Skip menu navigation Home > Listing of Viewable PTMD Reports > Table of Contents for This Set of Reports


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 331, Oscillators

( 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
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 4 6 11 17 15 53
NEC CORPORATION 20 9 11 5 2 47
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 5 13 5 11 10 44
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 4 5 12 9 12 42
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 6 6 4 15 9 40
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 3 5 12 11 31
INTEL CORPORATION 4 5 6 8 8 31
MOTOROLA, INC. 9 9 4 1 6 29
FUJITSU LIMITED 5 5 4 9 5 28
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 1 3 2 11 8 25
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 8 2 4 5 6 25
NDK, NIHON DEMPA KOGYO COMPANY, LTD. 0 1 3 2 17 23
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 6 7 3 6 1 23
~Individually Owned Patent 5 6 2 5 5 23
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 13 8 0 1 0 22
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 8 1 4 3 21
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 1 5 6 5 3 20
CTS CORPORATION 2 1 2 12 2 19
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 1 4 6 8 19
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 3 7 0 3 6 19
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 4 3 3 4 5 19
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 6 4 4 2 3 19
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 5 5 6 2 18
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 1 5 2 5 4 17
NIPPON PRECISION CIRCUITS INC. 3 3 2 3 4 15
SONY CORPORATION 5 2 4 2 2 15
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 0 9 5 0 0 14
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 4 7 2 1 0 14
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 3 2 2 4 14
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 3 3 2 1 5 14
XILINX, INC. 2 3 4 3 2 14
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 2 3 0 6 2 13
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 5 7 1 0 0 13
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 3 0 1 5 3 12
APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION 3 1 1 5 2 12
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 0 2 0 3 6 11
ERICSSON, INC. 1 4 5 0 1 11
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 2 7 1 0 1 11
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 1 3 4 2 11
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 5 2 1 1 2 11
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 0 0 6 4 10
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 2 0 5 10
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 5 8
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 2 2 1 2 1 8
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 0 0 2 6 8
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 4 0 1 1 2 8
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 2 1 1 0 3 7
CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD. 2 2 0 1 2 7
QUALCOMM, INC. 1 1 1 2 2 7
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 0 3 1 2 1 7
ALCATEL 3 1 1 1 0 6
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 1 0 1 3 1 6
ADVANTEST CORP. 2 1 1 0 1 5
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
ALTERA CORPORATION 1 2 1 0 1 5
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
DENSO CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 1 5
FARADAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 0 0 2 2 5
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
HITACHI, LTD 1 1 0 2 1 5
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 1 5
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 4 0 1 0 0 5
RAYTHEON COMPANY 2 2 1 0 0 5
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 5 5
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 0 1 0 1 3 5
SILICON WAVE, INC. 0 5 0 0 0 5
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 0 0 2 1 2 5
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 1 2 0 1 1 5
TOYO COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT CO., LTD. 1 2 0 0 2 5
TROPIAN, INC. 2 0 1 1 1 5


PTMD Contacts

Questions regarding these reports should be directed to:

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Office of Electronic Information Products - PTMD
MDW 4C18; P.O Box 1450
Alexandria VA 22313-1450

tel: (571) 272-5600
fax: (571) 273-0110
email: oeip@uspto.gov

address of PTMD pages at the USPTO Web Site: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/tafp.html
ftp download of selected PTMD reports and materials from : ftp.uspto.gov/pub/taf/


Top

Skip menu navigation Home > Listing of Viewable PTMD Reports > Table of Contents for This Set of Reports