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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 705, DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (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
~Individually Owned Patent 117 69 75 77 60 398
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 50 25 18 25 17 135
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 36 14 16 6 13 85
WALKER DIGITAL, LLC 9 15 15 7 3 49
NCR CORPORATION 15 10 12 8 3 48
FUJITSU LIMITED 12 6 8 5 2 33
HITACHI, LTD 11 6 9 5 2 33
AT&T CORP. 11 2 5 3 2 23
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 6 4 4 4 5 23
CITIBANK N.A. 10 5 3 2 1 21
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 10 2 3 3 3 21
USA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 17 4 21
FRANCOTYP-POSTALIA AG & CO. KG 3 5 5 5 2 20
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 7 4 1 5 0 17
CATALINA MARKETING INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 6 4 1 2 15
SONY CORPORATION 2 2 4 3 4 15
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 2 2 5 2 3 14
VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION 5 3 3 3 0 14
INTEL CORPORATION 3 5 2 1 1 12
PRICELINE.COM INC. 4 2 4 2 0 12
AMAZON.COM, INC. 2 3 2 3 1 11
AMERICAN MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 4 3 3 11
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 6 3 1 1 0 11
FIRST DATA CORPORATION INC. 4 3 1 1 1 10
I2 TECHNOLOGIES US, INC. 0 2 6 1 1 10
NEOPOST INC. 0 3 3 2 2 10
DIEBOLD INCORPORATED 2 2 1 4 0 9
HEALTH HERO NETWORK, INC. 6 2 1 0 0 9
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, N.A. 2 2 2 2 1 9
ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION 5 1 0 1 1 8
FREEMARKETS ONLINE INC. 0 5 2 1 0 8
NEC CORPORATION 1 2 1 2 2 8
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 3 0 3 2 0 8
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 1 2 2 2 0 7
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 3 2 2 0 0 7
ITA SOFTWARE, INC. 0 3 3 1 0 7
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 3 2 1 0 1 7
VERI-FONE, INC. 5 1 1 0 0 7
WALKER ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 7 0 0 0 0 7
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 0 1 1 2 6
GILBARCO, INC. 4 0 0 1 1 6
NINTENDO OF AMERICA INC. 2 1 1 0 2 6
SOFTCARD SYSTEMS, INC. 3 1 2 0 0 6
UNISYS CORPORATION 2 1 2 0 1 6
XEROX CORPORATION 2 2 2 0 0 6
ANDERSEN CONSULTING LLP 4 0 0 0 1 5
FORD MOTOR COMPANY 0 0 0 3 2 5
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 0 2 3 5
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 0 2 1 1 1 5
MITSUBISHI CORPORATION 4 0 1 0 0 5
MOTOROLA, INC. 2 1 0 2 0 5
NEOPOST LIMITED 1 3 1 0 0 5
NEXTCARD, INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
OPEN MARKET, INC. 1 3 1 0 0 5
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 4 1 0 0 5


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