PROFILE OF COMPANIES FROM PI & T REPORT
      Distribution of Patents by Rank and Country for May 2000

 Patents  Rank  Country Code - Name

    190     1   US - UNITED STATES
     67     2   JP - JAPAN
     46     3   DE - GERMANY, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF
     13     4   FR - FRANCE
      9     5   GB - UNITED KINGDOM
      6     6   EP - EUROPEAN PATENT ORGANIZATION
      5     6   KR - KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
      1     7   NL - NETHERLANDS
      1     7   WO - WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATIONS