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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Office of Electronic Information Products
Patent Technology Monitoring Division (PTMD)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 1998 - 2002 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 118, Coating Apparatus

( 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 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Total
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 22 40 80 69 65 276
~Individually Owned Patent 40 46 30 33 33 182
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 19 23 30 39 45 156
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 8 9 12 12 18 59
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 11 9 13 8 7 48
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 10 7 13 6 9 45
VOITH SULZER PAPIERMASCHINEN GMBH 8 12 9 3 5 37
NEC CORPORATION 7 6 6 8 6 33
NORDSON CORPORATION 8 4 4 7 8 31
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 2 4 9 6 9 30
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 5 6 9 2 27
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 6 4 7 3 6 26
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 1 1 7 12 3 24
ANELVA CORPORATION 2 4 6 6 3 21
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 4 3 2 2 6 17
DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD. 6 4 4 1 1 16
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 1 1 6 6 2 16
ASM AMERICA, INC. 0 0 6 3 6 15
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 4 1 5 2 3 15
SONY CORPORATION 4 3 5 3 0 15
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 2 1 3 2 6 14
SPEEDLINE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 3 4 6 1 14
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 2 3 3 4 13
HITACHI, LTD 1 3 1 4 4 13
KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 0 6 4 0 12
NOVELLUS SYSTEMS, INC. 2 3 4 2 1 12
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 0 8 0 3 12
EBARA CORPORATION 1 1 3 3 3 11
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 1 2 3 2 3 11
ASM JAPAN K.K. 0 1 4 3 2 10
BALL SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 2 4 4 0 10
LEYBOLD SYSTEMS GMBH 1 3 2 4 0 10
MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY 3 5 0 1 1 10
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 2 0 4 2 2 10
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 3 2 3 1 1 10
VOITH SULZER PAPIERTECHNIK PATENT GMBH 0 0 2 6 2 10
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 0 3 1 5 0 9
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY MATERIALS, INC. 2 2 2 2 1 9
XEROX CORPORATION 4 2 1 1 1 9
BELOIT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 2 2 2 0 8
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 0 2 1 3 2 8
JAGENBERG PAPIERTECHNIK GMBH 2 1 1 1 3 8
MEMC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS, INC. 4 1 3 0 0 8
OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION 1 1 1 1 4 8
TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD. 3 2 2 0 1 8
YAZAKI CORP. 7 1 0 0 0 8
ALCATEL 0 2 0 1 4 7
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 0 2 4 1 0 7
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 1 1 1 3 1 7
SPUTTERED FILMS, INC. 2 4 1 0 0 7
TEGAL CORP. 0 2 1 2 2 7
TOSHIBA CERAMICS CO., LTD. 0 1 5 0 1 7
VALMET CORP. 2 1 2 1 1 7
ABB RESEARCH LTD. 1 1 2 1 1 6
FUJITSU LIMITED 2 1 1 2 0 6
GENUS, INC. 0 2 0 2 2 6
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 0 1 0 1 4 6
NGK INSULATORS LTD. 3 0 1 1 1 6
NISSIN ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 0 3 2 1 6
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 2 1 2 0 6
APPLIED KOMATSU TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
CHORUS CORPORATION 3 1 1 0 0 5
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2 1 2 0 0 5
EMCORE CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 0 5
KOITO MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED 0 0 1 1 3 5
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 1 0 2 2 5
MATRIX INTEGRATED SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 2 2 0 0 1 5
SEH AMERICA, INC. 0 3 1 0 1 5
SEMITOOL, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
SHIN-ETSU HANDOTAI CO., LTD. 3 1 1 0 0 5
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 1 2 1 0 5
SILICON GENESIS CORPORATION 0 0 0 4 1 5
VOITH SULZER PAPER TECHNOLOGY NORTH AMERICA, INC. 0 1 2 0 2 5
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 2 2 1 0 5


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