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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 717, DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (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 123 68 103 92 97 483
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 26 41 22 37 40 166
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 31 22 21 23 40 137
INTEL CORPORATION 16 10 18 11 19 74
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 11 18 40 69
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 44 16 2 0 0 62
~Individually Owned Patent 13 11 7 9 10 50
FUJITSU LIMITED 12 5 8 9 12 46
UNISYS CORPORATION 12 7 3 9 2 33
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 10 5 3 5 5 28
NEC CORPORATION 12 5 0 6 1 24
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 3 8 6 3 3 23
HITACHI, LTD 10 2 4 4 2 22
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 5 3 8 1 4 21
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 4 2 1 7 7 21
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 3 5 4 5 18
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 9 0 3 3 3 18
SONY CORPORATION 4 2 5 4 2 17
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 6 3 2 2 4 17
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 1 1 8 2 14
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 6 3 0 3 1 13
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 1 5 4 3 13
ACCENTURE LLP 1 2 7 2 0 12
COMPUWARE CORPORATION 4 0 2 4 2 12
ELBRUS INTERNATIONAL LTD. 1 1 7 2 1 12
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 3 1 1 3 2 10
BORLAND SOFTWARE CORPORATION 3 0 0 0 6 9
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 4 5 0 0 0 9
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 2 5 0 0 1 8
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 3 2 2 0 0 7
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 2 0 0 2 7
ATI INTERNATIONAL SRL 2 1 0 1 3 7
EMC CORPORATION 2 0 0 4 1 7
ESMERTEC AG 0 0 0 2 5 7
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 1 0 2 2 2 7
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 0 0 0 4 3 7
AT&T CORP. 2 3 1 0 0 6
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 4 2 0 0 0 6
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 1 2 0 0 3 6
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 0 0 0 2 4 6
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 3 6
SIEBEL SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 1 1 1 6
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 2 0 3 0 1 6
XEROX CORPORATION 2 3 1 0 0 6
BEA SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 4 1 5
CRAY INC. 2 1 0 0 2 5
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0 0 1 2 2 5
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 1 0 1 1 5
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 1 2 2 5
MOTOROLA, INC. 1 0 1 2 1 5
NOVELL, INC. 0 1 2 2 0 5
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 0 2 1 2 0 5
WIND RIVER SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 0 1 3 5


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