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

 Patents  Rank  Country Code - Name

    729     1   US - UNITED STATES
    345     2   JP - JAPAN
    232     3   DE - GERMANY, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF
     65     4   FR - FRANCE
     33     5   GB - UNITED KINGDOM
     26     6   EP - EUROPEAN PATENT ORGANIZATION
     16     7   KR - KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
     10     8   BE - BELGIUM
     10    10   CH - SWITZERLAND
      8     8   NL - NETHERLANDS
      2     9   WO - WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATIONS
      2    11   IL - ISRAEL