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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 330, Amplifiers

( 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 19 34 34 31 21 139
~Individually Owned Patent 18 13 17 16 6 70
BROADCOM CORPORATION 1 4 16 23 25 69
MOTOROLA, INC. 17 11 18 16 3 65
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 9 18 19 14 5 65
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 19 17 19 9 64
INTEL CORPORATION 5 4 18 22 11 60
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 4 13 18 17 6 58
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 13 5 8 12 18 56
FUJITSU LIMITED 10 11 11 9 14 55
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 17 6 6 11 9 49
NEC CORPORATION 18 20 4 0 4 46
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 2 4 20 8 6 40
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 9 14 9 2 4 38
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 14 20 34
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 3 6 8 8 9 34
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 5 5 8 8 7 33
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 10 11 4 2 3 30
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 9 7 4 5 2 27
ANDREW CORPORATION 0 0 2 13 11 26
HITACHI, LTD 5 7 8 5 0 25
SONY CORPORATION 2 5 8 7 3 25
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 0 6 12 4 24
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 2 9 8 5 24
HARRIS CORP. 9 4 5 5 0 23
ERICSSON, INC. 8 7 5 2 0 22
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 10 3 4 4 1 22
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 2 6 4 8 2 22
TRIPATH TECHNOLOGY, INC. 6 4 8 4 0 22
RF MICRO DEVICES, INC. 6 5 3 3 4 21
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 7 6 3 2 2 20
ALCATEL 7 3 4 3 1 18
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 8 10 0 0 0 18
HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC. 0 4 1 10 2 17
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 11 6 0 0 0 17
ANADIGICS, INC. 1 2 5 4 4 16
INTERSIL AMERICAS INC. 0 7 6 2 1 16
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 0 5 5 6 16
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 4 1 1 3 7 16
SIRENZA MICRODEVICES, INC. 0 2 5 4 5 16
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 3 3 4 2 3 15
QUALCOMM, INC. 5 2 1 4 2 14
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 2 3 1 5 3 14
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 0 2 2 5 4 13
TROPIAN, INC. 3 1 3 4 2 13
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 2 1 5 1 3 12
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 0 0 3 3 6 12
POWERWAVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 0 2 2 5 12
RAYTHEON COMPANY 4 2 3 2 1 12
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 1 2 1 4 4 12
YAMAHA CORPORATION 0 1 1 4 6 12
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 1 3 2 2 11
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 3 1 2 3 2 11
FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 2 2 4 3 11
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 2 1 0 4 4 11
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 2 3 4 1 1 11
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 1 3 0 4 11
XILINX, INC. 1 2 4 1 3 11
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 0 0 6 4 10
JAM TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 0 0 4 5 1 10
TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTORS, INC. 0 2 2 2 4 10
DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR GMBH 0 1 0 5 3 9
INTEGRANT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 1 2 6 9
NIIGATA SEIMITSU CO., LTD. 0 0 0 2 7 9
NOKIA NETWORKS OY 4 5 0 0 0 9
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 3 1 1 3 9
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 0 0 5 1 2 8
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 0 0 2 4 2 8
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2 0 3 0 3 8
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 3 0 5 8
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 6 0 1 0 8
MICROTUNE (TEXAS), L.P. 1 0 2 1 4 8
NEC COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES, LTD. 0 0 5 3 0 8
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 5 1 1 1 0 8
SIGE SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 0 0 2 2 4 8
ATHEROS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 0 2 3 2 7
ELANTEC SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 2 2 2 0 1 7
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES NORTH AMERICA CORP. 2 1 1 3 0 7
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 4 2 1 7
SPECTRIAN CORPORATION 2 4 1 0 0 7
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 2 1 1 1 2 7
TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED 1 2 2 2 0 7
APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION 3 0 1 2 0 6
BOEING COMPANY 0 1 1 2 2 6
EMHISER RESEARCH, INC. 0 0 1 3 2 6
FINISAR CORPORATION, INC. 0 0 1 3 2 6
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 0 1 4 1 0 6
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 1 3 2 0 0 6
PMC-SIERRA LTD. 0 5 1 0 0 6
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 0 1 2 1 2 6
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY 1 1 0 3 1 6
TRW INC. 1 5 0 0 0 6
U.S. MONOLITHICS, L.L.C. 0 3 2 0 1 6
AMI SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
CREE MICROWAVE, INC. 0 0 0 5 0 5
DENSO CORPORATION 0 1 2 0 2 5
GLOBESPAN VIRATA, INC. 0 1 3 1 0 5
ICEFYRE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 3 5
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 3 0 1 0 1 5
MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 1 0 0 2 5
PIONEER CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 2 5
RAMBUS, INC. 0 1 2 2 0 5
SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC. 3 1 1 0 0 5
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC 1 0 1 3 0 5
STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 5 5
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 2 0 1 2 0 5
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 1 4 5


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