National Semiconductor has been granted 221 US patents in fiscal year 2004 for a variety of product inventions and process innovations, the most it has received in a single year since its founding in 1959. Approximately one third of all the company's
National Semiconductor has been granted 221 US patents in fiscal year 2004 for a variety of product inventions and process innovations, the most it has received in a single year since its founding in 1959.
Approximately one third of all the company's patents are in analogue technologies. The balance of National's patent portfolio includes processing, device design, packaging, architecture and other IC technologies.