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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 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 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Total
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 174 202 221 231 245 1073
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 142 119 124 124 124 633
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 110 145 184 146 15 600
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 119 115 124 84 110 552
FUJITSU LIMITED 67 99 92 103 70 431
HITACHI, LTD 58 64 109 107 38 376
NEC CORPORATION 130 116 77 33 13 369
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 5 45 97 99 121 367
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 58 55 67 64 61 305
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 42 92 58 44 44 280
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 66 95 47 4 3 215
INTEL CORPORATION 23 28 45 65 53 214
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 5 208 213
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 45 47 47 34 26 199
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 0 2 18 64 80 164
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 27 36 36 24 27 150
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 51 30 21 20 25 147
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 13 26 32 30 29 130
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 25 24 26 21 24 120
~Individually Owned Patent 30 27 19 25 17 118
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 0 49 64 113
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 17 15 22 28 25 107
MOTOROLA, INC. 29 29 17 17 13 105
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 24 23 19 13 13 92
SANDISK CORPORATION 10 20 17 24 21 92
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 16 35 25 13 0 89
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 17 15 13 14 19 78
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 3 3 12 21 32 71
SONY CORPORATION 19 13 10 10 13 65
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 22 8 7 10 9 56
ALTERA CORPORATION 24 13 10 5 3 55
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 19 9 9 7 10 54
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 10 7 15 12 5 49
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 37 10 0 1 0 48
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 1 6 15 24 46
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 11 6 6 13 10 46
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 6 12 8 9 10 45
LG SEMICON CO., LTD. 42 0 0 0 0 42
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 8 8 9 7 10 42
XILINX, INC. 9 11 8 6 7 41
RAMBUS, INC. 11 7 7 7 8 40
NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 5 12 3 5 14 39
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 0 14 22 36
MATRIX SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 1 1 6 15 12 35
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 3 3 9 12 7 34
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 14 9 3 6 1 33
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 13 9 3 6 2 33
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 8 6 7 2 6 29
SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 5 8 7 7 29
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 8 6 11 3 1 29
VIRAGE LOGIC CORPORATION 4 6 9 5 5 29
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 16 8 2 1 1 28
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 5 2 6 6 24
UNITED MEMORIES, INC. 1 6 3 11 3 24
MOSEL VITELIC, INCORPORATED 4 7 3 5 4 23
SAIFUN SEMICONDUCTORS, LTD. 4 3 5 7 4 23
E-MEMORY TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 4 7 11 22
TOWER SEMICONDUCTOR LTD. 5 3 6 3 4 21
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 1 8 9 20
APLUS FLASH TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 3 1 6 6 20
MONOLITHIC SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 3 5 3 6 20
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES NORTH AMERICA CORP. 4 8 1 5 1 19
ATMEL CORPORATION 6 0 3 5 4 18
BTG INTERNATIONAL INC. 4 3 8 1 2 18
RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 3 5 3 5 1 17
HALO LSI, INC. 0 0 2 11 3 16
VANGUARD INTERNATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 8 7 0 1 0 16
OVONYX, INC. 0 1 2 5 7 15
LEXAR MEDIA, INC. 7 2 1 2 2 14
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 6 5 2 13
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 3 3 1 3 3 13
MATSUSHITA ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 7 2 4 0 0 13
MULTI LEVEL MEMORY TECHNOLOGY 0 3 4 3 3 13
ELPIDA MEMORY, INC. 0 0 0 0 12 12
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 0 0 3 6 3 12
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 2 5 1 3 12
ALLIANCE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 5 3 3 0 0 11
ENHANCED MEMORY SYSTEMS, INC. 4 2 2 3 0 11
SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS S.A. 10 0 1 0 0 11
SILICON ACCESS NETWORKS, INC. 0 6 5 0 0 11
THIN FILM ELECTRONICS ASA 2 0 2 1 6 11
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 0 6 4 0 0 10
ARTISAN COMPONENTS, INC. 2 1 0 5 2 10
ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 2 1 3 0 10
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 0 0 0 10 10
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS AMERICA 3 3 3 1 0 10
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 4 3 2 1 0 10
NAN YA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 0 0 0 8 10
VLSI TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5 5 0 0 0 10
INTEGRATED MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 1 3 3 0 9
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 1 3 2 2 1 9
ACTEL CORPORATION, INC. 1 1 2 2 2 8
ADVANTEST CORP. 2 2 3 1 0 8
AMIC TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 5 2 0 0 8
AZALEA MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 1 2 3 2 0 8
G-LINK TECHNOLOGY 3 1 2 2 0 8
INTEGRATED SILICON SOLUTION, INC. 6 1 0 0 1 8
SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 5 3 0 0 0 8
SIBERCORE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED 1 1 3 2 1 8
SILICON AQUARIUS, INC. 0 4 2 2 0 8
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 1 7 0 0 0 8
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 4 0 0 1 7
DENSO CORPORATION 2 2 1 0 2 7
NANOAMP SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 1 0 1 5 7
NEOMAGIC CORP. 3 1 1 1 1 7
NEXFLASH, TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 0 7 7
PAGEANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (MICROMEM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.) 0 5 1 1 0 7
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 0 1 2 2 7
T-RAM, INC. 0 0 0 1 6 7
UNIRAM TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 2 2 3 7
VANTIS CORPORATION 6 1 0 0 0 7
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 0 0 0 3 3 6
CELIS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 2 3 0 0 1 6
HALO LSI DESIGN & DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 0 4 1 0 6
HONEYWELL INC. 3 3 0 0 0 6
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 1 0 0 4 6
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 3 1 0 0 2 6
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM, VZW 3 3 0 0 0 6
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2 1 1 2 0 6
LARA TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 3 0 1 0 6
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 2 1 0 2 1 6
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 3 1 0 0 2 6
WESTERN DIGITAL (FREMONT), INC. 0 0 0 0 6 6
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY MATERIALS, INC. 1 1 2 1 0 5
AMIC TECHNOLOGY (TAIWAN) INC. 0 0 5 0 0 5
ATMOS CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 3 5
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2 1 2 0 0 5
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 3 1 1 0 0 5
HYUNDAI MICRO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 5 0 0 0 0 5
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES RICHMOND, LP 0 1 2 1 1 5
KAWASAKI MICROELECTRONICS, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
KAWASAKI STEEL CORPORATION 2 2 1 0 0 5
KILOPASS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 1 4 0 0 0 5
MADRONE SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 1 2 2 0 5
NIPPON STEEL CORP. 3 1 1 0 0 5
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 1 3 0 1 0 5
POWERCHIP SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 0 0 0 2 3 5
PROGRESSANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
WORLDWIDE SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CORPORATION 5 0 0 0 0 5
YAMAHA CORPORATION 1 2 0 1 1 5


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