U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Information Products Division
Technology Assessment and Forecast (TAF) Branch

Patenting By Geographic Region (State and Country), Breakout By Organization
Count of 1996 - 2000 Utility Patent Grants By Calendar Year of Grant

[Explanation of Data]

Rank Ordered Listing of Organizations Receiving 5 or More Utility Patents During the Period
Originating From

TAIWAN

(patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor)
 
First-Named Assignee 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Total
~Individually Owned Patent 1140 1122 1563 1628 1766 7219
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 164 146 168 258 420 1156
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 73 127 213 288 383 1084
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 110 151 218 203 195 877
VANGUARD INTERNATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 22 53 119 107 120 421
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 2 9 20 76 279 386
NATIONAL SCIENCE COUNCIL 51 60 85 73 65 334
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 17 22 57 102 99 297
MOSEL VITELIC, INCORPORATED 3 15 31 36 63 148
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS - ACER INCORPORATED 0 0 5 49 58 112
UNITED SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 0 0 2 34 68 104
ACER PERIPHERALS, INC. 13 12 17 19 33 94
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 4 7 16 27 27 81
MUSTEK SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 11 36 32 79
WORLDWIDE SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CORPORATION 0 0 0 6 61 67
PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD. 3 3 11 18 24 59
UMAX DATA SYSTEMS INC. 5 3 13 16 12 49
HOLTEK MICROELECTRONICS INC. 1 6 28 11 0 46
INVENTEC CORPORATION 1 3 4 12 17 37
UNITED SILICON, INC. 0 0 0 7 29 36
POWERCHIP SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 0 2 18 8 7 35
SILITEK CORPORATION 5 8 2 12 7 34
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. 2 3 4 10 14 33
BEHAVIOR TECH COMPUTER CORP. 0 3 13 9 6 31
UNITED INTEGRATED CIRCUITS CORP. 0 0 1 2 28 31
NAN YA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 1 9 20 30
COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC. 0 0 8 7 11 26
ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5 7 9 2 3 26
FU TAI UMBRELLA WORKS, LTD. 4 3 4 4 10 25
HWA SHIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT CO., LTD. 0 3 7 8 5 23
SHIN JIUH CORP. 1 3 4 8 7 23
DEVELOPMENT CENTER FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY 1 3 5 6 5 20
ACER INCORPORATED 7 5 4 2 1 19
PROMOS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 2 17 19
CHUNG CHENG FAUCET CO. LTD. 1 1 11 3 2 18
CHUNG SHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 0 2 0 5 11 18
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 2 16 18
GREENMASTER INDUSTRIAL CORP. 8 2 2 3 2 17
SILICON INTEGRATED SYSTEMS CORP. 0 2 5 4 6 17
CHICONY ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 3 1 6 3 3 16
E. LEAD ELECTRONIC CO., LTD. 2 5 4 2 3 16
SHIN YEH ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. 0 1 2 6 7 16
ACER SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INC. 0 0 1 3 11 15
CHAW KHONG TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 1 3 5 6 15
CHINA TEXTILE INSTITUTE 3 4 2 4 2 15
D-LINK CORPORATION 3 2 2 3 5 15
FOOD INDUSTRY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE 0 4 6 2 3 15
BERG TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 0 5 5 3 14
MUST SYSTEMS, INC. 2 6 5 1 0 14
QUARTON, INC. 2 1 6 3 2 14
SUNONWEALTH ELECTRIC MACHINE INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0 0 1 4 9 14
TONG LUNG METAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 5 3 2 2 1 13
FORMOSA SAINT JOSE CORPORATION 2 2 1 5 2 12
HOLTEK SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 0 0 7 5 12
TAIWAN FU HSING INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 3 0 4 2 3 12
MICROTEK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 0 4 1 5 11
YUAN MEI CORP. 1 4 1 5 0 11
ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC. 0 1 0 1 8 10
CHING FENG BLINDS IND. CO., LTD. 1 7 0 0 2 10
INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH, COUNCIL OF LABOR AFFAIRS 1 1 1 1 6 10
MOLEX INCORPORATED 1 1 2 1 5 10
PAI LUNG MACHINERY MILL CO., LTD. 4 0 2 0 4 10
TESTO INDUSTRY CORP. 4 3 2 1 0 10
TRACE STORAGE TECH. CORP. 0 0 0 4 6 10
TWINHEAD INTERNATIONAL CORP. 1 0 2 4 3 10
UTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 0 1 6 3 10
ACADEMIA SINICA 0 0 1 4 4 9
ACCTON TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 1 2 1 4 9
BASSO INDUSTRY CORP. 0 0 1 2 6 9
EASTWEST INTERNATIONAL (TAIWAN) ENTERPRISES 0 0 1 5 3 9
FOXCONN PRECISION COMPONENTS, CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 9 9
HAND TOOL DESIGN CORPORATION 0 0 2 4 3 9
SHINING BLICK ENTERPRISES CO., LTD. 0 2 1 4 2 9
TEH YOR INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 4 1 2 1 1 9
AVISION INC. 0 1 2 1 4 8
CHINESE PETROLEUM CORP. 1 0 2 1 4 8
DBTEL INCORPORATED 0 0 0 3 5 8
FIRST INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER, INC. 0 0 1 1 6 8
GIANT MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 0 0 1 4 3 8
LINK TREASURE LIMITED 0 0 1 2 5 8
LUNDAR ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 1 1 0 1 5 8
MOTOROLA, INC. 1 3 1 0 3 8
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 1 3 1 0 3 8
UNIQUE PRODUCTS & DESIGN CO., LTD. 0 2 0 1 5 8
UTRON TECHNOLOGY INC. 1 1 3 1 2 8
CAESAR TECHNOLOGY INC. 0 0 1 2 4 7
CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD. 1 1 0 2 3 7
COTRON CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 3 7
ELECTRONICS RESEARCH & SERVICE ORGANIZATION 3 2 2 0 0 7
ENLIGHT CORPORATION 1 2 0 3 1 7
GENERAL PLASTIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 0 0 0 4 3 7
KALLOY INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 3 0 1 1 2 7
MAG TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 0 2 3 2 7
MITAC INTERNATIONAL CORP. 0 1 2 1 3 7
SAMPO CORPORATION 0 1 3 3 0 7
SYSGRATION LTD. 2 2 2 1 0 7
YU FENG ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. 0 0 1 4 2 7
AUDEN TECHNOLOGY MFG. CO., LTD. 0 0 2 2 2 6
COMPEQ MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 0 0 3 2 1 6
DE POAN PNEUMATIC CORPORATION 0 2 1 1 2 6
EVERLIGHT USA, INC. 0 1 1 1 3 6
FORMOSA ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES INC. 0 0 3 2 1 6
GAMEMAX CORPORATION 2 0 0 3 1 6
KUAN HSIENG INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 0 0 4 0 2 6
MICROJET TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 0 0 1 5 6
MODAS SHING COMPANY LTD. 0 0 0 0 6 6
MYSON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 4 1 0 1 6
NAN YA PLASTICS CORPORATION 1 1 0 2 2 6
PRIME VIEW INTERNATIONAL CO. 1 1 0 2 2 6
REGITAR POWER TOOLS CO., LTD. 1 1 4 0 0 6
SINPO OPTICAL CO., LTD. 2 1 1 2 0 6
TAI E INTERNATIONAL PATENT AND LAW OFFICE 0 0 0 1 5 6
TING CHENG CO., LTD. 0 0 2 2 2 6
TOP FORTUNE LTD. 0 1 3 0 2 6
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 0 2 0 3 1 6
ALEX MACHINE INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 5 5
ALL BEST ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 1 0 2 2 5
ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
CHI MEI CORPORATION 1 1 3 0 0 5
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 0 0 2 0 3 5
CYNTEC CO., LTD. 0 0 1 3 1 5
DAH YANG TOY INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 0 0 0 1 4 5
DAN-CHIEF ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. 1 2 0 0 2 5
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION 0 1 1 3 0 5
DISCOVERY INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 0 0 2 3 0 5
FARADAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 2 5
INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH 1 1 0 2 1 5
JANCHY ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. 0 2 0 1 2 5
KYE SYSTEMS CORP. 0 2 0 1 2 5
LONG WELL ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 0 2 3 5
MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 0 0 0 2 3 5
P & F BROTHER INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION 1 1 0 3 0 5
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 3 5
SELLE TECH INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 2 1 1 1 0 5
SHING HONG INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 5 0 0 0 0 5
SPORTS WORLD ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. 0 1 0 3 1 5
TEKPAK CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 5 5
TEKTRO TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 2 2 1 0 5
TIEN HENG MACHINERY CO., LTD. 0 0 2 2 1 5
TOYO ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING CO. LTD. 0 2 1 1 1 5
UNITED SEMICONDUCTOR CIRCUIT CORP. 0 0 0 2 3 5
YA YUNG ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. 0 0 0 4 1 5



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