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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 713, Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems)

( 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 72 66 77 106 142 463
INTEL CORPORATION 42 45 80 73 73 313
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 28 31 48 107
~Individually Owned Patent 24 18 16 15 24 97
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 15 10 14 23 31 93
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 12 9 22 26 20 89
SONY CORPORATION 3 13 10 24 16 66
FUJITSU LIMITED 11 12 13 10 15 61
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 5 15 9 19 13 61
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 8 10 7 19 13 57
NEC CORPORATION 13 12 9 9 13 56
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 9 17 7 9 13 55
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 17 7 10 9 10 53
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 21 8 6 11 7 53
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 5 6 10 21 7 49
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 5 13 15 16 49
HITACHI, LTD 8 6 11 8 10 43
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 7 8 5 9 9 38
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 24 12 1 0 0 37
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 5 7 6 15 36
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 2 5 12 13 32
3COM CORPORATION 4 4 12 4 5 29
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 7 4 6 7 5 29
PHOENIX TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 6 9 7 3 4 29
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 2 4 4 8 7 25
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 2 2 4 4 12 24
NETWORK ASSOCIATES, INC. 1 2 0 5 16 24
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 3 4 5 3 8 23
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 5 6 6 0 21
ENTRUST TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 6 7 3 2 2 20
MOTOROLA, INC. 2 6 4 6 2 20
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 1 4 2 10 19
AT&T CORP. 7 4 2 1 4 18
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 1 2 5 6 4 18
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 7 6 4 0 0 17
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 1 4 6 5 1 17
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 2 2 2 9 2 17
XILINX, INC. 2 3 1 5 6 17
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 1 2 3 4 6 16
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 2 1 4 4 5 16
COMPAQ INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, L.P. 0 11 4 0 0 15
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 5 1 3 3 3 15
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 4 1 3 6 14
RAMBUS, INC. 3 0 3 5 3 14
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 11 3 14
XEROX CORPORATION 0 4 2 3 5 14
CERTICOM CORPORATION 2 6 0 3 2 13
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 2 4 2 3 2 13
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 1 1 5 0 6 13
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 0 3 3 5 13
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 9 12
FIRST DATA CORPORATION INC. 0 0 0 3 9 12
EMC CORPORATION 1 2 4 2 2 11
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 1 4 5 1 0 11
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 2 1 3 2 3 11
UNISYS CORPORATION 1 4 1 3 2 11
INTERTRUST TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 1 0 3 2 3 9
NCR CORPORATION 5 0 3 1 0 9
NOVELL, INC. 0 0 3 3 3 9
ADAPTEC, INC. 1 3 2 0 2 8
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 0 1 4 0 3 8
CRYPTOGRAPHY RESEARCH, INC. 3 1 3 0 1 8
MITSUBISHI CORPORATION 2 4 0 2 0 8
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 1 1 2 1 3 8
SYNOPSYS INC. 1 1 0 5 1 8
ATI INTERNATIONAL SRL 1 1 1 2 2 7
MICRON ELECTRONICS, INC. 6 1 0 0 0 7
PALM, INC. 0 2 3 0 2 7
QUALCOMM, INC. 2 1 1 1 2 7
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 2 1 1 1 2 7
SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC. 0 0 5 1 1 7
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 1 1 0 4 1 7
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 3 1 1 1 7
WALKER DIGITAL, LLC 4 0 0 2 1 7
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 4 1 0 1 1 7
ALCATEL 0 0 1 3 2 6
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 2 0 1 6
DALLAS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 5 1 0 0 0 6
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 2 1 0 3 0 6
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 1 1 1 2 1 6
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 1 3 2 6
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 4 6
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 2 1 1 1 1 6
SAFENET, INC. 0 3 1 2 0 6
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 5 0 0 0 0 5
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
CONTENTGUARD HOLDINGS, INC. 1 0 1 1 2 5
ERICSSON, INC. 0 0 0 5 0 5
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 0 0 0 4 1 5
IOMEGA CORPORATION 1 0 1 1 2 5
MAXTOR CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 1 5
NDS LIMITED 0 1 1 0 3 5
PALMONE, INC. 0 0 0 5 0 5
RAYTHEON COMPANY 0 1 1 1 2 5
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 1 1 3 0 0 5
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 1 3 0 0 1 5
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 0 1 0 1 3 5
WESTERN DIGITAL VENTURES, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
YAMAHA CORPORATION 1 1 2 0 1 5


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