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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 379, Telephonic Communications

( 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
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 138 138 133 144 57 610
AVAYA INC. 80 67 66 82 61 356
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 51 47 90 73 52 313
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 48 78 58 60 44 288
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 50 43 43 33 20 189
VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC. 8 29 42 60 33 172
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. 37 43 29 38 13 160
ALCATEL LUCENT 20 41 30 16 19 126
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 25 38 31 27 5 126
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 15 25 24 16 7 87
WEST CORPORATION 4 5 16 29 29 83
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 20 15 20 16 10 81
CENTURYLINK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LLC 0 15 23 20 22 80
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL.) 1 19 24 15 11 70
GOOGLE, INC. 2 14 22 15 14 67
GENESYS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LABORATORIES, INC. 3 6 5 20 26 60
AT& T MOBILITY II LLC 10 10 19 16 3 58
NOBLE SYSTEMS CORPORATION 1 3 8 16 23 51
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 8 14 11 11 7 51
NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 5 7 10 18 10 50
BLACKBERRY LIMITED 0 0 13 23 13 49
VERINT AMERICAS INC. 7 14 7 10 8 46
FUJITSU LIMITED 7 17 11 5 3 43
BROADCOM CORPORATION 4 11 11 10 5 41
GRAPE TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC. 8 10 16 4 2 40
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 11 18 6 5 0 40
APPLE, INC. 5 8 11 10 5 39
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 13 10 8 3 37
ASPECT SOFTWARE, INC. 9 7 14 3 3 36
NEC CORPORATION 2 5 16 8 5 36
CALLWAVE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 0 4 12 13 5 34
UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA) 1 5 4 11 13 34
MITEL NETWORKS CORPORATION 6 7 8 11 1 33
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 4 10 14 30
SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P. 14 5 4 4 3 30
NOKIA CORPORATION 6 4 9 4 5 28
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 8 11 9 0 0 28
SECURUS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 7 8 3 5 5 28
SHORETEL, INC 5 6 7 6 4 28
VERIZON BUSINESS GLOBAL LLC 10 6 7 5 0 28
QUALCOMM, INC. 2 3 11 5 6 27
INTELLISIST, INC. 2 4 7 7 6 26
TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC. 6 6 5 3 6 26
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 4 7 4 7 25
MOTOROLA-MOBILITY, INC. 4 4 9 7 0 24
POLYCOM, INC. 3 10 6 4 1 24
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 5 8 4 2 4 23
RINGCENTRAL, INC. 0 3 5 12 3 23
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 11 3 4 4 1 23
SIEMENS ENTERPRISE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 11 7 3 1 0 22
ZTE CORPORATION 1 3 7 10 1 22
BCE INC. 4 1 6 7 3 21
LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 5 4 3 5 4 21
PLANTRONICS INC 4 3 8 2 4 21
SONY CORPORATION 3 6 3 7 2 21
VERIZON DATA SERVICES INC. 5 2 9 5 0 21
VOXER IP LLC 0 9 3 8 1 21
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 0 2 6 5 7 20
MATTERSIGHT CORPORATION 2 3 2 4 9 20
PANASONIC CORPORATION 5 5 4 6 0 20
VONAGE NETWORK LLC. 3 4 6 5 2 20
NICE SYSTEMS LTD. 1 8 3 3 4 19
ROCKSTAR CONSORTIUM US LP 0 0 6 10 3 19
SATMAP INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED 0 0 0 15 4 19
SIEMENS ENTERPRISE COMMUNICATIONS GMBH & CO. KG 2 6 8 2 0 18
LANTIQ DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 3 5 1 4 4 17
METASWITCH NETWORKS LTD. 0 0 4 2 11 17
ADTRAN, INC. 1 2 4 5 4 16
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 0 3 4 5 4 16
COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 0 1 4 4 7 16
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 3 6 3 3 1 16
IKANOS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 1 4 6 2 3 16
SKYPE 2 5 3 4 2 16
SOUNDBITE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 3 5 3 5 16
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 0 2 4 7 2 15
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC. 0 0 0 0 14 14
COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 1 3 8 1 13
EMBARQ HOLDINGS COMPANY LLC 8 5 0 0 0 13
NEC INFRONTIA CORPORATION 4 1 4 4 0 13
VERIZON SERVICES CORP. 2 6 4 1 0 13
ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED 6 3 2 0 1 12
CELLCO PARTNERSHIP 0 0 2 4 6 12
CONFINEMENT TELEPHONY TECHNOLOGY, LLC 4 1 2 4 1 12
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 1 4 3 3 1 12
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 2 4 3 1 2 12
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 9 3 0 0 0 12
TP LAB INC. 2 2 3 3 2 12
ADAPTIVE SPECTRUM AND SIGNAL ALIGNMENT, INC. 3 1 3 2 2 11
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 4 2 3 2 0 11
CLEARONE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 7 1 1 1 1 11
INTEL CORPORATION 0 3 1 2 5 11
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. 0 1 3 2 5 11
MICROSEMI SEMICONDUCTOR (U.S.) INC. 0 4 6 1 0 11
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 3 3 0 4 1 11
AMERICAN TELECONFERENCING SERVICES LTD. 1 3 0 5 1 10
ANGEL.COM INCORPORATED 0 0 1 3 6 10
AT& T LABS, INC. 6 3 1 0 0 10
CALLWAVE, INC. 4 6 0 0 0 10
FRANCE TELECOM 2 3 3 0 2 10
FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 1 4 4 10
GN NETCOM A/S 3 1 1 4 1 10
HTC CORPORATION 2 1 2 1 4 10
INCONTACT, INC. 0 2 3 2 3 10
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 2 7 0 0 10
ROCKSTAR BIDCO L.P. 1 9 0 0 0 10
8X8, INC. 0 2 1 3 3 9
AOL LLC 3 2 1 3 0 9
CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. 0 3 2 2 2 9
GENERAL MOTORS LLC 2 1 3 3 0 9
MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. 1 6 0 2 0 9
NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS GMBH & CO. KG 1 4 2 0 2 9
P & W SOLUTIONS CO., LTD. 0 1 3 2 3 9
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 1 1 2 2 9
T-MOBILE, USA, INC. 0 2 3 2 2 9
TEKELEC, INC. 0 2 3 3 1 9
TWILIO, INC. 0 1 3 1 4 9
UNIFY GMBH & CO. KG 0 0 0 2 7 9
ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. 8 0 0 0 0 8
AMDOCS SOFTWARE SYSTEMS LIMITED 2 1 1 2 2 8
EMC CORPORATION 1 1 2 4 0 8
HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY 0 0 2 2 4 8
HUAWEI DEVICE CO., LTD. 0 1 3 4 0 8
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 8 0 0 0 0 8
OKIDATA CORPORATION 0 3 2 2 1 8
SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 1 3 3 1 0 8
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 4 2 2 0 0 8
TEKELEC 6 2 0 0 0 8
ULTRATEC, INC. 1 1 2 3 1 8
XEROX CORPORATION 0 0 1 3 4 8
YAMAHA CORPORATION 2 3 0 3 0 8
ARRIS ENTERPRISES, INC. 0 0 4 2 1 7
FIVE9, INC. 0 0 3 2 2 7
FONALITY, INC. 0 1 2 2 2 7
FONCLOUD, INC. 0 0 2 2 3 7
FU TAI HUA INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 2 5 0 7
INVOCA, INC. 0 0 0 5 2 7
ITXC IP HOLDINGS S.A.R.L. 0 1 3 1 2 7
LSI CORPORATION 0 1 1 5 0 7
MARCHEX, INC. 0 1 1 3 2 7
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 1 3 1 2 0 7
ON-Q TELECOM SYSTEMS CO., INC 3 1 3 0 0 7
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 4 0 2 1 7
TELECOM ITALIA S.P.A. 2 0 4 0 1 7
TELETECH HOLDINGS, INC. 2 1 0 0 4 7
TELMATE LLC 0 0 0 5 2 7
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 1 2 1 1 2 7
UTBK, INC. 4 3 0 0 0 7
24/7 CUSTOMER, INC. 0 0 1 1 4 6
AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC. 1 0 3 2 0 6
CONVERGYS CUSTOMER MANAGEMENT DELAWARE LLC 0 1 3 2 0 6
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 3 1 1 1 6
ERICSSON AB 0 4 1 1 0 6
GENBAND US LLC 2 0 2 1 1 6
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 3 1 2 0 0 6
GREATCALL, INC. 0 0 1 2 3 6
GRYPHON NETWORKS, INC. 2 1 1 1 1 6
I D YOU, LLC 0 0 2 2 2 6
INTELEPEER, INC. 2 2 2 0 0 6
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 0 1 5 0 0 6
LIVEOPS, INC. 3 2 0 0 1 6
MOVIUS INTERACTIVE CORPORATION 3 1 2 0 0 6
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 1 3 1 0 1 6
OPEN INVENTION NETWORK, LLC 1 0 2 2 1 6
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 2 0 3 0 6
VALUE ADDED COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 1 2 0 3 6
VIRTUAL HOLD TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 3 1 0 2 6
VTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 1 1 0 1 3 6
YELLOWPAGES.COM LLC 0 0 0 1 5 6
ACCUDATA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 3 0 2 0 0 5
ASCENDENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 5 0 0 0 5
ASD, INC. 0 0 3 0 2 5
AUDIO CODES LTD. 2 2 0 1 0 5
BOOKIT OY 1 1 1 2 0 5
EBAY INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
ECLIPS, INC. 0 1 4 0 0 5
FAIR ISAAC CORPORATION 2 0 2 1 0 5
FELIX CALLS, LLC 0 0 2 3 0 5
GLOBAL TEL*LINK CORP. 0 0 3 0 2 5
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 1 3 1 0 0 5
INTERVOICE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 1 2 0 2 0 5
INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I, LLC 1 1 1 0 2 5
MICROSTRATEGY, INC. 1 2 0 0 2 5
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 3 0 2 0 5
NEXSTEP, INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 2 2 0 1 0 5
SCENERA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 2 2 1 0 0 5
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 2 1 0 1 1 5
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 1 1 0 1 5
SMITH MICRO SOFTWARE INC. 0 0 3 1 1 5
SORENSON COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 0 2 3 0 0 5
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 1 1 2 0 1 5
WISTRON CORPORATION 1 0 1 3 0 5



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