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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 117, Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor

( 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
SHIN-ETSU HANDOTAI CO., LTD. 24 32 19 13 8 96
MEMC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS, INC. 6 13 3 19 13 54
KOMATSU ELECTRONIC METALS CO., LTD. 7 25 11 8 0 51
~Individually Owned Patent 9 8 8 7 4 36
SEH AMERICA, INC. 2 7 7 9 7 32
NEC CORPORATION 6 3 6 9 5 29
SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 0 1 11 10 7 29
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 9 5 4 4 6 28
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 7 2 2 5 4 20
SUMITOMO SITIX CO., LTD. 2 8 7 1 0 18
WACKER SILTRONIC GESELLSCHAFT FUR HALBLEITERMATERIALIEN AG 3 4 6 4 1 18
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 3 2 4 1 5 15
SONY CORPORATION 2 4 4 2 3 15
MITSUBISHI MATERIALS SILICON CORPORATION 3 6 1 0 4 14
NGK INSULATORS LTD. 1 3 3 2 5 14
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 3 4 1 2 4 14
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 6 2 1 3 13
MOTOROLA, INC. 4 2 3 3 0 12
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 6 4 0 0 2 12
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 2 3 1 3 1 10
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 1 4 0 3 1 9
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 3 1 2 0 9
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 5 3 1 0 0 9
SUPER SILICON CRYSTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE CORP. 0 0 4 2 3 9
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 3 3 1 2 0 9
LEYBOLD SYSTEMS GMBH 0 2 2 4 0 8
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 1 2 2 3 8
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 2 1 2 1 1 7
CREE, INC. 0 0 7 0 0 7
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 2 0 1 1 7
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 0 1 4 0 2 7
AGENCY OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 1 0 2 2 1 6
CBL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 2 3 0 6
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 1 1 3 1 0 6
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0 0 1 4 1 6
JAPAN ENERGY CORPORATION 1 2 1 1 1 6
KOBE STEEL LTD. 3 2 0 0 1 6
OPTOSCINT, INC. 0 1 2 0 3 6
UT-BATTELLE, LLC 0 0 4 1 1 6
BALZERS UND LEYBOLD DEUTSCHLAND HOLDING AG 4 0 1 0 0 5
FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH 2 1 0 0 2 5
FUJITSU LIMITED 4 0 1 0 0 5
GENERAL SIGNAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 3 2 0 0 5
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 1 0 0 4 0 5
MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION 1 1 0 2 1 5
SANDIA CORPORATION 0 0 1 3 1 5
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 0 1 2 0 2 5


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