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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 365, Static Information Storage and Retrieval

( 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
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 129 207 174 202 221 933
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 121 129 110 145 184 689
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 93 104 142 119 124 582
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 97 98 119 115 124 553
NEC CORPORATION 112 116 130 116 77 551
FUJITSU LIMITED 44 45 67 99 92 347
HITACHI, LTD 38 51 58 64 109 320
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 54 53 66 95 47 315
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 52 55 58 55 66 286
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 32 39 42 92 58 263
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 32 44 51 30 21 178
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 1 16 45 47 47 156
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 0 5 45 97 147
MOTOROLA, INC. 34 37 29 29 17 146
INTEL CORPORATION 31 14 23 28 45 141
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 15 23 27 36 36 137
~Individually Owned Patent 32 24 30 27 19 132
LG SEMICON CO., LTD. 34 54 42 0 0 130
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 24 26 24 23 19 116
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 23 15 25 24 26 113
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 23 14 13 26 32 108
SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 58 28 5 3 0 94
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 15 29 37 10 0 91
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 5 5 16 35 25 86
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 13 17 17 15 22 84
SONY CORPORATION 16 16 19 13 10 74
ALTERA CORPORATION 13 10 24 13 10 70
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 6 19 22 8 7 62
SANDISK CORPORATION 3 8 10 20 17 58
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 9 16 10 7 15 57
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 3 17 19 9 9 57
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 0 8 17 15 13 53
XILINX, INC. 10 15 9 11 8 53
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 12 6 6 12 8 44
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 5 12 16 8 2 43
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 11 8 11 6 6 42
SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS S.A. 9 21 10 0 1 41
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 4 7 14 9 3 37
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 3 9 8 6 11 37
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 6 9 8 6 7 36
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 6 6 8 8 8 36
RAMBUS, INC. 4 4 11 7 7 33
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 4 4 13 9 3 33
RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 5 12 3 5 3 28
VANGUARD INTERNATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 8 8 7 0 24
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 3 2 3 3 12 23
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 4 4 3 3 9 23
INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICES 7 13 1 1 0 22
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 0 0 0 2 18 20
NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 5 12 3 20
INTEGRATED SILICON SOLUTION, INC. 4 8 6 1 0 19
VIRAGE LOGIC CORPORATION 0 0 4 6 9 19
APLUS FLASH TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 8 4 3 1 18
ATMEL CORPORATION 6 3 6 0 3 18
MATSUSHITA ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 3 2 7 2 4 18
SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS, INC. 18 0 0 0 0 18
SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 2 2 5 8 18
ALLIANCE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 3 3 5 3 3 17
BTG INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 2 4 3 8 17
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 6 2 4 3 2 17
PROGRAMMABLE MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 8 8 1 0 0 17
MOSEL VITELIC, INCORPORATED 2 0 4 7 3 16
VLSI TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 3 5 5 0 16
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 4 9 0 1 1 15
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS AMERICA 1 5 3 3 3 15
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 1 5 5 2 14
INVOX TECHNOLOGY 5 6 3 0 0 14
SAIFUN SEMICONDUCTORS, LTD. 1 1 4 3 5 14
TOWER SEMICONDUCTOR LTD. 0 0 5 3 6 14
ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 2 4 2 1 13
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES NORTH AMERICA CORP. 0 0 4 8 1 13
MONOLITHIC SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 0 3 3 5 13
SILICON AQUARIUS, INC. 0 7 0 4 2 13
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 3 2 1 7 0 13
KAWASAKI STEEL CORPORATION 5 2 2 2 1 12
NKK CORPORATION 7 4 1 0 0 12
ADVANTEST CORP. 1 3 2 2 3 11
AMIC TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 3 1 5 2 11
APLUS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS, INC. 8 3 0 0 0 11
ARTISAN COMPONENTS, INC. 2 6 2 1 0 11
LEXAR MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 7 2 1 11
MICRON QUANTUM DEVICES, INC. 11 0 0 0 0 11
MOSEL VITELIC CORPORATION 7 3 1 0 0 11
SILICON ACCESS NETWORKS, INC. 0 0 0 6 5 11
UNITED MEMORIES, INC. 0 1 1 6 3 11
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 0 0 0 6 4 10
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 4 2 1 2 10
ENHANCED MEMORY SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 4 2 2 10
MICRON ELECTRONICS, INC. 1 5 3 0 0 9
PROGRAMMABLE SILICON SOLUTIONS 1 4 3 1 0 9
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 2 3 3 1 0 9
VANTIS CORPORATION 0 2 6 1 0 9
HONEYWELL INC. 0 2 3 3 0 8
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 3 1 3 1 0 8
INTEGRATED MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 2 1 3 8
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM, VZW 0 2 3 3 0 8
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 0 3 3 1 8
MATRIX SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 0 1 1 6 8
MITSUBISHI SEMICONDUCTOR AMERICA, INC. 4 4 0 0 0 8
NIPPON STEEL CORP. 3 0 3 1 1 8
NORTHERN TELECOM LIMITED 3 5 0 0 0 8
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 3 2 2 0 1 8
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 2 5 8
AZALEA MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 0 1 1 2 3 7
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 6 7
CELIS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 2 2 3 0 7
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 2 4 0 7
EMC CORPORATION 1 5 1 0 0 7
ENABLE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 2 4 1 0 0 7
G-LINK TECHNOLOGY 0 1 3 1 2 7
MULTI LEVEL MEMORY TECHNOLOGY 0 0 0 3 4 7
NONVOLATILE ELECTRONICS, INCORPORATED 1 3 2 1 0 7
POWERCHIP SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 5 2 0 0 0 7
SYMETRIX CORPORATION 2 2 1 0 2 7
TOWNSEND AND TOWNSEND AND CREW, LLP 2 2 3 0 0 7
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 1 0 1 3 2 7
WAFERSCALE INTEGRATION INC. 2 3 2 0 0 7
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 1 1 4 0 0 6
CREATIVE INTEGRATED SYSTEMS, INC. 3 3 0 0 0 6
DENSO CORPORATION 0 1 2 2 1 6
EON SILICON DEVICES, INC. 1 1 1 2 1 6
HALO LSI DESIGN & DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 1 0 4 6
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 0 0 6 6
PAGEANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (MICROMEM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.) 0 0 0 5 1 6
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 3 0 2 1 0 6
TANISYS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 5 0 0 0 6
AGATE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 1 3 1 0 0 5
AMIC TECHNOLOGY (TAIWAN) INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 3 1 1 5
HOLTEK MICROELECTRONICS INC. 4 1 0 0 0 5
HYUNDAI MICRO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 0 5 0 0 5
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 0 1 2 1 1 5
LARA TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 2 3 0 5
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 0 0 1 4 0 5
NEOMAGIC CORP. 0 0 3 1 1 5
NORTEL NETWORKS CORPORATION 0 1 1 3 0 5
OAK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 2 2 0 0 5
SIBERCORE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED 0 0 1 1 3 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 1 2 0 1 1 5
WORLDWIDE SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CORPORATION 0 0 5 0 0 5


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