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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 705, DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (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
~Individually Owned Patent 81 143 117 69 75 485
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 15 27 50 25 18 135
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 34 18 36 14 16 118
FUJITSU LIMITED 18 28 12 6 8 72
NCR CORPORATION 11 13 15 10 12 61
HITACHI, LTD 6 15 11 6 9 47
WALKER DIGITAL, LLC 0 0 9 15 15 39
CITIBANK N.A. 5 10 10 5 3 33
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5 12 10 2 3 32
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 8 6 6 4 4 28
ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION 11 10 5 1 0 27
AT&T CORP. 1 7 11 2 5 26
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 6 7 4 1 20
FRANCOTYP-POSTALIA AG & CO. KG 5 1 3 5 5 19
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 5 7 3 0 3 18
WALKER ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 3 8 7 0 0 18
CATALINA MARKETING INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 3 2 6 4 16
VERI-FONE, INC. 2 7 5 1 1 16
INTEL CORPORATION 5 0 3 5 2 15
VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION 1 3 5 3 3 15
HEALTH HERO NETWORK, INC. 2 2 6 2 1 13
SONY CORPORATION 1 4 2 2 4 13
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 4 3 3 2 1 13
XEROX CORPORATION 4 3 2 2 2 13
E-STAMP CORPORATION 7 1 0 4 0 12
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0 2 2 2 5 11
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 1 3 3 2 2 11
NEOPOST LIMITED 1 5 1 3 1 11
PRICELINE.COM INC. 0 1 4 2 4 11
AMAZON.COM, INC. 2 1 2 3 2 10
MITSUBISHI CORPORATION 2 3 4 0 1 10
NORTEL NETWORKS CORPORATION 0 0 6 3 1 10
FIRST DATA CORPORATION INC. 1 0 4 3 1 9
INTERTRUST TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 0 5 1 1 2 9
MERRILL LYNCH & COMPANY, INC. 2 2 3 1 1 9
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 1 2 1 2 2 8
I2 TECHNOLOGIES US, INC. 0 0 0 2 6 8
I2 TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 3 2 2 0 8
MCI COMMUNICATIONS CORP. 1 6 1 0 0 8
OPEN MARKET, INC. 2 1 1 3 1 8
FREEMARKETS ONLINE INC. 0 0 0 5 2 7
HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INCORPORATED 2 3 0 1 1 7
NEC CORPORATION 0 3 1 2 1 7
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 1 5 1 0 0 7
ANDERSEN CONSULTING LLP 2 0 4 0 0 6
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 3 2 0 1 6
CITICORP DEVELOPMENT CENTER, INC. 0 2 3 1 0 6
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 0 2 1 1 2 6
ITA SOFTWARE, INC. 0 0 0 3 3 6
NEOPOST INC. 0 0 0 3 3 6
OPTIMARK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 4 0 0 6
PROPRIETARY FINANCIAL PRODUCTS, INC. 1 5 0 0 0 6
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 1 0 4 1 6
SOFTCARD SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 3 1 2 6
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 3 1 0 2 0 6
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, N.A. 0 0 2 2 2 6
UNISYS CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 2 6
AMERICAN MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
AVISTA ADVANTAGE, INC. 0 2 3 0 0 5
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 1 2 1 1 0 5
CERTCO, LLC 1 2 1 0 1 5
CYBERCASH, INC. 0 2 1 2 0 5
DALLAS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 2 2 1 0 0 5
DIEBOLD INCORPORATED 0 0 2 2 1 5
DIGITAL RIVER, INC. 0 5 0 0 0 5
FINANCIAL ENGINES, INC. 0 1 3 1 0 5
FIRST USA BANK, N.A. 0 2 2 1 0 5
IMAGE DATA, LLC 1 0 2 1 1 5
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED 0 2 1 2 0 5
MOTOROLA, INC. 0 2 2 1 0 5
NINTENDO OF AMERICA INC. 0 1 2 1 1 5
NORTHERN TELECOM LIMITED 1 3 1 0 0 5
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0 1 0 1 3 5
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 1 2 0 0 5
SABRE INC. 0 1 3 1 0 5
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 2 2 1 0 0 5
U.S. WEST INC. 0 3 2 0 0 5


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