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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 380, Cryptography

( 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
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 25 32 44 42 36 179
SONY CORPORATION 37 43 26 31 22 159
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 32 30 38 24 18 142
INTEL CORPORATION 21 21 24 23 20 109
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 18 23 30 19 17 107
QUALCOMM, INC. 3 19 11 21 21 75
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 12 12 12 17 22 75
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 23 14 16 16 2 71
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 8 14 13 15 16 66
PANASONIC CORPORATION 23 27 6 6 2 64
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 5 10 15 20 12 62
CERTICOM CORPORATION 4 11 14 16 12 57
APPLE, INC. 5 16 12 15 7 55
BROADCOM CORPORATION 13 14 8 6 8 49
FUJITSU LIMITED 7 10 15 6 9 47
NEC CORPORATION 8 11 12 11 5 47
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL.) 6 8 8 14 11 47
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 13 17 15 0 0 45
RED HAT, INC. 9 5 13 11 3 41
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 10 12 4 7 5 38
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 10 7 6 5 8 36
BLACKBERRY LIMITED 0 0 9 17 5 31
NOKIA CORPORATION 8 7 7 6 2 30
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 3 7 9 6 5 30
ALCATEL LUCENT 0 3 8 11 6 28
NAGRAVISION S.A. 4 5 5 6 7 27
EMC CORPORATION 3 1 11 7 4 26
GOOGLE, INC. 0 6 5 10 5 26
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 3 6 5 6 5 25
HITACHI, LTD 6 11 4 2 1 24
MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. 1 3 9 6 5 24
ZTE CORPORATION 0 2 5 14 3 24
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 4 4 4 10 1 23
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 5 6 3 4 3 21
ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED 3 3 5 5 4 20
KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS 4 8 5 2 0 19
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 2 4 4 4 5 19
HARRIS CORP. 7 5 2 3 1 18
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 7 4 2 4 1 18
IRDETO B.V. 2 2 6 4 3 17
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 3 4 1 6 17
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 2 10 2 3 17
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 3 6 4 2 1 16
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 4 3 3 6 0 16
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 3 4 1 3 4 15
GEMALTO SA 2 6 3 2 1 14
NXP B.V. 4 2 2 3 3 14
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 1 2 5 5 13
CHINA IWNCOMM CO. LTD 0 4 4 5 0 13
FRANCE TELECOM 2 4 5 2 0 13
INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 4 1 3 3 13
MOTOROLA-MOBILITY, INC. 2 1 3 7 0 13
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 5 4 4 0 0 13
THALES 1 1 8 2 1 13
VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC. 1 0 5 5 2 13
VIXS SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 8 2 3 13
VOLTAGE SECURITY, INC. 4 3 1 2 3 13
BOEING COMPANY 2 1 3 3 3 12
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 1 3 2 0 6 12
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 0 0 3 5 4 12
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 1 0 3 2 6 12
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 3 6 3 0 0 12
DIGIMARC CORPORATION 3 2 1 3 2 11
LSI CORPORATION 3 2 2 4 0 11
NDS LIMITED 7 0 4 0 0 11
NETAPP, INC. 2 4 4 1 0 11
STMICROELECTRONICS ROUSSET SAS 0 0 2 5 4 11
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 3 1 2 4 1 11
GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GMBH 1 1 1 1 6 10
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 3 1 4 1 1 10
MORPHO 1 1 1 7 0 10
NOVELL, INC. 2 2 2 2 2 10
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 2 1 4 2 1 10
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. 2 2 4 0 2 10
ALTERA CORPORATION 0 1 1 5 2 9
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 2 3 4 9
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. 1 4 1 3 0 9
FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 4 2 2 9
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 0 2 2 4 1 9
NVIDIA CORPORATION 2 2 2 1 2 9
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 3 4 1 0 1 9
SPANSION LLC 1 2 1 5 0 9
TELECOM ITALIA S.P.A. 1 2 3 3 0 9
AVAYA INC. 3 3 0 0 2 8
CLEVERSAFE, INC. 0 0 1 6 1 8
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 2 1 0 3 2 8
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 2 2 2 2 0 8
INSIDE SECURE 0 3 4 1 0 8
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 0 2 2 4 0 8
QINETIQ LIMITED 0 0 1 6 1 8
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 1 3 1 1 2 8
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 0 1 3 2 2 8
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD. 0 1 2 3 2 8
ZENITH ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 3 2 3 0 0 8
BLUE SPIKE, INC. 0 2 2 3 0 7
DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. 0 0 1 4 2 7
EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC 0 0 2 1 4 7
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 2 4 1 0 0 7
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 2 3 2 0 7
ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION 2 4 1 0 0 7
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 2 3 2 7
SECURITY FIRST CORPORATION 1 3 0 3 0 7
TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 3 2 1 7
VIACCESS 0 1 2 4 0 7
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 0 2 3 1 0 6
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC 0 0 1 2 3 6
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 3 1 0 1 1 6
KOOLSPAN, INC. 1 0 2 1 2 6
NAGRA FRANCE SAS 0 1 3 1 1 6
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY 0 3 2 1 0 6
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0 1 1 2 2 6
QUERELL DATA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 2 3 0 0 1 6
XILINX, INC. 0 0 4 0 2 6
COMPUGROUP MEDICAL AG 0 0 1 2 2 5
ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C. 0 0 0 2 3 5
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 1 2 2 0 0 5
IRDETO ACCESS B.V. 1 4 0 0 0 5
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 3 0 1 5
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 0 0 1 0 4 5
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 1 1 1 1 5
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
MITRE CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 1 5
NAGRA FRANCE SARL 0 1 2 2 0 5
NICE SYSTEMS LTD. 1 0 2 1 1 5
OBERTHUR TECHNOLOGIES 0 3 0 0 2 5
PERSONALIZED MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C. 4 0 1 0 0 5
ROCKSTAR CONSORTIUM US LP 0 0 4 0 1 5
SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P. 1 2 0 0 2 5
SYPHERMEDIA INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 1 0 2 1 5
TREND MICRO, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5



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