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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Electronic Information Products Division
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting By Geographic Region (State and Country),
Breakout By Organization

Count of 1969 - 2007 Utility Patent Grants,
By Calendar Year of Grant

- Explanation of Data -

Rank Ordered Listing of Organizations Receiving 5 or More Utility Patents During the Period
Originating From

CALIFORNIA

( patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor )

The following table displays first-named assignees and counts of their associated patents, as distributed by the year of patent grant.
First-Named Assignee 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Total
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 1994 1764 2271 2000 2305 2309 2089 1929 1977 1947 1512 1846 1846 1563 1400 1567 1640 1641 1995 1899 2424 2243 2386 2313 2237 2318 2328 2574 2411 3044 3170 3030 2930 2694 2680 2372 2046 2518 2055 85267
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 59 77 102 86 56 54 55 53 55 55 34 57 59 48 42 62 56 38 48 62 63 55 61 67 88 108 152 226 230 327 382 344 390 373 418 304 247 274 228 5495
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 24 18 13 16 22 21 17 21 25 23 1 2 37 39 45 42 41 52 63 56 76 60 76 75 100 137 178 219 241 332 388 366 338 359 346 348 318 362 319 5216
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 4 8 15 32 52 84 74 58 66 53 45 47 37 55 80 132 217 342 548 678 782 611 490 305 241 116 5182
INTEL CORPORATION 0 0 2 3 5 10 5 17 21 17 9 6 12 6 7 16 7 9 13 22 24 25 33 44 76 108 120 154 134 215 291 274 306 366 527 542 529 566 507 5028
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 3 5 11 21 48 57 58 57 102 129 339 469 369 341 396 442 515 470 527 422 4786
HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY 130 131 149 139 130 123 128 142 110 125 61 97 95 80 64 99 88 96 176 207 288 233 308 267 278 337 270 221 121 42 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4740
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 134 169 219 180 277 199 222 244 215 105 130 146 123 102 107 94 77 70 48 30 43 70 126 91 67 86 58 59 60 54 56 76 55 59 71 61 53 50 61 4147
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 40 33 38 37 50 29 33 45 35 25 21 14 23 20 17 23 26 30 57 77 103 98 150 140 121 158 183 177 194 288 313 312 354 336 118 0 1 3 0 3722
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 4 2 6 7 14 16 31 48 53 57 91 86 166 237 359 378 444 449 284 297 295 252 3593
CHEVRON RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY CO. 128 119 120 153 121 169 143 153 116 125 106 110 103 98 147 136 138 151 111 84 66 46 71 81 63 56 23 3 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2948
XEROX CORPORATION 32 28 17 16 13 23 48 71 82 75 48 45 56 53 48 40 46 38 55 56 42 35 52 73 99 107 114 145 132 177 141 117 149 149 135 87 73 88 76 2881
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 2 10 6 4 6 13 20 37 41 29 41 25 38 34 39 31 31 36 30 40 41 66 70 79 127 146 154 133 138 145 140 147 148 140 128 136 164 150 2765
ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 166 158 182 127 133 93 81 75 94 94 59 83 95 81 89 75 85 66 94 81 58 63 102 72 71 79 80 76 41 35 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2713
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 413 558 570 621 514 2676
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 6 7 5 10 17 37 43 76 123 151 211 228 191 139 159 179 170 112 153 88 2110
TRW INC. 58 93 97 80 76 64 51 52 38 34 23 32 23 13 17 16 27 41 43 28 40 32 25 26 44 69 59 47 40 74 129 171 173 125 54 8 2 2 0 2026
QUALCOMM, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 4 9 8 9 19 43 35 71 90 84 151 172 153 255 173 338 204 1826
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 6 40 67 133 238 352 550 431 1821
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 7 6 21 23 33 47 53 103 161 191 242 159 80 91 73 75 89 76 100 109 1759
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 27 63 101 140 209 261 252 361 323 1751
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 1 13 11 13 13 27 18 16 17 12 26 16 19 16 15 16 23 26 18 53 27 34 30 27 45 36 22 40 88 92 94 112 101 123 123 93 104 110 1671
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 0 0 1 3 6 7 15 19 17 10 4 11 10 4 16 33 36 30 42 52 41 32 51 40 48 59 47 50 61 74 73 93 77 95 79 64 82 90 69 1541
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 163 173 191 296 251 246 144 1521
UNISYS CORPORATION 36 47 56 65 34 28 35 21 38 49 57 48 62 55 66 63 73 44 38 26 33 18 29 25 18 23 31 39 37 49 32 39 35 36 21 22 15 29 18 1490
UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA 34 56 44 84 62 50 41 25 58 54 24 31 23 25 30 50 62 66 56 67 72 54 86 85 52 40 26 8 14 10 4 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1398
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 63 51 72 50 43 53 42 24 29 35 38 30 48 56 28 48 68 45 56 55 46 46 42 77 47 73 25 22 8 10 2 9 13 5 9 5 4 2 1 1380
XILINX, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 7 1 2 4 2 22 20 48 53 70 89 110 116 123 93 92 127 170 158 1315
SONY CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 5 7 6 3 3 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 27 35 54 95 129 154 125 109 131 126 129 109 1273
GENENTECH, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 4 9 8 11 12 15 18 20 33 36 26 24 39 71 118 50 76 57 66 62 53 63 123 256 1256
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 34 26 38 32 34 28 21 12 14 19 13 23 16 16 22 21 34 26 23 13 32 25 38 72 51 60 42 50 55 41 37 23 32 36 26 30 38 30 33 1216
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 30 23 37 44 66 63 57 21 22 27 22 19 18 10 37 34 48 31 46 29 49 40 47 36 37 52 49 27 26 21 12 13 13 9 13 19 12 10 16 1185
ALTERA CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 6 2 9 14 19 12 38 29 50 70 96 113 85 59 71 97 150 166 1094
VARIAN ASSOCIATES, INC. 93 88 86 41 52 54 49 48 29 32 24 32 29 20 28 22 31 37 25 27 26 12 17 16 15 15 19 5 28 26 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1032
SMITHKLINE BECKMAN CORPORATION 87 66 61 46 41 35 29 30 43 40 32 39 31 36 39 41 21 11 17 15 25 23 11 29 16 26 34 25 20 22 20 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1014
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 17 52 46 76 85 130 132 163 159 135 999
RAYCHEM CORPORATION 6 14 18 8 11 14 14 23 20 23 19 27 23 36 28 44 54 46 67 49 77 47 44 44 36 24 34 23 28 38 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 968
RAYTHEON COMPANY 11 5 1 3 8 7 2 6 5 8 8 11 7 12 6 14 11 4 11 6 7 8 7 11 6 8 7 4 3 77 119 102 68 63 59 75 55 86 45 956
MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORP. 60 55 56 46 54 38 30 34 28 21 12 14 23 15 21 19 13 10 19 18 12 17 23 18 19 16 27 16 25 52 71 32 14 5 2 5 0 0 0 940
BOEING COMPANY 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 3 1 2 2 7 4 4 11 3 2 3 4 5 9 5 15 46 82 111 166 145 170 125 933
STAUFFER CHEMICAL COMPANY 24 16 23 48 64 62 70 67 62 65 34 37 42 43 49 49 53 22 38 33 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 929
ITT CORPORATION 37 39 53 54 58 56 59 64 57 43 22 48 34 17 11 21 21 19 16 11 26 22 26 18 12 25 21 19 9 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 928
ALZA CORPORATION 0 0 3 6 11 15 21 23 24 19 15 21 19 14 7 26 24 27 29 41 45 45 36 39 50 31 26 24 34 26 50 28 40 20 22 8 18 23 17 927
ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 9 5 15 5 13 14 11 13 20 21 28 20 27 35 51 68 83 171 104 72 66 64 921
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 3 7 4 2 6 17 41 40 71 94 93 117 93 118 104 81 901
MATTEL INC. 29 31 81 75 72 26 18 18 9 20 18 18 23 17 24 12 26 33 25 15 6 5 9 14 18 27 6 12 8 7 19 25 23 17 20 22 10 16 12 866
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 32 28 29 60 67 44 39 35 107 130 99 107 75 859
DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY 36 33 42 42 32 53 43 30 28 26 17 24 22 20 11 31 39 30 44 55 35 52 38 15 13 8 4 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 834
SHELL OIL COMPANY 127 103 87 102 84 48 28 33 37 10 11 32 15 14 10 14 24 18 3 1 11 3 4 2 2 1 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 832
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE 32 40 41 35 40 21 32 30 39 33 27 44 30 18 27 39 35 31 32 15 23 12 15 17 10 12 5 5 8 5 9 8 8 5 4 5 4 2 2 800
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 4 4 4 3 3 6 17 16 34 59 52 59 52 67 89 89 90 76 52 782
SYNTEX (U.S.A) INC. 0 0 0 0 0 20 41 48 54 26 17 17 20 25 23 21 33 42 32 39 37 30 25 34 33 15 31 21 12 21 16 16 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 756
FMC CORPORATION 84 44 64 37 43 33 26 18 29 29 28 30 26 25 17 21 22 4 9 7 7 18 10 17 13 13 10 11 9 11 9 11 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 742
PACESETTER, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 35 34 70 32 27 35 67 69 70 71 91 107 739
LITTON SYSTEMS INC. 22 11 17 16 30 12 10 7 14 9 11 2 10 10 3 13 12 16 18 29 31 20 23 19 25 33 43 35 15 36 41 41 50 21 17 7 1 2 5 737
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 71 133 231 259 732
ALLERGAN, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 11 15 32 40 46 59 51 58 65 62 27 21 11 21 37 41 33 43 50 729
ISIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 8 27 37 37 77 110 105 101 61 55 44 27 27 724
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 88 120 153 144 106 44 30 7 2 0 696
AMPEX CORP. 34 36 48 36 36 14 15 13 16 26 16 16 18 35 19 37 42 23 29 33 25 19 21 9 6 2 14 2 6 13 3 7 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 672
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 9 15 18 75 60 71 79 119 62 55 62 633
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 105 83 102 112 86 54 45 616
VLSI TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 5 19 29 43 53 60 67 45 59 77 68 39 19 0 0 0 0 0 592
INCYTE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 3 3 4 17 106 246 144 31 4 2 0 1 0 0 570
SRI INTERNATIONAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 9 14 7 11 24 19 15 14 18 25 20 19 22 24 20 20 10 18 26 21 21 24 21 22 30 15 36 22 554
CHIRON CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 6 5 2 5 15 12 8 11 17 65 65 43 57 52 44 33 34 21 33 19 553
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, INCORPORATED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 4 7 13 17 17 10 18 22 15 43 52 81 96 116 15 11 3 2 1 1 0 551
INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORPORATION 30 10 10 2 5 3 3 0 2 1 4 4 2 2 8 2 5 3 8 8 4 6 7 2 1 3 10 13 14 30 26 26 33 34 35 42 53 37 56 544
NCR CORPORATION 20 20 10 12 4 7 5 7 10 11 12 13 9 9 14 7 5 7 13 13 21 14 12 7 2 8 5 4 10 23 31 15 16 28 24 26 17 32 34 537
RAMBUS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 9 10 8 13 21 34 31 43 59 62 58 98 83 537
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 3 2 15 12 12 33 37 80 53 55 60 32 30 36 19 22 7 513
BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 2 12 5 17 6 13 15 2 1 2 2 4 3 4 6 1 2 17 20 40 27 35 24 35 31 30 18 15 28 28 13 8 10 9 2 7 4 3 502
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 2 7 16 18 13 45 48 54 67 117 106 499
THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 26 22 31 25 25 55 41 35 52 30 27 17 26 37 32 490
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION, LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 8 14 22 33 42 62 61 66 44 37 24 21 12 10 21 484
LOCKHEED CORPORATION 39 45 39 34 33 26 16 11 10 10 6 6 12 6 19 15 22 11 17 9 22 7 12 4 5 9 6 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 461
FAIRCHILD CAMERA AND INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 22 19 37 24 17 9 24 29 23 26 22 18 18 20 31 38 24 21 9 7 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 450
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 28 57 83 116 104 55 450
SANDISK CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 13 11 16 19 26 23 34 38 60 76 122 449
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 54 106 118 74 33 16 18 13 446
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 2 5 2 7 6 5 2 1 2 3 4 3 12 15 14 12 25 21 23 27 24 27 28 29 55 71 434
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 75 72 130 123 426
3COM CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 7 14 16 12 22 36 57 59 42 46 36 27 31 13 424
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 8 5 4 6 4 1 8 7 4 11 7 18 31 25 22 22 27 26 11 15 5 7 29 40 42 12 9 5 0 0 0 419
FUJITSU LIMITED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 6 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 6 12 9 14 16 23 24 32 24 57 44 43 30 55 413
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 2 4 7 9 7 11 13 20 25 45 41 33 30 20 21 21 25 33 30 403
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 5 6 15 6 7 2 5 1 6 5 5 4 6 8 6 5 18 13 13 6 15 17 16 12 15 20 30 27 26 22 30 21 402
AEROJET-GENERAL CORPORATION 31 48 42 39 22 24 28 14 7 4 3 8 3 1 1 1 3 0 2 6 5 3 3 1 9 13 16 10 19 13 3 3 0 4 3 5 1 2 1 401
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 2 3 6 4 0 4 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 1 3 2 4 4 13 12 16 34 46 37 31 27 27 47 51 393
NORTHROP CORPORATION 13 16 24 20 27 15 14 13 17 9 9 15 11 7 3 5 8 12 22 15 21 14 18 26 18 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 390
ROHR INDUSTRIES INC. 8 19 64 53 43 36 16 27 15 10 9 5 10 9 4 9 6 2 7 4 8 4 15 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 388
ROBERTSHAW CONTROLS COMPANY 29 38 37 35