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National Semiconductor was granted 221 US patents in its fiscal year 2004 - the most it has received in a single year since its founding in 1959.
National Semiconductor was granted 221 US patents in its fiscal year 2004 - the most it has received in a single year since its founding in 1959.
Approximately one-third of all National's patents are in analogue technologies. The balance of National's patent portfolio includes processing, device design, packaging, architecture and other key integrated circuit (IC) technologies. National Semiconductor is number 87 on the Intellectual Property Owners (IPO) list of top patentees in the USA for calendar year 2003.