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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Office of Electronic Information Products
Patent Technology Monitoring Division (PTMD)

Patenting By Geographic Region (State and Country),
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2000 - 2004 Utility Patent Grants,
By Calendar Year of Grant

- Explanation of Data -

Rank Ordered Listing of Organizations Receiving 5 or More Utility Patents During the Period
Originating From

IRELAND

( patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor )

The following table displays first-named assignees and counts of their associated patents, as distributed by the year of patent grant
First-Named Assignee 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Total
~Individually Owned Patent 26 16 24 19 21 106
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 1 11 10 10 13 45
3COM CORPORATION 0 1 4 6 16 27
3COM TECHNOLOGIES 3 6 5 6 0 20
MOLEX INCORPORATED 4 3 1 3 8 19
SCI-MED LIFE SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 2 6 7 17
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 0 7 2 2 6 17
ELAN CORPORATION P.L.C. 5 2 4 1 4 16
LOCTITE (R&D) LIMITED 1 2 2 5 3 13
AVE CONNAUGHT 10 0 1 0 0 11
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 3 3 4 10
SALVIAC LIMITED 0 2 2 4 2 10
BAUSCH & LOMB, INC. 2 2 0 4 1 9
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 0 0 1 5 3 9
PROVOST, FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY AND 0 2 1 2 4 9
DONNELLY CORPORATION 1 3 1 2 1 8
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 0 0 1 2 5 8
XILINX, INC. 0 0 0 3 5 8
ARTESYN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 2 1 1 1 7
SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS RESEARCH LIMITED 1 0 2 1 3 7
ATROPOS LIMITED 0 1 0 3 2 6
LITTELFUSE, INC. 0 3 1 1 1 6
MEDTRONIC AVE, INC. 0 1 1 1 3 6
RICHMOUNT COMPUTERS LIMITED 2 0 1 1 2 6
BOURNS, INC 0 4 0 1 0 5
DONNELLY MIRRORS LIMITED 0 3 1 1 0 5
MOTOROLA, INC. 0 0 3 1 1 5
PARTHUS IRELAND LIMITED 0 0 2 3 0 5
SOCIETE DE CONSEILS DE RECHERCHES ET D'APPLICATIONS SCIENTIFIQUES (S.C.R.A.S.) 1 1 2 0 1 5


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