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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 2000 - 2004 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 715, DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (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 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Total
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 124 116 135 116 129 620
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 64 48 52 63 67 294
~Individually Owned Patent 22 38 21 29 29 139
SONY CORPORATION 22 18 23 18 14 95
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 17 20 25 12 17 91
XEROX CORPORATION 8 20 11 26 11 76
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 24 17 11 14 9 75
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 13 14 19 12 10 68
FUJITSU LIMITED 8 13 8 15 9 53
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 17 12 10 3 0 42
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 6 10 7 8 5 36
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 11 3 6 9 6 35
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 6 13 1 6 5 31
INTEL CORPORATION 8 4 8 7 4 31
NEC CORPORATION 3 8 7 8 5 31
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 7 6 8 7 30
AT&T CORP. 9 5 5 6 4 29
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 9 8 3 7 1 28
HITACHI, LTD 5 7 4 6 3 25
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 7 6 12 25
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 0 6 16 22
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 9 4 2 4 2 21
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 4 5 4 5 2 20
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 3 4 8 3 19
AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC. 6 4 2 5 0 17
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 0 1 2 6 6 15
NCR CORPORATION 0 5 3 5 2 15
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 2 4 3 4 2 15
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 8 3 1 0 3 15
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 5 8 2 0 0 15
XSIDES CORPORATION 0 2 3 5 5 15
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 6 3 4 0 1 14
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 6 5 2 0 0 13
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 3 3 2 4 0 12
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 1 2 2 5 2 12
WEBTV NETWORKS, INC. 3 5 3 1 0 12
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 3 0 5 2 11
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0 1 7 0 3 11
AUTODESK, INC. 1 3 2 2 2 10
MOTOROLA, INC. 4 2 2 1 1 10
SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH, INC. 1 2 2 3 2 10
AMERICA ONLINE, INC. 1 0 2 2 4 9
IMMERSION CORPORATION 1 3 2 0 3 9
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 1 0 2 3 3 9
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 0 0 2 4 9
UNISYS CORPORATION 1 0 2 4 2 9
VERIZON LABORATORIES INC. 0 1 2 3 3 9
ERICSSON, INC. 2 3 1 2 0 8
FLASHPOINT TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 4 1 0 2 8
INTERVAL RESEARCH CORPORATION 1 3 2 0 2 8
NETSCAPE COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 4 3 1 0 0 8
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 0 3 1 2 2 8
OBJECT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING CORPORATION 3 1 3 0 1 8
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 1 4 0 2 8
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 0 3 1 2 1 7
OPENWAVE SYSTEMS INC. 0 1 1 4 1 7
ORACLE CORPORATION 3 4 0 0 0 7
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 2 2 1 2 0 7
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 5 1 0 1 0 7
COPORATE MEDIA PARTNERS D/B/A AMERICAST 0 2 3 1 0 6
DASSAULT SYSTEMES 0 0 3 1 2 6
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 1 1 0 4 0 6
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 1 3 0 0 6
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 0 4 1 0 1 6
R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS CO. 1 4 1 0 0 6
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 2 1 1 0 2 6
3COM CORPORATION 1 0 1 1 2 5
AMIGA DEVELOPMENT, LLC 0 2 2 1 0 5
ENIGMA INFORMATION SYSTEMS LTD. 4 0 0 1 0 5
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 1 1 0 0 3 5
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 0 5 0 0 0 5
NOVELL, INC. 4 0 1 0 0 5
PALM, INC. 0 1 2 2 0 5
SONY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED 0 0 2 1 2 5
STARFISH SOFTWARE, INC. 1 3 1 0 0 5


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