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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 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 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Total
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 69 56 32 23 15 195
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 39 42 40 34 18 173
~Individually Owned Patent 33 33 31 20 15 132
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 12 18 15 10 16 71
NORDSON CORPORATION 7 8 8 18 8 49
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 8 7 9 5 3 32
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 6 9 2 5 8 30
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 6 9 2 3 3 23
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 12 3 5 0 0 20
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 3 4 5 4 3 19
NEC CORPORATION 8 6 2 1 2 19
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 6 2 1 7 3 19
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 2 6 5 2 2 17
ASM AMERICA, INC. 3 5 4 2 2 16
ANELVA CORPORATION 6 3 3 1 1 14
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 1 4 4 2 3 14
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 3 5 2 3 1 14
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 5 0 2 5 1 13
ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 4 5 3 13
EBARA CORPORATION 3 2 1 3 3 12
GENUS, INC. 2 2 4 1 3 12
HITACHI, LTD 4 4 1 1 2 12
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 3 3 0 2 4 12
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 9 2 0 1 0 12
SPEEDLINE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 6 1 4 1 0 12
VOITH SULZER PAPIERTECHNIK PATENT GMBH 6 2 3 0 0 11
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 2 3 1 2 2 10
JUSUNG ENGINEERING CO., LTD. 0 0 4 2 4 10
NOVELLUS SYSTEMS, INC. 2 1 4 2 1 10
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 2 6 1 1 0 10
XEROX CORPORATION 1 1 4 1 3 10
ALCATEL 1 4 2 0 2 9
OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION 1 4 4 0 0 9
SEMITOOL, INC. 1 2 3 1 2 9
ASM INTERNATIONAL N.V. 2 1 2 2 1 8
ASM JAPAN K.K. 3 2 1 2 0 8
DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD. 1 1 1 3 2 8
EISENMANN MASCHINENBAU KG 1 0 0 5 2 8
METSO PAPER, INC. 0 0 1 5 2 8
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 4 1 0 3 0 8
SIMPLUS SYSTEMS CORPORATION 1 2 4 1 0 8
SONY CORPORATION 3 0 2 2 1 8
VOITH PAPER PATENT GMBH 0 1 3 1 3 8
VOITH SULZER PAPIERMASCHINEN GMBH 3 5 0 0 0 8
AIXTRON AG 2 1 0 2 2 7
HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC. 0 0 1 2 4 7
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 0 2 4 0 1 7
G.D. SOCIETA PER AZIONI 1 1 2 2 0 6
IPS LTD. 2 0 1 1 2 6
ITW GEMA AG 1 0 4 1 0 6
NISSIN ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 1 3 0 0 6
UNAXIS BALZERS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 1 3 1 0 6
AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 0 1 1 0 5
BEHR SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 1 1 2 5
FASTAR, LTD. 2 2 1 0 0 5
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 1 0 3 1 0 5
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 3 2 0 0 0 5
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
KOBE STEEL LTD. 0 2 1 1 1 5
KOITO MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED 1 3 1 0 0 5
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 3 0 1 1 5
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 1 0 3 0 1 5
MATRIX INTEGRATED SYSTEMS, INC. 2 3 0 0 0 5
NGK INSULATORS LTD. 1 1 1 0 2 5
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 0 3 2 0 5
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 2 2 0 1 0 5
SILICON GENESIS CORPORATION 4 1 0 0 0 5
TEGAL CORP. 2 2 0 0 1 5


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