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

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 1998 - 2002 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 713, Support (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 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Total
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 92 75 72 92 82 413
INTEL CORPORATION 55 58 59 50 49 271
~Individually Owned Patent 34 29 37 39 29 168
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 26 30 34 28 14 132
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 17 33 30 17 7 104
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 25 17 21 24 12 99
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 14 21 20 23 9 87
FUJITSU LIMITED 16 16 17 14 16 79
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 12 7 12 26 16 73
MOTOROLA, INC. 22 19 14 4 7 66
HITACHI, LTD 18 14 7 13 9 61
NEC CORPORATION 6 12 10 14 15 57
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 19 13 6 8 8 54
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 13 15 12 5 6 51
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 11 8 11 9 9 48
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 11 14 2 9 11 47
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 5 10 10 19 47
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 11 9 11 5 5 41
SONY CORPORATION 1 9 12 5 13 40
MICRON ELECTRONICS, INC. 2 13 12 7 1 35
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 10 7 5 4 6 32
AT&T CORP. 2 5 7 12 4 30
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 5 4 7 10 4 30
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 1 3 3 5 15 27
3COM CORPORATION 0 4 5 10 7 26
NCR CORPORATION 5 8 3 8 0 24
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 9 6 2 2 4 23
PHOENIX TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 1 4 3 6 9 23
ENTRUST TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 0 1 4 8 8 21
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 5 8 4 0 4 21
NOVELL, INC. 4 9 5 1 2 21
VLSI TECHNOLOGY, INC. 11 2 4 2 0 19
DALLAS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 3 3 3 6 2 17
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 4 4 8 16
COMPAQ INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, L.P. 0 0 0 1 14 15
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION 7 4 3 1 0 15
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 5 2 3 2 2 14
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 2 4 3 1 4 14
CERTICOM CORPORATION 1 3 1 2 6 13
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 1 4 1 3 4 13
ADAPTEC, INC. 4 1 3 1 3 12
SECURE COMPUTING CORPORATION 1 4 0 5 2 12
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 3 2 5 1 12
UNISYS CORPORATION 2 2 3 1 4 12
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 0 2 2 2 5 11
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 1 1 4 5 0 11
NORTEL NETWORKS CORPORATION 0 0 3 3 4 10
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 4 0 3 1 2 10
XILINX, INC. 2 2 0 3 3 10
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 2 1 0 2 4 9
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 1 3 1 2 2 9
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 3 5 1 9
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 2 1 3 1 1 8
EMC CORPORATION 2 1 1 2 2 8
ORACLE CORPORATION 0 2 2 2 2 8
PACKARD BELL NEC INC. 1 6 1 0 0 8
MCI COMMUNICATIONS CORP. 2 2 3 0 0 7
NETWORK ASSOCIATES, INC. 0 1 0 2 4 7
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 2 1 2 1 1 7
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 2 0 2 3 0 7
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 2 0 1 3 1 7
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 0 0 0 6 0 6
CERTCO, LLC 0 4 0 2 0 6
ELONEX IP HOLDINGS LTD. 3 3 0 0 0 6
LG SEMICON CO., LTD. 2 2 2 0 0 6
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 2 0 1 1 2 6
MITSUBISHI CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 4 6
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 5 1 0 0 0 6
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 1 1 1 2 1 6
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORP. 0 1 4 0 1 6
SIEMENS INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS, INC. 0 0 3 3 0 6
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 3 0 2 0 1 6
VADEM CORPORATION 3 2 1 0 0 6
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 2 2 1 6
VPNET TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 2 4 0 6
XEROX CORPORATION 1 1 0 0 4 6
ACTIVCARD 2 2 0 1 0 5
ALTERA CORPORATION 1 2 1 1 0 5
BULL S.A. 1 1 1 1 1 5
CHEYENNE PROPERTY TRUST 4 1 0 0 0 5
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 1 2 1 0 1 5
HARRIS CORP. 1 2 0 1 1 5
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 0 0 2 2 1 5
INTERNATIONAL COMPUTERS LIMITED 1 1 0 0 3 5
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 0 0 5 5
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 0 1 2 1 1 5
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 1 0 2 0 5
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 0 1 1 2 1 5
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION, LTD. 2 1 1 1 0 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 0 2 2 1 0 5
VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION 0 1 0 2 2 5
Z4 TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 0 4 5


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