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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 708, Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers)

( 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
INTEL CORPORATION 18 13 12 17 26 86
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 13 19 13 13 22 80
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 9 7 10 15 18 59
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 9 15 12 11 12 59
~Individually Owned Patent 13 9 14 9 12 57
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 19 8 9 1 4 41
MOTOROLA, INC. 16 5 6 6 3 36
NEC CORPORATION 13 2 10 2 9 36
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 4 11 3 7 4 29
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 8 9 2 3 3 25
SONY CORPORATION 4 8 3 4 4 23
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 4 5 3 5 4 21
ATI INTERNATIONAL SRL 3 8 6 2 1 20
FUJITSU LIMITED 5 4 1 8 2 20
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 0 6 4 8 2 20
INTRINSITY, INC. 1 15 1 2 0 19
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 3 4 4 3 16
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 5 4 2 1 4 16
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 3 5 6 1 1 16
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 2 5 7 1 0 15
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 0 5 10 15
HITACHI, LTD 3 4 2 3 3 15
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 3 5 4 3 0 15
XILINX, INC. 4 1 4 2 4 15
ARM LIMITED 3 2 0 4 3 12
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 3 5 4 12
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3 3 3 3 0 12
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 0 1 0 6 4 11
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 2 2 2 1 11
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 2 6 1 2 0 11
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 1 2 2 3 3 11
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 0 3 2 4 9
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 1 3 2 3 9
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 3 5 1 0 9
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 3 0 1 2 2 8
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 3 3 0 0 1 7
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 0 2 2 1 7
3COM CORPORATION 2 1 2 1 0 6
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 0 1 5 0 0 6
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION 6 0 0 0 0 6
HITACHI AMERICA, LTD. 1 2 2 1 0 6
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 3 0 1 1 1 6
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 1 3 2 0 0 6
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 1 3 1 1 0 6
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 3 2 0 0 1 6
QUALCOMM, INC. 2 0 0 2 2 6
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 0 2 0 2 2 6
CHUNG SHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1 0 1 2 1 5
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 1 3 1 0 0 5
CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 0 1 3 1 0 5
MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION 4 1 0 0 0 5
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 2 1 0 2 5
OAK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 1 0 1 0 5
RN2R, L.L.C. 0 1 3 1 0 5
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 1 3 0 1 0 5
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 1 2 1 1 0 5
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 2 3 0 0 0 5
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 2 1 1 0 1 5


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