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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 710, Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing 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
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 113 103 94 109 106 525
INTEL CORPORATION 64 54 63 96 115 392
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 72 67 16 1 0 156
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 0 63 88 151
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 44 29 25 21 31 150
SONY CORPORATION 17 21 31 30 33 132
HITACHI, LTD 25 17 19 26 28 115
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 13 25 31 27 15 111
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 27 9 10 18 37 101
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 15 20 16 16 32 99
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 17 12 15 23 25 92
~Individually Owned Patent 23 16 12 23 16 90
FUJITSU LIMITED 16 18 16 12 27 89
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 15 14 19 16 16 80
ADAPTEC, INC. 21 17 10 10 21 79
NEC CORPORATION 22 18 12 12 13 77
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 26 20 25 4 0 75
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 23 16 2 12 14 67
EMC CORPORATION 9 9 8 17 21 64
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4 12 12 11 22 61
3COM CORPORATION 9 14 14 9 7 53
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 11 8 5 9 18 51
MICRON ELECTRONICS, INC. 25 21 4 0 0 50
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 4 5 8 13 19 49
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 9 23 17 49
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 8 3 7 11 18 47
MOTOROLA, INC. 14 7 9 5 6 41
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 8 2 4 10 13 37
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 8 8 5 7 8 36
RAMBUS, INC. 8 7 4 6 8 33
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5 8 6 6 6 31
COMPAQ INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, L.P. 0 0 25 5 0 30
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 6 6 6 5 5 28
UNISYS CORPORATION 5 6 5 6 6 28
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 7 7 6 4 3 27
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 3 3 19 27
VLSI TECHNOLOGY, INC. 14 11 1 0 0 26
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 5 4 5 6 4 24
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 6 2 7 3 4 22
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 3 4 2 2 11 22
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 7 4 3 4 2 20
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 9 3 4 3 0 19
ATI INTERNATIONAL SRL 0 2 4 9 3 18
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 6 5 4 3 18
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 4 0 2 8 4 18
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 1 5 3 5 17
XILINX, INC. 0 3 7 3 4 17
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 6 5 3 16
NCR CORPORATION 7 2 2 2 3 16
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 1 5 0 5 5 16
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 7 2 0 5 16
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 2 1 2 10 15
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 8 1 3 2 1 15
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 3 3 5 1 2 14
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 6 6 2 0 0 14
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 0 0 1 5 7 13
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 13 13
INVENTEC CORPORATION 1 1 5 3 2 12
CROSSROADS SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 3 2 4 11
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 0 1 1 2 7 11
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 5 3 0 0 3 11
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 0 6 4 0 0 10
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 2 1 1 5 10
OAK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 3 1 3 1 10
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 2 2 2 2 2 10
STMICROELECTRONICS, LTD. 0 1 4 4 1 10
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 1 2 3 2 2 10
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES NORTH AMERICA CORP. 1 2 1 2 3 9
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 3 4 0 2 0 9
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 0 0 1 2 5 8
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 4 1 1 0 8
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION 7 1 0 0 0 8
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 1 1 3 2 8
NVIDIA CORPORATION 4 2 0 0 2 8
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 1 2 2 1 2 8
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 2 5 0 8
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 1 4 0 1 2 8
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 2 1 1 1 3 8
YAMAHA CORPORATION 1 1 4 1 1 8
ALCATEL 1 2 0 3 1 7
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 4 2 0 0 1 7
GLOBESPAN VIRATA, INC. 0 0 4 2 1 7
IOMEGA CORPORATION 4 1 0 1 1 7
MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 1 0 1 3 7
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 5 7
ORACLE CORPORATION 1 3 2 1 0 7
PMC-SIERRA LTD. 0 0 2 3 2 7
ARM LIMITED 1 0 2 1 2 6
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 0 0 0 6 6
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 3 1 1 0 1 6
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 0 1 0 2 3 6
MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 3 1 2 6
MOBILITY ELECTRONICS, INC. 2 1 0 2 1 6
NETWORK ASSOCIATES, INC. 1 0 2 2 1 6
O2 MICRO INTERNATIONAL LTD. 0 1 0 0 5 6
QLOGIC CORPORATION 0 2 2 1 1 6
SCHNEIDER AUTOMATION INC. 2 1 1 1 1 6
SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS S.A. 4 1 0 1 0 6
SILICON INTEGRATED SYSTEMS CORP. 0 2 0 2 2 6
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 0 2 2 0 2 6
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 1 1 1 2 1 6
XEROX CORPORATION 2 1 2 1 0 6
AT&T CORP. 0 1 2 1 1 5
CRADLE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 0 1 3 5
DENSO CORPORATION 1 0 1 1 2 5
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 2 0 2 0 1 5
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
LG INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS, LTD. 0 1 3 1 0 5
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 4 5
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 1 1 2 0 1 5
ROCKWELL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 2 2 1 0 0 5
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 0 2 2 1 5
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 0 2 2 1 0 5
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 0 1 1 1 2 5


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