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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 705, DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (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
~Individually Owned Patent 69 75 80 60 115 399
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 25 18 26 17 51 137
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 14 16 6 13 41 90
NCR CORPORATION 10 12 8 3 16 49
WALKER DIGITAL, LLC 15 15 7 3 9 49
HITACHI, LTD 6 9 5 2 15 37
FUJITSU LIMITED 6 8 5 2 11 32
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 4 4 4 5 8 25
SONY CORPORATION 2 4 3 4 11 24
CONTENTGUARD HOLDINGS, INC. 1 0 0 3 18 22
FRANCOTYP-POSTALIA AG & CO. KG 5 5 5 2 5 22
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 2 3 16 21
USA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 17 4 0 21
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 2 3 3 3 8 19
I2 TECHNOLOGIES US, INC. 2 6 1 1 8 18
AMAZON.COM, INC. 3 2 3 1 7 16
CITIBANK N.A. 5 3 2 1 5 16
DIEBOLD INCORPORATED 2 1 4 0 9 16
INTEL CORPORATION 5 2 1 1 7 16
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 2 5 2 3 3 15
AT&T CORP. 2 5 3 2 2 14
CATALINA MARKETING INTERNATIONAL, INC. 6 4 1 2 1 14
AMERICAN MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, INC. 1 4 3 3 2 13
FORD MOTOR COMPANY 0 0 3 2 8 13
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 4 1 5 0 3 13
NEOPOST INC. 3 3 2 2 1 11
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 1 1 2 6 10
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 0 0 2 1 7 10
VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION 3 3 3 0 1 10
ACCENTURE LLP 0 0 3 1 5 9
FIRST DATA CORPORATION INC. 3 1 1 1 3 9
NEC CORPORATION 2 1 2 2 2 9
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 1 0 0 4 9
FREEMARKETS ONLINE INC. 5 2 1 0 0 8
PRICELINE.COM INC. 2 4 2 0 0 8
ITA SOFTWARE, INC. 3 3 1 0 0 7
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 6 7
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 3 1 1 0 2 7
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 5 7
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, N.A. 2 2 2 1 0 7
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 2 1 0 1 3 7
XEROX CORPORATION 2 2 0 0 3 7
BANK ONE, DELAWARE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 0 0 2 0 4 6
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 2 2 2 0 0 6
EXPANSE NETWORKS, INC. 3 0 1 2 0 6
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 4 6
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. 0 0 2 2 2 6
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 2 1 1 1 1 6
INDIVOS CORPORATION 0 1 2 0 3 6
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 0 3 2 0 1 6
CITICORP DEVELOPMENT CENTER, INC. 1 0 0 0 4 5
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 0 0 1 2 2 5
ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION 1 0 1 1 2 5
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 2 3 0 0 0 5
IPF, INC. 0 0 2 0 3 5
MOTOROLA, INC. 1 0 2 0 2 5
NEXTCARD, INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5


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