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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 703, DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (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 20 9 13 13 26 81
~Individually Owned Patent 12 19 11 9 20 71
FUJITSU LIMITED 7 5 5 8 10 35
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 9 10 13 32
NEC CORPORATION 9 9 7 4 3 32
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 7 1 4 3 15 30
INTEL CORPORATION 3 3 7 5 6 24
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 2 3 4 5 9 23
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 4 7 4 2 4 21
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 7 3 2 3 3 18
SYNOPSYS INC. 5 2 3 4 4 18
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 2 1 2 6 5 16
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 1 6 2 4 3 16
UNISYS CORPORATION 2 2 1 7 2 14
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 3 2 0 4 4 13
SONY CORPORATION 6 2 1 1 2 12
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 0 5 3 11
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 1 6 0 0 11
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 3 1 1 3 2 10
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 5 1 1 2 1 10
QUICKTURN DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 1 4 3 10
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 0 1 0 3 6 10
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 2 0 2 1 5 10
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 4 2 2 0 1 9
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 0 0 1 7 9
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 4 4 0 0 0 8
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 0 0 0 1 7 8
INSTITUT FRANCAIS DU PETROLE 0 1 1 1 5 8
MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION 3 0 0 0 5 8
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 2 4 2 8
AUTODESK, INC. 2 2 0 1 2 7
BULL HN INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC. 0 3 2 1 1 7
MOTOROLA, INC. 2 2 1 1 1 7
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 2 1 0 0 4 7
OPENCONNECT SYSTEMS, INC. 7 0 0 0 0 7
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 1 0 1 2 3 7
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 2 1 2 0 2 7
XILINX, INC. 1 2 0 0 4 7
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 0 0 4 1 1 6
HITACHI, LTD 3 0 2 0 1 6
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM, VZW 1 1 2 0 2 6
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 3 1 1 6
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 4 2 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 4 0 0 2 0 6
ACCENTURE LLP 0 3 1 1 0 5
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 0 1 3 5
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 0 1 0 3 5
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 4 0 1 0 0 5
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
FORD MOTOR COMPANY 0 0 0 3 2 5
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 1 1 0 0 3 5
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 0 1 4 5
SANDIA CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 0 5
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 0 5
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 1 0 1 3 5


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