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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 375, Pulse or Digital Communications

( 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
SONY CORPORATION 71 68 71 66 42 318
NEC CORPORATION 45 60 55 69 52 281
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 48 50 53 48 62 261
MOTOROLA, INC. 65 54 43 44 43 249
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 55 36 44 32 28 195
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 33 39 30 38 47 187
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 33 59 72 164
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 26 30 40 32 33 161
FUJITSU LIMITED 30 30 24 28 33 145
QUALCOMM, INC. 10 21 31 29 53 144
~Individually Owned Patent 33 21 27 29 30 140
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 21 29 28 33 27 138
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 31 30 23 21 24 129
INTEL CORPORATION 16 18 24 34 36 128
ERICSSON, INC. 27 19 30 30 19 125
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 19 18 26 26 14 103
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 16 25 16 22 22 101
INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 6 9 13 33 31 92
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 25 19 12 14 9 79
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 17 19 16 8 17 77
BROADCOM CORPORATION 1 19 14 10 31 75
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 12 19 19 17 8 75
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 5 11 14 20 14 64
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 14 10 10 15 13 62
HITACHI, LTD 15 10 14 12 11 62
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 3 17 17 9 16 62
AT&T CORP. 17 9 15 10 9 60
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 12 7 12 13 16 60
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 24 24 11 0 0 59
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 0 0 3 25 29 57
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 0 1 18 37 56
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 10 6 13 18 7 54
3COM CORPORATION 7 11 10 11 14 53
SARNOFF CORPORATION & CO., LTD. 17 12 8 6 9 52
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 7 12 13 19 51
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 12 7 4 15 13 51
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 15 8 10 10 7 50
ALCATEL 7 16 8 7 10 48
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 10 10 9 2 9 40
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 4 7 13 13 39
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP. 9 7 13 4 6 39
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 9 13 7 4 3 36
NOKIA TELECOMMUNICATIONS OY 9 4 13 8 2 36
DAEWOO ELECTRONICS COMPANY, LTD. 20 11 4 0 0 35
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 13 6 4 3 5 31
GOLDEN BRIDGE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 6 8 5 6 5 30
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 7 5 8 3 7 30
HARRIS CORP. 3 2 11 8 5 29
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 0 10 16 1 0 27
ATT WIRELESS SERVICES INC 3 3 10 5 5 26
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 2 3 2 7 12 26
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 2 4 6 6 7 25
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3 4 6 3 9 25
TEKTRONIX INC. 2 7 8 4 4 25
PARADYNE CORPORATION 10 4 4 4 2 24
NOKIA NETWORKS OY 0 3 4 8 8 23
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 3 5 6 2 6 22
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 0 3 2 12 5 22
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORP. 10 8 3 0 0 21
KABUSHIKI KAISHA KENWOOD 0 1 0 6 13 20
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 2 1 4 8 5 20
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 1 3 6 5 5 20
ZENITH ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 3 3 10 4 20
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 2 4 5 6 19
HITACHI AMERICA, LTD. 8 1 2 7 1 19
LEGERITY, INC. 0 3 8 5 3 19
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 0 8 11 19
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 1 2 6 4 6 19
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 5 1 3 5 5 19
TIME DOMAIN CORPORATION 1 1 2 8 7 19
TRW INC. 4 3 8 2 2 19
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 4 4 9 1 0 18
IBIQUITY DIGITAL CORPORATION 0 2 5 9 2 18
PC-TEL, INC. 0 7 1 6 4 18
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 5 5 1 3 4 18
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 3 5 3 5 2 18
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 1 4 3 4 5 17
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION, LTD. 7 2 5 2 1 17
AEROSPACE CORPORATION 8 0 4 1 3 16
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 5 1 1 7 2 16
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 1 0 3 6 6 16
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 0 4 12 16
LINEX TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 3 5 4 3 16
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 6 2 2 3 2 15
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 6 2 5 1 1 15
NTT MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK INC. 5 2 2 1 5 15
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 0 3 5 4 3 15
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 1 4 5 3 2 15
AWARE, INC. 0 1 2 5 6 14
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 2 7 3 2 0 14
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 1 4 3 2 4 14
INTEGRATED TELECOM EXPRESS, INC. 7 3 3 0 0 13
LEVEL ONE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 3 2 2 6 0 13
RAMBUS, INC. 1 1 3 4 4 13
RAYTHEON COMPANY 5 3 2 3 0 13
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 5 1 0 4 3 13
SICOM, INC. 7 2 3 1 0 13
SIRF TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 3 3 3 4 13
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 0 0 3 10 13
GLOBESPAN VIRATA, INC. 0 0 2 6 4 12
ADVANTEST CORP. 1 2 1 3 4 11
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 5 3 2 1 0 11
KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 2 0 4 4 11
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 0 2 2 2 5 11
SONY INTERNATIONAL (EUROPE) GMBH 1 1 2 3 4 11
STMICROELECTRONICS N.V. 0 1 6 1 3 11
YOZAN, INC. 4 5 0 2 0 11
ADTRAN 0 3 1 3 3 10
DSP GROUP, INC. 4 5 0 1 0 10
HITACHI DENSHI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 5 1 1 2 10
INTERSIL AMERICAS INC. 0 1 1 6 2 10
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 1 3 2 3 1 10
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 10 10
SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS S.A. 5 4 1 0 0 10
FRANCE TELECOM 2 0 1 4 2 9
INTERMEC IP CORP. 4 2 1 1 1 9
ITRAN COMMUNICATIONS LTD. 1 0 1 4 3 9
LG INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS, LTD. 1 2 2 4 0 9
PIONEER CORPORATION 0 0 1 3 5 9
PMC-SIERRA LTD. 0 2 3 1 3 9
RF MICRO DEVICES, INC. 0 0 1 2 6 9
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 1 4 1 1 9
SIEMENS INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS, INC. 0 5 2 2 0 9
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 4 2 2 1 0 9
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 2 2 3 1 8
ARRAYCOMM, INC. 0 1 0 1 6 8
ATI INTERNATIONAL SRL 0 0 0 3 5 8
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 3 0 1 1 8
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 1 0 3 1 3 8
COMPAQ INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, L.P. 0 0 6 2 0 8
D.S.P.C. TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 2 4 1 1 0 8
GENERAL RESEARCH OF ELECTRONICS, INC. 3 1 1 3 0 8
KOKUSAI DENSHIN DENWA KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 1 1 0 0 8
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 1 2 2 1 2 8
SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC. 2 2 0 1 3 8
SILICON IMAGE, INC. 1 1 1 3 2 8
SONY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED 0 0 0 5 3 8
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, LELAND JUNIOR, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF 1 2 1 3 1 8
TIOGA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 3 1 4 8
VLSI TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 2 2 0 0 8
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 1 1 3 1 7
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 2 1 2 2 7
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 0 3 1 7
COMSAT CORPORATION 3 1 0 2 1 7
DIVA SYSTEMS CORPORATION 0 1 1 3 2 7
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 1 0 4 1 7
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 2 4 0 1 7
SIGMATEL INC. 3 2 0 2 0 7
TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 2 4 0 7
XILINX, INC. 0 1 0 3 3 7
YAMAHA CORPORATION 2 1 1 2 1 7
AMATI COMMUNICATIONS CORP. 4 1 1 0 0 6
BOEING COMPANY 0 0 1 0 5 6
BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION 1 0 0 2 3 6
CENTILLIUM COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 1 0 2 3 6
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 2 1 3 0 0 6
DEUTSCHE THOMSON-BRANDT GMBH 3 3 0 0 0 6
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. 0 1 1 2 2 6
GENERAL DYNAMICS GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION 2 4 0 0 0 6
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES NORTH AMERICA CORP. 0 0 1 2 3 6
MINDSPEED TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 0 6 6
NEXT LEVEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 1 0 3 0 2 6
SNELL & WILCOX LIMITED 2 2 0 1 1 6
STANFORD TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 3 0 3 0 0 6
THOMSON-CSF 0 1 1 3 1 6
TROPIAN, INC. 0 2 0 2 2 6
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 0 1 3 6
WIRELESS FACILITIES, INC. 0 1 2 2 1 6
ADAPTEC, INC. 0 3 1 0 1 5
ANDO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 1 1 0 3 5
CELLNET DATA SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 2 0 0 5
DOT WIRELESS, INC. 0 1 2 2 0 5
ECHELON CORPORATION 1 1 1 1 1 5
GLENAYRE ELECTRONICS, INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM, VZW 1 1 0 3 0 5
IOSPAN WIRELESS, INC. 0 1 4 0 0 5
NAVCOM TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 0 2 1 1 5
OMNIPOINT CORPORATION 4 0 1 0 0 5
PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORPORATION 2 0 0 3 0 5
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 4 0 1 0 5
TELLABS OPERATIONS INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
TUT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 0 1 2 5
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 1 1 2 0 1 5
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 4 1 0 0 5
WHERENET CORPORATION 0 0 4 0 1 5
YAZAKI CORP. 4 0 1 0 0 5


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