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

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2001 - 2005 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 702, DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (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 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Total
~Individually Owned Patent 43 67 83 90 66 349
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 12 29 39 34 51 165
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 6 33 42 35 30 146
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 10 9 23 46 41 129
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 10 13 21 30 15 89
HITACHI, LTD 5 8 21 27 19 80
INTEL CORPORATION 2 8 19 20 20 69
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 17 23 27 67
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 6 8 10 17 16 57
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 7 14 12 9 11 53
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 13 12 11 13 53
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 1 5 9 12 20 47
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 8 8 14 10 7 47
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 2 3 10 15 16 46
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 3 7 5 9 21 45
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 7 4 8 12 11 42
FUJITSU LIMITED 8 6 9 10 8 41
BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED 9 11 8 3 7 38
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 7 7 6 12 6 38
TEKTRONIX INC. 2 4 7 13 11 37
WESTERNGECO, LLC 2 6 6 11 7 32
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 1 9 12 7 31
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 0 3 8 7 12 30
ADVANTEST CORP. 3 6 9 7 4 29
EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY 3 11 6 3 6 29
NEC CORPORATION 3 12 5 5 4 29
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 4 11 9 4 28
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 3 2 5 11 7 28
MICRO MOTION, INC. 5 6 9 8 0 28
XEROX CORPORATION 2 4 9 7 5 27
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 5 8 6 4 26
INSTITUT FRANCAIS DU PETROLE 6 2 9 6 3 26
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 1 13 3 4 26
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 2 7 4 8 4 25
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 2 3 4 4 10 23
ROSEMOUNT INC. 2 6 9 4 2 23
CATERPILLAR INC. 3 3 5 6 5 22
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 0 0 4 7 9 20
MITUTOYO CORPORATION 2 6 3 6 3 20
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 2 1 5 3 9 20
BOEING COMPANY 0 0 1 7 11 19
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 5 3 2 5 18
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 3 3 3 1 8 18
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 2 2 3 3 8 18
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 2 5 3 3 4 17
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 1 2 6 8 17
POWER MEASUREMENT LTD. 2 2 4 6 3 17
SONY CORPORATION 2 3 3 4 5 17
MOTOROLA, INC. 0 4 1 6 5 16
PGS AMERICA, INC. 0 4 4 5 3 16
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 4 8 3 0 0 15
SHELL OIL COMPANY 3 3 0 3 6 15
DENSO CORPORATION 0 3 3 4 4 14
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 6 6 2 0 0 14
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 5 4 1 1 3 14
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 2 5 5 2 14
AFFYMETRIX, INC. 1 1 6 2 3 13
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 3 0 3 4 3 13
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 7 2 2 1 13
ENTEK IRD INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 0 3 2 6 2 13
INVENSYS SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 2 7 3 13
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE 1 4 1 2 4 12
JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GMBH 0 2 1 5 4 12
PHATRAT TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 3 3 1 4 12
RAYTHEON COMPANY 4 3 0 5 0 12
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 1 2 4 5 0 12
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 0 3 2 3 3 11
CONOCO, INC. 1 4 3 3 0 11
EXERGETIC SYSTEMS LLC 0 0 4 5 2 11
ROSETTA INPHARMATICS, INC. 1 3 0 2 5 11
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 1 2 1 3 4 11
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION, LTD. 3 2 3 2 1 11
UNISYS CORPORATION 0 4 1 2 4 11
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH 1 0 2 8 0 11
A.L. AIR DATA, INC. 0 5 1 2 2 10
ABB RESEARCH LTD. 0 0 3 3 4 10
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 0 1 3 5 10
FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 2 2 2 2 10
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 1 0 0 5 4 10
GOODYEAR TIRE + RUBBER COMPANY 1 3 3 1 2 10
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 0 0 5 2 3 10
SANDIA CORPORATION 0 2 1 4 3 10
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 2 1 3 2 2 10
TERADYNE, INC. 0 3 1 4 2 10
AMERICAN GNC CORPORATION 0 2 4 3 0 9
HYUNDAI MOTOR CO., LTD. 0 1 1 3 4 9
KOMATSU LTD. 3 1 3 2 0 9
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 0 1 2 4 2 9
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 0 0 2 3 4 9
PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY 5 3 1 0 0 9
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 4 3 2 9
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 1 2 1 0 5 9
SIMMONDS PRECISION PRODUCTS, INC. 0 1 4 2 2 9
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD. 1 0 3 4 1 9
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 0 4 0 3 2 9
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 1 2 1 3 2 9
XILINX, INC. 0 1 3 1 4 9
ABB, INC. 0 2 3 2 1 8
CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY 0 0 3 3 2 8
COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH 1 0 2 3 2 8
CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORPORATION 0 1 3 0 4 8
EATON CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 4 8
FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 1 2 5 8
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC 0 2 4 0 2 8
KLA-TENCOR TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 0 0 1 4 3 8
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. 1 5 0 1 1 8
NCR CORPORATION 0 2 3 2 1 8
SNAP-ON INCORPORATED 0 0 0 1 7 8
SQUARE D COMPANY 2 0 2 4 0 8
THE MINSTER MACHINE COMPANY 0 2 2 2 2 8
TIMBRE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 4 3 8
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 1 1 1 1 4 8
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 1 2 1 1 3 8
YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORP. 0 1 2 3 2 8
ALCATEL 0 1 2 1 3 7
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 2 2 3 0 7
ANRITSU COMPANY 0 0 2 3 2 7
BARON SERVICES, INC. 4 2 1 0 0 7
BENTLY NEVADA CORPORATION 0 1 1 4 1 7
CARL ZEISS STIFTUNG 1 1 3 2 0 7
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 1 0 2 2 2 7
CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO., OHG 0 3 1 3 0 7
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 1 4 1 0 1 7
GILBARCO, INC. 0 2 2 2 1 7
INVENTEC CORPORATION 1 0 4 1 1 7
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 0 2 2 0 3 7
OMRON CORPORATION 3 0 3 0 1 7
ONWAFER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 2 4 1 7
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 0 0 1 4 2 7
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 1 2 3 7
3COM CORPORATION 0 1 5 0 0 6
3DGEO DEVELOPMENT, INC. 1 1 2 2 0 6
ACUSHNET COMPANY 1 2 2 1 0 6
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 0 1 4 1 0 6
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 1 2 2 1 6
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 0 3 3 0 6
CALIPER TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 0 2 3 1 0 6
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 0 0 0 3 3 6
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION 1 3 1 0 1 6
EMC CORPORATION 0 1 0 2 3 6
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORP. 0 0 2 1 3 6
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 0 0 5 1 6
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY 0 0 0 4 2 6
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON 0 2 0 2 2 6
LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG 0 2 1 1 2 6
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 1 0 2 2 1 6
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 0 2 3 1 6
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY 0 3 2 1 0 6
PRUFTECHNIK DIETER BUSCH AG 3 0 2 1 0 6
SIEMENS ENERGY & AUTOMATION, INC. 0 0 2 0 4 6
SMARTSIGNAL CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 4 6
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 0 0 1 2 3 6
SPX CORPORATION 0 0 3 1 2 6
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 1 1 2 0 2 6
SYMYX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 3 0 1 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES 0 1 1 1 3 6
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS 0 0 3 1 2 6
WAVECREST CORPORATION 2 2 0 2 0 6
WEATHERFORD/LAMB, INC. 0 0 2 1 3 6
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY LLC 0 2 0 3 1 6
ADAPTEC, INC. 1 0 0 2 2 5
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
ANRITSU CORPORATION 1 1 1 1 1 5
BRION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 0 2 1 2 5
CIENA CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 1 5
CSI TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 0 1 0 3 5
FANUC LTD. 1 1 2 0 1 5
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 0 0 0 3 2 5
FORD MOTOR COMPANY 0 0 2 2 1 5
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 1 0 0 4 0 5
INPUT/OUTPUT, INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
J & L FIBER SERVICES, INC. 2 0 2 1 0 5
JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 0 0 2 1 2 5
LANDMARK GRAPHICS CORPORATION 0 1 0 2 2 5
LECROY CORPORATION 1 0 1 0 3 5
LTX CORPORATION 0 1 2 2 0 5
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 1 4 0 0 0 5
MKS INSTRUMENTS, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 2 0 3 5
NIKON CORPORATION 1 0 0 0 4 5
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 2 0 1 1 1 5
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 1 0 4 0 0 5
ONE PLUS CORP. 0 3 0 2 0 5
PERKINELMER INSTRUMENTS LLC 0 2 1 1 1 5
POWERCHIP SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 0 0 0 0 5 5
PROMOS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 2 3 0 5
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 2 5
ROBERT BOSCH CORPORATION 1 1 0 2 1 5
SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY 0 1 1 0 3 5
SCHWEITZER ENGINEERING LABORATORIES, INC. 1 0 1 1 2 5
SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH, INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
SMITHS DETECTION - PASADENA, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
THERMA-WAVE, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
TLV CO., LTD. 0 0 0 4 1 5
TRW INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 3 0 1 1 0 5
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 0 1 2 1 1 5
WARREN ROGERS ASSOCIATES, INC. 0 1 0 1 3 5
WEATHER CENTRAL, INC. 0 2 1 2 0 5
WEATHERBANK, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
YALE UNIVERSITY 0 0 1 0 4 5
YEDA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD. 0 1 3 0 1 5


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