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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 327, Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and 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 51 75 84 58 45 313
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 60 53 58 41 40 252
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 62 64 46 29 35 236
NEC CORPORATION 102 85 28 8 9 232
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 45 38 32 34 42 191
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 13 36 39 50 35 173
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 21 28 34 52 35 170
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 51 57 32 20 10 170
FUJITSU LIMITED 39 40 33 30 23 165
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 33 35 26 35 30 159
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 48 33 18 25 20 144
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 16 31 30 28 16 121
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 29 31 30 13 9 112
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 10 30 28 41 109
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 20 29 14 17 21 101
~Individually Owned Patent 24 22 17 20 14 97
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 1 25 28 25 12 91
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 13 19 11 17 26 86
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 17 23 20 18 7 85
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 0 4 20 30 29 83
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 1 54 28 83
XILINX, INC. 9 22 17 15 20 83
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 17 12 17 15 15 76
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 20 22 21 10 3 76
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 19 18 14 12 11 74
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 44 20 4 3 0 71
HITACHI, LTD 16 24 18 12 0 70
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 18 10 10 9 18 65
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 26 15 18 59
MOTOROLA, INC. 28 12 5 6 2 53
RAMBUS, INC. 3 12 8 3 21 47
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 24 19 0 0 0 43
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 6 5 13 6 10 40
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 10 9 10 7 4 40
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 13 12 9 2 3 39
SONY CORPORATION 10 10 8 6 5 39
ALTERA CORPORATION 4 5 9 8 11 37
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 10 13 13 36
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 6 5 7 13 4 35
PERICOM SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 9 4 10 8 2 33
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC 3 15 4 5 6 33
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 4 8 8 4 8 32
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 14 8 4 3 3 32
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 12 4 7 4 4 31
INTERSIL AMERICAS INC. 0 6 10 8 6 30
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 10 17 2 0 0 29
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 22 4 1 2 0 29
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 9 9 2 6 3 29
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 1 2 11 6 8 28
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 6 8 9 2 3 28
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 3 7 7 9 28
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 11 5 5 4 2 27
DENSO CORPORATION 1 4 6 9 6 26
APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION 1 3 11 9 1 25
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 8 5 7 2 3 25
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 4 2 10 4 4 24
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 6 6 6 2 4 24
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 17 5 0 0 0 22
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 1 8 5 2 5 21
ALCATEL 8 1 2 5 3 19
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 4 2 7 4 2 19
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 5 7 4 2 19
INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORPORATION 2 3 2 6 5 18
ATMEL CORPORATION 1 0 1 11 4 17
EXAR CORPORATION 6 5 2 3 1 17
ADVANTEST CORP. 6 3 1 3 3 16
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 7 7 2 0 0 16
FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 4 6 0 3 3 16
MICREL INCORPORATED 3 4 2 4 3 16
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 6 8 1 1 0 16
ELPIDA MEMORY, INC. 0 0 0 6 9 15
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 3 5 1 4 15
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 4 3 4 4 0 15
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 1 3 3 6 2 15
FARADAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 4 2 5 3 14
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 0 0 5 9 14
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 4 0 2 4 13
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 1 7 1 1 2 12
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 3 4 2 1 11
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 4 4 1 0 2 11
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 0 3 4 4 11
QUALCOMM, INC. 2 1 2 3 3 11
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 0 1 3 6 11
TERADYNE, INC. 1 5 1 2 2 11
ATI INTERNATIONAL SRL 3 5 0 2 0 10
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 4 1 1 1 10
ERICSSON, INC. 6 4 0 0 0 10
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 3 3 0 2 2 10
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 1 2 1 4 2 10
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES NORTH AMERICA CORP. 3 3 1 3 0 10
RAYTHEON COMPANY 2 2 0 5 1 10
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 0 6 2 1 1 10
DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR GMBH 0 0 4 3 2 9
FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 5 2 1 1 0 9
GCT SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 1 3 2 2 1 9
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 2 3 1 2 9
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 0 3 4 1 9
SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS S.A. 4 3 1 0 1 9
SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 1 2 0 3 9
ANDO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 2 2 0 1 8
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 0 4 0 1 3 8
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 0 2 3 0 8
MEDIATEK INC. 0 0 0 3 5 8
MICRONAS GMBH 2 2 1 1 2 8
NIPPON PRECISION CIRCUITS INC. 2 2 4 0 0 8
SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 4 4 0 0 0 8
SILICON INTEGRATED SYSTEMS CORP. 1 6 1 0 0 8
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 5 1 1 0 1 8
ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 1 2 1 1 7
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 1 2 0 1 3 7
NATIONAL SCIENCE COUNCIL 4 2 0 1 0 7
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 3 3 0 1 0 7
RF MICRO DEVICES, INC. 1 1 0 3 2 7
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 0 5 1 1 0 7
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 0 1 3 3 7
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 0 0 0 3 3 6
E-MEMORY TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 2 0 3 6
EM MICROELECTRONIC-MARIN SA 2 2 0 1 1 6
LEVEL ONE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 2 3 1 0 0 6
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 1 2 1 1 1 6
LOVOLTECH, INC. 0 0 3 2 1 6
MOSEL VITELIC, INCORPORATED 1 4 1 0 0 6
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 0 0 4 1 1 6
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 0 2 2 1 1 6
POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC. 1 0 2 2 1 6
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 4 1 1 0 0 6
SANDISK CORPORATION 1 1 0 2 2 6
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 2 1 0 1 2 6
VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 2 2 2 0 0 6
VLSI TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5 1 0 0 0 6
XIGNAL TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 0 0 3 3 6
YAMAHA CORPORATION 1 0 2 2 1 6
ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 3 0 0 0 5
ATHEROS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 1 0 3 1 0 5
BERKANA WIRELESS, INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
FUJITSU QUANTUM DEVICES LIMITED 1 2 2 0 0 5
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 0 1 3 1 0 5
GENERAL RESEARCH OF ELECTRONICS, INC. 1 2 0 2 0 5
GLOBESPAN VIRATA, INC. 0 0 3 2 0 5
INTERSIL CORPORATION, INC. 4 0 0 1 0 5
IP FIRST LLC 0 1 1 1 2 5
NEC COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES, LTD. 0 0 3 2 0 5
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 3 1 0 1 0 5
PATENT-TREUHAND-GESELLSCHAFT FUR ELEKTRISCHE GLUHLAMPEN MBH 1 2 2 0 0 5
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORP. 4 1 0 0 0 5
PRECISION DYNAMICS CORPORATION 0 1 0 0 4 5
RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 0 0 4 1 5
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 1 2 2 0 0 5
SEMTECH CORPORATION 0 1 2 2 0 5
SILICON IMAGE, INC. 1 0 1 2 1 5
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
STMICROELECTRONICS, GMBH 3 1 0 1 0 5
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 1 3 0 0 1 5
UNITED MEMORIES, INC. 0 0 3 2 0 5
VANGUARD INTERNATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 3 2 0 0 0 5
VELIO COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
VOLTERRA SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 2 1 1 1 5
XEROX CORPORATION 3 0 2 0 0 5
YAZAKI CORP. 2 2 1 0 0 5


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