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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 718, Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems)
( 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.
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
44
48
74
87
91
344
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
20
14
17
39
32
122
INTEL CORPORATION
9
18
25
38
26
116
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
9
13
13
31
35
101
ORACLE AMERICA, INC.
0
0
0
20
30
50
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
13
9
18
8
0
48
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
0
4
6
17
10
37
HITACHI, LTD
5
4
3
11
13
36
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT
2
5
6
3
9
25
TOSHIBA CORPORATION
1
2
0
10
4
17
VMWARE, INC.
1
2
3
5
6
17
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
1
7
1
3
4
16
EMC CORPORATION
4
2
2
3
4
15
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
2
2
2
3
6
15
MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INC.
2
2
0
7
3
14
UNISYS CORPORATION
4
5
2
0
1
12
NVIDIA CORPORATION
0
2
2
0
7
11
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
0
0
2
2
7
11
SYMANTEC OPERATING CORPORATION
0
3
3
4
1
11
PANASONIC CORPORATION
0
0
1
3
6
10
BEA SYSTEMS, INC.
0
3
1
5
0
9
FUJITSU LIMITED
2
1
1
1
4
9
NEC CORPORATION
3
3
1
1
1
9
SONY CORPORATION
1
3
0
5
0
9
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC.
0
0
0
2
6
8
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
2
0
1
3
1
7
CRAY INC.
1
3
2
1
0
7
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
0
6
1
0
0
7
NOKIA CORPORATION
0
2
3
0
2
7
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED
2
1
0
3
1
7
AGERE SYSTEMS INC.
1
3
1
1
0
6
APPLE, INC.
0
1
1
3
1
6
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP.
1
1
2
2
0
6
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
2
0
0
1
2
5
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
2
1
1
1
0
5
QUALCOMM, INC.
0
0
0
3
2
5
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
0
1
0
1
3
5
XEROX CORPORATION
2
0
0
1
2
5
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