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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 707, DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing)

( 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 194 208 185 196 271 1054
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 61 60 54 58 110 343
~Individually Owned Patent 53 61 43 52 58 267
ORACLE CORPORATION 33 58 49 36 57 233
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 38 37 33 40 37 185
FUJITSU LIMITED 30 25 11 22 19 107
HITACHI, LTD 23 23 14 15 32 107
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 12 17 20 18 29 96
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 12 12 13 13 27 77
AT&T CORP. 2 20 18 9 17 66
NCR CORPORATION 16 10 6 3 22 57
UNISYS CORPORATION 8 6 8 10 22 54
NOVELL, INC. 8 20 12 8 5 53
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION 27 10 10 4 0 51
NEC CORPORATION 10 11 8 11 8 48
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 15 14 4 6 5 44
INTEL CORPORATION 13 12 6 5 7 43
ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION 14 12 5 5 6 42
SONY CORPORATION 4 9 9 7 12 41
XEROX CORPORATION 7 10 5 10 9 41
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 10 12 5 5 5 37
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 11 6 3 6 10 36
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 6 9 7 7 35
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 1 3 7 13 10 34
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 4 5 5 11 7 32
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 13 9 4 0 5 31
SYBASE, INC. 9 6 2 2 9 28
NORTEL NETWORKS CORPORATION 0 1 4 14 6 25
CLARITECH CORPORATION 0 8 6 4 6 24
EMC CORPORATION 4 2 4 2 11 23
MCI COMMUNICATIONS CORP. 7 5 5 3 1 21
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 2 3 3 5 7 20
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 1 2 2 8 6 19
NAVIGATION TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 0 3 7 2 7 19
TANDEM COMPUTERS INCORPORATED 13 3 2 0 0 18
BULL HN INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC. 3 0 4 1 9 17
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 2 1 4 6 17
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 7 3 2 3 17
ALTA VISTA COMPANY 0 0 3 11 2 16
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 4 3 8 16
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 0 0 2 4 10 16
INFORMIX SOFTWARE, INC. 1 9 2 4 0 16
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 1 1 5 3 3 13
BMC SOFTWARE, INC. 2 2 6 0 3 13
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 6 0 2 3 2 13
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 1 2 5 5 13
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 1 5 1 3 3 13
ALCATEL USA SOURCING, L.P. 0 4 5 2 1 12
AMAZON.COM, INC. 0 4 1 5 2 12
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 3 1 2 3 3 12
STARFISH SOFTWARE, INC. 2 0 1 3 6 12
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 4 1 0 5 11
NOKIA TELECOMMUNICATIONS OY 2 1 1 5 2 11
VERIZON LABORATORIES INC. 0 0 0 0 11 11
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 2 2 1 0 5 10
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 0 0 10 10
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORP. 1 5 1 3 0 10
SIEBEL SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 1 4 2 10
3COM CORPORATION 1 2 1 5 0 9
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 2 2 1 1 3 9
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 4 0 1 1 3 9
MOTOROLA, INC. 3 2 1 1 2 9
NETSCAPE COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 0 2 3 1 3 9
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 0 4 2 2 1 9
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 4 3 0 2 0 9
AMERICAN MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 1 3 4 8
BORLAND SOFTWARE CORPORATION 4 2 1 1 0 8
INTERNATIONAL COMPUTERS LIMITED 1 2 0 1 4 8
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 0 4 3 1 0 8
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 0 3 3 8
NEC USA, INC. 0 1 0 4 3 8
PLATINUM TECHNOLOGY IP, INC. 0 0 3 5 0 8
SURVIVORS OF THE SHOAH VISUAL HISTORY FOUNDATION 3 0 1 2 2 8
AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 1 3 1 0 7
INFOSEEK CORPORATION 2 2 2 1 0 7
INVENTEC CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 3 7
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. 1 1 2 2 1 7
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 2 2 3 7
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 5 0 1 0 1 7
ERICSSON, INC. 0 0 2 0 4 6
HITACHI AMERICA, LTD. 1 3 0 2 0 6
I2 TECHNOLOGIES US, INC. 0 0 0 1 5 6
INCYTE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 0 3 0 1 2 6
INFONAUTICS CORPORATION 5 1 0 0 0 6
INFORMATICA CORPORATION 1 0 3 1 1 6
INKTOMI CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 2 6
MICRON ELECTRONICS, INC. 0 2 3 0 1 6
NEXT SOFTWARE, INC. 0 2 3 1 0 6
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 4 0 0 1 1 6
STERLING SOFTWARE, INC. 3 0 3 0 0 6
VIRAGE, INC. 0 5 0 0 1 6
ACCENTURE LLP 0 0 0 0 5 5
CADIS, INC. 4 0 0 1 0 5
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 1 1 1 0 2 5
LYCOS, INC. 0 1 2 2 0 5
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 1 1 1 0 2 5
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 0 1 2 0 2 5
OBJECT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING CORPORATION 3 0 0 1 1 5
PUMA TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 2 2 0 5
SAGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 1 1 1 1 1 5
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 2 1 0 1 5
TACIT KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 3 1 1 5
THE SABRE GROUP, INC. 3 1 0 0 1 5
WALL DATA INCORPORATED 5 0 0 0 0 5


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