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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 703, DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing)

( 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 25 24 18 20 9 96
~Individually Owned Patent 15 14 9 12 19 69
NEC CORPORATION 10 20 17 9 9 65
FUJITSU LIMITED 17 5 9 7 5 43
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 4 10 16 7 3 40
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 7 13 2 4 2 28
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 6 6 4 4 7 27
SYNOPSYS INC. 7 6 7 5 2 27
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 11 2 7 4 1 25
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 7 4 7 3 1 22
INTEL CORPORATION 5 7 4 3 3 22
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 4 5 6 1 6 22
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 7 2 4 7 1 21
MOTOROLA, INC. 10 3 4 2 2 21
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 7 6 3 3 2 21
QUICKTURN DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 4 11 1 0 2 18
HITACHI, LTD 2 7 3 3 0 15
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 4 4 2 2 3 15
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 8 2 2 14
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 3 1 4 5 1 14
SONY CORPORATION 1 2 3 6 2 14
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 4 3 2 4 0 13
UNISYS CORPORATION 3 2 3 2 2 12
XILINX, INC. 1 2 6 1 2 12
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 2 2 3 1 2 10
MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION 4 2 1 3 0 10
NCR CORPORATION 3 5 1 0 0 9
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 0 0 0 4 4 8
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 3 2 0 2 1 8
MCI COMMUNICATIONS CORP. 3 2 2 1 0 8
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 4 0 0 4 0 8
OPENCONNECT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 7 0 7
VLSI TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 2 2 2 0 7
BULL HN INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC. 1 2 0 0 3 6
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 2 1 1 1 1 6
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 1 3 2 0 0 6
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 2 0 1 3 0 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 0 2 2 2 0 6
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 0 0 3 2 1 6
ALTERA CORPORATION 0 2 1 2 0 5
AUTODESK, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 1 1 1 1 5
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY 1 3 0 1 0 5
CITY OF SCOTTSDALE 5 0 0 0 0 5
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION 2 2 1 0 0 5
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 1 1 2 1 5
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 1 1 0 2 1 5
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 1 2 0 0 5
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 3 0 0 1 1 5
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 0 2 2 1 0 5


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