U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE Information Products Division Technology Assessment and Forecast (TAF) Branch |
First-Named Assignee | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | Total |
CHARTERED SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING PTE LTD | 10 | 27 | 34 | 37 | 69 | 177 |
~Individually Owned Patent | 12 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 53 |
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY | 6 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 36 |
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE | 6 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 32 |
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 30 |
TRITECH MICROELECTRONICS, LTD. | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 28 |
MOTOROLA, INC. | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 22 |
TRITECH MICROELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD. | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 |
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 |
INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
ADVANCED SYSTEMS AUTOMATION LIMITED | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, INCORPORATED | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
NESTEC, S.A. | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS (PTE) LTD. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
BERG TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
SUNRIGHT LIMITED | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
THOMSON MULTIMEDIA S.A. | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
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