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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 713, Support (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 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Total
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 72 92 83 95 143 485
INTEL CORPORATION 59 50 49 83 78 319
~Individually Owned Patent 37 39 29 28 27 160
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 21 24 12 33 35 125
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 12 26 16 17 27 98
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 30 17 7 15 12 81
FUJITSU LIMITED 17 14 16 15 17 79
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 34 28 14 1 0 77
SONY CORPORATION 12 6 13 14 28 73
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 20 23 9 7 11 70
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 0 31 35 66
NEC CORPORATION 10 14 15 9 10 58
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 12 5 6 11 22 56
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 10 10 19 7 10 56
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 2 9 11 9 21 52
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 3 5 15 9 20 52
HITACHI, LTD 7 13 9 12 9 50
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 4 8 8 19 43
3COM CORPORATION 5 10 7 13 6 41
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 7 10 4 8 9 38
NETWORK ASSOCIATES, INC. 0 2 4 5 27 38
MOTOROLA, INC. 15 4 7 4 6 36
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 6 8 8 5 9 36
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 5 14 16 35
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 11 10 9 4 0 34
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 11 5 5 6 7 34
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 4 6 8 9 32
ENTRUST TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 4 8 8 4 5 29
AT&T CORP. 7 12 4 2 3 28
PHOENIX TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 3 6 9 7 3 28
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 3 3 5 9 6 26
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 2 2 4 5 8 21
COMPAQ INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, L.P. 0 1 14 6 0 21
MICRON ELECTRONICS, INC. 12 7 1 0 0 20
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 2 3 4 5 3 17
NCR CORPORATION 3 8 0 4 2 17
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 1 2 2 3 9 17
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 3 1 2 5 6 17
NOVELL, INC. 5 1 2 3 5 16
UNISYS CORPORATION 3 1 4 1 7 16
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 3 2 2 4 4 15
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 2 2 5 5 1 15
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 1 3 1 5 5 15
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 5 1 3 3 14
CERTICOM CORPORATION 1 2 6 0 3 12
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 0 2 4 2 4 12
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 4 0 4 1 3 12
XILINX, INC. 0 3 3 1 5 12
Z4 TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 4 0 7 12
DALLAS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 3 6 2 0 0 11
EMC CORPORATION 1 2 2 4 2 11
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 1 2 3 5 11
RAMBUS, INC. 0 3 0 3 5 11
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 11 11
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 3 1 4 1 2 11
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 2 1 4 2 11
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 3 5 1 0 2 11
ERICSSON, INC. 1 0 0 3 6 10
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 2 1 1 6 0 10
SECURE COMPUTING CORPORATION 0 5 2 2 1 10
ADAPTEC, INC. 3 1 3 2 0 9
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 0 2 0 3 4 9
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 0 2 1 3 3 9
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 4 5 0 0 0 9
XEROX CORPORATION 0 0 4 2 3 9
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 3 1 1 1 2 8
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 2 2 1 0 3 8
MITSUBISHI CORPORATION 0 2 4 0 2 8
CRYPTOGRAPHY RESEARCH, INC. 0 3 1 3 0 7
INTERTRUST TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 0 1 1 3 2 7
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 2 1 1 2 1 7
SAFENET, INC. 0 1 3 1 2 7
SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC. 1 0 0 5 1 7
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 2 3 0 1 1 7
SIEMENS INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS, INC. 3 3 0 1 0 7
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 0 1 1 0 5 7
SYNOPSYS INC. 0 1 1 0 5 7
VPNET TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 4 0 0 1 7
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 0 6 0 0 0 6
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 0 0 1 4 1 6
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 0 0 2 2 6
ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC. 1 2 1 1 1 6
ATI INTERNATIONAL SRL 0 1 2 1 2 6
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 2 2 0 6
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 6 6
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 6 6
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 1 2 1 1 1 6
OPENWAVE SYSTEMS INC. 0 2 2 0 2 6
ORACLE CORPORATION 2 2 2 0 0 6
PACT GMBH 3 0 1 2 0 6
PALM, INC. 0 1 2 3 0 6
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORP. 4 0 1 1 0 6
QUALCOMM, INC. 0 2 1 1 2 6
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 1 2 1 1 1 6
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 3 2 1 0 0 6
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 1 1 0 1 3 6
VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION 0 2 2 1 1 6
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 3 1 1 6
VLSI TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 2 0 0 0 6
WALKER DIGITAL, LLC 0 4 0 0 2 6
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 0 0 3 2 5
FINJAN SOFTWARE, LTD. 3 0 1 0 1 5
FRANCE TELECOM 1 2 0 1 1 5
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP. 1 1 1 1 1 5
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 4 5
PALMONE, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 0 1 1 3 0 5


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