=== Major Players ===
* '''Assignees with more than 20 patents to their credit'''
[[Image:players.jpg|thumb|center|700px|IP Activity]]
* '''Assignees with less than 20 patents to their credit'''
[[Image:players1.jpg|thumb|center|700px|IP Activity]]
* '''Active Assignees'''
Assignees currently active with more than 5 patents to their credit during 2000-2005, among them
following are the leaders of 2005
*WARNER with 9 patents
-BRISTOL with 6 and
*ABBOTT with 5