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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 715, DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (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
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 116 135 116 130 146 643
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 48 52 64 67 74 305
~Individually Owned Patent 38 21 29 30 32 150
SONY CORPORATION 18 23 18 14 23 96
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 20 25 12 17 15 89
XEROX CORPORATION 20 11 26 11 19 87
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 14 19 12 11 18 74
FUJITSU LIMITED 13 8 15 10 17 63
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 17 11 14 10 8 60
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 6 16 22 44
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 7 6 12 11 36
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 13 1 6 5 10 35
INTEL CORPORATION 4 8 7 4 12 35
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 10 7 8 5 3 33
NEC CORPORATION 8 7 8 5 4 32
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 7 6 8 7 3 31
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 3 6 9 6 5 29
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 12 10 3 0 0 25
HITACHI, LTD 7 4 6 3 3 23
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 4 8 3 4 22
AT&T CORP. 5 5 6 4 2 22
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 1 2 6 6 6 21
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 8 3 7 1 0 19
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 5 4 5 2 2 18
XSIDES CORPORATION 2 3 5 5 2 17
AUTODESK, INC. 3 2 2 2 7 16
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 0 5 2 6 16
NCR CORPORATION 5 3 5 2 1 16
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 4 3 4 2 2 15
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 0 2 3 3 6 14
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 4 2 4 2 2 14
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 3 2 4 0 4 13
AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 2 5 0 1 12
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 3 1 2 1 5 12
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2 2 5 2 1 12
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 7 0 3 0 11
SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH, INC. 2 2 3 2 2 11
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 3 1 0 3 4 11
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 4 0 2 3 10
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 8 2 0 0 0 10
OPENWAVE SYSTEMS INC. 1 1 4 1 2 9
UNISYS CORPORATION 0 2 4 2 1 9
VERIZON LABORATORIES INC. 1 2 3 3 0 9
WEBTV NETWORKS, INC. 5 3 1 0 0 9
AMERICA ONLINE, INC. 0 2 2 4 0 8
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 3 4 0 1 0 8
FLASHPOINT TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 1 0 2 1 8
IMMERSION CORPORATION 3 2 0 3 0 8
INTERVAL RESEARCH CORPORATION 3 2 0 3 0 8
MOTOROLA, INC. 2 2 1 1 2 8
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 3 1 2 2 0 8
TANGIS CORPORATION 0 1 0 4 3 8
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 5 2 0 0 0 7
DASSAULT SYSTEMES 0 3 1 2 1 7
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 0 1 0 6 7
PALM, INC. 1 2 2 0 2 7
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 0 2 4 1 7
COPORATE MEDIA PARTNERS D/B/A AMERICAST 2 3 1 0 0 6
COREL CORPORATION 2 0 0 2 2 6
ERICSSON, INC. 3 1 2 0 0 6
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 1 0 0 3 2 6
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 5 0 0 0 1 6
OBJECT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING CORPORATION 1 3 0 1 1 6
PALMSOURCE INC. 0 0 0 3 3 6
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 4 1 0 1 0 6
R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS CO. 4 1 0 0 1 6
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 1 1 2 0 2 6
ACCENTURE LLP 0 0 2 1 2 5
AMIGA DEVELOPMENT, LLC 2 2 1 0 0 5
CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 1 0 1 5
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 1 0 4 0 0 5
NETSCAPE COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 3 1 0 0 1 5
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 2 1 2 0 0 5
SONY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED 0 2 1 2 0 5
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 1 1 0 2 1 5
YAHOO, INC. 0 2 0 0 3 5
YAMAHA CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 3 5
YODLEE.COM, INC. 1 0 1 2 1 5


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