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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 700, DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing)

( 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
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 93 96 119 100 101 509
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 41 57 50 56 43 247
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 25 26 43 43 43 180
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 20 23 30 47 42 162
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 21 34 31 31 31 148
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 34 23 30 27 14 128
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 17 23 28 17 26 111
SONY CORPORATION 21 19 19 27 21 107
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 37 19 14 17 17 104
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 25 18 23 11 9 86
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 14 12 25 14 19 84
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC 8 10 24 27 12 81
KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI 2 4 17 20 37 80
IROBOT CORPORATION 1 4 20 25 29 79
PANASONIC CORPORATION 18 13 26 17 4 78
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 13 11 10 24 12 70
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 13 14 12 13 18 70
BOEING COMPANY 16 14 9 13 17 69
GOOGLE, INC. 1 3 15 13 35 67
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 7 8 19 26 65
APPLE, INC. 8 4 15 24 9 60
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 11 7 12 18 12 60
HITACHI, LTD 6 17 18 9 10 60
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 18 10 10 18 59
ABB RESEARCH LTD. 9 9 14 8 17 57
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC. 6 6 15 17 13 57
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 10 6 12 22 54
FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC. 14 13 10 7 7 51
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 5 2 6 13 23 49
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 8 6 15 7 11 47
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 7 5 11 16 7 46
FANUC CORPORATION 0 6 7 17 15 45
LENNOX INDUSTRIES INC. 1 5 18 13 8 45
YAMAHA CORPORATION 4 13 16 8 2 43
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 7 14 12 4 4 41
FUJITSU LIMITED 9 8 5 10 5 37
FANUC LTD. 17 14 2 1 1 35
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 2 10 5 10 8 35
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 8 7 7 12 0 34
RAIN BIRD CORPORATION 3 10 4 10 4 31
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 1 5 9 13 2 30
SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC. 4 6 3 8 9 30
HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC. 3 4 13 5 3 28
JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 2 5 8 9 4 28
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 3 8 5 6 4 26
NCR CORPORATION 4 4 8 3 7 26
KUKA ROBOTER GMBH 0 5 8 2 10 25
SONOS, INC. 1 1 2 6 15 25
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 4 3 3 6 8 24
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 0 1 4 8 10 23
VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S 3 4 3 8 4 22
DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. 1 1 4 8 7 21
KUKA LABORATORIES GMBH 0 2 6 10 3 21
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. 0 4 8 8 1 21
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 5 4 4 2 6 21
OKUMA CORP. 5 3 4 1 7 20
ABB TECHNOLOGY AG 0 0 10 4 5 19
ALLURE ENERGY, INC. 2 2 11 3 1 19
DEERE + COMPANY 2 4 2 6 5 19
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 3 5 4 1 6 19
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 1 10 2 2 4 19
INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I, LLC 1 3 4 4 7 19
JTEKT CORPORATION 5 5 3 2 4 19
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 1 6 2 4 6 19
ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED 2 3 5 2 6 18
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 0 0 3 9 6 18
NEST LABS, INC. 0 2 9 7 0 18
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 4 5 3 4 2 18
ASEA BROWN BOVERI AB 7 6 2 1 1 17
INTOUCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 3 2 2 10 17
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 7 4 3 1 2 17
YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION 4 6 2 2 3 17
AZBIL CORPORATION 0 2 1 7 6 16
CAREFUSION 303 INC. 1 5 1 5 4 16
CATERPILLAR INC. 3 2 0 2 9 16
COCA-COLA COMPANY 0 3 2 7 4 16
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. 3 6 3 2 2 16
INVENSYS SYSTEMS, INC. 3 5 4 4 0 16
MORI SEIKI CO., LTD. 1 5 5 4 1 16
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD. 0 0 0 1 15 16
PARATA SYSTEMS, LLC 2 6 2 3 3 16
TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. 2 5 2 3 4 16
ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 3 4 2 3 15
ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD 0 1 5 5 4 15
BROOKS AUTOMATION INC. 5 1 2 5 2 15
HARRIS CORP. 0 0 5 4 6 15
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 0 0 1 3 11 15
NIKE, INC. 2 1 1 4 7 15
TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC. 6 5 1 1 2 15
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 3 7 3 14
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. 3 1 2 4 4 14
HUNTER INDUSTRIES, INC. 4 1 3 4 2 14
INTEL CORPORATION 1 1 5 5 2 14
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 2 3 8 0 1 14
QUALCOMM, INC. 0 1 4 2 7 14
WALGREEN CO. 3 8 1 1 1 14
ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED 1 2 3 5 2 13
DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION 0 1 3 6 3 13
FANUC ROBOTICS AMERICA, INC. 2 3 3 1 4 13
HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 3 0 3 5 2 13
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 4 3 2 2 2 13
MKS INSTRUMENTS, INC. 3 3 3 3 1 13
SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY 4 6 1 2 0 13
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 0 1 2 5 5 13
XEROX CORPORATION 3 4 3 1 2 13
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 6 4 1 1 0 12
DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LIMITED 2 4 1 4 1 12
DENSO CORPORATION 2 1 4 4 1 12
MCKESSON AUTOMATION INC. 3 1 5 3 0 12
NEC CORPORATION 3 2 4 2 1 12
PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG 2 3 2 2 3 12
TERADYNE, INC. 6 4 0 2 0 12
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 3 4 2 2 1 12
ABB AG 1 3 3 2 2 11
BELL AND HOWELL, LLC 0 5 3 0 3 11
BEVERAGE WORKS, INC. 0 4 3 0 4 11
COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 2 1 2 1 5 11
DAIFUKU CO., LTD. 2 1 1 3 4 11
EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. 1 3 1 4 2 11
MURATA MACHINERY, LTD. 2 1 1 4 3 11
OMNICELL, INC. 2 7 0 1 1 11
PROCTER + GAMBLE COMPANY 0 5 0 5 1 11
RAYTHEON COMPANY 2 1 2 5 1 11
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 10 1 0 0 0 11
SPECTRA LOGIC CORPORATION 1 3 3 3 1 11
CAUSAM ENERGY, INC. 0 0 0 4 6 10
CONSERT, INC. 1 4 2 1 2 10
EMERSON PROCESS MANAGEMENT POWER & WATER SOLUTIONS, INC. 3 2 3 1 1 10
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 1 4 3 1 10
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC. 0 0 0 0 10 10
RETHINK ROBOTICS, INC. 0 0 0 0 10 10
SCHWEITZER ENGINEERING LABORATORIES, INC. 0 3 2 2 3 10
SSI SCHAEFER PEEM GMBH 1 1 2 4 2 10
WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION 5 2 1 1 1 10
BROADCOM CORPORATION 1 1 2 2 3 9
DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED 0 3 3 1 2 9
ECOFACTOR, INC. 1 3 1 1 3 9
FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL LLC 2 2 0 1 4 9
GRIDPOINT, INC. 1 1 1 4 2 9
KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 2 1 2 3 9
NEUCO, INC. 1 2 4 2 0 9
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC. 1 0 1 6 1 9
SOLYSTIC 0 2 3 2 2 9
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 2 2 3 1 1 9
THE NIELSEN COMPANY (U.S.), L.L.C. 1 0 3 1 4 9
YUYAMA MFG. CO., LTD. 3 2 1 2 1 9
CARRIER CORPORATION 1 2 0 2 3 8
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. 1 1 3 0 3 8
EBARA CORPORATION 1 3 1 2 1 8
HONDA RESEARCH INSTITUTE EUROPE GMBH 0 2 4 2 0 8
INOTERA MEMORIES, INC. 5 0 1 2 0 8
KRONES AG 1 1 2 1 3 8
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 1 3 1 2 1 8
NIKON CORPORATION 1 2 2 2 1 8
OMRON CORPORATION 3 1 3 1 0 8
REDBOX AUTOMATED RETAIL, L.L.C. 1 1 3 0 3 8
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 2 1 3 1 8
ROSEMOUNT INC. 2 4 1 1 0 8
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 4 2 2 0 8
SIEMENS PRODUCT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE INC. 1 2 0 4 1 8
SYSMEX CORPORATION 1 1 1 4 1 8
TOSHIBA MACHINE CO., LTD. 2 2 2 1 1 8
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, POSTAL SERVICE 5 1 0 0 2 8
WALKER DIGITAL, LLC 8 0 0 0 0 8
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 1 1 2 2 1 7
ASML NETHERLANDS B.V. 2 1 1 1 2 7
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 2 0 1 2 2 7
AUTOMED TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED 0 1 3 2 1 7
CADENT LTD. 2 2 2 1 0 7
COMVERGE, INC. 0 1 3 2 1 7
CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY, LTD. 2 1 2 0 2 7
DECKEL MAHO PFRONTEN GMBH 0 0 1 2 4 7
ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'OPTIQUE 0 1 2 2 2 7
F ROBOTICS ACQUISITIONS LTD. 1 2 2 0 2 7
FOXNUM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 4 3 0 0 0 7
GLORY LTD. 0 1 4 0 2 7
HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INC. 3 0 2 2 0 7
HURCO COMPANIES, INC. 3 1 1 1 1 7
KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION 0 1 2 3 1 7
KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1 3 2 1 0 7
MSI COMPUTER (SHENZHEN) CO. LTD. 0 2 1 1 3 7
NOVELLUS SYSTEMS, INC. 3 1 2 0 1 7
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 1 1 0 2 3 7
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 3 1 1 0 2 7
STRATASYS, INC. 4 1 0 1 1 7
SYMBOTIC LLC 0 0 1 1 5 7
THE MATH WORKS, INC. 2 0 2 1 2 7
TRANSLOGIC CORPORATION 1 0 1 4 1 7
TRUMPF WERKZEUGMASCHINEN GMBH + CO. KG 2 2 0 1 2 7
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC. 1 0 0 3 3 7
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 2 3 1 0 1 7
VISTAPRINT SCHWEIZ GMBH 0 0 1 5 1 7
VISTAPRINT TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 1 3 3 0 0 7
3D SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 2 1 0 6
ABB TECHNOLOGY LTD. 0 1 2 2 1 6
AETHON, INC. 4 1 0 0 1 6
AMERICAN POWER CONVERSION CORPORATION 2 3 1 0 0 6
ASHFORD TECHNICAL SOFTWARE, INC. 0 0 3 3 0 6
BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC 2 1 1 0 2 6
BOSE CORPORATION 0 0 2 0 4 6
CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY 1 1 2 1 1 6
CRANE MERCHANDISING SYSTEMS, INC. 2 1 2 1 0 6
FERAG AG 1 0 2 2 1 6
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 3 2 0 0 1 6
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 1 2 0 2 1 6
GEORGIA-PACIFIC CONSUMER PRODUCTS LP 1 1 2 0 2 6
HITACHI METALS LTD. 2 4 0 0 0 6
HONEYWELL ASCA INC. 0 1 2 2 1 6
INTELLIGENT HOSPITAL SYSTEMS LTD. 1 1 2 0 2 6
JOHN BEAN TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 1 0 1 2 2 6
JOSTENS, INC. 0 0 2 0 4 6
KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS 0 0 1 2 3 6
KIVA SYSTEMS, INC. 3 3 0 0 0 6
KNAPP AG 0 0 1 4 1 6
LIEBERT CORPORATION 1 3 1 1 0 6
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 4 1 1 0 0 6
NEUROARM SURGICAL LTD. 2 1 2 0 1 6
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 0 6 0 0 6
NORDEX ENERGY GMBH 3 2 1 0 0 6
NVIDIA CORPORATION 1 0 0 2 3 6
PILZ GMBH & CO. 0 0 2 0 4 6
PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 0 1 3 1 6
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 3 3 0 0 0 6
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 3 6
SHIMA SEIKI MFG. LTD. 2 3 0 0 1 6
SIEMENS CORPORATION 1 1 1 1 2 6
SINTOKOGIO LTD. 0 0 0 4 2 6
SIRONA DENTAL SYSTEMS GMBH & CO. KG 1 0 4 0 1 6
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 2 2 1 0 1 6
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION, LTD. 1 0 0 2 3 6
UTIQUE, INC. 1 0 4 1 0 6
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 4 0 2 0 0 6
AESYNT INCORPORATED 0 0 0 2 3 5
AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH 0 0 1 1 3 5
ALPINE ELECTRONICS INC. 0 4 0 0 1 5
ASOKA USA CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 1 5
ASTERES INC. 1 2 1 0 1 5
AUDIBLE, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
AUTOFORM ENGINEERING GMBH 2 2 0 1 0 5
AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
BRAIN CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 5 5
CASCADE CORPORATION 1 0 0 3 1 5
CBS INTERACTIVE, INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
CERNER INNOVATION, INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES 0 0 0 1 4 5
DEKA PRODUCTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0 0 0 2 3 5
DOLBY INTERNATIONAL AB 0 0 2 3 0 5
EATON CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 1 5
ELWHA LLC 0 0 0 2 3 5
EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC 0 1 0 2 2 5
FORD MOTOR COMPANY 1 1 1 1 1 5
GREEN BADGE LLC 0 0 1 4 0 5
GRENZEBACH MASCHINENBAU GMBH 0 0 2 2 1 5
HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION 0 2 0 2 1 5
HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC. 0 2 2 1 0 5
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 0 0 1 3 1 5
INNOVATION ASSOCIATES, INC. 2 0 1 2 0 5
INTELLIGRATED HEADQUARTERS LLC 0 0 0 2 3 5
JDA SOFTWARE GROUP, INC. 1 0 0 0 4 5
KEBA AG 1 1 1 1 1 5
KLA-TENCOR TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 1 0 0 2 2 5
KUKA SYSTEMS GMBH 0 0 0 2 3 5
LSIS CO., LTD. 0 0 0 3 2 5
MEIDENSHA CORPORATION 0 0 5 0 0 5
MEMC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS, INC. 1 3 0 1 0 5
MPMAN.COM INC. 0 3 1 1 0 5
MTU AERO ENGINES GMBH 3 0 1 1 0 5
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 0 2 2 0 1 5
NITTO DENKO CORPORATION 3 1 0 1 0 5
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 1 0 1 2 1 5
REGEN ENERGY INC. 1 0 2 1 1 5
REPOWER SYSTEMS SE 0 2 3 0 0 5
S. C. JOHNSON + SON, INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
SAMSUNG TECHWIN CO., LTD. 1 1 2 0 1 5
SANDVIK MINING AND CONSTRUCTION OY 0 1 4 0 0 5
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC AUTOMATION GMBH 0 1 2 0 2 5
SEEGRID CORPORATION 0 0 1 4 0 5
SIGMATEL INC. 3 0 0 2 0 5
SMP LOGIC SYSTEMS LLC 0 0 1 1 3 5
SOMFY 2 0 2 0 1 5
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 1 3 1 0 0 5
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 0 3 1 1 0 5
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
SYNOPSYS INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
TITAN MEDICAL, INC. 0 3 0 1 1 5
TORO COMPANY 2 1 0 1 1 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 1 0 3 1 0 5
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 0 1 1 0 3 5



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