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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 711, Memory (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
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 133 210 247 179 184 953
INTEL CORPORATION 51 65 91 126 109 442
HITACHI, LTD 33 30 45 70 70 248
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 54 34 33 35 61 217
EMC CORPORATION 25 31 37 56 39 188
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 22 49 41 35 40 187
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 0 73 93 166
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 37 31 35 21 20 144
FUJITSU LIMITED 21 16 31 34 37 139
NEC CORPORATION 30 23 31 14 10 108
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 20 27 44 11 0 102
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 9 20 12 20 37 98
SONY CORPORATION 14 18 17 27 18 94
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 24 49 11 1 0 85
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 12 13 10 26 23 84
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 11 9 19 15 16 70
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 4 10 14 18 15 61
~Individually Owned Patent 12 11 10 15 13 61
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 8 7 10 18 16 59
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 13 9 14 12 2 50
UNISYS CORPORATION 13 7 11 6 10 47
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 8 9 8 10 11 46
MOTOROLA, INC. 14 11 7 6 5 43
RAMBUS, INC. 6 3 9 10 14 42
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 8 3 5 15 8 39
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 2 20 15 37
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 12 11 7 2 3 35
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 6 6 6 14 34
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 5 6 5 4 10 30
ATI INTERNATIONAL SRL 0 8 10 6 5 29
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 4 1 4 14 6 29
NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 1 4 5 5 12 27
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 6 2 8 6 3 25
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 0 1 10 13 24
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 7 4 3 8 1 23
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 2 3 4 4 10 23
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 8 5 8 23
ORACLE CORPORATION 3 2 10 5 2 22
LEXAR MEDIA, INC. 6 3 4 1 7 21
ADAPTEC, INC. 6 3 6 5 0 20
ARM LIMITED 4 2 5 3 5 19
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 5 4 4 3 19
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 6 3 4 3 2 18
COMPAQ INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, L.P. 0 2 13 3 0 18
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 3 6 3 4 2 18
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 4 9 3 0 1 17
BULL S.A. 4 6 6 0 0 16
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 5 5 2 2 15
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 4 4 3 1 3 15
NCR CORPORATION 4 1 2 5 3 15
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 3 3 5 3 1 15
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 2 3 3 3 4 15
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 14 14
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 4 2 3 4 13
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 0 1 2 5 5 13
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 0 0 2 7 4 13
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 5 7 1 0 0 13
3COM CORPORATION 3 3 0 2 4 12
MAXTOR CORPORATION 0 0 6 1 5 12
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 5 1 2 2 2 12
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 0 1 3 6 2 12
VERITAS OPERATING CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 10 12
ALTERA CORPORATION 4 2 2 2 1 11
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 1 6 3 1 11
INSTITUTE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMERGING ARCHITECTURES, L.L.C. 3 4 3 1 0 11
IP FIRST LLC 0 0 0 8 3 11
MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 3 2 4 2 11
3WARE, INC. 1 0 4 5 0 10
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION 9 1 0 0 0 10
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 8 10
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 1 3 2 1 3 10
VLSI TECHNOLOGY, INC. 7 1 2 0 0 10
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 3 3 3 10
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 1 1 3 3 1 9
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 1 0 4 4 9
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 3 2 4 0 9
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 6 9
PHOENIX TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 2 1 1 0 5 9
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 5 1 1 0 9
SANDISK CORPORATION 3 1 0 1 4 9
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 2 2 2 2 1 9
WESTERN DIGITAL VENTURES, INC. 0 0 2 3 4 9
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 1 4 1 8
AT&T CORP. 1 2 2 2 1 8
AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 0 3 1 2 8
DENSO CORPORATION 0 2 4 1 1 8
MICRON ELECTRONICS, INC. 3 3 2 0 0 8
MONOLITHIC SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 4 1 1 8
NINTENDO CO., LTD. 1 1 1 3 2 8
QUANTUM CORP. (CA) 2 4 1 0 1 8
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 2 0 3 1 2 8
ROXIO, INC. 0 0 2 5 1 8
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 0 3 2 2 1 8
WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION 7 1 0 0 0 8
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 0 2 5 0 0 7
M-SYSTEMS FLASH DISK PIONEERS LTD. 0 0 0 2 5 7
MATRIX SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 0 0 3 4 7
NETWORK ASSOCIATES, INC. 0 2 2 0 3 7
OAK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 2 3 0 7
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORP. 3 0 4 0 0 7
POWERQUEST CORPORATION 2 4 1 0 0 7
SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS S.A. 3 4 0 0 0 7
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 0 4 2 1 0 7
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 0 0 1 2 3 6
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 2 2 0 1 6
BULL HN INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC. 1 2 0 1 2 6
CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 2 2 0 2 0 6
DALLAS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 4 0 0 0 2 6
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 1 1 1 3 6
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 0 0 0 3 3 6
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 0 0 2 2 2 6
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 1 2 0 1 2 6
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 1 1 1 2 1 6
NVIDIA CORPORATION 0 0 1 3 2 6
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 0 0 2 1 3 6
VIA-CYRIX, INC. 2 2 2 0 0 6
ADVANCED MEMORY INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5
ALCATEL 1 1 0 1 2 5
BARSA CONSULTING GROUP, LLC 0 0 0 0 5 5
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
INTERACTIVE SILICON, INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 0 0 1 2 2 5
NEC ELECTRONICS INC. 2 1 1 0 1 5
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
NOVELL, INC. 1 0 1 1 2 5
TDK CORPORATION 0 0 1 3 1 5
TOKYO ELECTRON DEVICE LIMITED 0 0 4 0 1 5


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