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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2011 - 2015 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 327, Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and 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 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 134 63 54 23 2 276
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 58 59 63 29 30 239
SK HYNIX INC. 0 13 47 96 58 214
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 36 33 40 55 47 211
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 27 34 51 52 30 194
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 47 34 30 34 41 186
QUALCOMM, INC. 26 16 43 36 52 173
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 29 17 41 43 28 158
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 5 18 40 42 46 151
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 32 37 25 31 23 148
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 24 28 31 33 17 133
ALTERA CORPORATION 21 28 24 27 23 123
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 21 28 20 34 16 119
FUJITSU LIMITED 22 15 18 29 21 105
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 19 15 20 20 26 100
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 6 14 13 26 33 92
PANASONIC CORPORATION 39 10 22 15 4 90
NXP B.V. 16 11 19 21 21 88
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 12 9 22 27 13 83
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 21 14 25 14 6 80
BROADCOM CORPORATION 12 7 16 23 13 71
INTEL CORPORATION 5 7 15 23 18 68
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 18 10 21 13 4 66
MEDIATEK INC. 13 14 16 14 7 64
DENSO CORPORATION 6 7 12 21 15 61
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 11 12 11 16 11 61
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 8 8 9 14 17 56
ELPIDA MEMORY, INC. 13 17 18 4 0 52
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 14 18 10 5 2 49
FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 5 8 15 10 11 49
NEC CORPORATION 13 15 8 7 6 49
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 5 6 15 13 5 44
LSI CORPORATION 6 6 13 18 0 43
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 2 6 10 11 14 43
XILINX, INC. 4 8 7 11 13 43
SONY CORPORATION 20 6 8 4 3 41
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 9 3 8 10 9 39
HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 17 10 5 4 2 38
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 2 3 14 14 5 38
APPLE, INC. 5 8 12 8 4 37
MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 5 4 7 13 8 37
STMICROELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL N.V. 0 5 12 10 10 37
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 4 3 11 12 6 36
NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 3 7 7 13 5 35
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 9 5 10 6 5 35
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 10 7 10 4 3 34
ST-ERICSSON SA 9 5 11 6 2 33
ARM LIMITED 1 4 14 9 4 32
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA AG 2 3 3 12 12 32
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 9 4 10 6 3 32
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 9 10 8 3 1 31
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 5 9 8 4 4 30
NVIDIA CORPORATION 0 0 6 11 13 30
RAMBUS, INC. 4 7 3 9 7 30
ROHM CO., LTD. 11 4 8 6 1 30
NAN YA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 6 5 5 6 7 29
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC 5 7 5 7 5 29
RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORP. 2 9 4 12 1 28
ADVANTEST CORP. 9 7 5 5 1 27
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 8 10 4 4 0 26
POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC. 5 9 7 3 2 26
RF MICRO DEVICES, INC. 1 3 8 6 8 26
FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 4 5 8 7 25
ATMEL CORPORATION 3 4 9 4 4 24
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 3 2 5 9 5 24
HITACHI, LTD 6 5 10 1 1 23
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 6 4 8 2 23
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 12 8 2 1 0 23
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 4 3 8 7 23
AMS AG 8 3 5 5 1 22
DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR GMBH 2 2 4 8 6 22
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 1 0 5 9 6 21
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 1 2 6 8 21
INTEL MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS GMBH 1 4 4 9 2 20
MEDIATEK SINGAPORE PTE LTD 0 0 3 8 9 20
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 3 4 6 5 2 20
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 3 4 6 3 19
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 4 4 8 2 1 19
PEREGRINE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 1 5 5 7 19
PS4 LUXCO S.A.R.L. 0 0 0 10 9 19
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 4 6 2 4 3 19
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 1 4 7 2 5 19
CAMBRIDGE SILICON RADIO LIMITED 0 6 4 7 1 18
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 3 1 1 8 5 18
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 4 1 5 4 4 18
MARVELL ISRAEL (MISL) LTD. 5 3 2 4 4 18
SANKEN ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED 3 2 10 3 0 18
GLOBAL UNICHIP CORPORATION 0 1 5 6 5 17
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 9 6 0 2 0 17
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 1 7 3 4 17
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. 4 2 2 3 6 17
KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS 2 2 5 5 2 16
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 2 3 3 3 5 16
RAYTHEON COMPANY 3 2 3 5 3 16
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 2 4 6 1 3 16
TRANSPHORM, INC. 1 1 4 6 4 16
ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 2 6 4 0 15
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 3 4 4 4 0 15
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 3 2 3 5 2 15
IPGOAL MICROELECTRONICS (SICHUAN) CO., LTD. 1 3 6 2 3 15
NDK, NIHON DEMPA KOGYO COMPANY, LTD. 2 3 7 3 0 15
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 0 1 6 4 4 15
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL.) 4 1 4 6 0 15
APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION 1 3 6 4 0 14
ELITE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY TECHNOLOGY INC. 3 5 4 1 1 14
FAIRCHILD KOREA SEMICONDUCTOR, LTD. 0 2 7 4 1 14
MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 5 2 5 0 14
STMICROELECTRONICS (SHENZHEN) R& D CO., LTD. 0 3 2 6 3 14
SYNOPSYS INC. 0 5 3 3 3 14
DONGBU HITEK CO., LTD. 7 2 2 1 1 13
LAPIS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 0 0 4 6 3 13
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 2 3 4 3 13
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 0 1 5 6 12
INTERSIL AMERICALS LLC 2 4 3 2 1 12
NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY 0 3 5 3 1 12
NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY 2 2 3 4 1 12
OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 5 1 4 2 0 12
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 1 1 2 4 4 12
SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 0 2 6 4 12
STMICROELECTRONICS ASIA PACIFIC PTE LIMITED 4 3 1 3 1 12
SYSTEM-GENERAL CORPORATION 1 0 4 5 2 12
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 1 5 4 2 12
ASAHI KASEI MICRODEVICES CORPORATION 0 1 5 3 2 11
ATI TECHNOLOGIES ULC 1 3 4 2 1 11
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 3 0 2 3 3 11
MAGNACHIP SEMICONDUCTOR, LTD. 0 1 1 4 5 11
PRINCETON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 6 1 3 1 11
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 5 1 2 2 0 10
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 3 1 3 3 0 10
INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORPORATION 1 3 1 2 3 10
O2 MICRO, INC. 3 1 3 1 2 10
ON-BRIGHT ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD. 1 1 2 3 3 10
RAYDIUM SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 0 3 5 2 10
SUPERTEX, INC. 3 3 2 2 0 10
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 1 4 1 2 1 9
BOEING COMPANY 2 0 1 4 2 9
FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 1 3 4 9
MICREL INCORPORATED 2 0 0 5 2 9
STMICROELECTRONICS R& D (SHANGHAI) CO. LTD. 0 1 1 4 3 9
STMICROELECTRONICS ROUSSET SAS 0 1 3 4 1 9
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. 0 0 1 4 4 9
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 0 1 3 3 2 9
YAMAHA CORPORATION 2 3 1 0 3 9
AEROFLEX COLORADO SPRINGS, INC. 0 4 1 2 1 8
CAVIUM, INC. 0 0 3 1 4 8
CYCLOS SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 0 6 1 1 8
E-MEMORY TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 1 4 2 8
HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION 0 1 2 3 2 8
MOSYS, INCORPORATED 1 2 1 2 2 8
ROUND ROCK RESEARCH, LLC 4 4 0 0 0 8
ABB RESEARCH LTD. 0 0 2 3 2 7
ALLEGRO MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 1 3 2 7
AU OPTRONICS CORP. 1 1 3 1 1 7
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 0 2 1 3 1 7
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES 0 2 3 0 2 7
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 2 0 1 4 0 7
HIMAX ANALOGIC, INC. 3 3 0 0 1 7
HITTITE MICROWAVE CORPORATION 0 0 3 3 1 7
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 2 0 2 1 2 7
LSIS CO., LTD. 0 0 1 5 1 7
MEGACHIPS CORPORATION 0 0 0 4 3 7
RICHWAVE TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 1 2 4 0 7
SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 2 1 2 0 7
STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION 5 1 0 1 0 7
STMICROELECTRONICS PVT. LTD. 3 2 2 0 0 7
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 1 1 1 4 0 7
ANPEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 2 1 1 2 0 6
ENTROPIC COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 1 1 1 3 0 6
FARADAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 1 2 0 0 6
GSI TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 2 1 3 6
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 1 1 0 0 4 6
M/A-COM TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC. 1 1 1 1 2 6
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 0 1 1 3 1 6
MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS, INC. 3 0 2 1 0 6
MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 3 1 0 2 6
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 0 2 2 1 1 6
NATIONAL SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY 0 2 1 2 1 6
NEWLANS, INC. 0 0 0 2 4 6
PMC-SIERRA US, INC. 0 0 0 3 3 6
QIMONDA AG 4 2 0 0 0 6
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 4 0 2 0 0 6
SIGE SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 0 2 3 1 0 6
SILERGY SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY (HANGZHOU) LTD 0 0 1 5 0 6
SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY 0 0 0 4 2 6
SPANSION LLC 0 0 1 3 2 6
TEKTRONIX INC. 1 0 2 1 2 6
TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTORS, INC. 1 1 1 3 0 6
ACHRONIX SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 2 0 1 1 5
AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH 2 1 0 0 2 5
ANALOG DEVICES TECHNOLOGY 0 0 0 4 1 5
APTUS POWER SEMICONDUCTOR 0 0 4 1 0 5
BEKEN CORPORATION 0 3 0 1 1 5
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH 2 2 1 0 0 5
CSR TECHNOLOGY INC. 0 3 2 0 0 5
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 0 0 0 0 5 5
GOOGLE, INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
GREEN SOLUTION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 2 3 0 0 5
IDEAL POWER, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
ISSC TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 0 0 3 2 0 5
LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 1 3 1 0 5
NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY 1 2 1 1 0 5
PMC-SIERRA LTD. 3 0 0 1 1 5
RALINK TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 1 3 0 0 5
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 0 1 1 0 3 5
SANDISK 3D LLC 2 1 0 2 0 5
SANYO SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 3 1 1 0 0 5
SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL (SHANGHAI) CORPORATION 1 0 0 2 2 5
SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY ACADEMIC RESEARCH CENTER 1 2 1 1 0 5
SEMIKRON ELEKTRONIK GMBH & CO. KG 0 1 2 2 0 5
SILEGO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 1 0 2 5
SILICON WORKS CO., LTD. 0 0 1 2 2 5
SOCIONEXT INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
STMICROELECTRONICS DESIGN AND APPLICATION GMBH 2 2 1 0 0 5
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 2 1 2 0 0 5
TENSORCOM, INC. 0 0 1 4 0 5
THALES 0 1 3 0 1 5
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 1 0 1 3 5



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