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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 712, Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (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
INTEL CORPORATION 59 46 50 56 51 262
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 49 39 40 47 38 213
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 60 36 25 10 18 149
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 29 21 16 16 20 102
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 18 29 17 64
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 24 7 7 16 10 64
HITACHI, LTD 10 16 8 9 2 45
IP FIRST LLC 11 12 9 5 4 41
FUJITSU LIMITED 6 5 8 12 8 39
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 9 5 3 4 12 33
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 15 5 5 5 2 32
~Individually Owned Patent 9 6 5 2 4 26
NEC CORPORATION 5 4 2 7 6 24
BROADCOM CORPORATION 1 1 6 6 9 23
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 8 9 5 1 0 23
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 5 5 4 5 4 23
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 1 3 6 8 4 22
BOPS, INC. 4 12 3 0 0 19
PTS CORPORATION 0 0 2 9 8 19
ARM LIMITED 6 2 2 1 7 18
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 8 9 1 0 0 18
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 3 1 3 2 7 16
MOTOROLA, INC. 8 3 3 2 0 16
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 2 1 0 7 5 15
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5 4 1 3 1 14
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 4 1 5 1 14
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 6 8 14
SONY CORPORATION 9 1 2 1 0 13
ATI INTERNATIONAL SRL 0 0 4 6 2 12
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 0 1 1 7 3 12
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 9 2 0 0 0 11
TRANSMETA CORPORATION 1 1 3 5 1 11
INSTITUTE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMERGING ARCHITECTURES, L.L.C. 4 3 3 0 0 10
MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 2 1 4 0 9
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 2 1 2 1 3 9
COMPAQ INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, L.P. 0 8 0 0 0 8
DISCOVISION ASSOCIATES 3 1 0 1 3 8
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 2 2 2 1 1 8
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 2 0 3 1 2 8
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 3 0 2 2 1 8
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 3 1 1 0 8
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 2 3 2 1 0 8
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 3 5 0 0 0 8
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 5 2 0 0 0 7
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 0 0 3 1 3 7
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 1 0 1 1 4 7
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 2 3 0 1 1 7
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES NORTH AMERICA CORP. 0 4 0 1 2 7
RISE TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 5 2 0 0 0 7
BULL HN INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC. 2 4 0 0 0 6
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 4 0 0 0 6
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 0 0 2 4 6
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 4 1 0 1 0 6
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4 1 0 0 1 6
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 2 1 2 0 1 6
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 1 0 0 4 1 6
XILINX, INC. 0 1 0 1 4 6
FARADAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 4 5
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 2 2 0 0 1 5
INTRINSITY, INC. 1 2 1 0 1 5
NEC ELECTRONICS INC. 0 1 3 1 0 5
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 2 0 0 0 5
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 0 0 1 2 2 5
SRC COMPUTERS, INC. 2 2 0 0 1 5
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 0 2 1 2 0 5


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