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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 455, Telecommunications

( 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
MOTOROLA, INC. 202 131 115 93 125 666
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 152 131 125 124 92 624
ERICSSON, INC. 149 126 115 73 35 498
NEC CORPORATION 98 112 84 96 81 471
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 90 78 76 82 62 388
~Individually Owned Patent 70 59 66 75 94 364
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 66 70 78 51 41 306
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 83 70 40 45 42 280
QUALCOMM, INC. 23 45 65 51 92 276
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 41 55 55 50 66 267
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 34 37 42 43 54 210
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 0 10 43 110 163
SONY CORPORATION 36 38 22 28 21 145
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 25 30 33 25 23 136
FUJITSU LIMITED 32 21 18 27 34 132
NOKIA TELECOMMUNICATIONS OY 41 42 40 7 1 131
ALCATEL 15 24 34 17 24 114
AT&T CORP. 18 17 20 26 17 98
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 42 40 12 1 1 96
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 15 26 54 95
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 10 19 18 15 21 83
NOKIA NETWORKS OY 1 8 29 13 31 82
ATT WIRELESS SERVICES INC 10 11 24 18 17 80
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP. 13 26 20 9 12 80
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 19 11 12 9 23 74
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 8 2 7 23 21 61
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 4 8 9 7 32 60
HITACHI, LTD 7 10 11 11 18 57
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 5 7 6 14 15 47
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 8 16 15 7 0 46
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 0 4 15 25 44
DENSO CORPORATION 2 5 13 7 12 39
INTEL CORPORATION 6 0 6 7 19 38
LG INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS, LTD. 5 11 12 4 6 38
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 14 9 9 4 37
HARRIS CORP. 11 9 6 2 8 36
INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 2 5 12 16 36
TRW INC. 7 14 9 5 0 35
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 2 11 6 5 10 34
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 6 2 1 8 16 33
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 7 7 6 7 4 31
GLOBALSTAR L.P. 13 7 1 5 4 30
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 8 1 8 6 29
NORTHERN TELECOM LIMITED 19 9 1 0 0 29
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 5 2 5 5 11 28
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 6 3 5 5 8 27
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 6 2 7 4 6 25
VERIZON LABORATORIES INC. 0 4 10 9 2 25
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 0 0 3 10 10 23
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 4 5 5 6 2 22
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 1 2 6 13 22
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 5 6 9 0 2 22
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 4 5 3 8 21
NTT MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK INC. 7 4 6 3 0 20
OPENWAVE SYSTEMS INC. 0 3 7 7 3 20
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 4 3 6 3 19
PARKERVISION, INC. 4 1 3 3 7 18
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 0 1 2 7 8 18
3COM CORPORATION 3 3 1 5 5 17
BOEING COMPANY 1 2 2 2 10 17
GTE WIRELESS SERVICE CORPORATION 3 4 3 6 1 17
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 5 2 4 3 16
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 0 0 0 3 13 16
SAGEM S.A. 1 1 3 3 8 16
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 3 2 6 2 2 15
AIRNET COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 3 4 4 1 3 15
ARRAYCOMM, INC. 3 2 1 6 3 15
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 0 2 5 8 15
INTERWAVE COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL LTD. 2 4 1 5 3 15
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 6 2 2 4 1 15
METAWAVE COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 4 5 4 2 0 15
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 4 4 3 2 1 14
CELLCO PARTNERSHIP 1 7 1 2 3 14
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 2 1 3 8 14
KYOCERA CORPORATION 3 4 3 2 2 14
OKI TELECOM, INC. 9 5 0 0 0 14
SONY INTERNATIONAL (EUROPE) GMBH 0 2 2 6 4 14
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 0 3 10 0 0 13
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 4 2 4 2 1 13
ICO SERVICES LTD. 3 4 2 1 3 13
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 0 1 11 12
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 2 4 3 2 1 12
NTT DOCOMO, INC. 0 0 1 2 9 12
SIEMENS INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS, INC. 1 3 3 3 2 12
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 0 0 2 4 6 12
TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 2 2 1 5 12
METRO ONE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 2 1 2 1 5 11
RF MICRO DEVICES, INC. 0 0 0 3 8 11
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 2 1 3 3 2 11
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 1 5 0 2 3 11
SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P. 0 1 0 3 7 11
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION, LTD. 4 2 1 3 1 11
UNIDEN AMERICA CORPORATION 3 5 1 0 2 11
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 6 2 1 1 11
XM SATELLITE RADIO INC. 0 1 4 3 3 11
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 3 2 1 4 10
E. LEAD ELECTRONIC CO., LTD. 1 2 3 0 4 10
FRANCE TELECOM 3 0 3 1 3 10
LEGERITY, INC. 0 3 3 0 4 10
SIEMENS INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS MOBILE, LLC 0 1 5 1 3 10
TELXON CORPORATION 3 3 3 1 0 10
TRANSCEPT, INC. 1 3 5 1 0 10
ANDREW CORPORATION 1 0 1 1 6 9
BELL ATLANTIC MOBILE, INC. 0 2 4 3 0 9
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 1 3 4 1 0 9
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 4 3 0 1 1 9
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 0 2 1 0 6 9
SBC TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES, INC. 2 0 3 1 3 9
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 3 2 4 9
TELEMAC CORPORATION 1 2 2 2 2 9
WHITAKER CORPORATION 3 4 1 1 0 9
ALCATEL USA SOURCING, L.P. 5 1 0 2 0 8
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 3 3 1 1 0 8
GENERAL DYNAMICS DECISION SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 4 4 8
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 4 3 0 1 0 8
LEAP WIRELESS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 3 2 3 8
MICREL INCORPORATED 1 3 1 2 1 8
NCR CORPORATION 4 0 3 0 1 8
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORP. 2 4 2 0 0 8
TELIA AB 2 1 1 3 1 8
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. 0 0 0 0 8 8
@TRACK COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 2 4 1 0 0 7
AIRSPAN NETWORKS, INC. 1 3 1 0 2 7
BELL ATLANTIC NETWORK SERVICES, INC. 6 1 0 0 0 7
BELLSOUTH CORPORATION 5 0 2 0 0 7
FUBA AUTOMOTIVE GMBH & CO KG 1 2 2 2 0 7
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 1 1 2 3 7
MCI COMMUNICATIONS CORP. 3 2 2 0 0 7
OMNIPOINT CORPORATION 6 1 0 0 0 7
PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORPORATION 1 2 2 2 0 7
RAYTHEON COMPANY 3 2 2 0 0 7
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 7 7
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 0 1 2 2 2 7
SONERA OY 0 0 0 5 2 7
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, LELAND JUNIOR, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF 3 1 2 1 0 7
TELCONTAR 0 0 0 5 2 7
TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 1 2 4 7
TELULAR CORPORATION 1 1 0 1 4 7
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 4 1 0 0 2 7
WINPHORIA NETWORKS, INC. 0 0 0 4 3 7
AIRCELL, INC. 1 0 2 1 2 6
ALCATEL N. V. 4 1 1 0 0 6
AMSC SUBSIDIARY CORPORATION 4 2 0 0 0 6
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 3 1 2 6
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 1 1 2 0 2 6
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 0 2 1 0 3 6
INTERNATIONAL MOBILE SATELLITE ORGANIZATION 0 3 0 3 0 6
MOBILE SATELLITE VENTURES LP 0 0 1 3 2 6
MOTIENT SERVICES INC. 0 4 2 0 0 6
SCOREBOARD, INC. 0 0 4 1 1 6
SK TELECOM CO., LTD 1 1 0 1 3 6
SNAPTRACK, INC. 0 2 1 1 2 6
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 0 0 2 2 2 6
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 0 3 1 0 2 6
THOMSON-CSF 0 2 2 1 1 6
TRUEPOSITION, INC. 1 2 1 1 1 6
UNIDEN CORPORATION 3 3 0 0 0 6
UT STARCOM, INC. 0 2 0 0 4 6
VESUVIUS, INC. 0 0 0 1 5 6
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 1 1 0 1 2 5
CELLEMETRY LLC 2 2 0 0 1 5
DETEMOBIL DEUTSCHE TELEKOM MOBILNET GMBH 1 1 1 1 1 5
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 1 1 0 2 5
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 1 0 2 1 1 5
INTERSIL AMERICAS INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
INVENTEC APPLIANCES CORP. 0 0 0 0 5 5
LGC WIRELESS, INC. 1 0 0 1 3 5
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 3 0 0 1 1 5
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
NORTEL MATRA CELLULAR 0 0 2 1 2 5
ORANGE PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE LIMITED 1 1 1 1 1 5
SBC PROPERTIES, L.P. 0 0 0 2 3 5
TEKELEC 0 0 1 1 3 5
TEKTRONIX INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
TRANSCRYPT INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 1 1 0 2 5
U.S. WIRELESS CORPORATION 4 1 0 0 0 5
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 0 1 1 0 3 5
WEBLINK WIRELESS, INC. 2 0 1 2 0 5


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