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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 702, DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (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 39 43 67 83 90 322
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 5 6 33 42 35 121
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 6 12 29 39 34 120
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 26 10 13 21 30 100
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 10 9 23 46 89
HITACHI, LTD 4 5 8 21 27 65
INTEL CORPORATION 3 2 8 19 20 52
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 8 4 13 12 11 48
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 4 7 14 12 9 46
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 5 8 8 14 10 45
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 3 6 8 10 17 44
BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED 10 9 11 8 3 41
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 0 17 23 40
FUJITSU LIMITED 3 8 6 9 10 36
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 7 7 6 12 36
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 5 2 3 10 15 35
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 1 7 4 8 12 32
INSTITUT FRANCAIS DU PETROLE 6 6 2 9 6 29
MICRO MOTION, INC. 0 5 6 9 8 28
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 5 1 14 3 28
NEC CORPORATION 3 3 12 5 5 28
TEKTRONIX INC. 2 2 4 7 13 28
ADVANTEST CORP. 2 3 6 9 7 27
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 5 9 12 27
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 3 3 7 5 9 27
EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY 3 3 11 6 3 26
WESTERNGECO, LLC 0 2 6 6 11 25
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 2 1 9 12 24
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 4 11 9 24
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 2 3 2 5 11 23
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 2 2 7 4 8 23
ROSEMOUNT INC. 2 2 6 9 4 23
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 3 5 8 6 22
XEROX CORPORATION 0 2 4 9 7 22
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 4 4 8 3 0 19
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 1 0 3 8 7 19
MITUTOYO CORPORATION 2 2 6 3 6 19
CATERPILLAR INC. 1 3 3 5 6 18
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 7 3 3 3 1 17
SONY CORPORATION 4 2 3 3 4 16
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 3 5 3 2 14
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 6 6 2 0 14
POWER MEASUREMENT LTD. 0 2 2 4 6 14
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2 0 2 5 5 14
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 1 7 2 2 13
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 0 2 5 3 3 13
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 0 2 3 4 4 13
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 5 4 1 1 13
PGS AMERICA, INC. 0 0 4 4 5 13
RAYTHEON COMPANY 1 4 3 0 5 13
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION, LTD. 3 3 2 3 2 13
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 2 2 1 5 3 13
DENSO CORPORATION 2 0 3 3 4 12
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 1 2 4 5 12
SHELL OIL COMPANY 3 3 3 0 3 12
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 3 0 3 4 11
CONOCO, INC. 0 1 4 3 3 11
ENTEK IRD INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 0 0 3 2 6 11
FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 3 2 2 2 2 11
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 0 0 0 4 7 11
MOTOROLA, INC. 0 0 4 1 6 11
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH 0 1 0 2 8 11
A.L. AIR DATA, INC. 2 0 5 1 2 10
AFFYMETRIX, INC. 0 1 1 6 2 10
BARON SERVICES, INC. 3 4 2 1 0 10
INVENSYS SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 0 2 7 10
KOMATSU LTD. 1 3 1 3 2 10
PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY 1 5 3 1 0 10
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 0 2 2 3 3 10
AMERICAN GNC CORPORATION 0 0 2 4 3 9
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE 1 1 4 1 2 9
EXERGETIC SYSTEMS LLC 0 0 0 4 5 9
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 0 1 2 6 9
JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GMBH 1 0 2 1 5 9
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 2 0 0 5 2 9
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 2 0 4 0 3 9
ABB POWER T&D COMPANY INC. 6 2 0 0 0 8
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 0 0 3 2 3 8
BENTLY NEVADA CORPORATION 2 0 1 1 4 8
BOEING COMPANY 0 0 0 1 7 8
CARL ZEISS STIFTUNG 1 1 1 3 2 8
ELF EXPLORATION PRODUCTION 4 2 2 0 0 8
GOODYEAR TIRE + RUBBER COMPANY 0 1 3 3 1 8
NCR CORPORATION 1 0 2 3 2 8
PHATRAT TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 3 3 1 8
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 0 2 1 3 2 8
SIMMONDS PRECISION PRODUCTS, INC. 1 0 1 4 2 8
SQUARE D COMPANY 0 2 0 2 4 8
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD. 0 1 0 3 4 8
TERADYNE, INC. 0 0 3 1 4 8
ABB, INC. 0 0 2 3 2 7
ALCATEL 3 0 1 2 1 7
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 0 2 2 3 7
AT&T CORP. 3 2 0 0 2 7
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 3 2 2 0 0 7
CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO., OHG 0 0 3 1 3 7
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 1 1 4 1 0 7
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 1 1 0 0 5 7
INPUT/OUTPUT, INC. 2 1 1 1 2 7
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 0 0 1 2 4 7
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. 0 1 5 0 1 7
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 4 3 7
SANDIA CORPORATION 0 0 2 1 4 7
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 0 1 2 1 3 7
UNISYS CORPORATION 0 0 4 1 2 7
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 0 1 2 1 3 7
3COM CORPORATION 0 0 1 5 0 6
3DGEO DEVELOPMENT, INC. 0 1 1 2 2 6
ABB RESEARCH LTD. 0 0 0 3 3 6
ACUSHNET COMPANY 0 1 2 2 1 6
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 0 0 1 4 1 6
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 0 0 3 3 6
CALIPER TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 0 0 2 3 1 6
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 1 1 0 2 2 6
CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY 0 0 0 3 3 6
COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH 0 1 0 2 3 6
CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORPORATION 2 0 1 3 0 6
DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC. 6 0 0 0 0 6
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC 0 0 2 4 0 6
GILBARCO, INC. 0 0 2 2 2 6
INVENTEC CORPORATION 0 1 0 4 1 6
OMRON CORPORATION 0 3 0 3 0 6
ONWAFER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 2 4 6
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY 0 0 3 2 1 6
PRUFTECHNIK DIETER BUSCH AG 0 3 0 2 1 6
ROSETTA INPHARMATICS, INC. 0 1 3 0 2 6
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2 1 2 1 0 6
THE MINSTER MACHINE COMPANY 0 0 2 2 2 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 1 1 2 1 1 6
WAVECREST CORPORATION 0 2 2 0 2 6
XILINX, INC. 1 0 1 3 1 6
YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORP. 0 0 1 2 3 6
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 1 2 2 5
ANRITSU COMPANY 0 0 0 2 3 5
ARCH DEVELOPMENT CORP. 1 2 0 1 1 5
CASE CORPORATION 2 0 2 1 0 5
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 0 1 3 5
CRANE NUCLEAR, INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION 0 1 3 1 0 5
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 0 1 0 0 4 5
HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD. 2 0 0 0 3 5
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 5 5
HYUNDAI MOTOR CO., LTD. 0 0 1 1 3 5
INTERVAL RESEARCH CORPORATION 4 0 1 0 0 5
J & L FIBER SERVICES, INC. 0 2 0 2 1 5
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON 1 0 2 0 2 5
LECROY CORPORATION 3 1 0 1 0 5
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 3 5
LTX CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 2 5
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 0 1 0 2 2 5
MICRON ELECTRONICS, INC. 5 0 0 0 0 5
MICROSCRIBE, LLC 3 1 1 0 0 5
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 0 1 4 0 0 5
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 1 2 0 1 1 5
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 3 5
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 0 1 0 4 0 5
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 1 1 0 2 1 5
ONE PLUS CORP. 0 0 3 0 2 5
PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICES, INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5
PROMOS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 0 0 0 1 4 5
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 1 0 2 0 2 5
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 2 1 0 0 5
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 1 0 0 2 2 5
SYMYX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 2 3 0 5
TIMBRE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 1 1 1 1 1 5
TRW INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 3 0 1 1 5
WEATHER CENTRAL, INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY LLC 0 0 2 0 3 5
YEDA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD. 1 0 1 3 0 5


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