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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 719, Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (Ipc) (Electrical Computers and Digital 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 97 103 94 98 90 482
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 55 56 69 52 7 239
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 26 12 21 11 20 90
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 12 8 17 9 8 54
GOOGLE, INC. 2 8 11 14 11 46
INTEL CORPORATION 8 5 8 15 10 46
EMC CORPORATION 3 9 10 13 10 45
APPLE, INC. 5 9 8 8 8 38
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 7 7 6 6 12 38
RED HAT, INC. 2 6 6 17 7 38
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 9 7 12 5 37
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 10 7 3 7 5 32
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 1 2 7 10 8 28
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC. 0 0 0 0 26 26
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 6 7 4 4 3 24
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 3 5 4 6 3 21
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 1 6 4 4 6 21
ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED 3 5 7 2 3 20
VMWARE, INC. 0 6 1 4 9 20
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 3 1 5 8 18
FUJITSU LIMITED 0 4 3 4 7 18
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 2 5 5 2 4 18
ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED 1 3 4 4 4 16
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 1 6 2 5 1 15
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 2 4 4 4 1 15
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 2 3 4 3 14
NEC CORPORATION 0 3 3 3 5 14
THE MATH WORKS, INC. 4 2 1 4 3 14
NETAPP, INC. 2 1 4 3 3 13
EBAY INC. 1 1 2 5 3 12
NVIDIA CORPORATION 4 2 2 1 2 11
OPEN INVENTION NETWORK, LLC 0 1 2 2 6 11
QUALCOMM, INC. 0 3 2 4 2 11
SONY CORPORATION 1 3 1 2 4 11
BROADCOM CORPORATION 1 3 1 3 2 10
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 0 2 3 3 2 10
NOKIA CORPORATION 1 1 3 2 2 9
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 2 4 2 0 0 8
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL.) 2 1 2 2 1 8
TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED 0 0 0 1 7 8
YAHOO, INC. 2 1 3 1 1 8
AT& T MOBILITY II LLC 1 1 2 3 0 7
CA, INC. 0 0 0 4 3 7
CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. 2 1 1 1 2 7
DELL SOFTWARE, INC. 0 0 2 2 3 7
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 2 2 0 2 7
HITACHI, LTD 2 0 1 3 1 7
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 2 3 1 1 7
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 1 2 1 2 1 7
MCAFEE, INC. 0 1 3 3 0 7
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 2 1 2 2 0 7
OPEN TEXT S.A. 0 2 1 1 3 7
SOFTWARE AG 0 5 1 0 1 7
Z124 0 0 0 3 4 7
ALCATEL LUCENT 1 0 2 0 3 6
BLACKBERRY LIMITED 0 0 2 0 4 6
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 0 4 0 0 6
LSI CORPORATION 0 2 2 2 0 6
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 2 1 0 3 6
SALESFORCE.COM, INC. 0 0 3 2 1 6
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 1 4 0 0 6
VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC. 0 1 4 0 1 6
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC. 0 0 3 2 0 5
BUSINESS OBJECTS SOFTWARE LTD. 0 0 1 2 2 5
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0 0 1 1 3 5
HTC CORPORATION 0 2 0 3 0 5
LINKEDIN CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 4 5
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 0 0 4 1 0 5
NINTENDO CO., LTD. 0 0 0 2 3 5
NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 1 1 2 0 1 5
PARALLELS IP HOLDINGS GMBH 0 2 2 0 1 5
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
SIEBEL SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 2 2 0 5
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 2 2 0 1 0 5
ZYNGA, INC. 0 1 3 0 1 5



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