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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 716, DP: Design and Analysis of Circuit or Semiconductor Mask (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 26 55 55 87 53 276
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 21 38 38 59 50 206
NEC CORPORATION 17 29 30 37 7 120
XILINX, INC. 14 21 28 28 23 114
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 6 2 12 34 44 98
FUJITSU LIMITED 9 18 16 30 18 91
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 3 4 12 30 37 86
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 11 14 8 23 24 80
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 4 10 22 23 19 78
~Individually Owned Patent 2 14 19 23 19 77
SYNOPSYS INC. 11 12 21 15 7 66
INTEL CORPORATION 5 4 9 30 17 65
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 7 12 28 7 0 54
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 4 14 26 4 52
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 8 11 7 14 11 51
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 0 26 25 51
HITACHI, LTD 1 3 4 29 10 47
ALTERA CORPORATION 9 12 8 6 9 44
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5 9 9 7 10 40
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 4 4 9 12 8 37
NUMERICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 4 14 18 36
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 6 3 3 19 31
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 1 1 5 15 6 28
MOTOROLA, INC. 5 4 8 5 2 24
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 0 14 9 23
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 19 19
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 0 4 6 7 17
SYNPLICITY, INC. 0 1 3 7 6 17
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 3 7 4 1 1 16
SONY CORPORATION 2 4 2 4 4 16
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 0 2 5 4 5 16
MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION 3 5 5 1 1 15
MONTEREY DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 6 4 1 14
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 1 1 3 5 4 14
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 3 0 1 5 4 13
SEQUENCE DESIGN, INC. 0 1 1 5 6 13
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 1 0 3 5 3 12
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 3 7 1 11
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 1 1 2 4 3 11
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 2 0 2 2 4 10
VLSI TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 4 2 0 0 10
NEC USA, INC. 3 4 2 0 0 9
UNISYS CORPORATION 0 1 1 3 4 9
ARTISAN COMPONENTS, INC. 1 1 3 3 0 8
MAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION, INC. 0 2 2 3 1 8
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 0 1 2 3 2 8
ADVANTEST CORP. 0 1 4 2 0 7
INTRINSITY, INC. 0 2 2 2 1 7
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 0 2 2 2 7
RESHAPE, INC. 0 0 0 5 2 7
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 0 0 2 3 2 7
THARAS SYSTEMS INC. 1 0 2 3 1 7
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 0 4 2 0 0 6
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 0 0 0 5 1 6
AVANT CORPORATION 1 2 2 1 0 6
BALL SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 2 1 2 1 0 6
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 1 1 1 2 6
SYCON DESIGN, INC. 0 0 3 2 1 6
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 1 1 3 1 6
LOGICVISION, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORP. 0 5 0 0 0 5
QUICKTURN DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
REAL INTENT, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 0 1 1 3 5
SILICON PERSPECTIVE CORPORATION 0 2 1 2 0 5
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 2 1 1 5


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