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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 708, Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers)

( 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 13 12 17 26 15 83
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 19 13 13 22 8 75
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 7 10 15 18 18 68
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 15 12 11 12 8 58
~Individually Owned Patent 9 14 9 12 10 54
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 11 3 7 4 3 28
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 8 9 1 4 4 26
NEC CORPORATION 2 10 2 9 1 24
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 3 5 4 11 23
MOTOROLA, INC. 5 6 6 3 1 21
SONY CORPORATION 8 3 4 4 2 21
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 6 4 8 2 1 21
FUJITSU LIMITED 4 1 8 2 4 19
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 5 10 3 18
INTRINSITY, INC. 15 1 2 0 0 18
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 9 2 3 3 1 18
ATI INTERNATIONAL SRL 8 6 2 1 0 17
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 5 3 5 4 0 17
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 3 2 4 7 16
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 6 1 2 0 6 15
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 4 4 3 0 14
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 4 2 1 4 3 14
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 5 7 1 0 0 13
HITACHI, LTD 4 2 3 3 1 13
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 2 2 3 3 3 13
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 5 6 1 1 0 13
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 1 0 6 4 1 12
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 5 4 3 0 0 12
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 3 2 3 2 11
XILINX, INC. 1 4 2 4 0 11
ARM LIMITED 2 0 4 3 0 9
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3 3 3 0 0 9
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 5 1 0 0 9
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 2 2 1 1 8
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 0 1 2 2 3 8
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 1 0 2 3 8
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 2 0 2 2 2 8
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 3 1 1 0 2 7
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 1 5 0 0 0 6
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 4 5
CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 1 3 1 0 0 5
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 0 1 0 1 3 5
HITACHI AMERICA, LTD. 2 2 1 0 0 5
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 3 5
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
QUALCOMM, INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 4 1 5
RN2R, L.L.C. 1 3 1 0 0 5
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 1 1 1 0 2 5
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 2 2 1 0 5
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 2 2 0 5


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