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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Electronic Information Products Division
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2004 - 2008 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 702, DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (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 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Total
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 89 66 77 76 77 385
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 34 51 42 69 69 265
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 46 41 48 19 23 177
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 33 30 31 13 27 134
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 30 15 20 21 23 109
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 23 27 24 17 13 104
HITACHI, LTD 27 19 25 14 16 101
INTEL CORPORATION 20 20 25 19 11 95
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 7 9 23 17 18 74
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 11 13 17 19 13 73
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 12 7 13 21 19 72
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 9 21 21 10 10 71
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 12 20 11 20 7 70
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 15 16 15 16 7 69
FUJITSU LIMITED 10 8 15 10 18 61
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 17 16 13 7 6 59
BOEING COMPANY 7 11 15 12 10 55
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 1 8 11 15 19 54
TEKTRONIX INC. 13 11 7 13 10 54
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 9 11 13 12 6 51
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 6 8 12 16 9 51
ADVANTEST CORP. 7 4 11 14 14 50
BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED 3 7 5 15 15 45
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 12 11 7 7 6 43
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 7 12 14 4 5 42
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 10 7 10 8 5 40
WESTERNGECO, LLC 12 7 3 7 9 38
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 11 7 10 5 2 35
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 5 15 9 3 34
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 8 4 10 7 5 34
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 12 6 7 3 5 33
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 1 4 9 11 8 33
INSTITUT FRANCAIS DU PETROLE 6 3 6 5 8 28
INVENSYS SYSTEMS, INC. 7 3 9 5 4 28
SONY CORPORATION 4 5 7 4 8 28
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 3 9 6 6 3 27
POWER MEASUREMENT LTD. 6 3 4 8 5 26
DENSO CORPORATION 4 4 6 9 2 25
MITUTOYO CORPORATION 6 3 5 8 3 25
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 3 8 7 4 3 25
CATERPILLAR INC. 6 5 3 6 3 23
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 9 4 4 5 1 23
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 4 10 5 1 2 22
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 6 4 3 5 3 21
EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY 3 6 3 3 6 21
JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GMBH 5 4 5 2 4 20
KLA-TENCOR TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 4 3 7 3 3 20
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 5 5 3 3 19
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 3 4 4 6 2 19
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 4 7 3 2 19
AFFYMETRIX, INC. 1 3 8 3 3 18
CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORPORATION 0 4 7 5 1 17
NEC CORPORATION 5 4 3 2 3 17
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 4 2 3 6 2 17
BROADCOM CORPORATION 1 2 4 6 3 16
FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC. 2 5 5 1 3 16
MOTOROLA, INC. 6 5 3 1 1 16
XEROX CORPORATION 7 5 1 1 2 16
ABB RESEARCH LTD. 3 4 4 4 0 15
CIDRA CORPORATION 0 0 5 2 8 15
EATON CORPORATION 1 4 6 2 2 15
EMC CORPORATION 2 3 5 3 2 15
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 5 4 1 3 2 15
RAMBUS, INC. 0 3 6 5 1 15
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 2 4 4 2 15
SNAP-ON INCORPORATED 1 7 2 4 1 15
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 2 3 4 3 3 15
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 3 4 1 5 2 15
YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORP. 3 2 0 6 4 15
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 3 3 4 1 3 14
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 5 1 3 2 3 14
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 1 4 9 14
NOKIA CORPORATION 3 1 4 5 1 14
OMRON CORPORATION 0 1 3 5 5 14
ROSETTA INPHARMATICS, INC. 2 5 3 3 1 14
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE 5 2 1 4 2 14
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 4 3 2 1 3 13
COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH 3 2 3 1 4 13
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 3 4 2 3 1 13
TERADYNE, INC. 4 2 2 3 2 13
XILINX, INC. 1 4 2 5 1 13
APPLERA CORPORATION 1 1 2 3 5 12
DEERE + COMPANY 1 0 3 7 1 12
ENDRESS + HAUSER FLOWTEC AG 0 1 1 7 3 12
PATHFINDER ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 0 2 5 3 2 12
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 3 3 3 2 12
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 3 2 1 1 5 12
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 1 3 5 2 1 12
ALTERA CORPORATION 1 1 5 1 3 11
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 2 3 3 2 1 11
ARKRAY, INC. 0 1 8 0 2 11
ARM LIMITED 0 1 4 2 4 11
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 2 2 2 3 2 11
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 0 3 3 3 2 11
LECROY CORPORATION 0 3 3 3 2 11
MICRO MOTION, INC. 8 0 0 2 1 11
MIDTRONICS, INC. 1 2 4 2 2 11
PGS AMERICA, INC. 5 3 3 0 0 11
ROSEMOUNT INC. 4 2 1 2 2 11
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 0 5 2 3 1 11
SHELL OIL COMPANY 3 6 1 0 1 11
SIEMENS ENERGY & AUTOMATION, INC. 0 4 2 3 2 11
SQUARE D COMPANY 4 0 1 2 4 11
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD. 4 1 1 2 3 11
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 3 2 3 1 11
CSI TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 3 5 1 1 10
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 1 0 2 5 2 10
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 0 0 3 4 3 10
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC. 0 2 1 1 6 10
MKS INSTRUMENTS, INC. 3 1 4 1 1 10
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 2 1 3 2 2 10
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 1 2 4 1 2 10
ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO., KG 1 1 3 2 3 10
SANDIA CORPORATION 4 3 1 2 0 10
TIMBRE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 3 0 2 1 10
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 3 2 1 2 2 10
ABB TECHNOLOGY AG 3 1 1 4 0 9
BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC. 0 0 3 4 2 9
CELERITY, INC. 0 0 4 3 2 9
CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO., OHG 3 0 1 5 0 9
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 1 5 1 0 9
EXERGETIC SYSTEMS LLC 5 2 1 0 1 9
FORD MOTOR COMPANY 2 1 2 0 4 9
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORP. 1 3 3 2 0 9
GUIDE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 2 1 4 1 9
HARRIS CORP. 1 1 3 2 2 9
JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 1 2 3 2 1 9
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 3 1 3 2 9
PHATRAT TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 4 3 1 0 9
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 0 0 2 3 4 9
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 5 0 1 1 2 9
SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL (SHANGHAI) CORPORATION 0 1 2 3 3 9
UNISYS CORPORATION 2 4 1 1 1 9
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES 1 3 2 1 2 9
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS 1 2 2 1 3 9
ALCATEL 1 3 1 2 1 8
ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD 1 0 3 1 3 8
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE 2 4 2 0 0 8
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 2 2 4 0 0 8
CHEVRON U.S.A. INC. 2 0 2 0 4 8
ENDRESS + HAUSER GMBH + CO. 0 2 2 0 4 8
ENTEK IRD INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 6 2 0 0 0 8
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 3 2 2 1 0 8
HITACHI SOFTWARE ENGINEERING CO., LTD. 1 0 4 1 2 8
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY 4 2 2 0 0 8
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 4 2 2 0 0 8
MEDTRONIC INC. 2 0 3 0 3 8
ROLLS-ROYCE PLC 1 1 2 2 2 8
SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH, INC. 1 2 1 4 0 8
SPX CORPORATION 1 2 4 1 0 8
THE WEATHER CHANNEL, INC. 0 0 1 4 3 8
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH 8 0 0 0 0 8
VERIGY PTE LTD 0 0 0 5 3 8
WEATHERBANK, INC. 3 1 3 1 0 8
ABB, INC. 2 1 2 1 1 7
AIRBUS FRANCE 0 2 3 1 1 7
BRION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 3 0 2 0 7
CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY 3 2 2 0 0 7
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 3 3 1 0 0 7
EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY 1 0 2 0 4 7
FINISAR CORPORATION 0 2 3 1 1 7
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 4 0 3 0 0 7
GARMIN LTD. 1 3 1 0 2 7
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC. 0 0 0 3 4 7
HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD. 3 1 2 1 0 7
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 0 2 4 1 0 7
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 3 4 0 0 0 7
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 1 0 2 2 2 7
INVENTEC CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 2 7
LANDMARK GRAPHICS CORPORATION 2 2 0 2 1 7
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 3 3 0 0 7
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 2 3 2 0 0 7
ONWAFER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 1 0 2 0 7
PHATRAT TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 0 0 3 4 7
QCEPT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 3 1 2 7
RAYTHEON COMPANY 5 0 1 0 1 7
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 2 0 0 2 7
RENISHAW PLC 0 3 1 2 1 7
SIEMENS VDO AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION 0 1 2 3 1 7
SIMMONDS PRECISION PRODUCTS, INC. 2 2 2 1 0 7
SMARTSIGNAL CORPORATION 1 4 0 0 2 7
TANITA CORPORATION 2 1 2 1 1 7
THERMA-WAVE, INC. 3 2 2 0 0 7
WYETH 1 2 1 2 1 7
A.L. AIR DATA, INC. 2 2 2 0 0 6
ACCELRYS SOFTWARE INC. 1 1 4 0 0 6
ANRITSU COMPANY 3 2 1 0 0 6
AT&T CORP. 2 0 2 1 1 6
BENTLY NEVADA CORPORATION 4 1 1 0 0 6
CALIPER LIFE SCIENCES, INC. 1 0 3 1 1 6
DRESSER, INC. 0 1 0 4 1 6
ELECTRO INDUSTRIES/GAUGE TECH. 2 0 0 3 1 6
FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 2 1 1 0 6
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 2 0 2 2 6
HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 3 6
IMMERSION CORPORATION 2 1 1 0 2 6
ITRON, INC. 0 1 2 2 1 6
KJT ENTERPRISES, INC. 1 0 0 2 3 6
LANDIS & GYR, INC. 1 2 2 1 0 6
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 0 1 1 2 2 6
MAXYGEN, INC. 0 2 2 0 2 6
METSO AUTOMATION OY 2 0 2 2 0 6
MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A. 1 2 1 1 1 6
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 1 1 0 2 2 6
NIKE, INC. 0 0 0 2 4 6
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 3 1 0 0 2 6
POWERCHIP SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 0 5 1 0 0 6
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 2 2 0 1 1 6
SHIMADZU CORPORATION 0 1 2 2 1 6
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 0 0 4 1 1 6
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 0 2 0 1 3 6
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 0 2 2 2 0 6
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 2 0 2 1 1 6
SWISS REINSURANCE COMPANY 0 0 0 1 5 6
SYSMEX CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 3 6
TEST ADVANTAGE, INC. 1 0 0 2 3 6
TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY 2 2 1 1 0 6
TLV CO., LTD. 4 1 0 1 0 6
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION, LTD. 2 1 1 2 0 6
WEATHERFORD/LAMB, INC. 1 3 0 1 1 6
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 3 2 1 6
YAMAHA CORPORATION 1 0 1 0 4 6
ZILOG, INC. 0 1 3 0 2 6
ABB (SCHWEIZ) AG 3 0 1 1 0 5
ADAPTEC, INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
ADS CORPORATION 4 0 0 0 1 5
ADVANTEST AMERICA R& D CENTER, INC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 0 1 1 0 5
AMERICAN GNC CORPORATION 3 0 0 2 0 5
ANALYSIS & MEASUREMENT SERVICES CORPORATION 0 2 0 2 1 5
ANRITSU CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 0 5
ASEA BROWN BOVERI AB 1 0 2 2 0 5
ASML NETHERLANDS B.V. 0 1 0 1 3 5
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 0 2 1 2 5
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 0 1 1 3 0 5
BP CORPORATION NORTH AMERICA INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 0 1 1 2 1 5
COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION 0 1 3 1 0 5
EUROCOPTER FRANCE S.A. 0 0 3 0 2 5
FANUC LTD. 0 1 0 2 2 5
FARO TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 3 1 1 0 5
FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 0 3 0 1 5
HYDROGENICS CORPORATION 1 2 2 0 0 5
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON 2 2 0 1 0 5
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 0 0 1 4 0 5
LEOPOLD KOSTAL GMBH & CO. KG 0 3 1 1 0 5
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 2 1 1 1 0 5
MINDSPEED TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 3 0 1 0 5
NIKON CORPORATION 0 4 0 0 1 5
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 1 0 1 3 0 5
QUALCOMM, INC. 0 1 3 1 0 5
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 1 1 2 1 5
SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY 0 3 0 0 2 5
SCHWEITZER ENGINEERING LABORATORIES, INC. 1 2 0 1 1 5
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 2 0 2 1 0 5
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 0 0 2 3 0 5
SIEMENS BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
SMITHS DETECTION - PASADENA, INC. 1 4 0 0 0 5
SMITHS DETECTION INC. 0 1 1 3 0 5
SPM INSTRUMENT AB 0 0 1 3 1 5
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 1 2 2 5
UT-BATTELLE, LLC 0 1 1 3 0 5
VAISALA OYJ 1 2 0 1 1 5
WEATHER CENTRAL, INC. 2 0 2 0 1 5
YALE UNIVERSITY 0 4 0 1 0 5
YAMATAKE CORPORATION 0 3 0 0 2 5
YAZAKI CORP. 0 2 0 2 1 5


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