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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 438, Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process

( 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
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 150 265 413 521 557 1906
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 115 250 376 460 480 1681
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 73 165 284 438 157 1117
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 116 142 243 348 245 1094
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 79 137 191 261 262 930
NEC CORPORATION 107 160 201 235 196 899
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 81 101 135 185 168 670
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 56 63 74 177 158 528
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 43 73 129 158 111 514
MOTOROLA, INC. 83 89 75 64 80 391
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 55 76 88 91 79 389
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 39 57 61 103 100 360
VANGUARD INTERNATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 89 69 81 70 45 354
CHARTERED SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING PTE LTD 23 24 65 106 107 325
SONY CORPORATION 42 70 70 65 72 319
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 49 65 50 63 87 314
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 26 38 55 80 102 301
~Individually Owned Patent 36 52 56 68 65 277
LG SEMICON CO., LTD. 65 82 88 24 14 273
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 43 63 74 39 17 236
FUJITSU LIMITED 37 40 39 55 59 230
HITACHI, LTD 20 26 38 53 87 224
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 37 39 34 54 59 223
INTEL CORPORATION 17 39 50 48 65 219
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 31 47 57 32 49 216
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 26 47 76 53 8 210
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 27 38 34 36 38 173
MOSEL VITELIC, INCORPORATED 23 28 45 36 23 155
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 17 33 28 33 39 150
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 17 17 30 36 44 144
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 17 33 22 37 26 135
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 0 10 35 89 134
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 22 24 25 35 24 130
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 1 18 21 38 51 129
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 1 3 16 47 50 117
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 0 0 0 43 71 114
VLSI TECHNOLOGY, INC. 22 31 34 18 6 111
UNITED SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 1 29 54 25 0 109
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS - ACER INCORPORATED 5 37 40 15 1 98
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 4 6 4 13 67 94
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2 11 17 18 38 86
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 5 11 13 22 32 83
WORLDWIDE SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CORPORATION 0 5 39 29 6 79
MATSUSHITA ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 5 13 25 26 9 78
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 4 20 14 24 14 76
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 5 12 14 21 21 73
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 16 14 8 23 12 73
TESSERA, INC. 5 12 15 23 17 72
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 7 9 12 19 24 71
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 16 19 16 10 8 69
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 0 6 12 19 26 63
SHIN-ETSU HANDOTAI CO., LTD. 7 15 7 17 11 57
YAMAHA CORPORATION 18 14 13 8 1 54
SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 15 17 8 7 6 53
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 0 0 0 1 51 52
LG. PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD. 0 0 1 20 30 51
NATIONAL SCIENCE COUNCIL 7 8 11 13 9 48
DENSO CORPORATION 2 7 11 16 10 46
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 6 3 9 14 14 46
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 7 11 6 11 11 46
PROMOS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 11 11 22 45
NAN YA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 7 14 9 13 43
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 9 6 9 9 9 42
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 10 11 11 4 6 42
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 5 8 6 11 10 40
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 0 1 7 13 19 40
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 0 4 34 38
UNITED SILICON, INC. 0 6 21 11 0 38
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 6 6 7 6 12 37
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 8 3 7 7 11 36
XEROX CORPORATION 5 4 8 8 11 36
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORP. 1 3 13 11 7 35
SILICON GENESIS CORPORATION 0 2 10 15 8 35
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES NORTH AMERICA CORP. 0 0 7 22 5 34
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 4 7 8 9 6 34
AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 3 3 8 16 31
HARRIS CORP. 12 13 0 2 3 30
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 5 4 4 9 8 30
KOMATSU ELECTRONIC METALS CO., LTD. 8 15 4 1 1 29
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 1 3 8 8 9 29
TRW INC. 5 5 8 3 8 29
ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC. 0 0 0 12 16 28
SILICONWARE PRECISION INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 0 0 1 11 16 28
CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD. 0 5 7 8 6 26
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 5 5 5 7 4 26
INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORPORATION 3 6 5 7 5 26
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 2 0 5 7 12 26
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 4 2 8 8 4 26
FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 5 5 5 7 2 24
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 3 7 2 7 5 24
SANDIA CORPORATION 3 4 4 7 6 24
SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS S.A. 5 8 4 6 1 24
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM, VZW 1 2 5 8 7 23
NOVELLUS SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 1 13 7 23
UNITED INTEGRATED CIRCUITS CORP. 0 1 18 4 0 23
NIPPONDENSO CO., LTD. 9 6 4 1 2 22
POWERCHIP SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 12 5 4 0 1 22
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 4 9 1 3 5 22
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY MATERIALS, INC. 1 5 5 7 3 21
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 0 1 6 14 21
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 5 8 7 20
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 2 12 5 20
FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 1 3 3 13 20
MEMC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS, INC. 4 2 4 4 6 20
NIPPON STEEL CORP. 2 4 4 3 7 20
CANON SALES CO., INC. 0 1 3 4 11 19
INTERSIL CORPORATION, INC. 0 0 13 6 0 19
SYMETRIX CORPORATION 2 0 5 7 5 19
ANAM SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 4 4 5 4 17
RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 1 3 2 6 5 17
SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 2 4 2 5 4 17
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 2 5 3 2 5 17
ACER SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INC. 1 3 6 4 2 16
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 0 0 0 3 13 16
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. 0 1 5 5 5 16
CHARTERED SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING, INC. 0 0 0 8 8 16
CONSORZIO PER LA RICERCA SULLA MICROELETTRONICA NEL MEZZOGIORNO 7 4 3 2 0 16
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. 2 2 1 4 7 16
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC 0 0 2 5 9 16
BALL SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 0 2 8 5 15
DELCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 5 8 1 1 0 15
FRANCE TELECOM 1 2 3 4 5 15
HONEYWELL INC. 2 7 2 4 0 15
RAYTHEON COMPANY 6 3 2 1 3 15
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 3 7 2 1 2 15
TOYODA GOSEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 1 4 2 6 15
ULTRATECH STEPPER, INC. 0 4 0 5 6 15
ABB RESEARCH LTD. 9 1 4 0 0 14
ASM JAPAN K.K. 0 1 1 3 9 14
SHARP MICROELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY, INC. 6 8 0 0 0 14
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 1 4 1 0 7 13
HANNSTAR DISPLAY CORP. 0 0 0 0 13 13
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 0 4 1 4 4 13
NGK INSULATORS LTD. 2 4 2 2 3 13
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY 1 2 0 5 5 13
PHILIPS SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 0 1 10 2 13
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY 1 3 3 2 4 13
SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS, INC. 12 1 0 0 0 13
SILICONIX INCORPORATED 3 3 5 1 1 13
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE 0 4 6 2 1 13
FORM FACTOR, INC. 0 2 3 4 3 12
GENERAL SEMICONDUCTOR CO., INC. 0 3 0 3 6 12
INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS 0 1 3 2 6 12
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 2 1 3 4 2 12
ADVANTEST CORP. 0 2 0 4 5 11
ALTERA CORPORATION 1 4 1 3 2 11
DONGBU ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 0 2 2 7 11
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP. 2 4 3 1 1 11
KABUSHIKI KAISHA SHINKAWA 2 5 2 0 2 11
KANEKA CORPORATION 0 0 0 7 4 11
SEMITOOL, INC. 0 1 3 3 4 11
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 4 1 4 10
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 2 1 3 1 3 10
CORNELL RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC. 7 1 0 2 0 10
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 1 2 2 3 2 10
NORTHERN TELECOM LIMITED 5 4 1 0 0 10
SANDISK CORPORATION 4 0 2 1 3 10
SILICON INTEGRATED SYSTEMS CORP. 0 0 0 1 9 10
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 0 0 2 6 2 10
TOWER SEMICONDUCTOR LTD. 0 1 0 6 3 10
W. L. GORE & ASSSOCIATES, INC. 3 4 2 0 1 10
ACTEL CORPORATION, INC. 5 2 1 0 1 9
ATMEL CORPORATION 0 1 0 2 6 9
FSI INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 0 3 4 1 9
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 0 0 1 4 4 9
KOBE STEEL LTD. 2 3 0 2 2 9
MIDWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2 2 1 2 2 9
NIKON CORPORATION 0 3 1 2 3 9
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 3 3 2 1 0 9
SEH AMERICA, INC. 0 3 1 2 3 9
ST ASSEMBLY TEST SERVICES, PTE LTD. 0 0 1 4 4 9
TDK CORPORATION 1 1 0 3 4 9
VANTIS CORPORATION 0 0 1 7 1 9
WACKER SILTRONIC GESELLSCHAFT FUR HALBLEITERMATERIALIEN AG 1 1 3 2 2 9
ELM TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 5 1 0 0 8
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 0 1 2 1 4 8
HALO LSI DESIGN & DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 0 2 4 1 8
HOLTEK MICROELECTRONICS INC. 3 5 0 0 0 8
KAWASAKI STEEL CORPORATION 1 4 2 0 1 8
KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 3 3 1 0 1 8
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 0 2 1 5 0 8
MICRONAS INTERMETALL GMBH 0 3 5 0 0 8
NIPPON STEEL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 2 1 3 2 0 8
TEGAL CORP. 0 0 2 1 5 8
THIN FILM MODULE, INC. 0 0 0 8 0 8
WHITAKER CORPORATION 1 2 3 2 0 8
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 0 0 4 2 1 7
AGENCY OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 1 2 1 2 1 7
FAIRCHILD KOREA SEMICONDUCTOR, LTD. 0 0 4 1 2 7
FRONTEC INCORPORATED 4 3 0 0 0 7
GENUS, INC. 1 1 1 2 2 7
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1 1 2 0 3 7
KULITE SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS INC. 1 2 1 3 0 7
LUMILEDS LIGHTING, U.S., LLC 0 0 0 5 2 7
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 0 0 0 1 6 7
RODEL HOLDINGS INC. 0 0 3 3 1 7
SHOWA DENKO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 2 2 3 7
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, LELAND JUNIOR, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF 0 3 2 2 0 7
SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 1 0 1 1 4 7
XILINX, INC. 1 1 1 1 3 7
ALCATEL 0 0 3 1 2 6
ALIEN TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 3 6
ALLIANCE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 0 2 1 3 6
APPLIED KOMATSU TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 0 1 3 6
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC. 3 0 0 2 1 6
CLEAR LOGIC, INC. 1 1 3 1 0 6
CREE, INC. 0 0 1 2 3 6
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 2 2 2 6
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 2 3 6
FUJITSU QUANTUM DEVICES LIMITED 0 0 2 3 1 6
GOLD STAR ELECTRON CO., LTD. 2 3 1 0 0 6
HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD. 0 1 1 1 3 6
HITACHI CABLE, LTD. 1 1 0 2 2 6
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS AMERICA 0 2 3 1 0 6
KOPIN CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 1 6
MAGEPOWER SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 0 2 3 0 1 6
MITEL CORPORATION 1 0 4 1 0 6
NIPPON SHEET GLASS CO., LTD. 1 0 0 2 3 6
NITTO DENKO CORPORATION 1 2 0 3 0 6
NKK CORPORATION 3 3 0 0 0 6
NORTEL NETWORKS CORPORATION 0 0 3 2 1 6
PROGRAMMABLE SILICON SOLUTIONS 0 0 4 2 0 6
SILICON WAFER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 0 6 6
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 3 1 1 1 0 6
TRU-SI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 2 4 6
UNITED EPITAXY COMPANY, LTD. 0 0 0 1 5 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 0 1 2 0 3 6
AGERE SYSTEMS OPTOELECTRONICS GUARDIAN CORP. 0 0 0 4 1 5
ASAHI KASEI MICROSYSTEMS CO. LTD. 0 0 0 2 3 5
ASAT, LIMITED 1 0 0 2 2 5
CABOT MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 3 5
COMPEQ MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 3 1 1 0 0 5
CREE RESEARCH, INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5
CUBIC MEMORY, INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5
DEUTSCHE ITT INDUSTRIES GMBH 2 3 0 0 0 5
ELECTRON VISION CORPORATION 0 0 1 3 1 5
FORD MOTOR COMPANY 2 1 2 0 0 5
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 0 1 1 2 5
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORP. 1 1 1 1 1 5
HYUNDAI MICRO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 0 1 1 3 5
INTERSIL AMERICAS INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
IXYS CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 0 5
JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION 0 0 2 0 3 5
MATTSON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 0 0 1 3 5
NEWPORT FAB, LLC 0 0 0 0 5 5
PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORPORATION 1 1 0 2 1 5
SAIFUN SEMICONDUCTORS, LTD. 0 1 2 1 1 5
SDL, INC. 0 3 1 1 0 5
SPECTRIAN, INC. 1 4 0 0 0 5
SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED 1 0 1 2 1 5
TEMIC TELEFUNKEN MICROELECTRONIC GMBH 2 1 0 1 1 5
TERACONNECT, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD. 0 1 2 2 0 5
TOSHIBA CERAMICS CO., LTD. 1 2 2 0 0 5
TOWA CORPORATION 1 1 0 1 2 5
TRIKON EQUIPMENT LIMITED 0 1 0 3 1 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 1 0 2 1 1 5
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 0 2 1 1 1 5
UTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 3 2 0 0 5
ZILOG, INC. 1 0 2 2 0 5


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