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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 711, Memory (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
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 210 247 179 184 178 998
INTEL CORPORATION 65 91 126 109 116 507
HITACHI, LTD 30 45 70 69 77 291
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 73 93 94 260
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 34 33 35 61 70 233
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 49 41 35 40 49 214
EMC CORPORATION 31 37 56 39 40 203
FUJITSU LIMITED 16 31 34 37 33 151
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 31 35 21 20 15 122
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 20 12 20 37 13 102
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 13 10 26 23 28 100
SONY CORPORATION 18 17 27 18 13 93
NEC CORPORATION 23 31 14 10 10 88
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 27 44 11 0 0 82
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 9 19 15 16 13 72
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 7 10 18 16 18 69
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 10 14 18 15 7 64
~Individually Owned Patent 11 10 15 13 13 62
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 49 11 1 0 0 61
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 2 20 15 13 50
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 9 8 10 11 12 50
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 3 5 15 8 15 46
UNISYS CORPORATION 7 11 6 10 11 45
RAMBUS, INC. 3 9 10 14 8 44
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 6 6 6 14 11 43
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 1 10 13 15 39
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 9 14 12 2 1 38
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 6 5 4 10 11 36
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 3 4 4 10 14 35
NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 4 5 5 12 7 33
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 1 4 14 6 6 31
MOTOROLA, INC. 11 7 6 5 2 31
ATI INTERNATIONAL SRL 8 10 6 5 1 30
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 14 16 30
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 8 5 8 6 29
VERITAS OPERATING CORPORATION 0 1 1 10 15 27
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 11 7 2 3 3 26
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 2 8 6 3 4 23
ADAPTEC, INC. 3 6 5 0 8 22
ARM LIMITED 2 5 3 5 6 21
LEXAR MEDIA, INC. 3 4 1 7 6 21
ORACLE CORPORATION 2 10 5 2 1 20
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5 4 4 3 3 19
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 0 2 2 2 13 19
COMPAQ INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, L.P. 2 13 3 0 0 18
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 3 5 3 1 6 18
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 3 8 1 1 17
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 1 6 3 1 6 17
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 1 3 6 2 5 17
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 3 3 3 7 17
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 6 3 4 2 1 16
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 0 1 1 8 5 15
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 1 2 5 5 2 15
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 0 2 7 4 2 15
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 3 4 3 2 2 14
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 5 5 2 2 0 14
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 3 3 3 4 1 14
BULL S.A. 6 6 0 0 1 13
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 9 3 0 1 0 13
MAXTOR CORPORATION 0 6 1 5 1 13
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 3 6 4 13
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 4 2 3 4 0 13
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 0 1 2 3 6 12
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 1 4 1 4 12
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 0 0 4 8 12
IP FIRST LLC 0 0 8 3 1 12
MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INC. 3 2 4 2 1 12
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 0 4 4 3 12
NCR CORPORATION 1 2 5 3 1 12
SANDISK CORPORATION 1 0 1 4 6 12
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 3 2 1 3 3 12
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 2 2 2 1 5 12
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 4 3 1 3 0 11
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 1 1 3 5 11
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 3 2 2 1 3 11
BULL HN INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC. 2 0 1 2 5 10
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 1 3 3 1 2 10
MATRIX SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 0 3 4 3 10
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 3 2 4 0 1 10
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 5 1 1 0 3 10
3COM CORPORATION 3 0 2 4 0 9
3WARE, INC. 0 4 5 0 0 9
ALTERA CORPORATION 2 2 2 1 2 9
DENSO CORPORATION 2 4 1 1 1 9
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 0 0 3 3 3 9
WESTERN DIGITAL VENTURES, INC. 0 2 3 4 0 9
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 0 1 1 2 4 8
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 0 0 2 3 3 8
INSTITUTE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMERGING ARCHITECTURES, L.L.C. 4 3 1 0 0 8
NINTENDO CO., LTD. 1 1 3 2 1 8
NVIDIA CORPORATION 0 1 3 2 2 8
ROXIO, INC. 0 2 5 1 0 8
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 2 2 2 1 8
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 7 1 0 0 0 8
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 2 5 0 0 0 7
AT&T CORP. 2 2 2 1 0 7
M-SYSTEMS FLASH DISK PIONEERS LTD. 0 0 2 5 0 7
MONOLITHIC SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 4 1 1 0 7
NETWORK ASSOCIATES, INC. 2 2 0 3 0 7
PHOENIX TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 1 1 0 5 0 7
QUANTUM CORP. (CA) 4 1 0 1 1 7
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 0 3 1 2 1 7
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 4 2 1 0 0 7
XILINX, INC. 0 1 1 1 4 7
AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 3 1 2 0 6
BARSA CONSULTING GROUP, LLC 0 0 0 5 1 6
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 2 0 1 2 1 6
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. 0 0 0 5 1 6
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 1 1 2 1 1 6
OAK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 2 3 0 0 6
SILICON INTEGRATED SYSTEMS CORP. 2 1 1 0 2 6
SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 2 1 2 6
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 0 2 1 3 0 6
ALCATEL 1 0 1 2 1 5
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 2 0 1 0 5
EMULEX DESIGN & MANUFACTURING CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 4 5
GENESIS MICROCHIP INC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 0 1 2 2 0 5
MICRON ELECTRONICS, INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
POWERQUEST CORPORATION 4 1 0 0 0 5
TDK CORPORATION 0 1 3 1 0 5
TOKYO ELECTRON DEVICE LIMITED 0 4 0 1 0 5
TRANSMETA CORPORATION 1 1 1 1 1 5
WIND RIVER SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5


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