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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 710, Input/Output (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 103 94 109 106 82 494
INTEL CORPORATION 54 63 96 115 77 405
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 63 88 62 213
SONY CORPORATION 21 31 30 33 26 141
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 29 25 21 31 21 127
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 25 31 27 15 16 114
HITACHI, LTD 17 19 26 28 22 112
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 20 16 16 32 25 109
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 9 10 18 37 29 103
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 12 15 23 25 16 91
FUJITSU LIMITED 18 16 12 27 15 88
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 67 16 1 0 0 84
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 14 19 16 16 17 82
~Individually Owned Patent 16 12 23 16 15 82
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 12 12 11 22 15 72
EMC CORPORATION 9 8 17 21 16 71
ADAPTEC, INC. 17 10 10 21 12 70
NEC CORPORATION 18 12 12 13 9 64
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 5 8 13 19 16 61
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 16 2 12 14 17 61
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 9 23 17 7 56
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 20 25 4 0 0 49
3COM CORPORATION 14 14 9 7 3 47
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 3 7 11 18 8 47
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 8 5 9 18 6 46
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 2 4 10 13 11 40
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 3 3 19 8 35
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 8 6 6 6 8 34
MOTOROLA, INC. 7 9 5 6 5 32
BROADCOM CORPORATION 2 1 2 10 15 30
COMPAQ INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, L.P. 0 25 5 0 0 30
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 8 5 7 8 2 30
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 4 2 2 11 11 30
RAMBUS, INC. 7 4 6 8 4 29
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 7 6 4 3 8 28
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 4 5 6 4 6 25
MICRON ELECTRONICS, INC. 21 4 0 0 0 25
UNISYS CORPORATION 6 5 6 6 1 24
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 6 5 4 3 5 23
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 6 6 5 5 1 23
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 13 9 22
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 2 7 3 4 4 20
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 7 2 0 5 6 20
XILINX, INC. 3 7 3 4 3 20
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 5 3 5 4 18
ATI INTERNATIONAL SRL 2 4 9 3 0 18
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 5 0 5 5 3 18
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 1 6 5 3 2 17
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 1 1 2 7 5 16
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 0 1 5 7 2 15
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 0 2 8 4 1 15
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 4 3 4 2 1 14
INVENTEC CORPORATION 1 5 3 2 1 12
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 1 3 2 1 5 12
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 2 2 1 2 5 12
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 1 4 4 1 2 12
VLSI TECHNOLOGY, INC. 11 1 0 0 0 12
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 0 0 6 5 11
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 3 5 1 2 0 11
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 4 0 1 2 4 11
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 6 4 0 0 0 10
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 1 1 5 1 10
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 3 4 3 0 0 10
CROSSROADS SYSTEMS, INC. 1 3 2 4 0 10
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 2 2 2 2 2 10
ALCATEL 2 0 3 1 3 9
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 0 1 2 5 1 9
NCR CORPORATION 2 2 2 3 0 9
OAK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 1 3 1 1 9
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 1 1 1 3 3 9
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 2 3 2 2 0 9
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES NORTH AMERICA CORP. 2 1 2 3 0 8
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 2 5 1 8
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 4 0 2 0 2 8
O2 MICRO INTERNATIONAL LTD. 1 0 0 5 2 8
QLOGIC CORPORATION 2 2 1 1 2 8
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 2 5 0 0 8
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 2 2 0 2 2 8
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 6 2 0 0 0 8
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 0 3 4 8
ARM LIMITED 0 2 1 2 2 7
CRADLE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 1 3 2 7
GLOBESPAN VIRATA, INC. 0 4 2 1 0 7
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 1 3 2 0 7
PMC-SIERRA LTD. 0 2 3 2 0 7
SANDISK CORPORATION 1 1 0 1 4 7
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 2 2 1 2 7
SILICON INTEGRATED SYSTEMS CORP. 2 0 2 2 1 7
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 1 1 1 2 2 7
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 0 0 3 1 7
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 0 0 2 1 4 7
YAMAHA CORPORATION 1 4 1 1 0 7
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 1 1 0 0 6
DATASCAPE, INC. 0 1 0 3 2 6
FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 0 1 4 6
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 0 1 2 2 6
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 0 0 0 3 3 6
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 1 0 2 3 0 6
MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 3 1 2 0 6
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 0 1 4 1 6
ORACLE CORPORATION 3 2 1 0 0 6
SIEMENS ENERGY & AUTOMATION, INC. 0 0 1 3 2 6
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 1 1 2 1 1 6
AT&T CORP. 1 2 1 1 0 5
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 1 0 2 2 5
CLEARCUBE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
COLUMBIA DATA PRODUCTS, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
DENSO CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 1 5
DIGI INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
EMULEX DESIGN & MANUFACTURING CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 4 5
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 0 2 0 1 2 5
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 1 0 1 2 5
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 2 1 2 0 5
LG INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS, LTD. 1 3 1 0 0 5
MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 0 1 3 0 5
NETWORK ASSOCIATES, INC. 0 2 2 1 0 5
NOVELL, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
OMRON CORPORATION 1 0 0 2 2 5
PIONEER CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 2 5
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 1 2 0 1 1 5
SCHNEIDER AUTOMATION INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
SONICS, INC. 1 0 0 3 1 5
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 2 2 1 0 0 5


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