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Rank Ordered Listing of Organizations Receiving
5
or More Utility Patents During the Period
Having Primary Classification In
Class 704, DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (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 )
| First-Named Assignee | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. | 85 | 82 | 101 | 104 | 75 | 447 |
| GOOGLE, INC. | 12 | 50 | 111 | 102 | 109 | 384 |
| INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION | 67 | 69 | 71 | 64 | 72 | 343 |
| MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 84 | 96 | 71 | 63 | 14 | 328 |
| ~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT | 32 | 53 | 52 | 52 | 50 | 239 |
| AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. | 63 | 49 | 48 | 48 | 18 | 226 |
| SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 31 | 51 | 42 | 44 | 45 | 213 |
| AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. | 14 | 19 | 40 | 46 | 41 | 160 |
| PANASONIC CORPORATION | 31 | 46 | 44 | 20 | 2 | 143 |
| TOSHIBA CORPORATION | 32 | 32 | 25 | 19 | 25 | 133 |
| LG ELECTRONICS INC. | 23 | 35 | 25 | 9 | 15 | 107 |
| HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. | 11 | 17 | 36 | 20 | 17 | 101 |
| QUALCOMM, INC. | 8 | 17 | 31 | 21 | 21 | 98 |
| FUJITSU LIMITED | 20 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 97 |
| NEC CORPORATION | 7 | 16 | 26 | 33 | 15 | 97 |
| FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. | 8 | 13 | 20 | 30 | 22 | 93 |
| SONY CORPORATION | 14 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 88 |
| APPLE, INC. | 17 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 12 | 84 |
| ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE | 7 | 18 | 23 | 17 | 13 | 78 |
| BROADCOM CORPORATION | 18 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 67 |
| AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 33 | 50 |
| XEROX CORPORATION | 8 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 47 |
| RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED | 8 | 18 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| NOKIA CORPORATION | 9 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 45 |
| MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 43 |
| TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL.) | 1 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 43 |
| WEST CORPORATION | 4 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 43 |
| DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 42 |
| QNX SOFTWARE SYSTEMS, LTD. | 0 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 42 |
| HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) | 5 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 40 |
| BLACKBERRY LIMITED | 0 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 37 |
| VOICEBOX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 6 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 35 |
| INTEL CORPORATION | 4 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 34 |
| MOTOROLA-MOBILITY, INC. | 4 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 34 |
| FRANCE TELECOM | 1 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 31 |
| GENERAL MOTORS LLC | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 31 |
| AVAYA INC. | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 27 |
| KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 26 |
| PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 26 |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 26 |
| VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC. | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 26 |
| ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 25 |
| DOLBY INTERNATIONAL AB | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 25 |
| FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
| CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 23 |
| HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 23 |
| YAHOO, INC. | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 23 |
| CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 |
| MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 2 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 22 |
| SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 20 |
| YAMAHA CORPORATION | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
| CANYON IP HOLDINGS, LLC. | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| ROBERT BOSCH GMBH | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
| SKYPE | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 19 |
| AUDIENCE, INC. | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 18 |
| VOICEAGE CORPORATION | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 |
| INTELLISIST, INC. | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| NICE SYSTEMS LTD. | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
| THE NIELSEN COMPANY (U.S.), L.L.C. | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| DENSO CORPORATION | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| ABBYY INFOPOISK LLC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| FACEBOOK, INC. | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
| LANGUAGE WEAVER, INC. | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 |
| NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS AUSTRIA GMBH | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| ALCATEL LUCENT | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| K-NFB READING TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| CAMBRIDGE SILICON RADIO LIMITED | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| MMODAL IP LLC | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| MULTIMODAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| SENSORY, INC. | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| THOMSON LICENSING S.A. | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| VOCOLLECT, INC. | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| NTT DOCOMO, INC. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| QNX SOFTWARE SYSTEMS CO. | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| RICOH COMPANY, LTD. | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| ALPINE ELECTRONICS INC. | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| GOOGLE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LLC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| MINDSPEED TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| PROMPTU SYSTEMS CORPORATION | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| STMICROELECTRONICS ASIA PACIFIC PTE LIMITED | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| ABBYY SOFTWARE LTD. | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| DIGITAL RISE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| DIGITAL VOICE SYSTEMS, INC. | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION YONSEI UNIVERSITY | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION INDUSTRY | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| MACHINE ZONE, INC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| THE INTELLISIS CORPORATION | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 2236008 ONTARIO INC. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| CODING TECHNOLOGIES AB | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| FLUENTIAL, LLC | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| HITACHI, LTD | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| NVOQ INCORPORATED | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| VERINT AMERICAS INC. | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| WEST VIEW RESEARCH, LLC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| BOEING COMPANY | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| GLOBALENGLISH CORPORATION | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| JOHN NICHOLAS AND KRISTIN GROSS | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| LIONBRIDGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| LOQUENDO S.P.A. | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| NARRATIVE SCIENCE INC. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| POLYCOM, INC. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| RAWLES LLC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| SOUNDHOUND, INC. | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| ZANAVOX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| ZTE CORPORATION | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| DIGIMARC CORPORATION | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| ELIZA CORPORATION | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| HONDA RESEARCH INSTITUTE EUROPE GMBH | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| INTERACTIONS, LLC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| INTUIT, INC. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (KACST) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| NEXIDIA INC. | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| ORANGE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| RAYTHEON BBN TECHNOLOGIES CORP. | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| SMULE, INC. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| TEGIC COMMUNICATIONS, INC. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| TELECOM ITALIA S.P.A. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| TELLABS OPERATIONS INC. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| VLINGO CORPORATION | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| WORDRAKE HOLDINGS, LLC | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| CLARION CO., LTD. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| CORE WIRELESS LICENSING S.A.R.L. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY, LTD. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| DTS, INC. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| EMC CORPORATION | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| GWANGJU INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GMBH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| MEANINGFUL MACHINES, L.L.C. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| MEDIATEK INC. | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| NHN CORPORATION | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| OTICON A/S | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| PHOENIX SOLUTIONS, INC. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| ROBERT BOSCH CORPORATION | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| SIEMENS ENTERPRISE COMMUNICATIONS GMBH & CO. KG | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| SRI INTERNATIONAL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| STRATIFY, INC. | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| SYMANTEC CORPORATION | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| VERIZON BUSINESS GLOBAL LLC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| ZENTIAN LIMITED | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
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