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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 714, Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery

( 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 330 215 238 303 371 1457
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 122 133 103 113 83 554
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 97 81 88 74 100 440
FUJITSU LIMITED 64 85 108 86 59 402
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 42 88 83 70 54 337
INTEL CORPORATION 55 63 70 64 81 333
LSI CORPORATION 22 56 88 121 42 329
HITACHI, LTD 88 56 61 37 28 270
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 41 42 57 64 65 269
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 44 50 54 45 56 249
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 53 36 54 59 9 211
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 20 56 63 30 22 191
BROADCOM CORPORATION 44 52 39 25 24 184
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 35 40 21 41 41 178
QUALCOMM, INC. 20 28 62 37 23 170
APPLE, INC. 10 21 43 53 35 162
CLEVERSAFE, INC. 0 4 37 47 58 146
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 21 21 29 31 34 136
EMC CORPORATION 22 14 20 39 38 133
NEC CORPORATION 23 20 30 29 25 127
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC. 6 13 18 24 50 111
PANASONIC CORPORATION 17 22 32 24 8 103
SONY CORPORATION 12 24 33 17 15 101
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 26 22 13 16 22 99
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 37 21 17 8 10 93
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 10 17 8 16 42 93
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 15 18 18 19 20 90
ARM LIMITED 18 20 21 20 10 89
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL.) 4 27 29 18 11 89
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 13 10 37 16 12 88
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 6 10 18 26 21 81
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 16 15 14 14 22 81
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 13 13 21 17 16 80
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 3 8 21 40 77
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 17 15 18 10 16 76
NETAPP, INC. 26 14 13 11 10 74
ALTERA CORPORATION 11 9 19 14 20 73
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 25 21 11 11 72
XILINX, INC. 13 16 14 10 17 70
GOOGLE, INC. 3 8 16 22 17 66
MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION 13 11 15 12 15 66
ALCATEL LUCENT 9 14 14 12 15 64
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 8 3 13 19 20 63
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 5 14 20 23 63
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 9 11 6 17 17 60
SK HYNIX MEMORY SOLUTIONS INC. 0 0 18 25 17 60
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 5 8 11 15 20 59
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 24 22 6 1 0 53
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 15 6 8 7 17 53
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 8 13 16 8 6 51
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 16 17 11 4 1 49
RED HAT, INC. 5 8 8 8 17 46
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 11 2 19 9 4 45
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 10 10 6 7 12 45
MEDIATEK INC. 13 14 10 4 3 44
ZTE CORPORATION 1 7 10 18 7 43
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 15 9 13 5 0 42
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 4 5 13 13 7 42
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC. 0 0 0 0 41 41
NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA, INC. 3 15 10 5 7 40
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 10 9 5 7 9 40
ADVANTEST CORP. 16 4 8 9 1 38
INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 10 9 11 5 2 37
PHISON ELECTRONIC CORP. 7 3 12 7 8 37
SILICON MOTION, INC. 4 4 11 10 8 37
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 7 12 10 6 1 36
NVIDIA CORPORATION 7 9 6 6 7 35
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 8 8 9 4 5 34
NXP B.V. 13 5 10 3 3 34
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 4 11 19 0 0 34
NOKIA CORPORATION 8 15 7 1 1 32
RAMBUS, INC. 5 4 4 7 12 32
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 10 9 8 2 3 32
FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 15 6 5 5 0 31
OPEN INVENTION NETWORK, LLC 4 4 6 6 11 31
VMWARE, INC. 1 5 6 12 7 31
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 0 1 4 25 30
SK HYNIX INC. 0 0 6 10 14 30
VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC. 3 6 3 10 8 30
SYNOPSYS INC. 12 4 4 3 5 28
CA, INC. 0 1 8 10 7 26
DENSBITS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 0 5 12 6 2 25
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 7 7 2 4 5 25
LINK--A--MEDIA DEVICES CORPORATION 3 18 4 0 0 25
RAMOT AT TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY LTD. 3 2 11 5 4 25
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 5 2 5 10 2 24
FUSION-IO, INC. 1 10 9 3 0 23
SANDISK IL LTD. 7 9 4 2 0 22
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 7 5 5 2 3 22
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 7 5 3 2 22
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 2 6 5 3 5 21
FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 4 5 5 6 21
LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 0 0 0 21 21
PMC-SIERRA LTD. 3 1 1 4 12 21
SANDISK ENTERPRISE IP LLC 0 1 4 6 10 21
STMICROELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL N.V. 0 0 8 4 9 21
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 5 1 4 4 7 21
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. 4 4 3 1 8 20
MOTOROLA-MOBILITY, INC. 8 8 3 1 0 20
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 4 7 7 1 1 20
SYMANTEC OPERATING CORPORATION 7 7 5 1 0 20
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC. 3 4 4 3 5 19
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 5 3 6 3 2 19
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 3 5 6 5 0 19
PMC-SIERRA US, INC. 0 2 5 4 8 19
QIMONDA AG 8 5 5 0 0 18
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 9 1 7 1 0 18
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. 5 2 5 5 0 17
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 3 3 4 2 5 17
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 3 3 2 5 4 17
SALESFORCE.COM, INC. 0 2 9 4 2 17
SPANSION LLC 0 7 5 2 3 17
STEC, INC. 0 1 8 6 2 17
SYNTEST TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 3 2 1 6 17
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 3 5 1 6 1 16
DTVG LICENSING, INC. 5 5 4 1 1 16
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 3 5 6 0 2 16
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 3 1 5 4 3 16
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC 2 3 5 1 4 15
MARVELL ISRAEL (MISL) LTD. 4 3 4 2 2 15
ST-ERICSSON SA 2 6 4 2 1 15
THALES 2 6 3 2 2 15
WI-LAN INC. 0 6 3 6 0 15
BLACKBERRY LIMITED 0 0 4 5 5 14
BOEING COMPANY 1 3 5 3 2 14
INVENTEC CORPORATION 2 0 3 9 0 14
ATI TECHNOLOGIES ULC 2 6 1 3 1 13
EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC 0 2 4 3 4 13
HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC 0 1 2 5 5 13
LITEPOINT, CORP. 1 3 1 3 5 13
NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS OY 2 2 5 4 0 13
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA 0 0 0 3 10 13
SANDISK CORPORATION 11 1 1 0 0 13
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 4 3 2 4 0 13
XEROX CORPORATION 6 2 1 2 2 13
COMPELLENT TECHNOLOGIES 4 1 3 0 4 12
DATADIRECT NETWORKS, INC. 5 2 0 1 4 12
DIGITAL FOUNTAIN, INC. 3 1 4 1 3 12
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 2 2 5 2 12
NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY 1 2 2 3 4 12
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. 6 3 3 0 0 12
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 1 4 3 4 0 12
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 4 1 2 1 4 12
TQ DELTA, LLC 0 1 6 3 2 12
UNISYS CORPORATION 4 1 1 3 3 12
UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA) 3 3 3 3 0 12
DENSO CORPORATION 5 3 1 1 1 11
ANOBIT TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 4 6 0 0 0 10
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 3 0 5 1 1 10
IKANOS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 2 3 4 1 0 10
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD. 1 0 1 2 6 10
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 1 1 1 6 1 10
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 2 4 1 1 1 9
APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION 1 3 3 1 1 9
ATMEL CORPORATION 3 3 2 1 0 9
BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. 0 3 2 2 2 9
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 2 1 3 2 1 9
EBAY INC. 1 0 2 2 4 9
ELPIDA MEMORY, INC. 2 1 6 0 0 9
FRANCE TELECOM 0 4 5 0 0 9
INTEL MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS GMBH 0 2 0 6 1 9
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 4 3 2 0 0 9
LANTIQ DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 2 0 2 4 1 9
MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 1 1 2 3 2 9
NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY 3 2 0 1 3 9
NCR CORPORATION 1 2 2 1 3 9
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 9 9
RED HAT ISRAEL, LTD. 0 0 2 4 3 9
SUNPLUS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 3 4 2 0 0 9
TERNARYLOGIC LLC 2 3 0 2 2 9
ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. 8 0 0 0 0 8
AVALANCHE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 0 4 4 8
CAMBRIDGE SILICON RADIO LIMITED 0 2 2 4 0 8
COMMVAULT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 2 3 1 8
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 6 1 1 0 0 8
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 1 4 1 2 0 8
HARRIS CORP. 6 0 1 0 1 8
INFOSYS LIMITED 1 1 0 3 3 8
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 3 2 2 0 1 8
MEGACHIPS CORPORATION 1 2 2 1 2 8
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 1 3 3 0 1 8
NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS GMBH & CO. KG 2 1 3 2 0 8
QUEST SOFTWARE, INC. 3 2 3 0 0 8
SILICON IMAGE, INC. 2 1 2 3 0 8
TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY 2 1 3 1 1 8
VIASAT, INC. 0 0 4 2 2 8
WISTRON CORPORATION 1 2 0 4 1 8
ADVANTEST (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 0 0 5 2 0 7
AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.A.S. 0 1 3 1 2 7
ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC. 5 1 1 0 0 7
AT& T MOBILITY II LLC 1 2 2 1 1 7
AVAYA INC. 2 2 0 0 3 7
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 1 3 1 1 7
CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE, INC. 2 0 3 2 0 7
CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. 2 2 1 1 1 7
COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 0 1 2 1 3 7
CORTINA SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 3 2 1 7
CRAY INC. 3 2 1 0 1 7
DSSD, INC. 0 2 2 1 2 7
ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 2 2 2 1 7
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 1 1 1 0 4 7
INFINERA CORPORATION 0 0 2 4 1 7
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 2 1 0 0 7
INTUIT, INC. 0 0 1 0 6 7
INVENSYS SYSTEMS, INC. 2 0 2 2 1 7
INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I, LLC 1 3 3 0 0 7
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 1 3 1 0 7
NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 3 0 1 1 2 7
ROUND ROCK RESEARCH, LLC 3 1 0 1 2 7
SIRIUS XM RADIO INC. 0 1 1 3 2 7
SKYMEDI CORPORATION 0 2 1 3 1 7
STMICROELECTRONICS ROUSSET SAS 0 0 3 1 3 7
SUNGARD AVAILABILITY SERVICES LP 0 0 0 1 6 7
THE MATH WORKS, INC. 1 1 2 2 1 7
ULTRASOC TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 0 1 0 1 5 7
VIA TELECOM CO., LTD. 5 1 1 0 0 7
ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED 1 1 1 0 3 6
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 2 1 2 0 6
ALTERA CANADA CO. 0 1 2 1 2 6
ANRITSU CORPORATION 3 1 1 0 1 6
AQUANTIA CORPORATION 1 3 0 0 2 6
CIENA CORPORATION 0 2 2 1 1 6
CLEARWIRE IP HOLDINGS, LLC 0 2 2 2 0 6
CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO., OHG 0 0 4 0 2 6
DSPACE DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING AND CONTROL ENGINEERING GMBH 1 3 1 1 0 6
DSSDR, LLC 1 1 0 1 3 6
ENTROPIC COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 0 5 1 0 6
INFINIDAT LTD. 1 0 1 2 2 6
INNOVATIVE SONIC LIMITED 0 5 1 0 0 6
INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC. 0 1 2 2 1 6
JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY 5 0 0 1 0 6
KENCAST, INC. 0 1 2 2 1 6
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 1 2 0 1 2 6
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY LTD. 3 1 1 1 0 6
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0 4 1 1 0 6
VERIGY PTE LTD 5 1 0 0 0 6
WIPRO LIMITED 2 0 1 1 2 6
BALLY GAMING, INC. 1 0 2 2 0 5
CELLCO PARTNERSHIP 0 0 0 1 4 5
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 0 3 1 1 0 5
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES 0 0 3 0 2 5
CORE WIRELESS LICENSING S.A.R.L. 0 2 2 1 0 5
DELL SOFTWARE, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
DOT HILL SYSTEMS CORP. 1 1 2 1 0 5
EAGLE HARBOR HOLDINGS LLC 4 0 1 0 0 5
FACEBOOK, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
GENESYS LOGIC, INC. 4 1 0 0 0 5
HANGZHOU H3C TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 1 2 0 1 1 5
HIMAX MEDIA SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 2 3 0 0 5
IGNEOUS SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
INPHI CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 4 5
JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION 2 1 0 1 1 5
KIP CR P1 LP 0 0 0 3 2 5
KYOCERA CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 0 5
LAPIS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. 0 1 0 3 1 5
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 0 2 1 1 1 5
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 1 0 1 0 5
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 3 0 1 1 0 5
MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. 2 1 0 1 1 5
NAN YA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 1 5
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 4 1 0 0 0 5
NOVELL, INC. 0 3 1 0 1 5
OCZ STORAGE SOLUTIONS INC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
ORANGE 0 0 0 3 2 5
PLX TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 3 1 1 0 5
PURE STORAGE INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
QUANTA COMPUTER INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
RAYTHEON COMPANY 2 1 1 1 0 5
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 0 1 1 1 5
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 1 0 0 2 2 5
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 0 2 2 0 1 5
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 2 0 3 0 0 5
SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 1 0 1 1 2 5
STMICROELECTRONICS PVT. LTD. 3 1 1 0 0 5
TAEJIN INFO TECH CO., LTD 0 0 1 3 1 5
TEKTRONIX INC. 0 2 2 1 0 5
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. 0 4 1 0 0 5
TYCO ELECTRONICS SUBSEA COMMUNICATIONS LLC 0 0 2 3 0 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 0 0 2 1 2 5
VIOLIN MEMORY, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 0 5



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