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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 713, Support (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.
First-Named Assignee 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Total
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 119 155 155 189 248 866
INTEL CORPORATION 136 134 102 129 110 611
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 97 102 166 148 70 583
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 85 83 69 76 74 387
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 34 33 44 83 46 240
SONY CORPORATION 51 44 35 43 32 205
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 36 44 36 37 34 187
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 20 30 33 41 59 183
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 30 37 32 37 25 161
HITACHI, LTD 32 30 22 39 37 160
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 20 28 28 30 41 147
FUJITSU LIMITED 23 31 19 26 42 141
BROADCOM CORPORATION 16 18 25 32 46 137
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 17 20 32 30 19 118
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 4 30 36 31 101
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 26 19 18 16 15 94
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 17 20 24 17 12 90
NOKIA CORPORATION 16 18 18 25 12 89
APPLE, INC. 9 17 12 26 22 86
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 23 31 22 4 0 80
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 7 8 17 22 20 74
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 2 5 18 19 21 65
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 17 10 9 10 16 62
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 2 2 13 19 22 58
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 12 21 9 6 8 56
NEC CORPORATION 9 12 8 16 9 54
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 7 12 7 19 9 54
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 31 19 2 0 0 52
NVIDIA CORPORATION 6 12 7 14 12 51
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 9 16 6 9 10 50
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 11 10 10 9 9 49
ALTERA CORPORATION 10 9 8 12 6 45
EMC CORPORATION 7 4 4 13 17 45
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 7 8 11 6 11 43
XILINX, INC. 10 10 6 9 8 43
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 7 7 9 10 9 42
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 5 11 9 8 9 42
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 2 4 11 9 16 42
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 11 9 10 4 7 41
DIGIMARC CORPORATION 6 7 8 4 15 40
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 5 5 7 16 7 40
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 4 9 10 12 39
INVENTEC CORPORATION 5 7 4 9 11 36
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 6 6 8 6 10 36
NXP B.V. 5 6 14 6 4 35
INTERTRUST TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 5 6 3 11 9 34
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 6 6 5 8 8 33
QUALCOMM, INC. 2 6 4 8 12 32
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 15 7 2 7 0 31
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 4 4 2 8 12 30
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 16 14 30
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 3 4 4 10 7 28
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 7 5 4 5 7 28
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 0 5 3 11 8 27
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 4 8 3 7 5 27
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 4 4 4 6 9 27
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 4 5 8 8 26
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC. 4 3 6 5 7 25
CERTICOM CORPORATION 7 4 4 4 6 25
XEROX CORPORATION 8 6 8 2 1 25
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 5 6 9 3 24
FRANCE TELECOM 5 4 9 5 1 24
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 5 4 7 5 3 24
MCAFEE, INC. 6 3 4 8 2 23
THOMSON LICENSING 5 4 2 7 5 23
ARM LIMITED 4 3 6 5 4 22
MOTOROLA, INC. 3 4 5 9 1 22
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 3 7 5 3 4 22
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 5 7 2 7 21
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 4 8 5 1 3 21
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 1 7 4 5 3 20
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 0 5 4 3 8 20
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 4 4 4 7 0 19
ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC. 1 4 1 5 8 19
DENSO CORPORATION 5 6 4 1 3 19
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 1 2 3 6 7 19
NOVELL, INC. 2 4 3 6 4 19
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 4 1 6 6 18
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 2 2 6 6 18
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 9 4 1 3 1 18
ALCATEL LUCENT 1 2 8 3 3 17
AOL LLC 4 4 3 2 4 17
AT&T CORP. 6 4 3 3 1 17
BOEING COMPANY 1 2 4 6 4 17
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 5 5 1 2 4 17
HARRIS CORP. 0 1 2 6 8 17
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 2 1 3 8 3 17
LSI CORPORATION 6 3 4 2 1 16
NETAPP, INC. 0 0 5 4 7 16
WISTARIA TRADING, INC. 0 2 1 7 6 16
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 2 6 1 3 3 15
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 2 2 1 4 6 15
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 1 4 1 6 3 15
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 1 1 8 2 15
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 2 2 3 5 3 15
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 2 0 1 10 14
MICROSEMI CORP.-ANALOG MIXED SIGNAL GROUP LTD. 2 5 3 3 1 14
RAMBUS, INC. 2 3 8 1 0 14
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 2 1 5 3 14
SYMANTEC OPERATING CORPORATION 0 3 4 5 2 14
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. 0 2 1 4 6 13
BEA SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 4 7 0 13
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 0 4 2 7 0 13
SONY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED 3 0 5 3 2 13
ACTEL CORPORATION 1 2 7 0 2 12
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 2 3 1 3 3 12
GEMALTO SA 0 0 0 4 8 12
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. 0 0 0 6 6 12
GOOGLE, INC. 0 0 2 5 5 12
HURON IP LLC 3 0 6 2 1 12
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 5 7 0 0 0 12
MEDIATEK INC. 0 1 2 5 4 12
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 2 1 4 5 0 12
RED HAT, INC. 0 2 1 1 8 12
SANDISK CORPORATION 2 0 4 3 3 12
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 1 1 4 3 2 11
MITAC TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 5 5 0 0 11
MULTOS LIMITED 0 1 1 8 1 11
NDS LIMITED 3 3 1 1 3 11
POWER-ONE, INC. 2 1 3 3 2 11
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 0 1 2 1 7 11
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 4 1 2 1 11
ADAPTEC, INC. 5 2 3 0 0 10
ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. 0 0 3 5 2 10
ATMEL CORPORATION 0 2 1 6 1 10
CORESTREET, LTD. 0 2 2 5 1 10
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 2 2 3 3 0 10
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 1 0 2 3 4 10
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 2 0 4 3 1 10
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 4 4 1 0 1 10
RSA SECURITY INC. 1 4 4 1 0 10
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 1 3 1 3 2 10
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, POSTAL SERVICE 3 0 2 4 1 10
VOLTAGE SECURITY, INC. 0 2 3 2 3 10
ACER INCORPORATED 3 1 1 1 3 9
ACTIVCARD IRELAND, LIMITED 2 2 3 1 1 9
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 2 4 0 0 3 9
CONTENTGUARD HOLDINGS, INC. 4 2 0 2 1 9
INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 0 4 1 3 9
INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY (IGT) 1 0 2 1 5 9
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. 1 5 1 1 1 9
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 2 3 3 1 9
NAGRAVISION S.A. 1 1 2 2 3 9
PALM, INC. 1 4 3 1 0 9
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 2 1 1 0 5 9
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 0 0 3 5 1 9
STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION 2 0 1 2 4 9
YAHOO, INC. 2 1 0 5 1 9
ALCATEL 2 1 2 3 0 8
GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 1 1 2 2 2 8
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 0 0 5 1 2 8
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 1 2 0 2 8
INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I, LLC 0 0 0 5 3 8
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 4 1 2 1 0 8
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 1 1 5 8
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 0 1 4 2 8
MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 4 1 3 8
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 1 2 2 3 8
OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 0 0 3 2 3 8
QUANTA COMPUTER INC. 0 5 1 1 1 8
SAFENET, INC. 3 3 1 0 1 8
SANDISK IL LTD. 3 0 0 0 5 8
SUPER TALENT ELECTRONICS, INC. 2 0 1 1 4 8
UNISYS CORPORATION 1 0 5 0 2 8
VERIZON CORPORATE SERVICES GROUP INC. 0 1 1 4 2 8
VMWARE, INC. 1 2 0 1 4 8
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 2 1 1 2 7
AKROS SILICON, INC. 0 1 3 2 1 7
AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC. 1 3 2 0 1 7
CLOAKWARE CORPORATION 0 4 1 2 0 7
DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG 1 0 2 1 3 7
FIRST DATA CORPORATION 1 0 5 0 1 7
GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GMBH 1 2 1 2 1 7
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 2 0 0 4 1 7
KOOLSPAN, INC. 0 2 1 2 2 7
LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED 0 1 0 1 5 7
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 1 6 0 7
MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 1 1 1 0 4 7
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. 0 2 2 2 1 7
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 3 1 1 2 0 7
O2 MICRO INTERNATIONAL LTD. 0 4 1 1 1 7
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 1 1 2 2 1 7
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 0 1 6 7
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 0 1 2 1 3 7
SIGMATEL INC. 4 1 1 1 0 7
SILICON IMAGE, INC. 0 0 0 4 3 7
SPANSION LLC 1 0 0 1 5 7
TREND MICRO, INC. 0 1 3 0 3 7
VENAFI, INC. 0 1 1 4 1 7
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 2 0 1 3 7
WISTRON CORPORATION 1 2 0 0 4 7
CAVIUM NETWORKS, INC. 2 2 0 1 1 6
COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC. 1 2 0 2 1 6
ELPIDA MEMORY, INC. 2 1 1 1 1 6
FINISAR CORPORATION 0 1 3 1 1 6
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 0 0 0 1 5 6
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 1 3 2 0 6
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 2 4 0 0 0 6
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 1 3 1 1 0 6
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 2 0 0 0 4 6
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 3 1 0 1 1 6
MITAC INTERNATIONAL CORP. 0 0 2 1 3 6
NCR CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 1 6
NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS OY 0 6 0 0 0 6
PACKET DIGITAL 1 2 0 2 1 6
PALMSOURCE INC. 0 3 2 1 0 6
PIONEER CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 2 6
POWERDSINE, LTD. 6 0 0 0 0 6
PRIVARIS, INC. 0 0 2 2 2 6
REALNETWORKS, INC. 1 0 1 2 2 6
ROUND ROCK RESEARCH, LLC 0 0 0 3 3 6
SAS VALIDY 3 2 1 0 0 6
SEMTEK INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS, INC. 2 1 2 1 0 6
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 2 0 1 3 0 6
TELECOM ITALIA S.P.A. 0 1 1 2 2 6
THALES 1 1 3 1 0 6
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. 1 3 1 1 0 6
TRICIPHER, INC. 0 2 2 2 0 6
VERIZON BUSINESS GLOBAL LLC 2 0 1 1 2 6
YAMAHA CORPORATION 0 3 1 1 1 6
3COM CORPORATION 0 1 1 3 0 5
ADVANTEST CORP. 0 4 1 0 0 5
AXALTO SA 1 2 0 2 0 5
BIOGY INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
BURNSIDE ACQUISITION, LLC 1 2 2 0 0 5
CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 1 2 1 5
DIEBOLD INCORPORATED 1 3 0 0 1 5
DPHI ACQUISITIONS, INC. 0 0 1 0 4 5
EXTREME NETWORKS, INC. 1 2 2 0 0 5
FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 0 0 2 3 0 5
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 2 1 2 0 0 5
GEMPLUS 0 5 0 0 0 5
INVENTEC APPLIANCES CORP. 3 0 0 2 0 5
INVICTA NETWORKS, INC. 1 0 1 2 1 5
PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION 1 0 1 2 1 5
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 0 1 2 1 1 5
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 0 2 0 2 1 5
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 1 2 1 1 0 5
TOPOWER COMPUTER INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 0 0 4 0 1 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DIRECTOR NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY 0 1 0 1 3 5
WIDEVINE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 3 1 0 0 5
ZIPPY TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 0 1 3 1 5


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