| First-Named Assignee | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 10-Year Total | 5-Year Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Business Machines Corporation | 743 | 772 | 831 | 690 | 640 | 562 | 6620 | 3495 |
| Dell Products, L.p. | 161 | 184 | 189 | 162 | 221 | 246 | 1720 | 1002 |
| ~individually Owned Patent | 140 | 92 | 101 | 119 | 121 | 144 | 1056 | 577 |
| Silicon Laboratories Inc. | 53 | 59 | 59 | 69 | 59 | 65 | 608 | 311 |
| National Instruments Corporation | 52 | 52 | 66 | 70 | 48 | 38 | 532 | 274 |
| Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. | 186 | 241 | 1121 | 241 | ||||
| Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 37 | 49 | 32 | 42 | 53 | 45 | 571 | 221 |
| University Of Texas | 25 | 25 | 32 | 34 | 49 | 57 | 294 | 197 |
| Cirrus Logic, Inc. | 40 | 21 | 23 | 29 | 23 | 60 | 345 | 156 |
| Fisher-rosemount Systems, Inc. | 22 | 23 | 25 | 22 | 25 | 22 | 204 | 117 |
| Intel Corporation | 25 | 13 | 13 | 33 | 50 | 239 | 109 | |
| 3m Innovative Properties Company | 25 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 32 | 221 | 97 |
| Multimedia Games, Inc. | 13 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 18 | 8 | 101 | 78 |
| Arm Limited | 10 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 124 | 72 |
| Cisco Technology, Inc. | 16 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 128 | 59 |