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 5 2 5 7 0 19
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 5 2 8 2 2 19
NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 3 3 5 3 4 18
TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTORS, INC. 4 4 3 4 3 18
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 5 2 4 3 3 17
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 9 4 0 3 1 17
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 6 5 3 1 1 16
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 7 5 4 0 0 16
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 6 0 1 4 4 15
RAYTHEON COMPANY 2 1 5 2 5 15
FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 2 2 5 4 1 14
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 4 3 3 2 2 14
NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY 0 3 4 4 2 13
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2 3 2 2 3 12
D2AUDIO CORPORATION 3 2 3 3 1 12
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 2 1 5 1 3 12
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 3 8 1 0 0 12
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 3 3 2 0 12
HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 3 0 3 5 0 11
INTERSIL AMERICAS INC. 1 1 3 2 4 11
MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS, INC. 0 3 2 2 4 11
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 1 3 5 1 11
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 1 1 3 3 3 11
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC 3 0 2 3 3 11
ANADIGICS, INC. 4 4 2 0 0 10
BLACK SAND TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 3 4 1 10
INTEGRANT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 7 3 0 0 10
INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORPORATION 1 4 4 0 1 10
MICRO MOBIO CORPORATION 4 1 3 2 0 10
NOKIA CORPORATION 4 2 1 1 2 10
PARKERVISION, INC. 0 4 1 1 4 10
RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 0 0 4 6 10
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 1 4 1 2 2 10
THALES 0 0 3 2 5 10
HIMAX ANALOGIC, INC. 0 0 3 5 1 9
OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 0 1 3 4 1 9
POWERWAVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 7 1 0 1 0 9
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 0 3 2 2 2 9
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 7 2 0 0 9
ANPEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 3 1 3 1 8
AUSTRIAMICROSYSTEMS AG 0 1 0 3 4 8
MEDIATEK SINGAPORE PTE LTD 0 0 2 3 3 8
PRINCETON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 2 2 1 1 8
RICHWAVE TECHNOLOGY CORP. 3 2 0 1 2 8
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 2 1 0 2 7
ANDREW CORPORATION 3 2 2 0 0 7
ATMEL GERMANY GMBH 1 4 2 0 0 7
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 2 0 2 2 1 7
FINISAR CORPORATION 1 2 3 1 0 7
HARRIS CORP. 2 2 0 2 1 7
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 3 1 0 3 7
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 0 2 4 1 0 7
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR GERMANY AG 0 4 2 0 1 7
QUANTANCE, INC. 0 1 0 3 3 7
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 0 2 2 2 1 7
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 1 1 4 1 0 7
ZARBANA DIGITAL FUND LLC 3 4 0 0 0 7
ASP TECHNOLOGIES 1 5 0 0 0 6
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 5 0 1 0 0 6
AXIOM MICRODEVICES, INC. 0 1 1 3 1 6
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 0 2 1 1 2 6
CREE, INC. 2 0 2 1 1 6
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 0 0 0 3 3 6
RGB SYSTEMS, INC. 4 0 1 1 0 6
SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY ACADEMIC RESEARCH CENTER 1 2 3 0 0 6
SIGE SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 2 1 0 1 2 6
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS JAPAN, INC. 3 1 1 0 1 6
ST-ERICSSON SA 0 0 0 4 2 6
VIASAT, INC. 0 0 2 0 4 6
AIMTRON TECHNOLOGY CORP. 3 2 0 0 0 5
ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. 0 1 2 1 1 5
AMALFI SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 2 2 0 0 1 5
AMAZING MICROELECTRONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 3 5
ANALOG AND POWER ELECTRONICS CORP. 2 2 1 0 0 5
ASAHI KASEI EMD CORPORATION 0 1 0 4 0 5
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 5 0 0 0 5
HITACHI, LTD 0 2 0 1 2 5
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 1 0 0 2 2 5
ICOM INC. 0 1 2 2 0 5
MEDTRONIC INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
NEWPORT MEDIA, INC. 0 3 2 0 0 5
PROJECT FT, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
RALINK TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 3 5
SCINTERA NETWORKS, INC. 4 0 0 1 0 5
SIGMATEL INC. 1 3 0 1 0 5
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 2 1 0 1 1 5
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 1 0 0 0 4 5
XILINX, INC. 1 0 0 4 0 5


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