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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 365, Static Information Storage and Retrieval

( 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
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 203 221 231 245 249 1149
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 119 124 124 124 161 652
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 115 124 84 110 122 555
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 145 184 147 15 2 493
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 45 97 99 121 98 460
FUJITSU LIMITED 99 92 103 70 69 433
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 5 208 162 375
HITACHI, LTD 64 109 107 38 30 348
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 55 67 64 61 54 301
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 2 18 64 80 104 268
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 92 58 44 44 24 262
NEC CORPORATION 116 77 33 13 2 241
INTEL CORPORATION 28 45 65 53 46 237
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 47 47 34 26 38 192
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 49 64 74 187
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 26 32 30 30 40 158
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 95 47 4 3 1 150
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 36 36 24 27 25 148
SANDISK CORPORATION 20 17 24 21 41 123
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 30 21 20 25 21 117
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 15 22 28 25 25 115
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 24 26 21 24 18 113
~Individually Owned Patent 27 19 25 17 22 110
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 3 12 22 32 27 96
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 23 19 13 13 11 79
MOTOROLA, INC. 29 17 17 13 1 77
BROADCOM CORPORATION 1 6 15 24 30 76
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 35 25 13 0 0 73
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 15 13 14 19 9 70
SONY CORPORATION 13 10 10 13 18 64
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 14 22 21 57
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 12 8 9 10 17 56
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 7 15 12 5 13 52
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 8 9 7 10 18 52
NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 12 3 5 14 16 50
MATRIX SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 1 6 15 12 13 47
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 6 6 13 10 6 41
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 9 9 7 10 6 41
XILINX, INC. 11 8 6 7 8 40
SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5 8 7 7 12 39
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 3 9 12 7 8 39
ALTERA CORPORATION 13 10 5 3 6 37
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 8 7 10 9 3 37
ELPIDA MEMORY, INC. 0 0 0 12 23 35
RAMBUS, INC. 7 7 7 8 4 33
E-MEMORY TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 4 7 11 10 32
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 0 0 10 22 32
SAIFUN SEMICONDUCTORS, LTD. 3 5 7 4 13 32
VIRAGE LOGIC CORPORATION 6 9 5 5 3 28
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 9 3 6 1 7 26
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 6 7 2 6 5 26
UNITED MEMORIES, INC. 6 3 11 3 1 24
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 6 11 3 1 3 24
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 2 6 6 4 23
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 9 3 6 2 2 22
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 8 9 2 21
MOSEL VITELIC, INCORPORATED 7 3 5 4 1 20
APLUS FLASH TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 1 6 6 3 19
ATMEL CORPORATION 0 3 5 4 7 19
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES NORTH AMERICA CORP. 8 1 5 1 4 19
OVONYX, INC. 1 2 5 7 4 19
HALO LSI, INC. 0 2 11 3 2 18
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 6 5 2 5 18
MONOLITHIC SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 5 3 6 1 18
TOWER SEMICONDUCTOR LTD. 3 6 3 4 2 18
MULTI LEVEL MEMORY TECHNOLOGY 3 4 3 3 4 17
T-RAM, INC. 0 0 1 6 10 17
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 3 1 3 3 6 16
BTG INTERNATIONAL INC. 3 8 1 2 1 15
RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 5 3 5 1 1 15
UNITY SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 0 0 4 11 15
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 10 0 1 0 3 14
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 0 3 6 3 1 13
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 8 2 1 1 0 12
THIN FILM ELECTRONICS ASA 0 2 1 6 3 12
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 5 1 3 1 12
SILICON ACCESS NETWORKS, INC. 6 5 0 0 0 11
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 6 4 0 0 0 10
ARTISAN COMPONENTS, INC. 1 0 5 2 2 10
ACTEL CORPORATION, INC. 1 2 2 2 2 9
KAWASAKI MICROELECTRONICS, INC. 0 1 3 1 4 9
KILOPASS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 2 3 4 9
NAN YA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 8 1 9
NEXFLASH, TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 7 2 9
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 3 2 2 1 1 9
INTEGRATED MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 3 3 0 1 8
POWERCHIP SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 0 0 2 3 3 8
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 0 0 1 4 3 8
SILICON AQUARIUS, INC. 4 2 2 0 0 8
VANGUARD INTERNATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 7 0 1 0 0 8
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 0 0 3 1 3 7
AMIC TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5 2 0 0 0 7
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 0 0 3 3 1 7
APPLIED SPINTRONICS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 0 0 7 7
AZALEA MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 2 3 2 0 0 7
ELITE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY TECHNOLOGY INC. 3 1 0 0 3 7
ENHANCED MEMORY SYSTEMS, INC. 2 2 3 0 0 7
ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 1 3 0 1 7
GRANDIS, INC. 0 0 0 2 5 7
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS AMERICA 3 3 1 0 0 7
LEXAR MEDIA, INC. 2 1 2 2 0 7
NANOAMP SOLUTIONS, INC. 1 0 1 5 0 7
PAGEANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (MICROMEM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.) 5 1 1 0 0 7
PROGRESSANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 2 3 2 7
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 0 1 2 2 2 7
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 0 0 3 1 3 7
SIBERCORE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED 1 3 2 1 0 7
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 7 0 0 0 0 7
UNIRAM TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 2 2 3 0 7
ADVANTEST CORP. 2 3 1 0 0 6
ALLIANCE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 3 3 0 0 0 6
AMIC TECHNOLOGY (TAIWAN) INC. 0 5 0 0 1 6
ATMOS CORPORATION 0 0 2 3 1 6
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 1 1 2 0 2 6
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 0 0 4 1 6
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 1 0 1 1 3 6
MATSUSHITA ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 2 4 0 0 0 6
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 3 2 1 0 0 6
QUALCOMM, INC. 1 2 0 1 2 6
SILICON MAGNETIC SYSTEMS 0 0 1 3 2 6
WESTERN DIGITAL (FREMONT), INC. 0 0 0 6 0 6
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 0 0 1 0 5
DENSO CORPORATION 2 1 0 2 0 5
G-LINK TECHNOLOGY 1 2 2 0 0 5
HALO LSI DESIGN & DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 4 1 0 0 5
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES RICHMOND, LP 1 2 1 1 0 5
INNOVATIVE SILICON S.A. 0 0 0 0 5 5
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1 1 2 0 1 5
MADRONE SOLUTIONS, INC. 1 2 2 0 0 5
NEOMAGIC CORP. 1 1 1 1 1 5
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 1 0 2 1 1 5
VLSI TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5 0 0 0 0 5


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