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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 326, Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry

( 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
ALTERA CORPORATION 58 47 32 34 48 219
XILINX, INC. 51 40 31 29 37 188
INTEL CORPORATION 26 46 48 35 17 172
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 37 38 30 21 42 168
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 19 24 23 13 23 102
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 16 20 21 28 9 94
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 16 24 24 11 4 79
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 8 9 12 17 28 74
NEC CORPORATION 35 23 5 4 2 69
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 16 15 9 15 11 66
HITACHI, LTD 18 26 8 7 6 65
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 4 14 10 16 19 63
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 6 9 15 14 7 51
FUJITSU LIMITED 7 10 8 15 7 47
ACTEL CORPORATION, INC. 2 3 7 15 16 43
~Individually Owned Patent 8 10 8 8 9 43
BROADCOM CORPORATION 1 6 3 17 14 41
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 8 10 3 9 9 39
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 12 15 7 3 1 38
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 1 19 10 30
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 6 6 2 6 8 28
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 3 2 11 7 4 27
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 17 6 1 0 0 24
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 5 6 8 2 23
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 6 4 12 22
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 6 9 5 2 22
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 3 2 5 6 6 22
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 5 2 3 6 5 21
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 4 3 7 5 1 20
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 4 4 6 3 2 19
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 2 9 7 18
RAMBUS, INC. 4 1 2 7 3 17
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 4 11 0 0 0 15
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 2 3 6 3 15
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 4 2 2 4 2 14
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 4 1 3 3 3 14
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 5 4 2 3 0 14
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 4 5 4 1 0 14
MOTOROLA, INC. 8 3 0 1 0 12
PERICOM SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 2 4 2 3 1 12
CALIFORNIA MICRO DEVICES CORPORATION 8 0 2 1 0 11
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 3 4 1 1 11
SONY CORPORATION 1 4 1 3 2 11
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 0 3 5 0 3 11
FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 4 0 1 2 3 10
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 7 1 1 1 0 10
VANTIS CORPORATION 8 2 0 0 0 10
BTR, INC. 2 3 2 2 0 9
EASIC CORPORATION 4 0 1 2 1 8
INTRINSITY, INC. 3 2 0 1 2 8
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 0 1 0 3 3 7
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 1 1 0 1 4 7
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 0 1 5 1 0 7
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC 1 4 0 2 0 7
STMICROELECTRONICS PVT. LTD. 0 0 0 2 5 7
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 6 1 0 0 0 7
ADVANTAGE LOGIC, INC. 1 0 2 1 2 6
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 0 3 0 2 1 6
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 1 1 0 2 6
IP FIRST LLC 0 0 0 1 5 6
PICONETICS, INC. 0 1 2 3 0 6
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 2 2 0 1 1 6
VANGUARD INTERNATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 5 1 0 0 0 6
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 1 1 2 2 0 6
APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION 3 1 0 1 0 5
ATMEL CORPORATION 2 0 0 3 0 5
ELAN RESEARCH 1 2 1 0 1 5
FARADAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 2 0 0 2 5
MICREL INCORPORATED 0 0 0 2 3 5
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 2 3 0 0 0 5
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 0 0 0 4 1 5
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 1 1 2 1 5
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
TRW INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5


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