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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 326, Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry

( 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
ALTERA CORPORATION 44 58 47 32 34 215
XILINX, INC. 49 51 40 31 29 200
INTEL CORPORATION 31 26 46 48 35 186
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 43 37 38 30 21 169
NEC CORPORATION 29 35 23 5 4 96
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 10 16 20 21 28 95
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 12 19 24 23 13 91
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 7 16 24 24 11 82
HITACHI, LTD 9 18 26 8 7 68
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 11 16 15 9 15 66
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 8 8 9 12 17 54
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 7 6 9 15 14 51
FUJITSU LIMITED 8 7 10 8 15 48
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 9 12 15 7 3 46
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 1 4 14 10 16 45
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 9 8 10 3 9 39
~Individually Owned Patent 4 8 10 8 8 38
ACTEL CORPORATION, INC. 2 2 3 7 15 29
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 6 3 2 11 7 29
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 1 6 3 17 27
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 1 17 6 1 0 25
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 2 5 6 8 23
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 7 4 11 0 0 22
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 3 4 3 7 5 22
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 12 7 1 1 1 22
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 1 6 6 2 6 21
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 5 5 2 3 6 21
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 5 3 2 5 6 21
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 6 9 5 20
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 16 3 1 0 0 20
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 19 20
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 3 4 4 6 3 20
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 7 4 2 2 4 19
MOTOROLA, INC. 6 8 3 0 1 18
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 4 4 5 4 1 18
VANTIS CORPORATION 8 8 2 0 0 18
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 6 1 2 3 6 18
QUICKLOGIC CORPORATION 11 2 2 0 0 15
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 1 5 4 2 3 15
PERICOM SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 3 2 4 2 3 14
RAMBUS, INC. 0 4 1 2 7 14
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 2 4 1 3 3 13
CALIFORNIA MICRO DEVICES CORPORATION 1 8 0 2 1 12
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 9 11
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 4 6 1 0 0 11
VANGUARD INTERNATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 5 5 1 0 0 11
BTR, INC. 1 2 3 2 2 10
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 0 6 4 10
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 2 3 4 1 10
INTRINSITY, INC. 3 3 2 0 1 9
SONY CORPORATION 0 1 4 1 3 9
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 1 0 3 5 0 9
ADAPTEC, INC. 4 2 1 1 0 8
FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 4 0 1 2 8
LG SEMICON CO., LTD. 8 0 0 0 0 8
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 3 2 2 0 1 8
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 4 1 3 0 0 8
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 2 1 1 2 2 8
EASIC CORPORATION 0 4 0 1 2 7
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 0 0 1 5 1 7
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 2 2 3 0 0 7
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC 0 1 4 0 2 7
PICONETICS, INC. 0 0 1 2 3 6
THESEUS LOGIC, INC. 3 3 0 0 0 6
TRW INC. 1 2 2 1 0 6
ADVANTAGE LOGIC, INC. 1 1 0 2 1 5
APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION 0 3 1 0 1 5
ATI INTERNATIONAL SRL 1 2 1 1 0 5
ATMEL CORPORATION 0 2 0 0 3 5
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 0 0 3 0 2 5
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 2 0 1 2 0 5
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 2 2 0 1 0 5
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORP. 1 3 1 0 0 5
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 0 1 1 2 5
SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 4 1 0 0 0 5
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 1 0 1 1 2 5
VLSI TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 1 0 0 0 5


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