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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 709, Multiple Computer or Process Coordinating (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 159 187 213 258 210 1027
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 62 66 70 65 85 348
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 52 48 56 72 74 302
~Individually Owned Patent 50 37 53 49 55 244
INTEL CORPORATION 51 44 31 29 37 192
FUJITSU LIMITED 46 31 35 34 35 181
HITACHI, LTD 30 37 27 26 20 140
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 21 18 27 39 27 132
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 7 20 41 50 122
NEC CORPORATION 22 26 25 22 21 116
AT&T CORP. 20 20 23 25 22 110
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 16 18 27 19 24 104
3COM CORPORATION 10 10 22 30 27 99
NORTEL NETWORKS CORPORATION 0 3 19 35 41 98
SONY CORPORATION 11 10 19 27 22 89
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 17 16 16 17 15 81
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 16 19 11 23 11 80
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 9 17 15 15 14 70
NCR CORPORATION 19 21 7 9 6 62
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 18 16 8 15 4 61
MOTOROLA, INC. 17 15 12 12 5 61
UNISYS CORPORATION 7 6 16 15 11 55
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 10 12 9 7 11 49
ORACLE CORPORATION 9 5 12 10 7 43
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 6 6 7 8 16 43
CABLETRON SYSTEMS, INC. 9 14 12 7 0 42
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 5 8 9 10 7 39
NOVELL, INC. 5 9 15 4 4 37
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION 17 9 7 2 0 35
EMC CORPORATION 3 5 7 9 11 35
MCI COMMUNICATIONS CORP. 11 4 5 7 7 34
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 4 12 9 6 34
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 0 6 8 13 3 30
WEBTV NETWORKS, INC. 1 6 6 12 3 28
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 7 2 6 9 3 27
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 5 1 9 5 6 26
ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION 9 7 1 2 6 25
XEROX CORPORATION 2 3 7 5 7 24
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 7 6 5 2 3 23
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 4 3 3 7 6 23
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 8 4 3 4 3 22
ALCATEL 0 1 7 4 9 21
BULL S.A. 8 5 3 1 4 21
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 3 2 5 4 19
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 3 5 3 5 3 19
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 2 7 5 3 2 19
COMPAQ INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, L.P. 0 0 0 0 18 18
NETSCAPE COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 2 1 8 6 0 17
FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 3 6 4 2 0 15
BAY NETWORKS, INC. 11 3 0 0 0 14
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP. 1 4 6 2 1 14
TANDEM COMPUTERS INCORPORATED 3 8 2 1 0 14
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 1 4 5 1 3 14
ALCATEL USA SOURCING, L.P. 0 2 3 6 2 13
AMERICA ONLINE, INC. 0 3 3 0 7 13
CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. 2 4 3 0 4 13
ERICSSON, INC. 1 3 4 2 3 13
GENESYS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LABORATORIES, INC. 1 0 4 4 4 13
MCI WORLDCOM, INC. 0 2 3 3 5 13
OBJECT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING CORPORATION 4 1 2 4 2 13
SENSORMATIC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 3 8 2 0 0 13
NOKIA TELECOMMUNICATIONS OY 0 1 6 3 2 12
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 0 0 3 1 7 11
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 1 2 5 3 0 11
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 4 1 0 2 4 11
SIEMENS INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS, INC. 0 2 3 1 5 11
BELL ATLANTIC NETWORK SERVICES, INC. 5 4 0 1 0 10
COLLABORATION PROPERTIES, INC. 1 5 0 2 2 10
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 0 0 1 4 5 10
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 1 2 2 1 3 9
MICRON ELECTRONICS, INC. 0 0 5 4 0 9
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 4 1 2 1 1 9
ADAPTEC, INC. 0 1 1 3 3 8
ALACRITECH, INC. 0 0 0 3 5 8
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 3 2 1 1 1 8
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 1 4 1 2 0 8
INTERNATIONAL COMPUTERS LIMITED 3 1 0 3 1 8
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CENTER AMERICA, INC. (ITA) 2 3 3 0 0 8
PALM, INC. 0 0 0 2 6 8
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORP. 3 0 0 3 2 8
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 0 1 4 3 8
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 1 0 1 1 5 8
BULL HN INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC. 2 0 2 1 2 7
CANON INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. 1 3 3 0 0 7
CDDB, INC. 0 1 2 4 0 7
FORE SYSTEMS, INC. 3 2 2 0 0 7
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 1 2 1 1 2 7
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 0 0 7 7
NORTHERN TELECOM LIMITED 0 5 1 1 0 7
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 2 2 2 1 0 7
OPENWAVE SYSTEMS INC. 0 0 0 5 2 7
TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 5 1 0 7
WORLDCOM, INC. 0 0 0 0 7 7
3COM TECHNOLOGIES 0 1 1 2 2 6
ACCENTURE LLP 0 0 0 1 5 6
ALCATEL N. V. 4 1 1 0 0 6
AMERITECH CORPORATION 0 0 1 3 2 6
ASPECT COMMUNICATIONS CORP. 0 0 1 0 5 6
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 0 1 3 2 6
AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 1 2 1 6
BEA SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 1 2 2 6
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 3 0 0 2 6
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 2 2 2 0 0 6
CRAY RESEARCH, INC. 3 3 0 0 0 6
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2 2 2 0 0 6
I2 TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 3 2 0 6
MERRILL LYNCH & COMPANY, INC. 0 0 3 1 2 6
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 0 1 5 6
MPATH INTERACTIVE, INC. 2 1 3 0 0 6
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 1 1 0 1 3 6
NETSPEAK CORPORATION 0 2 2 2 0 6
PFN, INC 0 4 1 0 1 6
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 1 3 0 1 1 6
SECURE COMPUTING CORPORATION 0 4 1 1 0 6
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 0 0 3 2 6
WALL DATA INCORPORATED 0 1 3 0 2 6
ATTACHMATE CORPORATION 1 1 0 2 1 5
COMPUWARE CORPORATION 1 1 0 2 1 5
DIAMOND MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 0 1 1 5
DIGIMARC CORPORATION 1 0 0 3 1 5
ECHELON CORPORATION 2 0 0 1 2 5
HEARME 0 0 1 3 1 5
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
IMMERSION CORPORATION 0 1 3 0 1 5
INSESSION, INC. 0 1 2 1 1 5
INTERVOICE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0 4 1 0 0 5
IQ NETSOLUTIONS INC. 0 0 0 5 0 5
KOKUSAI DENSHIN DENWA KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 1 3 1 0 5
KONINKLIJKE PTT NEDERLAND N.V. 5 0 0 0 0 5
NETWORK ASSOCIATES, INC. 0 0 3 0 2 5
SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC. 1 0 0 2 2 5
SOLECTRON CORPORATION 0 1 0 2 2 5
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 1 2 0 1 1 5


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