Sandisk Corp. / NEC Electronics Corp. / Micron Technology Inc. / Dell Products L.P. / Sprint Nextel Communications 268 SPX Corp. / Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd. / Kimberly-Clark Worldwide KLA-Tencor Technologies Corp. / Canon K.K. Cardiac Pacemakers Inc. / BASF Group Procter & Gamble Co. Semiconductor / Ebara Corp. / Lattice Semiconductor Corp. / Nikon Corp. / Autoliv ASP Inc. / Infineon Technologies / Tektronix Inc. / Ericsson Inc. / Michigan University of Texas Via Technologies Inc. / Denko K.K. Funai Electric Co. Ltd. / Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. / ITT Manufacturing Enterprises / Agere Systems Inc. / Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. / Advanced Micro Devices Inc. / Finisar Corp. Inc. / Rohm and Haas Co. / Daimler-Chrysler A.G. DaimlerChrysler Corp. / NEC LCD Technologies Ltd. / Stanford University 114 STMicroelectronics S.A. / ATI Technologies Inc. / Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Silverbrook Research Pty. Ltd. / A.G. PPG Industries Ohio Inc. / Seiki K.K. Akzo Nobel N.V. / Amkor Technology Inc. / Medtronic Inc. / Texas 174 Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp. / Human Genome Sciences Inc. / ConocoPhillips / Ciena Corp. / Foundation Novartis A.G. Pacesetter Inc. / Delta Electronics Inc. / STMicroelectronics S.R.L. / Integrated Solutions Inc. / Pfizer Inc. / Hilti A.G. KLA-Tencor Technologies Corp. / Spark Plug Co. Ltd. / Alps Electric Co. Ltd. / Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. Harris Corp. / Sandia Corp. / Applied Materials Inc. / Technologies Inc. / General Electric Co. / Nortel Networks Ltd. / L'Oreal S.A. / Space Administration 179 Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd. / Hon Hai Precision Ind. / Communications 161 Unilever 162 Weatherford/Lamb Inc. / Shin Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd. / Konica Corp. / Interdigital Technology Corp. / Seiko Instruments Inc. / A.B. AT&T Corp. / Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd. / Akzo Nobel N.V. / Halliburton Energy Services Inc. / Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd. / Technique S.A. / Pacesetter Inc. / Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. / Seagate Technology LLC / Motorola Honeywell International Inc. / Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. / Rolls-Royce PLC / Becton Dickinson and Co. Japan / Organization Patents Wyeth Xerox Corp. / Lexmark International Inc. / Fuji Xerox Co. Ltd. / Merck & Co. Inc. / United Technologies Corp. / NTT Docomo Inc. / AT&T Corp. / Headway Technologies Inc. / HRL Laboratories LLC / G. 71 Silverbrook Research Pty. Ltd. / Eli Lilly and Co. / Robert Bosch GmbH / Macronix International Co. Ltd. / Yamaha Corp. / NSK Ltd. / Olympus Optical Co. Ltd. / Battelle Memorial Institute HRL Laboratories LLC / Gateway 2000 Inc. / Renesas Technology Corp. / Applera Corp. / SPX Corp. / Denki K.K. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. / Hyundai Motor Co. Ltd. / International Rectifier Corp. / Schering Corp. / Baker Hughes Inc. / Invensys Invista North America S.A.R.L. / Univation Technologies LLC / LG Electronics Inc. / Nokia Corp. / Sharp Corp. / OKI Electric Industry Co. Ltd. / Rohm Co. Ltd. / Hughes Inc. / Milliken & Co. / Technology Corp. / Taiwan Olympus Corp. / Jukogyo K.K. Key Safety Systems Inc. / Cisco Technology Inc. / Gosei K.K. Western Digital Technologies Inc. / Molex Inc. / Organization NGK Insulators Ltd. / Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. / Johnson & Johnson Nortel Networks Ltd. / Shimano Inc. / 3M Co. Taiwan / Hynix Semiconductor Inc. / Koito Manufacturing Co. Ltd. / Intel Corp. / Lucent Technologies Inc. / International Game Technology / Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Ltd. / Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. / Systems Inc. / Sun Microsystems Inc. / Xilinx Inc. / Lockheed Martin Corp. / Victor Co. / Hilti A.G. Hitachi Ltd. / E.V. Freescale Semiconductor Inc. / Acushnet Co. / BAE Systems Electronics / Technology Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. / Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. Co. / Dow Chemical Co. / Telecommunications Research Institute 142 Finisar Corp. Inc. / LSI Logic Corp. / Tokyo Electron Ltd. / Thomson Licensing S.A. / Delphi Technologies Inc. / Kogyo K.K. Thomson Licensing S.A. / Organization Patents Novellus Systems Inc. / ADC Telecommunications Inc. / Pentax Corp. / Jidosha K.K. Boston Scientific Corp. / Corning Inc. / Patents Rank Organization Patents 237 Seiko Instruments Inc. / Harris Corp. / Fanuc Ltd. / Army 201 United States of America / Porsche A.G. PPG Industries / Hitachi Ltd. / Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. International / Air Force 121 United States of America / Tektronix Inc. United States / Apple Computer Inc. / Fujinon Corp. / Marvell International Ltd. / Unilever 193 Unisys Corp. / Nikon Corp. Nippon / Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. / Pont de Nemours and Co. / Borgwarner Inc. / Maytag Corp. / Sprint Nextel / Sony Corp. / NEC Corp. / STMicroelectronics Inc. / Japan Ltd. / Jidosha K.K. 182 Tyco Electronics Corp. / Daicel Chemical Industries Ltd. / Motorola Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. / Au Optronics Corp. / Visteon Global Technologies Inc. / Seiko Epson Corp. / Johns Hopkins University University of Michigan Genentech Inc. / Telecommunications Research Institute Eli Lilly and Co. / Ford Motor Co. / Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. / A.G. NGK Spark Plug Co. Ltd. Nippon / Caterpillar Inc. / Bridgestone Corp. / TDK Corp. / Symbol Technologies Inc. / Showa Denko K.K. / Sanofi-Aventis Northrop Grumman Corp. / Health & Human Services Advanced Cardiovascular Systems Inc. / Technology Callaway Golf Co. / EMC Corp. / Qualcomm Inc. / Metso Paper Inc. / Analog Devices Inc. / Alcatel Alps Electric Co. Ltd. / Henkel KGaA / Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. / Rambus Inc. / Lear Corp. / Michelin / Baxter International Inc. / Analog Devices Inc. United States of America / Fuji Electric Co. Ltd. / Toyoda Koki K.K. Univation Technologies LLC / Minolta Camera Co. Ltd. / Honeywell International Inc. / Daimler-Chrysler A.G. Sumitomo Electric Industries Co. Ltd. / Toyota / Black & Decker Corp. / Mitsui Chemicals Inc. / Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp. / l'Energie Atomique DaimlerChrysler Corp. / Olympus Optical Co. Ltd. United States of America / Technology 153 Macronix International Co. Ltd. / Western Digital Technologies Inc. / Tyco Electronics Corp. / Hewlett-Packard Co. / Industrial Research Cypress Semiconductor Corp. / ASML Netherlands B.V. / K. Mitsui Chemicals Inc. / Genentech Inc. / Komatsu Ltd. / Petrole Maxtor Corp. / Microsoft Corp. / Olympus Corp. / ExxonMobil Corp. / Unisys Corp. / Maxtor Corp. / International Business Machines Corp. / Patents Rank Organization Patents 141 Electronics / Degussa A.G. Dell Products L.P. / BASF Group Battelle Memorial Institute Baxter International Inc. / Alcatel Schlumberger Technology Corp. / Funai Electric Co. Ltd. / Schlumberger Technology Corp. / Organization Patents Koyo Seiko Co. Ltd. / Sharp Laboratories of America / Ben Q Corp. / Interdigital Technology Corp. International / Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. / Nan Ya Technology Corp. / Degussa A.G. 181 ITT Manufacturing Enterprises Inc. / United Microelectronics Corp. / CNH America LLC / Pioneer Corp. / Boston Scientific Corp. / Sumitomo Electric Industries Co. Ltd. / Oracle International Corp. / Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson LG Philips LCD Co. Ltd. Illinois / Bayer / 3Com Corp. / Hoya Corp. / Northrop Grumman Corp. / S.A. 148 NGK Insulators Ltd. / Hyundai Motor Co. Ltd. Illinois / Eastman Kodak Co. / Broadcom Corp. / Air Products and Chemicals Inc. / NTN Corp. / Atomique ConocoPhillips Corning Inc. / Rockwell Automation / Weatherford/Lamb Inc. / GlaxoSmithKline Goodrich Corp. / Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. / Koyo Seiko Co. Ltd. / Procter & Gamble Co. / Asahi Glass Co. Ltd. / Dainippon Screen Mfg. / Denso Corp. / Rockwell Automation Shimano Inc. / BellSouth Corp. / Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. / Siemens A.G. Toshiba Corp. / Cadence Design / Navy 65 United Technologies Corp. / Pitney Bowes Inc. / Eaton Corp. / Sanofi-Aventis Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. / Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. / Texas Instruments Inc. / Co. Ltd. / Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. / Callaway Golf Co. Columbia / NCR Corp. / Goodrich Corp. / Nitto Denko Corp. / LG Philips LCD Co. Ltd. / LM Ericsson 20 Texas Instruments Inc. / Novartis A.G. Novellus Systems Inc. / JDS Uniphase Corp. / KAO Corp. / Nvidia Corp. / Boeing Co. / Yazaki Corp. / Sachs A.G. Fanuc Ltd. / Elpida Memory Inc. / Daikin Industries Ltd. / Deere & Co. / LAM Research Corp. / Technology STMicroelectronics S.A. / Petrole Intel Corp. / GlaxoSmithKline 166 Henkel KGaA / Advantest Corp. / Wyeth Alstom Technology Ltd. / Ricoh Co. Ltd. / Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. / Shell Oil Co. / Organization Cadence Design Systems Inc. / Fujitsu Ltd. / Monsanto Technology LLC / Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. / Raytheon Co. / Xerox Corp. / General Motors Corp. / Omron Corp. / Altera Corp. / Toshiba Corp. / Winbond Electronics Corp. / Minebea Co. Ltd. / Merck Patent GmbH / Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd. / Cardiac Pacemakers Inc. / National Semiconductor Corp. / Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd. / AstraZeneca / Navy Freescale Semiconductor Inc. / Agilent Technologies Advanced Micro Devices Inc. / Alstom Technology Ltd. / Dana Corp. / Jidosha Kogyo K.K. Rolls-Royce PLC / Honda Motor Co. 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Stanford University / California Institute of Technology / University of California / Semiconductor Energy Laboratory / Inc. Industrial Technology Research Institute / Organization University of Michigan University of Texas Via Technologies / Ltd. Molex Inc. Borgwarner Inc. Johns Hopkins University University of Michigan Genentech / University Commissariat / University of Texas / Inc. California Institute of Technology Callaway Golf Co. Canon K.K. Cardiac Pacemakers / Industrial Technology Research Institute / Marvell International Ltd. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. / /
Organization
University of California / University of Michigan / Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Johns Hopkins University University / Air Force / University of Michigan University / Taiwan Infineon Technologies A.G. Institut Francais / TOP PATENT OWNERS Numerical Listing Rank Organization / Columbia University / Council of Scientific / Intellectual Property Owners Association / Industrial Technology Research Institute / Top Patent Owners Alphabetical Listing Rank Organization / University of Texas / California Institute of Technology / Institute of Technology Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. / Stanford University / National Aeronautics and Space Administration / /
Top 300 Organizations Granted U.S. Patents in 2005 Numerical and Alphabetical Listings Note: When requested by the parent company, patents granted to majority-owned subsidiaries have been listed under the name of the par