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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 341, Coded Data Generation or Conversion

( 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
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 34 51 31 14 39 169
~Individually Owned Patent 34 42 33 24 21 154
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 13 10 23 23 27 96
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 21 24 22 19 9 95
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 13 30 25 12 12 92
BROADCOM CORPORATION 5 4 18 31 31 89
SONY CORPORATION 15 17 12 12 15 71
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 10 13 6 15 26 70
INTEL CORPORATION 10 8 28 13 8 67
FUJITSU LIMITED 14 15 12 14 9 64
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 1 17 27 12 7 64
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 2 8 18 22 13 63
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 6 15 7 15 13 56
MOTOROLA, INC. 14 13 12 10 3 52
NEC CORPORATION 20 13 6 7 2 48
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 13 15 5 8 1 42
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 5 15 5 8 8 41
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 6 7 3 19 5 40
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 9 12 12 6 1 40
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 4 6 8 9 11 38
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 23 4 4 1 2 34
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 7 8 8 3 5 31
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 8 3 7 8 4 30
UNISYS CORPORATION 6 7 8 5 2 28
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 2 8 10 7 27
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 19 7 0 1 0 27
RAYTHEON COMPANY 3 9 3 8 3 26
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 4 10 1 3 24
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 1 5 5 1 10 22
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 3 7 6 5 21
DENSO CORPORATION 3 2 2 4 8 19
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 3 5 3 6 2 19
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 1 8 3 4 2 18
XILINX, INC. 0 5 4 8 1 18
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 8 8 1 0 0 17
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 6 6 5 17
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 3 4 4 2 17
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 0 1 1 8 6 16
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 5 5 0 1 5 16
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 0 6 4 4 2 16
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 7 6 2 0 0 15
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 1 2 5 3 4 15
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 3 0 3 6 15
HITACHI, LTD 2 5 5 1 1 14
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 0 1 5 4 4 14
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 1 5 4 3 1 14
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 7 7 14
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 4 1 4 4 1 14
YAMAHA CORPORATION 2 5 3 2 2 14
ADVANTEST CORP. 2 4 1 5 1 13
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 4 3 1 3 2 13
QUALCOMM, INC. 3 3 4 0 3 13
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 2 2 3 5 1 13
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 4 2 2 2 3 13
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 2 1 4 3 3 13
ALTERA CORPORATION 2 2 1 2 5 12
CYGNAL INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 3 6 2 1 0 12
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 4 2 2 2 2 12
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 4 3 2 1 2 12
SILICON LABS CP, INC. 0 0 0 0 12 12
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 6 2 0 3 1 12
UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS, INC. 3 1 1 5 2 12
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE 1 7 2 1 0 11
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 6 4 1 11
TEKTRONIX INC. 2 3 1 3 2 11
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 2 6 2 11
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 1 0 2 5 2 10
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 0 3 3 2 2 10
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 3 2 2 1 2 10
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 5 3 1 0 1 10
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 1 0 3 5 1 10
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 1 2 0 3 4 10
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 0 0 5 3 1 9
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2 3 1 1 2 9
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. 1 2 0 1 5 9
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 0 0 2 7 9
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 6 2 1 0 0 9
PHOTOBIT CORPORATION 6 3 0 0 0 9
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 2 0 2 3 2 9
TRW INC. 3 5 1 0 0 9
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 4 2 0 1 1 8
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 1 0 4 2 1 8
DIGITAL FOUNTAIN, INC. 2 3 1 0 2 8
ESS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 0 1 2 4 8
PIONEER CORPORATION 0 0 3 3 2 8
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 0 2 1 5 8
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 0 4 1 3 0 8
ZENITH ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 0 1 4 2 8
AT&T CORP. 5 2 0 0 0 7
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 2 2 0 1 7
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 3 2 2 0 7
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP. 2 4 0 1 0 7
MEDIATEK INC. 0 1 2 2 2 7
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 4 0 1 1 1 7
OAK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 3 0 0 0 7
PIXIM, INCORPORATED 1 2 1 3 0 7
SIGMATEL INC. 1 1 2 1 2 7
SONY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED 2 3 1 1 0 7
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 1 4 2 0 0 7
ALCATEL 3 1 1 0 1 6
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 1 2 2 1 6
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 4 1 1 0 0 6
ENGIM, INC. 0 0 4 1 1 6
FARADAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 2 6
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 0 0 2 2 2 6
INTERSIL AMERICAS INC. 0 1 2 1 2 6
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 1 1 2 1 1 6
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 2 3 1 6
NIPPON PRECISION CIRCUITS INC. 1 2 3 0 0 6
QUANTUM CORP. (CA) 5 1 0 0 0 6
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 1 2 0 1 6
AU OPTRONICS CORP. 0 0 0 3 2 5
DOLBY LABORATORIES INC. 1 0 1 2 1 5
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 3 0 0 1 5
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES NORTH AMERICA CORP. 1 2 0 1 1 5
JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GMBH 1 0 3 1 0 5
MED-EL ELEKTROMEDIZINISCHE GERAETE GMBH 0 0 2 1 2 5
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
NOKIA NETWORKS OY 1 4 0 0 0 5
ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO. 0 1 4 0 0 5
SONIC INNOVATIONS, INC. 1 3 0 1 0 5
THINK OUTSIDE, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5


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