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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 327, Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and 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 33 51 75 84 58 301
NEC CORPORATION 77 102 85 28 8 300
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 53 60 53 58 41 265
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 42 62 64 46 29 243
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 43 51 57 32 20 203
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 32 45 38 32 34 181
FUJITSU LIMITED 35 39 40 33 30 177
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 35 48 33 18 25 159
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 23 21 28 34 52 158
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 28 33 35 26 35 157
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 3 13 36 39 50 141
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 23 16 31 30 28 128
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 22 29 31 30 13 125
~Individually Owned Patent 23 24 22 17 20 106
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 21 20 29 14 17 101
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 28 44 20 4 3 99
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 19 17 23 20 18 97
MOTOROLA, INC. 33 28 12 5 6 84
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 8 20 22 21 10 81
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 1 25 28 25 79
HITACHI, LTD 8 16 24 18 12 78
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 16 17 12 17 15 77
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 16 13 19 11 17 76
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 46 22 4 1 2 75
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 10 19 18 14 12 73
XILINX, INC. 10 9 22 17 15 73
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 0 10 30 28 68
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 24 13 12 9 2 60
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 54 55
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 0 0 4 20 30 54
SONY CORPORATION 17 10 10 8 6 51
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 18 10 10 9 49
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 21 11 5 5 4 46
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 0 24 19 0 0 43
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 7 10 9 10 7 43
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 0 26 15 41
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 19 17 5 0 0 41
PERICOM SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 4 9 4 10 8 35
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 4 6 5 13 6 34
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 7 12 4 7 4 34
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 5 14 8 4 3 34
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 3 6 5 7 13 34
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 4 10 17 2 0 33
RAMBUS, INC. 7 3 12 8 3 33
ALTERA CORPORATION 5 4 5 9 8 31
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 8 8 5 7 2 30
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 3 9 9 2 6 29
LG SEMICON CO., LTD. 25 3 0 0 0 28
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC 0 3 15 4 5 27
DENSO CORPORATION 6 1 4 6 9 26
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 4 8 8 4 26
APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION 1 1 3 11 9 25
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 5 6 6 6 2 25
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 0 6 8 9 2 25
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 8 7 7 2 0 24
INTERSIL AMERICAS INC. 0 0 6 10 8 24
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 0 10 13 23
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 2 4 2 10 4 22
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 6 6 8 1 1 22
ADVANTEST CORP. 8 6 3 1 3 21
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 2 3 7 7 21
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 0 1 2 11 6 20
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 3 4 2 7 4 20
SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 12 4 4 0 0 20
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 3 1 8 5 2 19
ALCATEL 2 8 1 2 5 18
EXAR CORPORATION 2 6 5 2 3 18
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 1 5 7 4 18
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 3 4 3 4 4 18
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 5 1 3 3 6 18
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 8 3 4 1 1 17
FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 4 4 6 0 3 17
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 2 3 5 1 15
ERICSSON, INC. 4 6 4 0 0 14
MICREL INCORPORATED 1 3 4 2 4 14
ATMEL CORPORATION 0 1 0 1 11 13
INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORPORATION 0 2 3 2 6 13
SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS S.A. 5 4 3 1 0 13
ATI INTERNATIONAL SRL 2 3 5 0 2 12
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 3 0 2 3 12
FARADAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 0 4 2 5 12
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 4 1 2 1 4 12
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORP. 7 4 1 0 0 12
RAYTHEON COMPANY 3 2 2 0 5 12
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 4 1 0 3 4 12
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 1 3 4 2 11
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 3 3 3 0 2 11
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES NORTH AMERICA CORP. 1 3 3 1 3 11
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 2 4 4 1 0 11
STMICROELECTRONICS, GMBH 6 3 1 0 1 11
VANGUARD INTERNATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 6 3 2 0 0 11
VLSI TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5 5 1 0 0 11
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 3 4 0 2 10
FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 5 2 1 1 10
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 0 1 7 1 1 10
QUALCOMM, INC. 2 2 1 2 3 10
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 4 4 1 1 0 10
INTERSIL CORPORATION, INC. 4 4 0 0 1 9
MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 1 2 3 1 9
TERADYNE, INC. 0 1 5 1 2 9
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 0 0 6 2 1 9
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 2 5 1 1 0 9
ANDO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 3 2 2 0 8
DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR GMBH 1 0 0 4 3 8
GCT SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 1 3 2 2 8
NIPPON PRECISION CIRCUITS INC. 0 2 2 4 0 8
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 1 3 3 0 1 8
SILICON INTEGRATED SYSTEMS CORP. 0 1 6 1 0 8
TEKTRONIX INC. 4 1 2 1 0 8
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 5 0 0 0 2 7
LEVEL ONE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 1 2 3 1 0 7
NATIONAL SCIENCE COUNCIL 0 4 2 0 1 7
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 4 7
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 2 0 2 2 1 7
SEMTECH CORPORATION 2 0 1 2 2 7
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 0 0 5 1 1 7
SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 3 1 2 0 7
TRITECH MICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 7 0 0 0 0 7
UNITED MEMORIES, INC. 2 0 0 3 2 7
XEROX CORPORATION 2 3 0 2 0 7
YAMAHA CORPORATION 2 1 0 2 2 7
ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 2 3 0 0 6
CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORPORATION 5 0 0 1 0 6
ELPIDA MEMORY, INC. 0 0 0 0 6 6
ETRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 2 1 2 1 6
GENERAL RESEARCH OF ELECTRONICS, INC. 1 1 2 0 2 6
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 1 6
MICRONAS GMBH 0 2 2 1 1 6
MOSEL VITELIC, INCORPORATED 0 1 4 1 0 6
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 1 0 0 4 1 6
POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC. 1 1 0 2 2 6
VANTIS CORPORATION 2 2 2 0 0 6
VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 2 2 2 0 6
ADAPTEC, INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
ATHEROS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 1 0 3 1 5
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 0 0 4 0 1 5
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 2 1 1 5
DALLAS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 3 2 0 0 0 5
DELCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 4 1 0 0 0 5
EM MICROELECTRONIC-MARIN SA 0 2 2 0 1 5
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
FUJITSU QUANTUM DEVICES LIMITED 0 1 2 2 0 5
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 0 0 1 3 1 5
GLOBESPAN VIRATA, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS 3 0 1 1 0 5
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 1 1 2 0 1 5
LOVOLTECH, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
MITEL SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 3 2 0 0 0 5
NEC COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES, LTD. 0 0 0 3 2 5
NIPPON STEEL CORP. 1 1 2 1 0 5
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 0 3 1 0 1 5
OAK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 1 2 0 0 5
PATENT-TREUHAND-GESELLSCHAFT FUR ELEKTRISCHE GLUHLAMPEN MBH 0 1 2 2 0 5
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 1 0 1 3 5
RF MICRO DEVICES, INC. 0 1 1 0 3 5
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 1 2 2 0 5
SILICON IMAGE, INC. 1 1 0 1 2 5
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 1 1 3 0 0 5
TOWNSEND AND TOWNSEND AND CREW, LLP 2 3 0 0 0 5
VELIO COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 2 2 1 0 5
VOLTERRA SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 0 2 1 1 5
YAZAKI CORP. 0 2 2 1 0 5


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