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

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2001 - 2005 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 216, Etching a Substrate: Processes

( 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 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Total
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 17 21 12 4 11 65
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 7 16 15 8 4 50
~Individually Owned Patent 4 11 10 16 9 50
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 12 9 15 7 5 48
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 29 4 2 3 4 42
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 8 7 6 1 8 30
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 5 14 6 25
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 8 1 1 3 8 21
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 4 1 5 4 3 17
TDK CORPORATION 2 4 4 4 1 15
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 4 2 4 3 1 14
HITACHI, LTD 3 2 2 2 5 14
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 1 2 4 6 1 14
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 2 3 3 4 2 14
FUJITSU LIMITED 3 2 4 1 3 13
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 5 0 3 3 1 12
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 1 2 3 3 3 12
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 0 3 4 2 3 12
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 1 2 5 3 1 12
SANDIA CORPORATION 3 2 2 3 1 11
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 2 2 3 3 1 11
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 3 1 0 3 3 10
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 4 1 1 1 10
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 3 1 2 1 3 10
SONY CORPORATION 0 3 4 1 2 10
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 2 4 1 0 10
XEROX CORPORATION 2 1 3 2 2 10
INTEL CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 8 9
MOTOROLA, INC. 2 4 2 0 1 9
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 1 4 0 1 2 8
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 0 3 0 3 2 8
NEC CORPORATION 1 4 2 0 0 7
REFLECTIVITY, INC. 1 0 0 1 5 7
SHIPLEY COMPANY INC. 1 1 3 1 1 7
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 4 2 0 1 0 7
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 1 0 1 1 3 6
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 0 4 2 0 0 6
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 0 0 3 1 6
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 0 2 0 1 3 6
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 3 2 0 0 0 5
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
BMC INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 3 2 0 0 5
BOEING COMPANY 2 1 0 1 1 5
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 0 2 1 2 0 5
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 1 1 1 1 1 5
EBARA CORPORATION 0 1 2 2 0 5
KIONIX, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
LG. PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD. 1 2 0 1 1 5
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0 1 1 2 1 5
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 1 0 1 2 1 5
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 1 2 1 1 5


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