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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 330, Amplifiers

( 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 9 19 34 34 31 127
MOTOROLA, INC. 27 17 11 18 16 89
~Individually Owned Patent 17 18 13 17 16 81
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 14 9 18 19 14 74
NEC CORPORATION 23 18 20 4 0 65
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 5 4 13 18 17 57
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 19 17 19 55
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 27 9 7 4 5 52
FUJITSU LIMITED 9 10 11 11 9 50
INTEL CORPORATION 1 5 4 18 22 50
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 10 13 5 8 12 48
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 8 17 6 6 11 48
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 1 4 16 23 44
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 3 9 14 9 2 37
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 2 4 20 8 34
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 7 5 5 8 8 33
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 5 10 11 4 2 32
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 7 3 6 8 8 32
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 8 10 3 4 4 29
HITACHI, LTD 3 5 7 8 5 28
ERICSSON, INC. 5 8 7 5 2 27
HARRIS CORP. 4 9 4 5 5 27
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 7 7 6 3 2 25
SONY CORPORATION 3 2 5 8 7 25
TRIPATH TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 6 4 8 4 23
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 6 11 6 0 0 23
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 2 0 6 12 22
ALCATEL 5 7 3 4 3 22
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 2 2 6 4 8 22
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 1 8 10 0 0 19
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 0 2 9 8 19
QUALCOMM, INC. 6 5 2 1 4 18
RF MICRO DEVICES, INC. 1 6 5 3 3 18
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 6 2 3 1 5 17
ANDREW CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 13 15
HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC. 0 0 4 1 10 15
INTERSIL AMERICAS INC. 0 0 7 6 2 15
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 8 3 1 3 0 15
POWERWAVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 7 3 0 2 2 14
RAYTHEON COMPANY 3 4 2 3 2 14
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 14 14
ANADIGICS, INC. 0 1 2 5 4 12
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 0 3 3 4 2 12
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 2 2 3 4 1 12
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 4 5 1 1 1 12
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 2 4 1 1 3 11
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 5 1 3 1 1 11
SIRENZA MICRODEVICES, INC. 0 0 2 5 4 11
TROPIAN, INC. 0 3 1 3 4 11
TRW INC. 5 1 5 0 0 11
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 3 1 3 2 10
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 1 2 1 5 1 10
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 0 0 5 5 10
NOKIA NETWORKS OY 1 4 5 0 0 10
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 2 1 2 1 4 10
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 0 3 1 2 3 9
JAM TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 0 0 0 4 5 9
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 6 0 1 9
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 0 0 2 2 5 9
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 3 2 0 3 0 8
FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 4 8
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES NORTH AMERICA CORP. 1 2 1 1 3 8
NEC COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES, LTD. 0 0 0 5 3 8
PMC-SIERRA LTD. 2 0 5 1 0 8
SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC. 3 3 1 1 0 8
SPECTRIAN CORPORATION 1 2 4 1 0 8
XILINX, INC. 0 1 2 4 1 8
APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION 1 3 0 1 2 7
ELANTEC SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 1 2 2 2 0 7
INTERSIL CORPORATION, INC. 4 3 0 0 0 7
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 1 0 1 4 1 7
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 0 2 1 0 4 7
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORP. 3 3 1 0 0 7
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 3 1 0 2 1 7
TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED 0 1 2 2 2 7
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 0 0 0 5 1 6
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 0 0 0 2 4 6
DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR GMBH 0 0 1 0 5 6
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 0 0 0 6 6
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 2 3 0 1 0 6
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 0 1 3 2 0 6
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 0 4 2 6
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 3 6
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 1 2 1 1 1 6
TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTORS, INC. 0 0 2 2 2 6
WHITAKER CORPORATION 3 1 2 0 0 6
YAMAHA CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 4 6
ATHEROS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
CREE MICROWAVE, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
FINISAR CORPORATION, INC. 1 0 0 1 3 5
GLOBESPAN VIRATA, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP. 3 0 1 0 1 5
MITEL SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 1 1 2 1 0 5
NIPPON PRECISION CIRCUITS INC. 1 1 2 0 1 5
RAMBUS, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC 0 1 0 1 3 5
SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS S.A. 5 0 0 0 0 5
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY 0 1 1 0 3 5
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 0 2 0 1 2 5
U.S. MONOLITHICS, L.L.C. 0 0 3 2 0 5


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