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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 250, Radiant Energy

( 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 70 70 99 96 71 406
HITACHI, LTD 27 42 74 57 58 258
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 26 39 50 35 62 212
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 24 42 44 58 34 202
NIKON CORPORATION 23 34 51 35 15 158
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 19 19 36 39 30 143
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 12 27 38 25 15 117
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 22 19 24 20 15 100
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 15 17 20 14 9 75
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 17 28 19 8 72
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 18 23 12 9 3 65
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 10 18 10 15 8 61
INTEL CORPORATION 11 8 10 15 17 61
NEC CORPORATION 22 19 7 10 3 61
RAYTHEON COMPANY 14 9 12 15 11 61
AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 11 4 13 16 13 57
JEOL LTD. 5 9 11 18 13 56
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 9 12 13 7 14 55
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 9 8 16 14 52
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 8 9 10 11 10 48
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 6 19 13 5 4 47
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 28 15 4 0 0 47
SHIMADZU CORPORATION 1 8 16 10 12 47
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 9 11 5 13 8 46
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 7 8 9 8 11 43
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 14 9 19 42
KLA-TENCOR TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 0 0 6 19 17 42
ASML NETHERLANDS B.V. 1 9 8 12 11 41
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 14 10 2 11 4 41
ADVANTEST CORP. 4 13 8 7 8 40
FUJITSU LIMITED 7 8 8 6 11 40
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 6 6 5 7 15 39
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 6 11 8 9 5 39
BRUKER DALTONIK GMBH 4 5 9 15 5 38
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 8 11 6 7 38
XEROX CORPORATION 11 7 8 7 4 37
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 10 8 5 7 6 36
SONY CORPORATION 11 6 8 5 6 36
FEI COMPANY 3 4 8 9 11 35
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 8 8 7 6 5 34
VARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATES, INC. 4 5 10 11 4 34
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 4 7 9 8 5 33
HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 0 0 1 14 17 32
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 3 3 8 7 9 30
LEICA MICROSYSTEMS HEIDELBERG GMBH 1 6 6 7 10 30
MDS INC. 4 0 10 9 5 28
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 7 6 8 3 4 28
MICROMASS UK LIMITED 0 0 0 11 16 27
THERMO FINNIGAN LLC 0 4 5 5 13 27
JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GMBH 2 8 7 3 6 26
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 7 5 2 7 4 25
AGFA-GEVAERT N.V. 4 8 5 3 4 24
BOEING COMPANY 3 6 4 5 6 24
KONICA CORPORATION 3 5 4 7 5 24
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 4 4 5 7 4 24
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 7 6 1 5 5 24
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC 1 5 7 4 6 23
GENTEX CORPORATION 5 5 5 3 4 22
KEYENCE CORPORATION 3 3 4 8 4 22
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 2 5 3 9 3 22
LITTON SYSTEMS INC. 9 1 8 2 1 21
SANDIA CORPORATION 8 6 3 3 1 21
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 7 8 1 1 4 21
BRITISH NUCLEAR FUELS PLC 3 4 2 10 1 20
ANALYTICA OF BRANFORD, INC. 5 3 4 4 3 19
EBARA CORPORATION 4 1 2 3 9 19
MITUTOYO CORPORATION 1 3 10 1 4 19
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE 2 3 2 7 4 18
BRUKER DALTONICS, INC. 1 2 5 7 3 18
CARL ZEISS JENA GMBH 1 2 5 7 3 18
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 8 3 2 2 3 18
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 4 7 4 3 0 18
UT-BATTELLE, LLC 2 4 5 4 3 18
GESELLSCHAFT FUR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG MBH 0 1 7 6 3 17
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON 3 3 2 6 2 16
KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION 4 1 5 4 2 16
LEOPOLD KOSTAL GMBH & CO. KG 3 3 6 2 2 16
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 3 3 2 5 3 16
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 3 0 7 6 0 16
LEO ELEKTRONENMIKROSKOPIE GMBH 2 2 3 6 2 15
LG. PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD. 0 5 4 3 3 15
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA 1 0 5 9 0 15
NISSIN ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 2 5 5 2 15
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 1 4 8 1 15
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 2 4 4 4 1 15
SICK AG 1 0 2 5 7 15
SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC. 0 1 2 6 6 15
SII NANOTECHNOLOGY INC. 0 0 0 4 11 15
USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISYA 0 1 6 5 3 15
AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 3 5 5 1 14
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY 0 1 3 4 6 14
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 0 3 5 1 5 14
PERSPECTIVE BIOSYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 7 2 2 14
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 0 1 5 1 7 14
CYMER, INC. 0 2 5 4 2 13
ELGEMS LTD. 1 1 3 5 3 13
SIMAGE OY 7 3 1 2 0 13
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 0 4 2 4 3 13
ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 7 0 0 0 12
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 0 8 1 1 2 12
DONNELLY CORPORATION 3 2 4 3 0 12
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 3 5 1 2 1 12
MICROMASS LIMITED 3 3 4 2 0 12
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 9 1 2 12
OMRON CORPORATION 0 2 2 5 3 12
SARNOFF CORPORATION & CO., LTD. 4 6 2 0 0 12
TRW INC. 5 4 2 0 1 12
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 3 2 6 1 0 12
CARL ZEISS NTS GMBH 0 0 0 0 11 11
DENSO CORPORATION 0 5 3 3 0 11
FOVEON, INC. 3 2 1 1 4 11
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.) 2 5 1 1 2 11
GENERAL NANOTECHNOLOGY, L.L.C. 5 3 1 1 1 11
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 2 2 2 5 11
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 1 6 2 2 11
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3 1 2 1 4 11
SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH ASSOCIATION, INC. 1 2 1 4 3 11
TROJAN TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 1 5 3 2 11
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 3 1 5 1 1 11
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA 3 1 2 3 2 11
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 3 1 1 4 2 11
VARIAN, INC. 4 0 2 4 1 11
ADVION BIOSCIENCES, INC. 0 0 3 4 3 10
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. 1 4 2 1 2 10
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 3 1 2 1 3 10
RIKEN CORPORATION 1 3 1 3 2 10
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 2 4 2 0 10
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 3 3 1 1 2 10
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 1 1 2 3 3 10
XCOUNTER AB 1 3 2 4 0 10
ADAC LABORATORIES, INC. 7 2 0 0 0 9
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 3 6 0 0 0 9
AGFA-GEVAERT, AG 0 4 2 1 2 9
ARCHIMEDES TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC. 4 1 4 0 0 9
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC. 0 1 1 5 2 9
CIPHERGEN BIOSYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 3 2 3 9
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 4 1 2 0 9
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 2 1 4 0 9
ETEC SYSTEMS, INC. 9 0 0 0 0 9
FINISAR CORPORATION, INC. 0 0 0 1 8 9
GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GMBH 1 1 0 5 2 9
INDIGO SYSTEMS CORPORATION 1 2 1 2 3 9
IS2 RESEARCH, INC. 4 2 3 0 0 9
JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 1 3 2 2 9
JASCO CORPORATION 1 0 1 5 2 9
NIPPON SHEET GLASS CO., LTD. 3 0 2 4 0 9
PENTAX CORPORATION 0 0 3 4 2 9
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SA 1 3 2 2 1 9
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE IN HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 4 2 1 1 1 9
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 2 3 1 3 0 9
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS 1 3 1 2 2 9
VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC. 2 2 2 1 2 9
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 1 0 4 2 1 8
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 0 1 4 3 0 8
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 2 2 0 3 8
ANELVA CORPORATION 0 1 4 3 0 8
CARL ZEISS SMT AG 0 0 1 2 5 8
CTI PET SYSTEMS, INC. 2 1 1 1 3 8
EATON CORPORATION 3 3 1 0 1 8
GATAN, INC. 2 4 1 1 0 8
GENERAL PHOSPHORIX LLC 0 0 5 1 2 8
INFRARED INTEGRATED SYSTEMS. LTD. 2 0 1 4 1 8
ION BEAM APPLICATIONS SOCIETE ANONYME 0 1 1 6 0 8
MASIMO CORPORATION 1 1 3 0 3 8
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 1 0 4 1 2 8
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0 4 1 1 2 8
OPTEX CO., LTD. 0 2 0 3 3 8
PHOTOBIT CORPORATION 4 4 0 0 0 8
SAINT-GOBAIN INDUSTRIAL CERAMICS, INC. 1 4 2 0 1 8
SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES 0 2 3 3 0 8
SUMITOMO EATON NOVA CORPORATION 0 0 2 6 0 8
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE 3 2 0 3 0 8
BECHTEL BWXT IDAHO, LLC 2 2 0 2 1 7
BRION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 3 4 7
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE - CNRS 1 2 0 2 2 7
CIDRA CORPORATION 3 4 0 0 0 7
EPION CORPORATION 0 1 2 4 0 7
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 0 2 1 2 2 7
FUSION UV SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 3 3 1 7
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 1 0 1 4 1 7
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 1 4 2 0 0 7
IBIS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 3 1 3 0 7
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 2 0 3 1 1 7
MICROVISION, INC. 0 2 3 1 1 7
MULTIBEAM SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 1 2 4 7
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 3 2 1 1 7
NEXPRESS SOLUTIONS LLC 4 1 1 1 0 7
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 0 0 0 4 3 7
QINETIQ LIMITED 0 4 1 1 1 7
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 1 2 3 1 7
SCIENCE & ENGINEERING SERVICES, INC. 0 0 1 4 2 7
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 2 1 0 4 7
SHIMADZU RESEARCH LABORATORY (EUROPE) LTD. 0 2 2 1 2 7
STERIS INC. 0 2 2 1 2 7
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 6 1 0 0 0 7
UMAX DATA SYSTEMS INC. 1 2 2 2 0 7
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 1 0 2 1 3 7
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION 1 1 1 3 1 7
ADVANCED RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE, INC. 1 2 2 0 1 6
AFFYMETRIX, INC. 2 1 3 0 0 6
AGFA CORPORATION 1 0 2 3 0 6
ASML HOLDING N.V. 0 0 1 1 4 6
CENTRE SUISSE D'ELECTRONIQUE ET DE MICROTECHNIQUE S.A. 0 3 1 0 2 6
CYBEROPTICS CORPORATION 1 0 4 1 0 6
DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG 2 1 1 1 1 6
EDGE MEDICAL DEVICES LTD. 3 0 0 1 2 6
ESS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 0 2 4 6
EUV LLC 0 1 1 3 1 6
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 0 0 0 4 2 6
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 2 1 2 1 0 6
HORIBA LTD. 3 0 0 1 2 6
ICT INTEGRATED CIRCUIT TESTING GESELLSCHAFT FUR HALBLEITERPRUFTECHNIK MBH 0 0 0 3 3 6
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES NORTH AMERICA CORP. 1 3 1 1 0 6
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM, VZW 1 1 1 3 0 6
JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 2 0 2 2 6
KINGPAK TECHNOLOGY INC. 0 0 1 1 4 6
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE 0 0 1 1 4 6
NEWPORT CORPORATION 2 1 0 3 0 6
PACKARD INSTRUMENT COMPANY, INC. 0 1 2 2 1 6
PERCEPTRON, INC. 2 0 1 1 2 6
PHILIPS ELECTRON OPTICS B.V. 4 2 0 0 0 6
PIONEER CORPORATION 1 0 1 4 0 6
PSC SCANNING, INC. 1 0 2 1 2 6
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 0 3 2 1 0 6
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 2 1 2 1 6
STATE OF ISRAEL, MINISTRY OF DEFENSE, RAFAEL-ARMAMENT DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 1 1 0 0 4 6
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 2 1 1 1 1 6
THOMSON-CSF 3 1 2 0 0 6
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 0 1 1 1 3 6
VALEO ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 4 1 0 6
XTREME TECHNOLOGIES GMBH; 0 0 0 1 5 6
ADVANCED ENERGY SYSTEMS INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
ADVANCED ION BEAM TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 2 0 2 1 5
ALCATEL 0 1 3 1 0 5
ANDO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 2 1 1 0 5
APPLERA CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 5 5
BAE SYSTEMS PLC 1 3 1 0 0 5
BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED 1 1 1 2 0 5
CARL ZEISS STIFTUNG 0 2 2 1 0 5
CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD. 0 2 1 2 0 5
CORNING INCORPORATED 1 1 0 0 3 5
DAEWOO ELECTRONICS COMPANY, LTD. 5 0 0 0 0 5
DEUTSCHES KREBSFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM STIFTUNG DES OEFFENTLICHEN RECHTS 1 0 2 2 0 5
DIGIRAD CORPORATION 3 0 1 1 0 5
FANUC LTD. 3 0 0 1 1 5
FIRE SENTRY CORPORATION 1 0 3 0 1 5
FLIR SYSTEMS, INC. 2 1 0 1 1 5
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 0 1 1 3 5
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS ISRAEL, LTD. 1 3 1 0 0 5
GENOPTIX, INC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 1 0 2 2 0 5
HERAEUS NOBLELIGHT GMBH 1 1 0 2 1 5
HERMES-MICROVISION, INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
IMS IONEN MIKROFABRIKATIONS SYSTEME GMBH 2 1 1 0 1 5
INFRARED SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC 0 4 1 0 0 5
IONFINITY LLC 0 0 2 1 2 5
IONWERKS, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
JACKSON PRODUCTS, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 0 1 2 1 1 5
LEEPL CORPORATION 0 0 1 3 1 5
LEICA MICROSYSTEMS LITHOGRAPHY GMBH 0 0 4 1 0 5
LEICA MICROSYSTEMS WETZLAR GMBH 0 0 1 3 1 5
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 3 0 1 0 1 5
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD. 2 1 1 1 0 5
MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V 1 3 0 0 1 5
METSO AUTOMATION OY 0 0 3 2 0 5
MITEC INCORPORATED 0 0 1 3 1 5
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. 0 0 3 1 1 5
MOLECULAR DEVICES CORPORATION 3 1 0 0 1 5
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 2 1 1 1 0 5
NEOPROBE CORPORATION 5 0 0 0 0 5
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY 1 1 1 0 2 5
OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
OWENS-BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER INC. 4 0 0 1 0 5
PALANTYR RESEARCH, LLC 0 0 1 1 3 5
PICKER INTERNATIONAL, INC. 4 1 0 0 0 5
PICOLITER INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
PIXIM, INCORPORATED 0 2 1 2 0 5
PWB-RUHLATEC INDUSTRIEPRODUKTE GMBH 0 1 1 2 1 5
RENISHAW PLC 0 1 3 0 1 5
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK 0 2 3 0 0 5
SIEMENS ENERGY & AUTOMATION, INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5
SPX CORPORATION 0 0 0 4 1 5
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 0 1 2 1 1 5
SYAGEN TECHNOLOGY 3 0 1 1 0 5
THERMA-WAVE, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
TITAN CORPORATION 2 0 0 1 2 5
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY 1 2 1 1 0 5
WEATHERFORD/LAMB, INC. 0 3 0 1 1 5
ZYVEX CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 3 5


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