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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Office of Electronic Information Products
Patent Technology Monitoring Division (PTMD)

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

Count of 1998 - 2002 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

SINGAPORE

( 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 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Total
CHARTERED SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING PTE LTD 34 37 69 108 125 373
~Individually Owned Patent 12 10 14 23 32 91
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 4 9 10 11 25 59
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE 8 7 10 8 18 51
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 4 10 9 12 7 42
TRITECH MICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 2 6 20 3 0 31
INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS 1 6 6 4 12 29
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 4 2 4 3 15 28
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 0 1 13 12 26
ST ASSEMBLY TEST SERVICES, PTE LTD. 0 0 1 11 13 25
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 0 1 5 3 13 22
MOTOROLA, INC. 2 1 6 6 3 18
TRITECH MICROELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD. 7 8 2 1 0 18
CHARTERED SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING, INC. 0 0 0 7 8 15
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 3 2 6 0 0 11
CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 1 1 2 2 3 9
NESTEC, S.A. 4 0 2 1 2 9
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 0 2 6 8
BERG TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 2 1 2 1 7
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 0 0 3 4 7
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, INCORPORATED 1 3 2 1 0 7
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 2 2 2 6
DATA STORAGE INSTITUTE 0 1 1 2 2 6
KENT RIDGE DIGITAL LABS 0 0 1 1 4 6
SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS (PTE) LTD. 1 1 0 4 0 6
SHIMANO (SINGAPORE) PRIVATE, LIMITED 1 0 1 0 4 6
BLACK & DECKER INC. 0 2 2 0 1 5
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH & ENGINEERING 0 0 1 4 0 5
NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY 0 0 1 1 3 5
THOMSON MULTIMEDIA S.A. 3 2 0 0 0 5


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