Kaneka Corp. / Micron Technology Inc. / Continental Teves A.G. & Co. Ltd. / Technology 96 134 Matshushita Electronics Corp. / Case Corp. / K. 99 246 Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. / Cornell Research Foundation Inc. / Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc. / Ebara Corp. / Sci-Med Life Systems Inc. / Ericsson Inc. / Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. / National Science Council 778 53 National Semiconductor Corp. / Hyundai Electronics Industries Co. Ltd. / Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd. / Advanced Micro Devices Inc. / Hughes Electronics Corp. / General Hospital Corp. / Mosel Vitelic Inc. / Medtronic Inc. / Unisia Jecs Corp. / Novo Nordisk A/S / Canon / K.K. 109 284 Ajinomoto Co. Inc. / Voith Sulzer Papiertechnik Patent GmbH / Praxair Technology Inc. / Alps Electric Co. Ltd. / Sandia Corp. / Applied Materials Inc. / Lucas Industries Public Ltd. / K.K. 125 144 Yazaki Corp. / General Electric Co. / Nestec S.A. / Rank Organization Patents 80 3Com Corp. / L'Oreal S.A. / Walker Digital LLC / Oracle Corp. / Conextant Systems Inc. / Hon Hai Precision Ind. / Konica Corp. / Shin Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd. / Seiko Instruments Inc. / British Telecommunication PLC / Clariant GmbH / A.G. 88 182 Henkel Corp. / K. 1877 250 Cardiac Pacemakers Inc. / Donnelly Corp. / VLSI Technology Inc. / Akzo Nobel N.V. / Air Products & Chemicals Inc. / Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. / Wacker-Chemie GmbH / Technology 65 72 Agere Systems Guardian Corp. / Windbond Electronics Corp. / L'Energie Atomique 83 48 Compaq Computer Corp. Inc. / Seagate Technology LLC / Hoffmann-LaRoche Inc. / Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc. / Smithkline Beecham Corp. / Lexmark International Inc. / Fuji Xerox Co. Ltd. / Merck & Co. Inc. / Co. 156 213 Sun Microsystems Inc. / United Technologies Corp. / Illinois Tool Works Inc. / SmithKline Beecham PLC / AT&T Corp. / Faisceaux Hertziens 315 285 Alcatel USA Sourcing L.P. / Robert Bosch GmbH / Yamaha Corp. / Monsanto Co. Inc. / NSK Ltd. / Olympus Optical Co. Ltd. / PPG Industries Ohio Inc. / Hyundai Motor Co. Ltd. / Zeneca Ltd. / Incyte Genomics Inc. / Schering Corp. / Baker Hughes Inc. / LG Electronics Inc. / Sharp Corp. / OKI Electric Industry Co. Ltd. / Rohm Co. Ltd. / Litton Systems Inc. / GmbH 253 266 Pfizer Inc. / Kawasaki Steel Corp. / Silverbrook Research Pty. Ltd. / Chrysler / Cisco Technology Inc. / Molex Inc. / Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. / Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. / Shimano Inc. / Warner-Lambert Co. / Koito Manufacturing Co. Ltd. / Intermec IP Corp. / Lockheed Martin Corp. / Xilinx Inc. / Ford Global Technologies Inc. / Dow Chemical Co. / Thomson Licensing S.A. / Allied-Signal Inc. / Beschrankter Haftung 185 91 185 225 Micron Electronics Inc. / Agfa-Gevaert N.V. / Corning Inc. / Harris Corp. / V. 387 287 Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd. / Abbott Laboratories 124 283 Acuson Corp. / Hitachi Ltd. / Apple Computer Inc. / Nokia Telecommunications OY / Cirrus Logic Inc. / Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. / Nortel Networks Corp. / Casio Computer Co. Ltd. / NEC Corp. / Sony Corp. / Japan Ltd. / Southpac Trust International Inc. / Rhodia Chimie 173 93 Ricoh Co. Ltd. / Visteon Global Technologies Inc. / Citizen Watch Co. Ltd. / Novartis / Seiko Epson Corp. / Colgate-Palmolive Co. / Unilever / Fuji Photo Optical Co. Ltd. / Union Carbide / Motorola Inc. / Bridgestone Corp. / TDK Corp. / Roche Diagnostics GmbH / Storage Technology Corp. / Daimler Chrysler Corp. / A.G. 362 153 Bayer Corp. / DSM N.V. / Qualcomm Inc. / Analog Devices Inc. / Telecommunications Research Institute 72 Eli Lilly & Co. / 3M Co. / Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp. / Pioneer Electronic Corp. / E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. / Minolta Camera Co. Ltd. / Becton Dickinson & Co. / Whitaker Corp. / Toyota / American Cyanamid Co. / Mitsui Chemicals Inc. / Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp. / TRW Inc. / Merck / Hewlett-Packard Co. / Avaya Technology Corp. / MCI Communications Corp. / Genentech Inc. / Komatsu Ltd. / Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. / Co. 289 265 Lucent Technologies Inc. / Microsoft Corp. / Sandvik / Phillips Petroleum Co. / ExxonMobil Corp. / BASF Group 544 228 Baxter International Inc. / G. 82 124 Dell Products L.P. / Unisys Corp. / International Business Machines Corp. / Philips Electronics North America Corp. / Schlumberger Technology Corp. / Honeywell Inc. / Sharp Laboratories of America / Johns Hopkins University 112 224 Johnson & Johnson Inc. / Industries Ltd. / Takeda Chemical Industries Ltd. / American Home Products Corp. / Siemens / Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. / Institut Francais Du Petrole 218 115 Intel Corp. / Samsung Display Devices Co. Ltd. / United Microelectronics Corp. / A.G. 430 173 Dana Corp. / Ina Walzlager Schaeffler OHG / Carrier Corp. / Sumitomo Electric Industries Co. Ltd. / Bayer / Northrop Grumman Corp. / Caterpillar Inc. Chartered Semiconductor / Breed Automotive Technology Inc. / Eastman Kodak Co. / Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. / Advanced Cardiovascular Systems Inc. / Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. / K. 304 236 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. / Tire & Rubber Co. / Procter & Gamble Co. / Asahi Glass Co. Ltd. / Denso Corp. / Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. / Nikkiso Co. Ltd. / Eaton Corp. / Pitney-Bowes Inc. / Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc. / Ethicon Inc. / Texas Instruments Inc. / NCR Corp. / Nitto Denko Corp. / Chisso Corp. / Kao Corp. / Emerson Electric Co. / Dow Corning Corp. / Boeing Co. / L'Air Liquide / Daikin Industries Ltd. / Deere & Co. / LAM Research Corp. / Toray Industries Inc. / ITT Manufacturing Enterprises Inc. / Industrial Research 58 154 Cypress Semiconductor Corp. / Advantest Corp. / Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation 79 133 Xerox Corp. / L.G. Philps LCD Co. Ltd. / Black & Decker Inc. / Alcatel / Shell Oil Co. / Fujitsu Ltd. / Sarnoff Corp. & Co. Ltd. / Stanford University 1363 232 STMicroelectronics S.A. / Raytheon Co. / Tessera Inc. / General Motors Corp. / Altera Corp. / Asahi Kasei / Toshiba Corp. / G. 129 254 Silicon Graphics Inc. / Rohm & Haas Co. / Navigation Ltd. / Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd. / Glaxo Wellcome Inc. / U.S. Philips Corp. / Honda Motor Co. Ltd. / NGK Spark Plug Co. Ltd. / /
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University of California / Agency of Industrial Science and Technology / Cornell Research Foundation / United States Navy / U.S. Patent & Trademark Office / Johns Hopkins University / National Science Council / Columbia University / U.S. Air Force / Council of Scientific & Industrial Research / United States Army / Industrial Technology Research Institute / Space Administration / University of Texas / California Institute of Technology / Mit / Stanford University / / /
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