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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 341, Coded Data Generation or Conversion

( 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
~Individually Owned Patent 33 25 28 34 42 162
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 11 7 15 34 51 118
SONY CORPORATION 33 23 25 15 17 113
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 18 26 8 21 24 97
MOTOROLA, INC. 19 16 12 14 13 74
NEC CORPORATION 13 13 14 20 13 73
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 16 11 14 19 7 67
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 8 3 12 13 30 66
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 17 14 11 10 13 65
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 9 10 15 23 4 61
FUJITSU LIMITED 13 6 4 14 15 52
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 15 6 7 9 12 49
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 11 9 5 13 10 48
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 7 6 6 6 15 40
INTEL CORPORATION 4 3 14 10 8 39
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 2 4 4 13 15 38
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 10 6 7 8 3 34
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 12 3 5 7 6 33
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 5 6 7 4 6 28
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 10 5 2 6 4 27
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 0 2 2 5 15 24
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 3 2 3 7 8 23
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 3 4 4 1 8 20
YAMAHA CORPORATION 5 6 2 2 5 20
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 5 6 2 4 2 19
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 0 1 17 18
RAYTHEON COMPANY 1 5 0 3 9 18
UNISYS CORPORATION 1 1 3 6 7 18
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 3 2 4 5 3 17
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 0 0 0 8 8 16
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 0 3 5 6 2 16
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 1 5 4 3 16
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 5 1 3 4 2 15
LG SEMICON CO., LTD. 8 2 3 2 0 15
TRW INC. 1 1 5 3 5 15
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 4 2 2 1 5 14
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORP. 5 3 2 2 2 14
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 6 7 13
HITACHI, LTD 4 1 1 2 5 13
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 1 3 4 3 13
BROADCOM CORPORATION 1 0 2 5 4 12
ERICSSON, INC. 4 3 2 0 3 12
BURR-BROWN CORPORATION 1 4 4 2 0 11
DAEWOO ELECTRONICS COMPANY, LTD. 6 3 1 0 1 11
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 2 0 1 3 5 11
QUANTUM CORP. (CA) 4 1 0 5 1 11
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 4 2 2 2 1 11
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 1 1 3 3 11
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 0 1 5 4 1 11
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 2 1 4 0 4 11
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 4 0 2 4 10
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 0 0 2 8 10
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 0 3 4 1 2 10
OAK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 3 4 3 10
PHOTOBIT CORPORATION 0 0 1 6 3 10
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 2 1 3 2 2 10
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, INCORPORATED 3 2 5 0 0 10
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 0 0 5 5 10
AT&T CORP. 0 1 1 5 2 9
CYGNAL INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 0 0 0 3 6 9
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 1 3 2 3 9
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 2 4 2 0 1 9
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 0 1 3 3 2 9
QUALCOMM, INC. 0 2 1 3 3 9
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 2 4 1 2 0 9
SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS S.A. 4 2 3 0 0 9
SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 2 4 3 0 0 9
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 3 0 1 1 3 8
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 0 1 0 4 3 8
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE 0 0 0 1 7 8
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 0 1 1 4 2 8
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 0 0 0 6 2 8
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 1 3 1 2 1 8
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 4 1 0 1 7
EXAR CORPORATION 2 2 1 0 2 7
HARRIS CORP. 4 3 0 0 0 7
NATIONAL SCIENCE COUNCIL 3 1 2 1 0 7
PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD. 2 1 2 1 1 7
SONY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED 0 0 2 2 3 7
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 0 1 1 1 4 7
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 2 4 1 0 0 7
THOMSON-CSF 0 0 3 2 2 7
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 4 0 1 1 1 7
VLSI TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5 1 1 0 0 7
3COM CORPORATION 1 2 0 2 1 6
ADVANTEST CORP. 0 0 0 2 4 6
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 1 2 2 6
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 0 4 1 6
DENSO CORPORATION 1 0 0 3 2 6
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 0 0 0 1 5 6
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 1 1 2 1 1 6
NORTEL NETWORKS CORPORATION 0 1 1 4 0 6
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 6 6
SONIC INNOVATIONS, INC. 0 1 1 1 3 6
ACER PERIPHERALS, INC. 0 2 1 2 0 5
ALCATEL 0 0 1 3 1 5
ALTERA CORPORATION 0 1 0 2 2 5
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 1 3 0 1 0 5
DIGITAL FOUNTAIN, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
NOKIA NETWORKS OY 0 0 0 1 4 5
PACIFIC MICROSONICS, INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
TEKTRONIX INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 1 1 1 2 5
XEROX CORPORATION 1 1 3 0 0 5
XILINX, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
YOZAN, INC. 2 0 0 1 2 5


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