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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 710, Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Data Processing 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
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 136 104 125 140 89 594
INTEL CORPORATION 51 55 50 66 92 314
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 35 42 27 34 42 180
APPLE, INC. 34 38 39 35 32 178
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 28 31 23 38 31 151
LSI CORPORATION 27 28 42 37 17 151
HITACHI, LTD 41 42 27 18 11 139
FUJITSU LIMITED 25 23 23 34 30 135
SONY CORPORATION 25 32 21 19 10 107
EMC CORPORATION 15 14 18 38 21 106
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 23 17 16 14 19 89
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 16 20 19 19 14 88
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 17 23 14 16 15 85
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 26 20 16 18 3 83
BROADCOM CORPORATION 28 20 12 15 7 82
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 16 13 15 22 16 82
QUALCOMM, INC. 8 7 13 17 34 79
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 17 21 15 8 12 73
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 10 17 13 10 19 69
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 11 15 8 15 17 66
NVIDIA CORPORATION 12 7 16 13 8 56
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 12 12 12 7 11 54
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 14 12 9 10 8 53
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 4 12 17 10 4 47
ALTERA CORPORATION 8 6 9 10 11 44
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 15 6 10 6 6 43
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 2 12 7 12 8 41
ARM LIMITED 9 8 8 8 6 39
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 6 12 5 7 7 37
NEC CORPORATION 5 4 15 8 5 37
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 12 7 4 5 8 36
NXP B.V. 12 6 10 4 3 35
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 6 8 5 10 6 35
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 11 10 7 3 3 34
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 10 7 6 6 5 34
XILINX, INC. 10 9 8 5 2 34
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 0 4 6 15 8 33
PANASONIC CORPORATION 12 7 8 5 0 32
GOOGLE, INC. 2 7 3 7 12 31
RAMBUS, INC. 7 7 5 1 9 29
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 5 9 8 3 2 27
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 6 5 6 6 4 27
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 3 7 8 7 1 26
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC. 11 4 1 3 6 25
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 9 8 2 3 3 25
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 4 5 5 5 6 25
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 9 12 4 0 0 25
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 10 4 7 1 3 25
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 3 6 4 6 5 24
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 1 0 4 6 12 23
QLOGIC CORPORATION 5 3 4 4 6 22
SANDISK IL LTD. 7 8 5 1 1 22
VMWARE, INC. 1 4 5 7 5 22
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 1 3 4 10 21
NOKIA CORPORATION 4 4 6 5 1 20
ATI TECHNOLOGIES ULC 5 5 1 5 3 19
MEDIATEK INC. 6 3 1 2 7 19
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 4 7 2 3 2 18
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 6 5 1 2 18
NETAPP, INC. 2 7 4 3 2 18
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC. 4 1 3 3 7 18
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 4 4 1 3 6 18
LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 0 0 2 15 17
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 1 2 5 5 17
ROUND ROCK RESEARCH, LLC 8 6 2 1 0 17
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 3 3 1 6 4 17
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 4 6 3 2 1 16
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 6 3 3 1 3 16
SPANSION LLC 0 3 2 9 2 16
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 4 2 7 15
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 0 0 1 14 15
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 2 6 2 3 2 15
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 1 3 4 6 1 15
PMC-SIERRA US, INC. 4 3 1 5 2 15
STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION 7 5 1 2 0 15
VIRIDENT SYSTEMS INC. 0 2 6 5 2 15
ZTE CORPORATION 1 0 1 8 5 15
ATEN INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 5 5 3 1 0 14
BLACKBERRY LIMITED 0 0 2 5 7 14
EMULEX DESIGN & MANUFACTURING CORPORATION 7 3 1 3 0 14
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 3 6 4 0 1 14
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC. 0 0 0 0 14 14
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 7 5 2 0 0 14
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 0 4 2 2 6 14
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 6 4 2 2 0 14
ATMEL CORPORATION 0 0 4 3 6 13
PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG 3 6 2 1 1 13
SILICON IMAGE, INC. 2 2 4 3 2 13
ST-ERICSSON SA 1 0 5 4 3 13
WISTRON CORPORATION 1 2 1 3 6 13
ALCATEL LUCENT 1 1 3 2 5 12
CROSSROADS SYSTEMS, INC. 10 0 2 0 0 12
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 3 4 2 1 2 12
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 3 1 0 6 2 12
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 3 4 2 3 0 12
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 2 2 4 4 0 12
FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED 2 3 2 4 0 11
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 2 2 4 2 11
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 2 2 3 2 11
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 4 0 0 4 3 11
SUPER TALENT ELECTRONICS, INC. 5 5 1 0 0 11
XEROX CORPORATION 3 2 2 3 1 11
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 1 2 2 3 2 10
BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. 1 4 1 4 0 10
LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED 4 2 2 2 0 10
MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 0 0 0 6 4 10
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 1 0 0 4 5 10
SK HYNIX INC. 0 0 0 1 9 10
STMICROELECTRONICS ROUSSET SAS 0 3 0 6 1 10
FEITIAN TECHNOLOGIES CO. LTD. 2 2 1 3 1 9
FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC. 3 3 1 1 1 9
ICRON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 0 0 3 4 2 9
RED HAT ISRAEL, LTD. 0 0 3 3 3 9
SMSC HOLDINGS SARL 0 2 1 5 1 9
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL.) 2 0 3 3 1 9
COMMVAULT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 3 3 0 8
CONCURRENT VENTURES, LLC 0 0 0 1 7 8
FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 3 1 3 1 8
GEMALTO SA 0 1 3 2 2 8
HUAWEI DEVICE CO., LTD. 0 0 3 3 2 8
LANTIQ DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 4 2 2 0 0 8
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 0 0 3 3 2 8
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 1 2 1 3 8
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 1 0 0 4 3 8
MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 1 2 1 2 2 8
NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 2 0 2 3 1 8
OPEN INVENTION NETWORK, LLC 0 0 2 2 4 8
PLX TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 3 3 0 8
RED HAT, INC. 0 2 0 3 3 8
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 3 1 0 2 2 8
BUFFALO, INC. 0 5 1 1 0 7
IMATION CORP. 0 2 2 1 2 7
INFORTREND TECHNOLOGY INC. 0 2 3 1 1 7
INVENTEC CORPORATION 3 0 0 4 0 7
LSIS CO., LTD. 0 0 1 4 2 7
NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 0 2 2 1 7
SILICON SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 2 1 1 7
SYNOPSYS INC. 1 1 2 2 1 7
TOTAL PHASE, INC. 0 3 2 1 1 7
TRI-COUNTY EXCELSIOR FOUNDATION 0 0 1 4 2 7
VALENS SEMICONDUCTOR LTD. 0 0 2 2 3 7
APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 1 6
BECKHOFF AUTOMATION GMBH 4 1 0 1 0 6
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 1 1 2 6
EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC 0 3 0 1 2 6
FINISAR CORPORATION 2 2 0 2 0 6
FUSION-IO, INC. 1 1 2 1 1 6
HTC CORPORATION 1 2 0 2 1 6
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 1 2 1 1 1 6
IMMERSION CORPORATION 0 2 2 2 0 6
INVENSYS SYSTEMS, INC. 0 3 3 0 0 6
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 1 1 1 0 6
LOGITECH EUROPE S.A. 0 1 2 2 1 6
MARVELL ISRAEL (MISL) LTD. 2 1 0 2 1 6
MCCI CORPORATION 0 0 2 1 3 6
MOXA, INC. 2 1 1 0 2 6
NINTENDO CO., LTD. 0 2 1 1 2 6
NUON, INC 1 2 0 2 1 6
PHISON ELECTRONIC CORP. 1 2 1 1 1 6
RENESAS ELECTRONICS AMERICA INC. 1 3 1 1 0 6
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 1 2 3 6
STMICROELECTRONICS (GRENOBLE 2) SAS 0 0 3 3 0 6
TERADICI CORPORATION 2 2 1 1 0 6
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 0 3 1 2 0 6
XINSHU MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. 3 1 1 1 0 6
ACER INCORPORATED 1 0 0 2 2 5
ACQIS LLC 1 1 0 2 1 5
AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH 0 1 1 0 3 5
ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC. 1 0 2 1 1 5
BELKIN INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 1 0 2 0 5
BOEING COMPANY 1 1 1 1 1 5
CALOS FUND, LLC 2 2 1 0 0 5
CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 2 1 1 5
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES 0 1 2 1 1 5
DEARBORN GROUP, INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5
DENSO CORPORATION 0 0 2 3 0 5
DSSD, INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
EMULEX CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 4 5
ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 2 0 3 5
INEDA SYSTEMS PVT. LTD. 0 0 0 0 5 5
JUNE-ON TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 2 2 1 0 5
LENNOX INDUSTRIES INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 2 3 0 0 0 5
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 5 5
QIMONDA AG 3 1 1 0 0 5
SANDISK CORPORATION 3 0 1 1 0 5
SILICON MOTION, INC. 2 1 0 1 1 5
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
SONICS, INC. 1 2 2 0 0 5
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA LLC 0 0 3 0 2 5
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 2 1 2 0 0 5
TAEJIN INFO TECH CO., LTD 0 1 2 2 0 5



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