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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 717, DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing)

( 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 81 123 68 103 91 466
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 23 26 41 22 37 149
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 31 31 22 21 23 128
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 23 44 16 2 0 85
INTEL CORPORATION 14 16 10 18 11 69
~Individually Owned Patent 12 13 11 7 9 52
FUJITSU LIMITED 13 12 5 8 9 47
UNISYS CORPORATION 8 12 7 3 9 39
NEC CORPORATION 10 12 5 0 6 33
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 0 11 18 29
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 2 10 5 3 5 25
HITACHI, LTD 3 10 2 4 4 23
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 3 3 8 6 3 23
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 6 6 3 2 2 19
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 1 5 3 8 1 18
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 2 9 0 3 3 17
SONY CORPORATION 2 4 2 5 4 17
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 3 4 2 1 7 17
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 7 3 1 1 3 15
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 3 5 4 14
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 2 1 1 8 13
ACCENTURE LLP 0 1 2 7 2 12
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 0 6 3 0 3 12
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 3 4 5 0 0 12
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 7 2 0 3 0 12
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 4 3 2 2 0 11
COMPUWARE CORPORATION 1 4 0 2 4 11
ELBRUS INTERNATIONAL LTD. 0 1 1 7 2 11
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 1 5 4 10
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 2 2 5 0 0 9
EMC CORPORATION 2 2 0 0 4 8
NOVELL, INC. 3 0 1 2 2 8
MOTOROLA, INC. 3 1 0 1 2 7
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 0 2 1 2 7
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 3 2 0 0 6
AT&T CORP. 0 2 3 1 0 6
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 0 4 2 0 0 6
XEROX CORPORATION 0 2 3 1 0 6
ALCATEL 2 1 0 0 2 5
BORLAND SOFTWARE CORPORATION 2 3 0 0 0 5
INTERVOICE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 1 1 1 1 1 5
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 0 1 0 2 2 5
ORACLE CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 0 5
SIEBEL SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 2 1 1 5


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