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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2005 - 2009 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 451, Abrading

( 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 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 84 100 52 42 45 323
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 42 66 44 14 17 183
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 44 55 35 14 7 155
EBARA CORPORATION 21 26 19 9 8 83
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 8 16 18 10 8 60
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 30 25 3 1 1 60
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 14 15 11 6 6 52
ROHM AND HAAS ELECTRONIC MATERIALS CMP HOLDINGS, INC. 16 11 10 4 8 49
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 16 10 10 2 6 44
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 11 13 6 0 0 30
HOYA CORPORATION 11 8 4 3 4 30
CABOT MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 9 9 6 3 0 27
STRASBAUGH, INC. 8 12 3 2 1 26
BLACK & DECKER INC. 1 3 8 6 5 23
NOVELLUS SYSTEMS, INC. 5 3 8 4 3 23
NIDEK CO., LTD. 4 3 5 5 5 22
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 10 7 4 1 0 22
DISCO CORPORATION 2 7 2 5 5 21
INTEL CORPORATION 9 6 2 0 0 17
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 5 6 3 2 0 16
ASM-NUTOOL, INC. 9 3 2 0 0 14
SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 4 6 1 3 0 14
TOYODA KOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 8 0 0 0 14
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 3 6 1 2 1 13
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 4 4 1 2 2 13
NIKON CORPORATION 5 1 7 0 0 13
FUJIKOSHI MACHINERY CORPORATION 1 2 6 0 3 12
FUJITSU LIMITED 4 3 2 0 3 12
JSR CORPORATION 4 2 3 3 0 12
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 4 3 3 2 0 12
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 1 2 3 4 1 11
NIHON MICRO COATING CO., LTD. 3 3 3 1 1 11
SPEEDFAM-IPEC CORP. 5 4 1 1 0 11
TOKYO SEIMITSU CO., LTD. 7 1 1 1 1 11
BOEING COMPANY 2 4 1 1 2 10
EDGECRAFT CORP. 3 1 1 2 3 10
ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'OPTIQUE 1 2 2 1 4 10
SAE MAGNETICS (H.K.) LTD. 2 2 1 3 1 9
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 2 6 1 0 0 9
BEAVER CREEK CONCEPTS, INC. 0 4 1 1 2 8
ERWIN JUNKER MASCHNINENFABRIK GMBH 2 3 0 1 2 8
GISON MACHINERY CO., LTD. 1 3 3 0 1 8
LG. PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD. 0 4 2 2 0 8
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 4 1 2 1 0 8
NSK LIMITED 3 2 2 1 0 8
RAYTECH INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS LLC 6 2 0 0 0 8
SHIN-ETSU HANDOTAI CO., LTD. 3 0 1 1 3 8
CORNING INCORPORATED 2 3 2 0 0 7
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 2 1 1 0 3 7
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 0 3 2 2 0 7
STORM PNEUMATIC TOOL CO., LTD. 0 1 3 1 2 7
TBW INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 2 3 0 2 7
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 2 3 1 0 0 6
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 3 1 1 0 1 6
DONGBU ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 2 3 1 0 6
FLOW INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 3 1 0 1 1 6
HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 0 2 0 0 6
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 2 3 1 0 0 6
JTEKT CORPORATION 0 1 0 0 5 6
NEOMAX CO., LTD. 3 3 0 0 0 6
NGK INSULATORS LTD. 0 0 3 1 2 6
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 3 1 1 1 0 6
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 0 3 2 0 1 6
CARL ZEISS VISION GMBH 0 1 1 1 2 5
CHARTERED SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING LTD. 1 2 2 0 0 5
DAISHO SEIKI CORPORATION 3 1 0 1 0 5
DENSO CORPORATION 1 1 0 1 2 5
EBARA TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED 2 2 0 1 0 5
EXTRUDE HOME CORPORATION 2 1 2 0 0 5
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 0 3 2 0 0 5
GLEASON WORKS 1 1 2 1 0 5
HITACHI PLANT TECHNOLOGIES,LTD. 0 0 1 3 1 5
IV TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 0 1 1 1 2 5
JETSIS INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD 0 1 4 0 0 5
KLA-TENCOR TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 3 1 1 0 0 5
KOYO SEIKO COMPANY, LTD. 1 2 1 0 1 5
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 2 2 0 1 5
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. 1 2 1 1 0 5
NANOCLEAN TECHNOLOGIES INC 1 4 0 0 0 5
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 2 2 0 1 0 5
NORITAKE CO., LTD. 1 2 0 1 1 5
ORIOL INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
POSITEC POWER TOOLS (SUZHOU) CO., LTD. 2 1 1 0 1 5
PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. 0 2 2 1 0 5
REISHAUER AG 2 2 0 1 0 5
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 0 1 2 0 5
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 4 0 0 0 5
SONY CORPORATION 1 2 1 0 1 5
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 3 1 0 1 0 5


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