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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 707, DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (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 185 197 272 286 261 1201
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 54 58 110 67 78 367
~Individually Owned Patent 43 52 58 81 90 324
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 33 40 37 38 40 188
ORACLE CORPORATION 49 36 57 30 3 175
HITACHI, LTD 14 15 32 38 41 140
FUJITSU LIMITED 11 22 19 26 27 105
NCR CORPORATION 6 3 22 28 32 91
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 20 18 29 10 6 83
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 0 24 56 80
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 0 0 1 23 52 76
UNISYS CORPORATION 8 10 22 8 13 61
SONY CORPORATION 9 7 12 12 19 59
AT&T CORP. 18 9 17 8 6 58
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 13 13 27 5 0 58
NEC CORPORATION 8 11 8 10 12 49
EMC CORPORATION 4 2 11 13 17 47
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 9 7 7 13 8 44
XEROX CORPORATION 5 10 9 9 10 43
INTEL CORPORATION 6 5 7 10 12 40
NOVELL, INC. 12 8 5 9 6 40
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 3 6 10 6 13 38
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 4 14 6 7 3 34
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 3 8 10 8 33
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 7 13 10 3 0 33
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 5 5 5 9 9 33
SYBASE, INC. 2 2 9 6 11 30
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 5 11 7 3 2 28
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 4 6 5 7 3 25
ALTA VISTA COMPANY 3 11 2 3 3 22
CLARITECH CORPORATION 6 4 6 3 3 22
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 0 5 7 9 22
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 10 5 7 22
ACCENTURE LLP 0 0 5 12 4 21
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 3 2 3 7 6 21
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 2 4 10 3 1 20
NAVIGATION TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 7 2 7 2 2 20
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 0 2 2 7 8 19
ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION 5 5 6 2 1 19
SIEBEL SYSTEMS, INC. 1 4 2 3 9 19
VERIZON LABORATORIES INC. 0 0 11 7 1 19
AMAZON.COM, INC. 1 5 2 6 3 17
BMC SOFTWARE, INC. 6 0 3 4 4 17
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. 2 2 1 7 5 17
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 2 8 6 0 0 16
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 2 5 5 1 3 16
BULL HN INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC. 4 1 9 1 0 15
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 4 6 1 3 15
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 1 3 3 5 3 15
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 3 5 7 0 0 15
AMERICAN MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, INC. 1 3 4 3 3 14
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION 10 4 0 0 0 14
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 4 0 5 2 2 13
I2 TECHNOLOGIES US, INC. 0 1 5 3 4 13
NETWORK ASSOCIATES, INC. 1 1 1 6 4 13
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 2 3 3 4 1 13
STARFISH SOFTWARE, INC. 1 3 6 2 1 13
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 5 3 3 1 0 12
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 0 1 0 3 7 11
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 3 1 0 4 3 11
MICROSTRATEGY, INC. 0 0 0 3 8 11
3COM CORPORATION 1 5 0 1 3 10
MCI COMMUNICATIONS CORP. 5 3 1 1 0 10
AFFYMETRIX, INC. 0 2 2 1 4 9
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 2 3 2 2 0 9
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 1 1 3 2 2 9
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 0 5 2 1 9
INKTOMI CORPORATION 2 2 2 1 2 9
NEC USA, INC. 0 4 3 2 0 9
NOKIA TELECOMMUNICATIONS OY 1 5 2 1 0 9
REQUISITE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 2 1 3 2 9
TACIT KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 3 3 1 9
ALCATEL USA SOURCING, L.P. 5 2 1 0 0 8
INFORMATICA CORPORATION 3 1 1 1 2 8
INVENTEC CORPORATION 1 2 3 0 2 8
JARG CORPORATION 0 1 3 3 1 8
LYCOS, INC. 2 2 0 1 3 8
NETSCAPE COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 3 1 3 1 0 8
PLATINUM TECHNOLOGY IP, INC. 3 5 0 0 0 8
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 2 3 0 1 8
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 1 1 1 1 4 8
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 0 1 2 4 8
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 2 2 1 1 2 8
SURVIVORS OF THE SHOAH VISUAL HISTORY FOUNDATION 1 2 2 3 0 8
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 2 3 2 7
AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 1 0 1 2 7
BORLAND SOFTWARE CORPORATION 1 1 0 0 5 7
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 1 0 2 3 1 7
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 1 0 2 3 1 7
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 3 3 0 1 7
MOTOROLA, INC. 1 1 2 3 0 7
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 5 7
PALMSOURCE INC. 0 0 0 4 3 7
AMERICA ONLINE, INC. 0 1 1 1 3 6
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 1 3 1 1 6
COGNOS INCORPORATED 0 0 0 3 3 6
ERICSSON, INC. 2 0 4 0 0 6
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 0 0 0 1 5 6
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 1 0 1 1 3 6
GE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, INC. 0 0 1 2 3 6
INFORMIX SOFTWARE, INC. 2 4 0 0 0 6
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 1 3 0 1 6
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 1 0 2 1 2 6
OPENWAVE SYSTEMS INC. 0 0 1 3 2 6
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 1 2 2 1 6
TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 1 1 1 0 6
UFIL UNIFIED DATA TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 1 0 1 1 3 6
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 0 2 1 1 2 6
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
ALCATEL 0 0 1 0 4 5
ATTENSITY CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 5 5
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE 0 0 1 1 3 5
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 4 5
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 0 3 1 5
COMPAQ INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, L.P. 0 0 4 1 0 5
EPIPHANY, INC. . 1 3 0 0 1 5
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
HYPERION SOLUTIONS CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 2 5
INCYTE GENOMICS, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
INFOGLIDE CORPORATION, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
INTERNATIONAL COMPUTERS LIMITED 0 1 4 0 0 5
INTERVAL RESEARCH CORPORATION 0 1 0 2 2 5
LIVEVAULT CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 2 5
MANNING & NAPIER INFORMATION SERVICES 3 1 0 0 1 5
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
NEXT SOFTWARE, INC. 3 1 0 1 0 5
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 1 1 1 1 1 5
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 2 0 2 0 1 5
ORI SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, LTD. 0 3 0 0 2 5
OVERTURE SERVICES, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
SAGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5
SAS INSTITUTE, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 5 5
TRILOGY DEVELOPMENT GROUP, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
YAHOO, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5


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