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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 327, Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and 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
NEC CORPORATION 61 70 77 102 85 395
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 43 33 42 62 64 244
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 44 48 43 51 57 243
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 30 41 53 60 53 237
INTEL CORPORATION 27 19 33 51 75 205
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 24 38 35 48 33 178
FUJITSU LIMITED 25 34 35 39 40 173
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 28 26 32 45 38 169
MOTOROLA, INC. 30 36 33 28 12 139
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 10 17 28 33 35 123
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 19 25 46 22 4 116
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 6 14 28 44 20 112
~Individually Owned Patent 19 23 23 24 22 111
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 23 31 24 13 12 103
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 10 23 23 16 31 103
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 16 25 19 17 23 100
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 10 12 23 21 28 94
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 0 6 22 28 31 87
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 5 9 21 20 29 84
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 24 20 21 11 5 81
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 17 16 19 17 5 74
LG SEMICON CO., LTD. 17 28 25 3 0 73
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 10 15 16 17 12 70
SONY CORPORATION 12 20 17 10 10 69
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 6 11 8 20 22 67
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 6 12 16 13 19 66
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 15 14 4 10 17 60
HITACHI, LTD 4 7 8 16 24 59
SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 26 11 12 4 4 57
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 0 5 10 20 18 53
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 0 3 13 36 52
XILINX, INC. 3 6 10 9 22 50
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 0 0 0 24 19 43
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 4 12 7 12 4 39
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 8 2 7 10 9 36
ADVANTEST CORP. 10 8 8 6 3 35
SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS S.A. 13 10 5 4 3 35
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 4 8 8 8 5 33
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 2 4 5 14 8 33
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 2 8 3 9 9 31
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 2 18 10 30
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 8 8 3 4 27
RAMBUS, INC. 3 2 7 3 12 27
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 0 1 25 26
VLSI TECHNOLOGY, INC. 8 7 5 5 1 26
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORP. 7 6 7 4 1 25
ALTERA CORPORATION 7 2 5 4 5 23
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 8 7 7 23
EXAR CORPORATION 3 7 2 6 5 23
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 2 6 3 6 5 22
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 4 0 5 6 6 21
NORTEL NETWORKS CORPORATION 0 0 6 6 8 20
SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS, INC. 19 0 1 0 0 20
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC 0 0 0 3 15 18
NORTHERN TELECOM LIMITED 9 8 0 0 0 17
PERICOM SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 0 0 4 9 4 17
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 3 2 4 8 17
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 4 5 2 5 1 17
ANDO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 6 4 1 3 2 16
DELCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 7 4 4 1 0 16
ERICSSON, INC. 1 1 4 6 4 16
FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 2 4 4 6 16
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 5 4 4 1 2 16
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 3 3 2 4 4 16
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 0 1 4 6 5 16
CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORPORATION 1 9 5 0 0 15
DALLAS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 6 4 3 2 0 15
DENSO CORPORATION 0 4 6 1 4 15
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 3 4 2 3 15
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 5 1 4 4 1 15
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 1 5 2 4 2 14
NATIONAL SCIENCE COUNCIL 3 5 0 4 2 14
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 0 0 0 6 8 14
VTC INCORPORATED 6 8 0 0 0 14
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 0 2 3 1 7 13
ADAPTEC, INC. 4 3 3 2 0 12
RAYTHEON COMPANY 2 3 3 2 2 12
VANGUARD INTERNATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 1 6 3 2 12
ALCATEL 0 0 2 8 1 11
CHERRY SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 8 2 1 0 0 11
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0 2 3 3 3 11
HARRIS CORP. 2 7 2 0 0 11
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 2 0 5 1 3 11
ATI INTERNATIONAL SRL 0 0 2 3 5 10
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 10 10
FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 1 1 5 2 10
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 0 0 3 4 3 10
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 0 3 1 3 3 10
STMICROELECTRONICS, GMBH 0 0 6 3 1 10
YAMAHA CORPORATION 1 6 2 1 0 10
ATMEL CORPORATION 3 5 0 1 0 9
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 4 5 0 0 9
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 0 3 4 2 9
INTEGRATED SILICON SOLUTION, INC. 3 3 2 0 1 9
INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORPORATION 4 0 0 2 3 9
INTERSIL CORPORATION, INC. 0 1 4 4 0 9
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 2 2 1 2 9
TEKTRONIX INC. 0 2 4 1 2 9
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 3 1 1 1 3 9
YOZAN, INC. 7 1 0 1 0 9
APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION 0 3 1 1 3 8
BURR-BROWN CORPORATION 2 4 1 1 0 8
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 4 3 0 8
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 3 4 8
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 0 0 0 1 7 8
MICREL INCORPORATED 0 0 1 3 4 8
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 3 1 0 3 1 8
RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 3 2 2 0 1 8
SILICON INTEGRATED SYSTEMS CORP. 1 0 0 1 6 8
SILICONIX INCORPORATED 4 3 1 0 0 8
TRITECH MICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 0 1 7 0 0 8
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 2 2 3 8
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 2 1 1 3 7
CONSORZIO PER LA RICERCA SULLA MICROELETTRONICA NEL MEZZOGIORNO 5 2 0 0 0 7
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES NORTH AMERICA CORP. 0 0 1 3 3 7
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 5 7
LEVEL ONE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 1 1 2 3 7
NIPPONDENSO CO., LTD. 7 0 0 0 0 7
QUALCOMM, INC. 1 1 2 2 1 7
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 2 0 0 0 5 7
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 5 0 1 1 0 7
XEROX CORPORATION 1 1 2 3 0 7
ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 2 3 6
CATERPILLAR INC. 2 3 1 0 0 6
CENTRE SUISSE D'ELECTRONIQUE ET DE MICROTECHNIQUE S.A. 2 1 1 1 1 6
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 2 1 1 2 0 6
ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 1 0 2 1 6
INTERSIL AMERICAS INC. 0 0 0 0 6 6
MICRO LINEAR CORPORATION 4 1 0 0 1 6
MITEL SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 0 1 3 2 0 6
MOSEL VITELIC, INCORPORATED 0 1 0 1 4 6
NIPPON PRECISION CIRCUITS INC. 1 1 0 2 2 6
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 0 4 1 0 6
S3, INCORPORATED 0 3 3 0 0 6
TERADYNE, INC. 0 0 0 1 5 6
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 0 0 0 0 6 6
TOWNSEND AND TOWNSEND AND CREW, LLP 0 1 2 3 0 6
VANTIS CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 2 6
DAEWOO TELECOM CO., LTD. 1 3 0 1 0 5
FARADAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 1 0 4 5
HOLTEK MICROELECTRONICS INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 1 0 1 1 2 5
MATSUSHITA ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 3 1 0 0 5
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 1 0 2 0 2 5
OAK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
PMC-SIERRA LTD. 1 2 1 1 0 5
SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
UNISYS CORPORATION 1 2 1 1 0 5
VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 1 0 2 2 5
YAZAKI CORP. 0 1 0 2 2 5


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