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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 341, Coded Data Generation or Conversion

( 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
~Individually Owned Patent 28 34 42 33 24 161
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 15 34 51 31 14 145
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 8 21 24 22 19 94
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 12 13 30 25 12 92
SONY CORPORATION 25 15 17 12 12 81
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 5 13 10 23 23 74
INTEL CORPORATION 14 10 8 28 13 73
MOTOROLA, INC. 12 14 13 12 10 61
BROADCOM CORPORATION 2 5 4 18 31 60
NEC CORPORATION 14 20 13 6 7 60
FUJITSU LIMITED 4 14 15 12 14 59
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 1 17 27 12 57
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 11 10 13 6 15 55
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 2 8 18 22 50
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 6 6 15 7 15 49
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 15 23 4 4 1 47
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 7 9 12 12 6 46
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 4 13 15 5 8 45
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 14 19 7 0 1 41
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 6 7 3 19 35
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 2 5 15 5 8 35
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 7 4 6 8 9 34
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 7 8 3 7 8 33
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 3 7 8 8 3 29
UNISYS CORPORATION 3 6 7 8 5 29
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 6 4 10 1 23
RAYTHEON COMPANY 0 3 9 3 8 23
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 0 2 8 10 21
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 5 7 6 2 0 20
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 4 1 8 3 4 20
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 5 4 3 4 4 20
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 1 3 5 3 6 18
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 5 4 1 4 4 18
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 0 8 8 1 0 17
XILINX, INC. 0 0 5 4 8 17
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 0 3 7 6 16
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4 1 2 5 3 15
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 2 1 5 4 3 15
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 3 2 2 3 5 15
HITACHI, LTD 1 2 5 5 1 14
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 5 6 2 1 0 14
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 0 0 6 4 4 14
TRW INC. 5 3 5 1 0 14
YAMAHA CORPORATION 2 2 5 3 2 14
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 3 4 2 2 2 13
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 4 3 2 1 13
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 4 5 3 1 0 13
ADVANTEST CORP. 0 2 4 1 5 12
CYGNAL INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 0 3 6 2 1 12
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 0 6 6 12
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 2 0 1 5 4 12
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 0 1 5 5 1 12
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 4 0 4 1 3 12
DENSO CORPORATION 0 3 2 2 4 11
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 3 3 2 2 1 11
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 0 4 3 1 3 11
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE 0 1 7 2 1 11
QUALCOMM, INC. 1 3 3 4 0 11
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 5 5 0 1 11
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 1 4 2 2 2 11
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 0 6 4 11
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 0 6 2 0 3 11
UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS, INC. 1 3 1 1 5 11
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 1 2 1 4 3 11
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 3 2 3 1 1 10
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 8 10
OAK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 4 3 0 0 10
PHOTOBIT CORPORATION 1 6 3 0 0 10
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 3 3 0 3 10
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 1 1 0 3 5 10
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 2 4 2 0 1 9
SONY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED 2 2 3 1 1 9
TEKTRONIX INC. 0 2 3 1 3 9
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 2 6 9
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 0 0 0 5 3 8
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 0 1 0 2 5 8
AT&T CORP. 1 5 2 0 0 8
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 0 0 3 3 2 8
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 1 2 0 2 3 8
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 1 1 4 2 0 8
ALTERA CORPORATION 0 2 2 1 2 7
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 2 2 2 0 7
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 0 1 0 4 2 7
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 0 3 2 2 7
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 2 4 0 1 7
JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GMBH 2 1 0 3 1 7
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 2 1 1 2 1 7
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 1 4 0 1 1 7
PIXIM, INCORPORATED 0 1 2 1 3 7
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 7 7
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 2 1 2 0 7
ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO. 2 0 1 4 0 7
THOMSON-CSF 3 2 2 0 0 7
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 1 1 2 0 3 7
ZENITH ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 1 0 1 4 7
ALCATEL 1 3 1 1 0 6
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 0 1 2 2 6
BURR-BROWN CORPORATION 4 2 0 0 0 6
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 4 1 1 0 6
DIGITAL FOUNTAIN, INC. 0 2 3 1 0 6
NIPPON PRECISION CIRCUITS INC. 0 1 2 3 0 6
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORP. 2 2 2 0 0 6
PIONEER CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 3 6
QUANTUM CORP. (CA) 0 5 1 0 0 6
SIGMATEL INC. 1 1 1 2 1 6
SONIC INNOVATIONS, INC. 1 1 3 0 1 6
ENGIM, INC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
ERICSSON, INC. 2 0 3 0 0 5
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 1 3 0 0 5
LG SEMICON CO., LTD. 3 2 0 0 0 5
MEDIATEK INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 3 5
NOKIA NETWORKS OY 0 1 4 0 0 5
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, INCORPORATED 5 0 0 0 0 5


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