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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 703, DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (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 18 20 9 13 13 73
~Individually Owned Patent 9 12 19 11 9 60
NEC CORPORATION 17 9 9 7 4 46
FUJITSU LIMITED 9 7 5 5 8 34
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 16 7 3 2 3 31
INTEL CORPORATION 4 3 3 7 5 22
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 4 4 7 4 2 21
SYNOPSYS INC. 7 5 2 3 4 21
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 0 9 10 19
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 6 1 6 2 4 19
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4 7 1 4 3 19
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 7 4 1 6 0 18
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 2 2 3 4 5 16
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 7 3 1 1 3 15
UNISYS CORPORATION 3 2 2 1 7 15
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 8 2 2 1 0 13
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 4 5 1 1 2 13
SONY CORPORATION 3 6 2 1 1 13
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 3 3 2 0 4 12
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 3 1 2 0 5 11
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0 2 1 2 6 11
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 2 4 2 2 0 10
MOTOROLA, INC. 4 2 2 1 1 10
XILINX, INC. 6 1 2 0 0 9
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 0 4 4 0 0 8
HITACHI, LTD 3 3 0 2 0 8
QUICKTURN DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 2 1 4 8
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 3 2 1 2 0 8
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 2 4 0 1 0 7
OPENCONNECT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 7 0 0 0 7
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 2 2 0 2 1 7
AUTODESK, INC. 1 2 2 0 1 6
BULL HN INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC. 0 0 3 2 1 6
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 0 1 3 1 6
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 4 6
SANDIA CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 1 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 0 4 0 0 2 6
ACCENTURE LLP 0 0 3 1 1 5
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
ASPEN TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 2 0 0 1 5
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP. 1 2 1 0 1 5
INSTITUT FRANCAIS DU PETROLE 2 0 1 1 1 5
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 3 0 0 1 1 5
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 1 5


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