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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 712, Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (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 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Total
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 109 84 61 49 39 342
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 72 101 63 60 36 332
INTEL CORPORATION 62 61 51 59 46 279
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 26 48 31 29 21 155
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 18 31 23 24 7 103
HITACHI, LTD 18 17 15 10 17 77
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 25 18 8 8 9 68
MOTOROLA, INC. 25 11 10 8 3 57
FUJITSU LIMITED 24 12 8 6 5 55
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 24 7 7 8 9 55
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 8 11 13 15 5 52
~Individually Owned Patent 19 9 4 9 6 47
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 9 6 10 9 5 39
NEC CORPORATION 8 15 3 5 4 35
IP FIRST LLC 0 1 6 11 12 30
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 0 5 12 9 2 28
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 2 8 5 5 5 25
SONY CORPORATION 5 3 4 9 1 22
BOPS, INC. 0 0 5 4 12 21
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 6 10 2 2 1 21
INSTITUTE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMERGING ARCHITECTURES, L.L.C. 2 7 4 4 3 20
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 7 5 3 3 1 19
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION 5 10 3 0 0 18
DISCOVISION ASSOCIATES 3 4 6 3 1 17
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 5 3 4 4 1 17
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORP. 5 9 3 0 0 17
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 4 2 3 3 5 17
ARM LIMITED 0 6 2 6 2 16
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 6 6 1 2 0 15
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 8 7 0 0 0 15
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 4 4 2 3 0 13
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 3 5 4 12
CRAY RESEARCH, INC. 5 4 3 0 0 12
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 5 3 4 12
SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 2 6 2 1 1 12
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 0 4 3 3 12
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 7 3 1 0 0 11
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 5 0 3 2 11
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 1 5 1 2 1 10
MICROUNITY SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, INC. 6 2 0 1 1 10
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 1 4 2 2 1 10
UNISYS CORPORATION 4 5 0 1 0 10
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 1 3 0 2 3 9
YAMAHA CORPORATION 2 1 2 1 3 9
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 5 1 0 1 1 8
BULL HN INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC. 0 2 0 2 4 8
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 0 1 2 4 8
COMPAQ INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, L.P. 0 0 0 0 8 8
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 0 0 0 5 2 7
ATMEL CORPORATION 6 0 1 0 0 7
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 2 1 2 7
CYRIX CORPORATION 7 0 0 0 0 7
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS AMERICA 3 2 2 0 0 7
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 0 1 3 2 1 7
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 0 2 1 2 2 7
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 0 1 1 4 1 7
MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 2 1 2 2 7
RISE TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 0 0 0 5 2 7
S3, INCORPORATED 4 1 2 0 0 7
VLSI TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 3 2 2 0 7
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 0 2 3 6
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 2 1 1 1 6
RAYTHEON COMPANY 5 1 0 0 0 6
TANDEM COMPUTERS INCORPORATED 3 2 1 0 0 6
TERANEX, INC. 0 0 2 4 0 6
VIA-CYRIX, INC. 0 1 2 2 1 6
ADVANCED RISC MACHINES LIMITED 5 0 0 0 0 5
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 0 3 1 1 0 5
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 1 0 2 1 1 5
ELBRUS INTERNATIONAL LTD. 1 4 0 0 0 5
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES NORTH AMERICA CORP. 0 0 1 0 4 5
INTERGRAPH CORPORATION 1 1 0 2 1 5
NIPPONDENSO CO., LTD. 2 1 0 2 0 5
SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS S.A. 2 1 1 1 0 5
SRC COMPUTERS, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION 2 1 2 0 0 5
XILINX, INC. 1 2 1 0 1 5


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