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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 712, Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems)

( 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 51 59 46 50 56 262
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 61 49 39 40 47 236
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 63 60 36 25 10 194
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 31 29 21 16 16 113
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 23 24 7 7 16 77
HITACHI, LTD 15 10 16 8 9 58
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 0 18 29 47
IP FIRST LLC 6 11 12 9 5 43
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 13 15 5 5 5 43
FUJITSU LIMITED 8 6 5 8 12 39
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 8 8 9 5 1 31
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 10 9 5 3 4 31
MOTOROLA, INC. 10 8 3 3 2 26
~Individually Owned Patent 4 9 6 5 2 26
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 7 8 9 1 0 25
BOPS, INC. 5 4 12 3 0 24
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 5 5 5 4 5 24
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 12 9 2 0 0 23
NEC CORPORATION 3 5 4 2 7 21
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 1 3 6 8 18
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5 3 4 1 5 18
SONY CORPORATION 4 9 1 2 1 17
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 5 4 1 3 16
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 1 1 6 6 14
INSTITUTE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMERGING ARCHITECTURES, L.L.C. 4 4 3 3 0 14
ARM LIMITED 2 6 2 2 1 13
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 3 3 1 3 2 12
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 3 3 1 1 12
DISCOVISION ASSOCIATES 6 3 1 0 1 11
PTS CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 9 11
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 3 3 5 0 0 11
ATI INTERNATIONAL SRL 0 0 0 4 6 10
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 4 4 1 0 1 10
MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 2 2 1 4 10
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 0 2 1 0 7 10
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 1 0 1 1 7 10
TRANSMETA CORPORATION 0 1 1 3 5 10
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 3 0 2 2 9
COMPAQ INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, L.P. 0 0 8 0 0 8
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 1 2 2 2 1 8
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 2 2 1 2 1 8
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 0 2 3 2 1 8
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 0 5 2 0 0 7
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 2 4 0 0 7
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 2 0 3 1 7
RISE TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 0 5 2 0 0 7
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 2 2 1 2 0 7
BULL HN INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC. 0 2 4 0 0 6
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2 1 2 1 0 6
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 3 0 1 6
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 3 2 1 0 0 6
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES NORTH AMERICA CORP. 1 0 4 0 1 6
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 1 4 1 0 0 6
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 6 6
TERANEX, INC. 2 4 0 0 0 6
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 1 1 0 0 4 6
YAMAHA CORPORATION 2 1 3 0 0 6
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5
NEC ELECTRONICS INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 3 2 0 0 5
SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED 2 1 1 1 0 5
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
SRC COMPUTERS, INC. 1 2 2 0 0 5
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 0 0 2 1 2 5
VIA-CYRIX, INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5


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