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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 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 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Total
~Individually Owned Patent 32 59 58 73 55 277
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 11 18 31 28 91
ZYGO CORPORATION 15 4 12 28 27 86
THERMA-WAVE, INC. 7 5 15 26 28 81
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 10 12 23 13 20 78
NIKON CORPORATION 12 12 15 15 10 64
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 3 7 24 20 8 62
HITACHI, LTD 5 11 10 16 15 57
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 10 10 12 7 10 49
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 2 10 13 10 13 48
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 12 9 14 6 5 46
ANDO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 10 16 11 6 44
KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION 8 3 19 7 4 41
KLA-TENCOR TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 1 3 4 14 19 41
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 7 8 11 6 8 40
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON 8 12 8 5 7 40
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 3 4 11 13 6 37
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 12 10 9 3 3 37
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 7 10 9 7 35
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.) 9 6 7 6 5 33
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 6 6 3 10 6 31
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 8 3 9 4 6 30
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 1 5 9 9 5 29
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 6 3 8 5 4 26
LJ LABORATORIES, L.L.C. 12 8 6 0 0 26
BOEING COMPANY 0 6 0 8 11 25
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 1 9 8 1 5 24
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 2 2 7 3 9 23
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 3 5 10 2 2 22
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 4 4 8 4 22
ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 15 0 0 0 21
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0 3 3 10 5 21
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2 6 5 2 6 21
NEC CORPORATION 7 8 2 1 3 21
RAYTHEON COMPANY 1 7 6 5 2 21
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 1 2 3 6 9 21
SHIMADZU CORPORATION 2 5 6 7 1 21
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 1 2 5 7 6 21
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 2 4 3 4 8 21
XEROX CORPORATION 3 6 8 2 2 21
CORNING INCORPORATED 2 10 1 5 2 20
J. A. WOOLLAM CO. INC. 1 4 4 7 4 20
CARL ZEISS JENA GMBH 2 3 3 5 6 19
ADVANTEST CORP. 2 6 5 1 4 18
AMNIS CORPORATION 2 1 9 2 4 18
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 8 4 2 1 18
MITUTOYO CORPORATION 1 3 5 4 5 18
LEICA MICROSYSTEMS HEIDELBERG GMBH 1 0 8 3 5 17
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 3 1 4 5 4 17
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 3 3 4 6 16
HORIBA LTD. 3 2 1 6 4 16
NANOMETRICS INC. 1 1 5 4 5 16
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 1 7 2 3 3 16
NOVA MEASURING INSTRUMENTS, LTD. 2 3 4 5 2 16
CYBEROPTICS CORPORATION 3 3 5 3 1 15
DENSO CORPORATION 2 2 7 3 1 15
JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION 0 4 2 5 4 15
LITTON SYSTEMS INC. 6 4 5 0 0 15
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 2 3 2 7 1 15
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 2 0 6 3 4 15
ANRITSU CORPORATION 1 1 5 2 5 14
INTEL CORPORATION 1 2 3 3 5 14
TIMBRE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 3 5 6 14
LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG 2 2 5 3 1 13
PENTAX CORPORATION 0 3 5 4 1 13
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 1 1 4 2 5 13
CYMER, INC. 2 3 2 1 4 12
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 0 3 6 3 12
JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GMBH 2 3 3 1 3 12
NOVARTIS AG (FORMERLY SANDOZ LTD.) 2 1 2 4 3 12
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 1 0 1 5 5 12
TRW INC. 4 5 2 1 0 12
BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY 0 1 3 6 1 11
BROWN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION 7 2 2 0 0 11
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE - CNRS 4 1 2 0 4 11
FITEL U.S.A. CORP. 0 4 2 4 1 11
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 1 5 3 2 11
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 0 5 2 4 0 11
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA 2 0 3 3 3 11
SONY CORPORATION 3 4 2 1 1 11
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 1 0 2 4 4 11
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION, LTD. 1 3 3 2 2 11
X-RITE, INCORPORATED 3 2 2 2 2 11
ALCATEL 1 3 2 2 2 10
CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH AND INSTRUMENTATION, INC. 0 3 1 5 1 10
FUJITSU LIMITED 2 0 1 5 2 10
NIDEK CO., LTD. 1 1 4 2 2 10
OMRON CORPORATION 0 1 1 4 4 10
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 1 2 4 2 1 10
SYMYX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 3 3 3 0 10
TEXTRON SYSTEMS CORPORATION 4 3 1 2 0 10
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE 0 2 5 0 3 10
YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORP. 0 0 1 0 9 10
AGENCY OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 1 1 2 3 2 9
CANDELA INSTRUMENTS, INC. 3 1 1 2 2 9
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 2 0 1 1 5 9
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 1 2 2 2 2 9
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 0 0 0 4 5 9
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 0 0 2 5 2 9
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 1 0 2 4 2 9
UT-BATTELLE, LLC 1 1 1 4 2 9
VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC. 0 3 5 0 1 9
APPLERA CORPORATION 0 0 2 1 5 8
ARC SECOND, INC. 0 2 6 0 0 8
ARCTURUS ENGINEERING, INC. 2 1 2 3 0 8
ASML NETHERLANDS B.V. 0 2 1 1 4 8
CME TELEMETRIX INC. 2 1 3 2 0 8
DIGITAL OPTICS CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 4 8
EXFO ELECTRO-OPTICAL ENGINEERING INC. 1 1 1 3 2 8
HUNTER ENGINEERING COMPANY 2 1 2 1 2 8
KAISER OPTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 2 2 2 8
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 0 1 3 1 3 8
ORBOTECH LTD. 0 0 3 3 2 8
POINT SOURCE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 0 0 4 3 1 8
SOUTHWEST SCIENCES, INCORPORATED 1 2 4 0 1 8
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 1 1 3 2 1 8
CANESTA, INC. 1 0 4 1 1 7
FINISAR CORPORATION, INC. 0 0 1 1 5 7
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. 1 3 1 1 1 7
HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 3 2 2 7
HOYA CORPORATION 1 0 3 2 1 7
KVH INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 2 2 2 1 7
LAMBDA PHYSIK AG 0 0 6 1 0 7
LEICA MICROSYSTEMS SEMICONDUCTOR GMBH 0 0 1 3 3 7
MOLECULAR DEVICES CORPORATION 3 2 0 2 0 7
N & K TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 1 3 1 7
OTSUKA ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 0 2 1 4 7
PRUFTECHNIK DIETER BUSCH AG 0 4 2 1 0 7
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK 1 0 1 4 1 7
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 1 2 1 2 7
TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY 3 1 0 1 2 7
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, THE REGENTS OF 0 1 0 3 3 7
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS 1 1 3 1 1 7
ZETETIC INSTITUTE 0 2 3 2 0 7
ACUSHNET COMPANY 1 0 2 2 1 6
ADE CORPORATION 0 1 3 1 1 6
ASML HOLDING N.V. 0 0 0 2 4 6
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 0 1 1 3 1 6
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 0 1 2 0 3 6
HACH COMPANY 1 0 2 0 3 6
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 1 3 2 6
HINDS INSTRUMENTS, INC. 1 2 0 2 1 6
HONEYWELL INC. 6 0 0 0 0 6
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 1 0 0 4 1 6
JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 5 1 0 6
JDS UNIPHASE INC. 0 2 2 1 1 6
LEICA MICROSYSTEMS WETZLAR GMBH 2 2 1 1 0 6
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0 1 3 1 1 6
REICHERT, INC. 0 0 0 6 0 6
ROSEMOUNT AEROSPACE, INC. 1 0 5 0 0 6
RUDOLPH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 3 0 2 6
SANDIA CORPORATION 1 0 1 2 2 6
SICK AG 0 0 1 3 2 6
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 0 3 1 1 1 6
VARIAN AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD. 1 0 2 3 0 6
AMERICAN AIR LIQUIDE, INC. 1 3 0 0 1 5
ANALYTICAL SPECTRAL DEVICES, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
AVANEX CORPORATION 2 0 0 1 2 5
BAE SYSTEMS PLC 2 2 1 0 0 5
BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED 1 0 0 2 2 5
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE 2 1 0 0 2 5
BAYER CORPORATION 4 1 0 0 0 5
BYK-GARDNER GMBH 0 1 2 0 2 5
CALIPER TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 1 2 2 0 0 5
CARL ZEISS SMT AG 0 0 0 2 3 5
CARL ZEISS STIFTUNG 0 3 1 1 0 5
COGNEX TECHNOLOGY AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 1 5
CORETEK, INC. 0 0 4 0 1 5
CORNELL RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC. 1 0 2 0 2 5
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 1 1 0 2 5
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 0 0 3 1 5
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 0 2 2 1 5
GENERAL SCANNING INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORP. 1 0 2 2 0 5
GRETAG-MACBETH AG 0 0 2 2 1 5
HITACHI ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING CO., LTD. 1 1 3 0 0 5
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 2 2 0 1 0 5
INTERNATIONAL REMOTE IMAGING SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5
JJL TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0 0 0 0 5 5
JOBIN YVON SA 0 0 2 1 2 5
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. 0 1 1 0 3 5
LEICA MICROSYSTEMS JENA GMBH 0 1 3 1 0 5
LJL BIOSYSTEMS INC. 2 3 0 0 0 5
METRON SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 0 3 1 5
NANOPHOTONICS AG 1 0 0 2 2 5
NCR CORPORATION 1 3 1 0 0 5
PACKARD INSTRUMENT COMPANY, INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
PHONE-OR LTD 1 1 1 1 1 5
RENISHAW PLC 0 1 1 2 1 5
ROBOTIC VISION SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 3 0 0 5
SENSYS MEDICAL, INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
SNAP-ON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 3 2 0 5
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA 2 1 0 1 1 5
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER 1 0 2 0 2 5
WATERS INVESTMENTS LIMITED 1 2 1 1 0 5
WERTH MESSTECHNIK GMBH 0 1 2 1 1 5
WYATT TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 3 0 1 1 5


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