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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 707, DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (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
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 197 272 285 262 234 1250
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 58 110 67 78 101 414
~Individually Owned Patent 52 58 79 90 59 338
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 40 37 38 40 41 196
HITACHI, LTD 15 32 38 41 28 154
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 0 1 23 52 52 128
ORACLE CORPORATION 36 57 30 3 0 126
FUJITSU LIMITED 22 19 26 27 23 117
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 24 56 26 106
NCR CORPORATION 3 22 28 32 16 101
UNISYS CORPORATION 10 22 8 13 13 66
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 18 29 10 6 1 64
SONY CORPORATION 7 12 12 19 13 63
EMC CORPORATION 2 11 13 17 12 55
AT&T CORP. 9 17 8 6 9 49
INTEL CORPORATION 5 7 10 12 15 49
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 7 7 13 8 12 47
XEROX CORPORATION 10 9 9 10 9 47
NEC CORPORATION 11 8 10 12 5 46
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 13 26 5 0 0 44
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 6 10 6 13 5 40
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 5 5 9 9 11 39
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 8 10 8 7 36
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 14 6 7 3 1 31
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 10 5 7 8 30
NOVELL, INC. 8 5 9 6 2 30
SYBASE, INC. 2 9 6 11 1 29
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 6 5 7 3 7 28
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0 5 7 9 7 28
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 13 10 3 0 0 26
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 2 2 7 8 5 24
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 11 7 3 2 1 24
ACCENTURE LLP 0 5 12 4 2 23
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. 2 1 7 5 8 23
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 3 7 6 5 23
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 4 10 3 1 4 22
VERIZON LABORATORIES INC. 0 11 7 1 3 22
SIEBEL SYSTEMS, INC. 4 2 3 9 3 21
ALTA VISTA COMPANY 11 2 3 3 0 19
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 1 0 3 7 8 19
CLARITECH CORPORATION 4 6 3 3 2 18
I2 TECHNOLOGIES US, INC. 1 5 3 4 4 17
AMAZON.COM, INC. 5 2 6 3 0 16
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 8 6 0 0 2 16
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 6 1 3 2 16
ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION 5 6 2 1 1 15
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 5 5 1 3 1 15
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 3 3 5 3 1 15
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 5 2 1 6 14
AMERICAN MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, INC. 3 4 3 3 0 13
BMC SOFTWARE, INC. 0 3 4 4 2 13
NAVIGATION TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 2 7 2 2 0 13
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 1 1 5 6 13
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 3 3 4 1 2 13
STARFISH SOFTWARE, INC. 3 6 2 1 1 13
AMERICA ONLINE, INC. 1 1 1 3 6 12
INVENTEC CORPORATION 2 3 0 2 5 12
NETWORK ASSOCIATES, INC. 1 1 6 4 0 12
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 5 7 0 0 0 12
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 3 2 4 11
BEA SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 1 1 8 11
BULL HN INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC. 1 9 1 0 0 11
MICROSTRATEGY, INC. 0 0 3 8 0 11
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 3 0 1 5 11
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 1 1 1 4 4 11
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 1 2 4 4 11
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 1 3 2 2 2 10
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 1 0 4 3 2 10
REQUISITE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 1 3 2 2 10
3COM CORPORATION 5 0 1 3 0 9
AFFYMETRIX, INC. 2 2 1 4 0 9
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 0 0 1 5 3 9
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 0 5 2 2 0 9
INKTOMI CORPORATION 2 2 1 2 2 9
NEC USA, INC. 4 3 2 0 0 9
OVERTURE SERVICES, INC. 0 0 0 5 4 9
PALMSOURCE INC. 0 0 4 3 2 9
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 3 3 1 0 1 8
COGNOS INCORPORATED 0 0 3 3 2 8
JARG CORPORATION 1 3 3 1 0 8
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 3 0 1 1 8
NOKIA TELECOMMUNICATIONS OY 5 2 1 0 0 8
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 5 8
TACIT KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS, INC. 1 3 3 1 0 8
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 2 1 1 2 2 8
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 3 1 1 1 7
BORLAND SOFTWARE CORPORATION 1 0 0 5 1 7
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 3 1 2 7
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 3 2 2 0 0 7
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 0 2 3 1 1 7
GOOGLE, INC. 0 0 3 1 3 7
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 1 2 1 2 7
HYPERION SOLUTIONS CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 2 7
INFOGLIDE CORPORATION, INC. 0 0 2 3 2 7
LYCOS, INC. 2 0 1 3 1 7
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 1 1 2 1 2 7
OPENWAVE SYSTEMS INC. 0 1 3 2 1 7
SAS INSTITUTE, INC. 0 1 3 1 2 7
SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 0 0 0 5 2 7
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 2 1 1 2 1 7
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 0 0 2 2 3 7
SURVIVORS OF THE SHOAH VISUAL HISTORY FOUNDATION 2 2 3 0 0 7
YAHOO, INC. 0 1 3 1 2 7
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 0 1 1 3 1 6
GE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, INC. 0 1 2 3 0 6
INFORMATICA CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 1 6
LIVEVAULT CORPORATION 0 1 2 2 1 6
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 0 2 3 1 0 6
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 3 0 1 1 6
MOTOROLA, INC. 1 2 3 0 0 6
NETSCAPE COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 1 3 1 0 1 6
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 0 0 0 0 6 6
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 1 1 1 1 2 6
TRILOGY DEVELOPMENT GROUP, INC. 0 0 1 4 1 6
ADAPTEC, INC. 0 1 0 2 2 5
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 2 0 1 5
ALCATEL 0 1 0 4 0 5
ATTENSITY CORPORATION 0 0 0 5 0 5
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE 0 1 1 3 0 5
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 0 1 4 0 5
COMPAQ INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, L.P. 0 4 1 0 0 5
DECODE GENETICS EHF. 0 3 1 0 1 5
EPIPHANY, INC. . 3 0 0 1 1 5
INCYTE GENOMICS, INC. 1 1 2 1 0 5
INFOSPACE, INC. 2 1 1 0 1 5
INTERNATIONAL COMPUTERS LIMITED 1 4 0 0 0 5
INTERVAL RESEARCH CORPORATION 1 0 2 2 0 5
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1 2 0 1 1 5
MCI COMMUNICATIONS CORP. 3 1 1 0 0 5
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 0 2 1 2 0 5
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 2 5
ORI SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, LTD. 3 0 0 2 0 5
PLATINUM TECHNOLOGY IP, INC. 5 0 0 0 0 5
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5
UFIL UNIFIED DATA TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 0 1 1 3 0 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 0 0 0 4 1 5
VIGNETTE CORPORATION 1 1 0 0 3 5


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