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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Office of Electronic Information Products
Patent Technology Monitoring Division (PTMD)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 1998 - 2002 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 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Total
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 34 25 13 19 13 104
INTEL CORPORATION 23 21 18 13 12 87
~Individually Owned Patent 17 15 13 9 14 68
NEC CORPORATION 12 19 13 2 10 56
MOTOROLA, INC. 13 15 16 5 6 55
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 23 20 5 4 2 54
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 8 9 19 8 9 53
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 8 9 9 15 12 53
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 7 15 9 7 10 48
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 9 18 8 9 2 46
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 14 8 2 5 7 36
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 8 4 4 11 3 30
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 10 10 2 3 4 29
SONY CORPORATION 5 9 4 8 3 29
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 2 7 4 5 3 21
FUJITSU LIMITED 4 4 5 4 1 18
ATI INTERNATIONAL SRL 0 0 3 8 6 17
INTRINSITY, INC. 0 0 1 15 1 17
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 1 2 3 5 6 17
HITACHI, LTD 1 6 3 4 2 16
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 0 4 3 5 4 16
SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS S.A. 8 6 2 0 0 16
XILINX, INC. 3 4 4 1 4 16
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 3 3 2 6 1 15
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 6 5 0 1 3 15
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 5 4 3 3 0 15
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 5 5 2 3 0 15
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION 5 2 6 0 0 13
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 4 3 1 2 2 12
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3 0 3 3 3 12
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 5 1 1 0 11
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 0 1 0 6 4 11
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 3 3 3 0 1 10
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 1 4 1 3 1 10
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 0 0 3 5 10
YOZAN, INC. 2 4 3 0 1 10
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 4 2 0 2 9
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 4 2 2 8
ARM LIMITED 0 3 3 2 0 8
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2 4 1 1 0 8
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 0 4 3 0 1 8
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 4 0 4 0 0 8
HITACHI AMERICA, LTD. 0 2 1 2 2 7
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 0 1 1 3 2 7
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 3 2 1 1 7
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 0 0 0 1 5 6
ATMEL CORPORATION 2 1 2 1 0 6
QUANTUM CORP. (CA) 2 1 1 2 0 6
VLSI TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 1 2 1 0 6
3COM CORPORATION 0 0 2 1 2 5
CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 0 1 0 1 3 5
ERICSSON, INC. 1 2 0 0 2 5
MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION 0 0 4 1 0 5
NATIONAL SCIENCE COUNCIL 0 3 1 0 1 5
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 0 0 1 3 1 5
NORTEL NETWORKS CORPORATION 0 0 3 2 0 5
OAK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 3 1 0 5
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, LELAND JUNIOR, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF 3 0 0 1 1 5
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 0 1 1 2 1 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 1 2 1 0 1 5


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