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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Electronic Information Products Division
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2003 - 2007 Utility Patent Grants,
By Calendar Year of Grant
With Patent Counts Based on Primary Patent Classification

- Explanation of Data -

Rank Ordered Listing of Organizations Receiving 5 or More Utility Patents During the Period
Having Primary Classification In

Class 356, Optics: Measuring and Testing

( technology class is determined by the primary classification assigned to the patent- see 'Explanation of Data' )
( patent ownership is determined by the first-named assignee listed on a patent )

The following table displays first-named assignees and counts of their associated patents, as distributed by the year of patent grant.
First-Named Assignee 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Total
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 58 73 55 62 70 318
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 18 30 28 31 21 128
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 23 13 20 32 40 128
KLA-TENCOR TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 4 14 19 46 43 126
ZYGO CORPORATION 12 28 27 25 27 119
THERMA-WAVE, INC. 15 26 28 23 14 106
HITACHI, LTD 10 16 15 14 13 68
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 24 20 8 9 5 66
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 10 9 7 14 17 57
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 13 10 13 11 7 54
NIKON CORPORATION 15 15 10 4 8 52
J. A. WOOLLAM CO. INC. 4 7 4 11 25 51
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 11 13 6 14 5 49
KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION 19 7 4 13 5 48
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 3 6 9 14 16 48
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 12 7 10 11 8 48
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON 8 5 7 9 17 46
BOEING COMPANY 0 8 11 11 11 41
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 9 9 5 7 11 41
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 7 3 9 11 7 37
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 3 10 5 10 8 36
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 11 6 8 6 5 36
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 3 10 6 7 10 36
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 2 4 2 13 15 36
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 9 4 6 9 6 34
ANDO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 16 11 6 0 0 33
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 0 4 5 11 13 33
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 3 4 8 5 13 33
CARL ZEISS SMT AG 0 2 3 12 14 31
CORNING INCORPORATED 1 5 2 6 16 30
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 5 7 6 6 6 30
MITUTOYO CORPORATION 5 4 5 6 9 29
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 8 4 5 8 29
ASML NETHERLANDS B.V. 1 1 4 6 16 28
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.) 7 6 5 7 3 28
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 4 2 5 9 8 28
CHEMIMAGE CORPORATION 0 3 2 11 11 27
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 8 5 4 3 6 26
HORIBA LTD. 1 6 4 4 11 26
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 14 6 5 1 0 26
NANOMETRICS INC. 5 4 5 6 6 26
TIMBRE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 5 6 6 6 26
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 1 3 2 7 12 25
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 3 6 3 4 9 25
RAYTHEON COMPANY 6 5 2 7 5 25
SHIMADZU CORPORATION 6 7 1 7 3 24
CARL ZEISS JENA GMBH 3 5 6 7 2 23
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 4 6 6 3 22
INTEL CORPORATION 3 3 5 5 6 22
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 9 3 3 3 4 22
DENSO CORPORATION 7 3 1 3 7 21
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 4 5 4 3 5 21
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 6 3 4 5 3 21
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 2 3 3 5 7 20
NOVA MEASURING INSTRUMENTS, LTD. 4 5 2 2 7 20
XEROX CORPORATION 8 2 2 2 6 20
JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GMBH 3 1 3 6 6 19
ZETETIC INSTITUTE 3 2 0 9 5 19
ADVANTEST CORP. 5 1 4 6 2 18
APPLERA CORPORATION 2 1 5 2 8 18
FUJITSU LIMITED 1 5 2 5 5 18
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 8 1 5 4 0 18
OMRON CORPORATION 1 4 4 4 5 18
AMNIS CORPORATION 9 2 4 1 1 17
ASML HOLDING N.V. 0 2 4 5 6 17
LEICA MICROSYSTEMS HEIDELBERG GMBH 8 3 5 1 0 17
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 2 5 2 4 4 17
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 10 2 2 1 1 16
HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 0 0 4 5 7 16
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 5 3 2 2 4 16
LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG 5 3 1 1 6 16
UT-BATTELLE, LLC 1 4 2 7 2 16
YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORP. 1 0 9 4 2 16
NIDEK CO., LTD. 4 2 2 1 6 15
X-RITE, INCORPORATED 2 2 2 5 4 15
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 0 4 1 4 5 14
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 5 2 6 0 1 14
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 2 1 4 3 14
PENTAX CORPORATION 5 4 1 3 1 14
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 4 2 1 4 3 14
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 1 5 5 2 1 14
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 3 2 1 5 3 14
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION, LTD. 3 2 2 2 5 14
ANRITSU CORPORATION 5 2 5 0 1 13
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE - CNRS 2 0 4 1 6 13
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 2 0 3 2 6 13
JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION 2 5 4 1 1 13
NIPPON SHEET GLASS CO., LTD. 1 0 3 6 3 13
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 1 2 1 4 4 12
ASIA OPTICAL CO., INC. 1 0 0 2 9 12
CYMER, INC. 2 1 4 1 4 12
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 2 2 2 1 5 12
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 1 1 3 5 12
ALCATEL 2 2 2 2 3 11
APPLIED MATERIALS ISRAEL LTD. 0 1 3 4 3 11
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA 3 3 3 1 1 11
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 2 7 1 1 0 11
ORBOTECH LTD. 3 3 2 1 2 11
RUDOLPH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 0 2 4 2 11
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 2 4 4 1 0 11
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE 5 0 3 3 0 11
AXSUN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 1 0 2 4 10
BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY 3 6 1 0 0 10
CYBEROPTICS CORPORATION 5 3 1 0 1 10
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 1 1 5 2 1 10
FINISAR CORPORATION 1 1 5 1 2 10
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORP. 2 2 0 4 2 10
HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 2 2 1 2 10
JJL TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0 0 5 5 0 10
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 3 1 3 3 0 10
LEICA MICROSYSTEMS SEMICONDUCTOR GMBH 1 3 3 1 2 10
NOVARTIS AG (FORMERLY SANDOZ LTD.) 2 4 3 1 0 10
OTSUKA ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 2 1 4 0 3 10
ROSEMOUNT AEROSPACE, INC. 5 0 0 4 1 10
VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC. 5 0 1 3 1 10
CANESTA, INC. 4 1 1 2 1 9
FITEL U.S.A. CORP. 2 4 1 1 1 9
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. 1 1 1 6 0 9
N & K TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 3 1 0 4 9
SANDIA CORPORATION 1 2 2 3 1 9
SOUTHWEST SCIENCES, INCORPORATED 4 0 1 2 2 9
BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED 0 2 2 2 2 8
BYK-GARDNER GMBH 2 0 2 2 2 8
DIGITAL OPTICS CORPORATION 1 2 4 0 1 8
DUKE UNIVERSITY 0 0 0 5 3 8
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 0 1 0 4 3 8
HINDS INSTRUMENTS, INC. 0 2 1 4 1 8
HUNTER ENGINEERING COMPANY 2 1 2 0 3 8
JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 5 1 0 1 1 8
JOBIN YVON SA 2 1 2 0 3 8
KAISER OPTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 2 2 2 1 1 8
LITTON SYSTEMS INC. 5 0 0 0 3 8
MAVEN TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 1 1 2 3 1 8
OPTOPLAN AS 0 1 1 3 3 8
POINT SOURCE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 4 3 1 0 0 8
QINETIQ LIMITED 1 1 2 1 3 8
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 2 2 2 2 8
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 1 2 1 2 8
SRU BIOSYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 3 5 8
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, THE REGENTS OF 0 3 3 2 0 8
AT&T CORP. 0 1 0 3 3 7
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 0 0 2 5 7
BECKMAN COULTER, INC. 1 0 0 5 1 7
CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH AND INSTRUMENTATION, INC. 1 5 1 0 0 7
CROSS MATCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 3 3 1 7
DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD. 0 0 3 2 2 7
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 3 1 2 1 7
EXFO ELECTRO-OPTICAL ENGINEERING INC. 1 3 2 0 1 7
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 2 1 2 0 7
GRETAG-MACBETH AG 2 2 1 2 0 7
HOYA CORPORATION 3 2 1 0 1 7
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 1 1 0 3 2 7
INSTITUT NATIONAL D'OPTIQUE 3 1 0 2 1 7
JAPAN AS REPRESENTED BY DIRECTOR GENERAL OF AGENCY OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2 3 2 0 0 7
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2 4 0 1 0 7
LAMBDA PHYSIK AG 6 1 0 0 0 7
LIGHTWIND CORPORATION 1 2 1 2 1 7
LITEF GMBH 2 1 0 1 3 7
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2 0 2 3 0 7
NEC CORPORATION 2 1 3 0 1 7
PACKARD INSTRUMENT COMPANY, INC. 2 2 1 1 1 7
PRUFTECHNIK DIETER BUSCH AG 2 1 0 1 3 7
RENISHAW PLC 1 2 1 2 1 7
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK 1 4 1 1 0 7
SICK AG 1 3 2 1 0 7
SILICON LIGHT MACHINES INC. 0 1 2 2 2 7
SYSMEX CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 2 7
TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY 0 1 2 2 2 7
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 2 1 1 2 1 7
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS 3 1 1 1 1 7
VARIAN AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD. 2 3 0 1 1 7
VISTEC SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEMS GMBH 0 0 0 0 7 7
WEATHERFORD/LAMB, INC. 0 2 1 2 2 7
WERTH MESSTECHNIK GMBH 2 1 1 1 2 7
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION 0 3 0 1 3 7
ACUSHNET COMPANY 2 2 1 0 1 6
ADE CORPORATION 3 1 1 0 1 6
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 1 3 0 1 1 6
ANALYTICAL SPECTRAL DEVICES, INC. 1 1 3 1 0 6
ARC SECOND, INC. 6 0 0 0 0 6
ARCTURUS BIOSCIENCE, INC. 0 0 2 4 0 6
AU OPTRONICS CORP. 1 1 1 0 3 6
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 1 3 1 0 1 6
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE 0 0 2 3 1 6
BIACORE AB 0 2 0 3 1 6
CANDELA INSTRUMENTS, INC. 1 2 2 1 0 6
DELAWARE CAPITAL FORMATION, INC. 0 3 1 2 0 6
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 6 6
GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION 1 0 2 1 2 6
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. 1 0 3 2 0 6
LITEL INSTRUMENTS, INC. 1 2 0 1 2 6
LJ LABORATORIES, L.L.C. 6 0 0 0 0 6
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 0 1 2 2 1 6
METROLASER, INC. 1 0 1 1 3 6
MOLECULAR DEVICES CORPORATION 0 2 0 2 2 6
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 1 6
PICARRO, INC. 0 0 1 3 2 6
PIONEER CORPORATION 2 0 2 2 0 6
PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION 0 0 0 3 3 6
REICHERT, INC. 0 6 0 0 0 6
SENSYS MEDICAL, INC. 2 1 2 1 0 6
SONY CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 1 6
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER 2 0 2 0 2 6
4D TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 2 5
ACCENT OPTICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 1 0 4 0 5
ARCTURUS ENGINEERING, INC. 2 3 0 0 0 5
AVANEX CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 1 5
BERTHOLD GMBH & CO. KG 1 1 1 1 1 5
CME TELEMETRIX INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
CORETEK, INC. 4 0 1 0 0 5
EBARA CORPORATION 1 1 0 1 2 5
ELECTRONIC SCRIPTING PRODUCTS, INC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
HACH COMPANY 2 0 3 0 0 5
HARRIS CORP. 2 1 0 2 0 5
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 0 1 0 2 2 5
INLIGHT SOLUTIONS, INC. 1 0 2 1 1 5
JDS UNIPHASE INC. 2 1 1 0 1 5
KVH INDUSTRIES, INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
L'OREAL S.A. 0 1 0 4 0 5
LEICA MICROSYSTEMS CMS GMBH 0 0 0 2 3 5
LEICA MICROSYSTEMS JENA GMBH 3 1 0 1 0 5
NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY 1 1 2 0 1 5
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 3 1 1 0 0 5
OPLINK COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 1 0 3 1 0 5
OPTISCAN BIOMEDICAL CORPORATION 0 0 1 3 1 5
PARTICLE MEASURING SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 2 3 0 5
SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES 0 2 1 1 1 5
SARNOFF CORPORATION 1 0 2 0 2 5
SEMITOOL, INC. 1 1 0 2 1 5
SNAP-ON EQUIPMENT S.R.L. 1 1 0 1 2 5
SNAP-ON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
SPECTRX, INC. 2 0 1 1 1 5
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 0 1 3 1 0 5
TEXTRON SYSTEMS CORPORATION 1 2 0 2 0 5
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA 0 1 1 1 2 5
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 1 1 1 1 1 5
VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. 2 0 0 1 2 5
WALLAC OY 0 1 2 1 1 5
WYATT TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 2 5


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