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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 710, Input/Output (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 109 121 113 103 94 540
INTEL CORPORATION 79 79 64 54 63 339
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 39 65 72 67 16 259
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 51 51 44 29 24 199
FUJITSU LIMITED 32 25 16 18 16 107
HITACHI, LTD 24 23 25 17 18 107
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 10 25 26 20 25 106
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 19 30 15 20 16 100
SONY CORPORATION 14 12 17 21 31 95
~Individually Owned Patent 21 18 23 16 12 90
NEC CORPORATION 12 23 22 18 12 87
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 22 20 17 12 15 86
MICRON ELECTRONICS, INC. 8 27 25 21 4 85
ADAPTEC, INC. 12 19 21 17 10 79
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 15 22 23 16 2 78
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 14 15 15 14 19 77
VLSI TECHNOLOGY, INC. 27 21 14 11 1 74
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 34 25 5 4 5 73
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 3 13 25 31 73
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 3 21 27 9 10 70
MOTOROLA, INC. 26 14 14 7 9 70
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 19 18 11 8 5 61
EMC CORPORATION 12 14 9 9 8 52
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 11 13 4 12 12 52
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 19 11 8 8 5 51
3COM CORPORATION 4 3 9 14 14 44
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 16 10 9 3 4 42
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 10 9 4 5 8 36
UNISYS CORPORATION 13 6 5 6 5 35
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 5 8 6 6 6 31
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION 11 11 7 1 0 30
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 6 6 8 3 7 30
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 9 7 7 4 3 30
RAMBUS, INC. 4 6 8 7 4 29
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 6 3 7 7 6 29
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 5 8 8 1 3 25
COMPAQ INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, L.P. 0 0 0 0 24 24
NCR CORPORATION 8 5 7 2 2 24
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 6 3 8 2 4 23
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 1 5 8 6 22
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 6 5 3 3 5 22
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 4 3 2 7 2 18
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 0 1 6 2 7 16
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 1 1 6 6 2 16
NVIDIA CORPORATION 6 3 4 2 0 15
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 4 2 3 4 2 15
XILINX, INC. 1 3 0 3 7 14
PACKARD BELL NEC INC. 7 2 4 0 0 13
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 5 4 2 0 12
XEROX CORPORATION 1 6 2 1 2 12
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 3 2 4 1 11
ELONEX IP HOLDINGS LTD. 7 3 0 0 1 11
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 0 0 6 5 11
OPTI, INC. 3 6 2 0 0 11
YAMAHA CORPORATION 3 2 1 1 4 11
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 0 0 0 6 4 10
SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS S.A. 4 1 4 1 0 10
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 1 3 4 0 2 10
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 0 5 3 0 10
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 2 2 1 2 3 10
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 3 1 5 9
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 1 4 2 1 1 9
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 0 0 9 9
ORACLE CORPORATION 2 1 1 3 2 9
ALLEN BRADLEY COMPANY, LLC 3 4 1 0 0 8
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 3 1 1 3 0 8
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 1 1 6 8
INVENTEC CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 5 8
IOMEGA CORPORATION 1 2 4 1 0 8
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 0 1 3 4 0 8
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 1 2 1 2 2 8
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 3 1 2 1 1 8
AST RESEARCH, INC. 2 3 1 1 0 7
NORTEL NETWORKS CORPORATION 0 1 1 5 0 7
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORP. 1 2 0 2 2 7
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 1 2 1 1 2 7
TANDEM COMPUTERS INCORPORATED 2 2 1 2 0 7
TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. 2 3 1 1 0 7
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 1 1 2 1 6
ATI INTERNATIONAL SRL 0 0 0 2 4 6
BULL S.A. 2 1 1 1 1 6
CROSSROADS SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 1 1 3 6
DIAMOND MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS, INC. 3 0 3 0 0 6
DISCOVISION ASSOCIATES 4 1 1 0 0 6
ERICSSON, INC. 0 2 0 2 2 6
FOXBORO COMPANY 2 0 1 1 2 6
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 2 0 2 0 2 6
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 0 3 1 1 6
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES NORTH AMERICA CORP. 0 2 1 2 1 6
LG SEMICON CO., LTD. 3 2 0 0 1 6
OAK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 2 3 1 6
QUANTUM CORP. (CA) 2 2 0 2 0 6
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 0 0 2 2 2 6
CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 0 1 2 1 1 5
FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 2 1 0 5
FUSION MICROMEDIA CORPORATION 0 1 2 2 0 5
HONEYWELL INC. 1 4 0 0 0 5
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 3 0 1 0 5
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD. 1 2 1 1 0 5
ROCKWELL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 0 0 2 2 1 5
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 2 0 0 2 5
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 0 1 4 0 5
SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 0 2 2 0 1 5
SIEMENS NIXDORF INFORMATIONSSYSTEME AG 0 3 1 0 1 5
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 0 0 0 1 4 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 1 2 0 2 0 5
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 2 1 1 1 5
ZILOG, INC. 1 3 1 0 0 5


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