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

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2006 - 2010 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 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Total
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 62 70 61 64 70 327
KLA-TENCOR TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 47 43 47 29 22 188
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 32 40 32 36 36 176
ZYGO CORPORATION 25 27 24 22 10 108
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 14 17 29 27 19 106
KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION 13 5 22 29 36 105
ASML NETHERLANDS B.V. 6 16 25 32 25 104
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 31 21 24 7 9 92
HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 5 7 17 20 38 87
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 13 15 18 29 11 86
J. A. WOOLLAM CO. INC. 11 25 14 16 11 77
CHEMIMAGE CORPORATION 11 11 17 20 15 74
BOEING COMPANY 11 11 20 16 14 72
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 14 16 16 10 13 69
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 6 19 20 22 67
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON 9 17 12 19 9 66
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 11 7 20 12 16 66
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 11 13 16 12 8 60
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 7 12 17 15 6 57
CARL ZEISS SMT AG 12 14 14 4 11 55
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 6 5 17 15 12 55
HITACHI, LTD 14 13 12 7 7 53
MITUTOYO CORPORATION 6 9 18 14 6 53
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 10 8 11 13 4 46
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 6 6 11 11 12 46
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 7 10 7 11 9 44
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 11 7 10 3 11 42
NIKON CORPORATION 4 8 9 9 10 40
CORNING INCORPORATED 6 16 3 5 8 38
THERMA-WAVE, INC. 23 14 1 0 0 38
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 5 13 4 6 8 36
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 1 5 7 10 11 34
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 4 5 6 10 9 34
KONICA MINOLTA SENSING, INC. 2 1 10 5 16 34
LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG 1 6 5 8 13 33
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 9 8 6 6 3 32
FUJITSU LIMITED 5 5 9 8 3 30
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 11 8 2 3 6 30
NANOMETRICS INC. 6 6 6 6 5 29
XEROX CORPORATION 2 6 7 5 9 29
APPLIED MATERIALS ISRAEL LTD. 4 3 9 7 4 27
INTEL CORPORATION 5 6 7 4 5 27
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 2 4 7 8 5 26
LEICA MICROSYSTEMS CMS GMBH 2 3 6 7 8 26
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 7 11 8 0 0 26
OMRON CORPORATION 4 5 8 3 6 26
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 5 2 7 8 25
SHIMADZU CORPORATION 7 3 3 7 5 25
DENSO CORPORATION 3 7 7 3 4 24
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 1 4 8 11 24
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 5 8 6 1 4 24
TIMBRE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 6 6 9 3 0 24
VISTEC SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEMS GMBH 0 7 5 8 4 24
ZETETIC INSTITUTE 9 5 7 2 1 24
ASML HOLDING N.V. 5 6 4 5 3 23
JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GMBH 6 6 3 3 5 23
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 5 3 6 3 6 23
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.) 7 3 7 3 2 22
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 4 9 5 1 3 22
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 5 7 5 4 1 22
RAYTHEON COMPANY 7 5 2 1 7 22
ASIA OPTICAL CO., INC. 2 9 3 2 5 21
HORIBA LTD. 4 11 1 2 3 21
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 4 4 8 2 3 21
X-RITE, INCORPORATED 5 4 2 7 3 21
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 2 5 4 4 5 20
BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED 2 2 3 4 9 20
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 1 3 5 10 20
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 2 6 2 3 7 20
GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION 1 2 3 5 9 20
NOVA MEASURING INSTRUMENTS, LTD. 2 7 2 5 4 20
THALES 1 2 6 8 3 20
DUKE UNIVERSITY 5 3 2 6 3 19
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 14 5 0 0 0 19
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 3 6 3 1 19
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 0 4 3 5 7 19
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 5 3 5 4 2 19
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 9 6 3 0 0 18
YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORP. 4 2 1 6 5 18
BYK-GARDNER GMBH 2 2 5 5 3 17
CARL ZEISS MEDITEC, INC. 2 1 9 3 2 17
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 3 6 3 3 1 16
SANDIA CORPORATION 3 1 5 3 4 16
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 3 5 3 2 3 16
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 9 5 0 0 1 15
CANESTA, INC. 2 1 8 2 2 15
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE - CNRS 1 6 1 2 5 15
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. 6 0 1 5 3 15
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 4 3 1 5 2 15
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2 2 1 5 5 15
ADVANTEST CORP. 6 2 3 1 2 14
APPLERA CORPORATION 2 8 3 1 0 14
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORP. 4 2 2 2 4 14
N & K TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 4 5 3 2 14
NIDEK CO., LTD. 1 6 1 3 3 14
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION, LTD. 2 5 2 1 4 14
AT&T CORP. 3 3 3 2 2 13
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 0 1 5 4 3 13
QINETIQ LIMITED 1 3 4 2 3 13
RUDOLPH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 2 2 3 2 13
SYSMEX CORPORATION 1 2 3 2 5 13
THERMO ELECTRON SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 1 0 8 3 1 13
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 4 4 1 1 2 12
AXSUN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 4 2 1 3 12
CARL ZEISS JENA GMBH 7 2 0 1 2 12
FARO TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 1 5 3 3 12
HUNTER ENGINEERING COMPANY 0 3 3 4 2 12
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 3 1 1 3 12
OPTOPLAN AS 3 3 4 1 1 12
PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION 3 3 3 1 2 12
UT-BATTELLE, LLC 7 2 2 0 1 12
BECKMAN COULTER, INC. 5 1 1 3 1 11
CARL ZEISS MICROIMAGING GMBH 0 0 3 2 6 11
MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V 1 3 2 1 4 11
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 4 3 1 0 11
NIPPON SHEET GLASS CO., LTD. 6 3 2 0 0 11
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 4 3 0 1 3 11
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA 1 2 3 3 2 11
CYMER, INC. 1 4 2 1 2 10
DATACOLOR HOLDING AG 2 2 3 3 0 10
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 2 1 2 3 2 10
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2 1 2 0 5 10
JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY 0 3 1 3 3 10
JJL TECHNOLOGIES LLC 5 0 4 1 0 10
LUNA INNOVATIONS, INC. 1 1 4 4 0 10
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC. 1 0 2 3 4 10
ROSEMOUNT AEROSPACE, INC. 4 1 3 0 2 10
SICK AG 1 0 0 5 4 10
SOUTHWEST SCIENCES, INCORPORATED 2 2 2 2 2 10
SRU BIOSYSTEMS, INC. 3 5 1 1 0 10
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA 2 1 2 2 3 10
APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS, LLC. 0 0 0 4 5 9
ASPECTRICS, INC. 3 1 5 0 0 9
GII ACQUISITION, LLC 0 0 0 2 7 9
HOYA CORPORATION 0 1 3 4 1 9
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC 0 1 3 1 4 9
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 3 0 1 1 4 9
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 6 9
PICARRO, INC. 3 2 1 1 2 9
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND 0 4 4 0 1 9
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS 1 1 2 2 3 9
VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC. 3 1 1 3 1 9
X-RITE EUROPE GMBH 0 0 1 4 4 9
4D TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 2 0 1 2 8
ALCATEL 2 3 3 0 0 8
APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 5 3 0 8
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 1 3 3 1 8
CADENT LTD. 1 1 1 3 2 8
DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD. 2 2 0 3 1 8
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 3 2 2 0 1 8
IMALUX CORPORATION 1 1 2 2 2 8
JASCO CORPORATION 2 2 1 2 1 8
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 3 0 2 3 0 8
LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 0 0 4 4 8
NEC CORPORATION 0 1 3 0 4 8
PRUFTECHNIK DIETER BUSCH AG 1 3 0 2 2 8
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 2 1 1 3 8
SCHOTT AG 1 2 1 2 2 8
SNAP-ON EQUIPMENT S.R.L. 1 2 1 0 4 8
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 1 1 2 2 2 8
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION 1 3 0 2 2 8
AHURA CORPORATION 1 1 1 4 0 7
AMERICAN GEM SOCIETY 0 0 5 1 1 7
APPLIED MATERIALS SOUTH EAST ASIA PTE, LTD. 0 0 0 0 7 7
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE 3 1 0 3 0 7
BIOPTIGEN, INC. 0 0 0 3 4 7
DISCO CORPORATION 0 0 3 3 1 7
EBARA CORPORATION 1 2 3 0 1 7
ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'OPTIQUE 0 0 0 3 4 7
FINISAR CORPORATION 1 2 3 0 1 7
GE HOMELAND PROTECTION, INC. 0 0 2 5 0 7
HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 2 2 1 1 7
HINDS INSTRUMENTS, INC. 4 1 1 0 1 7
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 2 2 0 2 1 7
INSTITUT NATIONAL D'OPTIQUE 2 1 1 2 1 7
KEYENCE CORPORATION 0 2 0 3 2 7
LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC 0 1 2 1 3 7
MEDEIKON CORPORATION 0 3 2 1 1 7
OPTISCAN BIOMEDICAL CORPORATION 3 1 0 2 1 7
ORBOTECH LTD. 1 2 3 1 0 7
OTSUKA ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 3 0 1 3 7
PARTICLE MEASURING SYSTEMS, INC. 3 0 1 1 2 7
PERKINELMER LAS, INC. 2 2 1 1 1 7
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 2 2 1 0 7
RENISHAW PLC 2 1 1 1 2 7
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 0 4 2 7
SOKKIA CO., LTD. 0 1 5 1 0 7
SYMPHONY ACOUSTICS, INC. 0 0 2 5 0 7
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 1 0 1 4 1 7
TRIMBLE JENA GMBH 2 0 1 1 3 7
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 0 0 1 2 4 7
VARIAN AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD. 1 1 2 2 1 7
WEATHERFORD/LAMB, INC. 2 2 1 1 1 7
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 4 0 0 1 1 6
AIRBUS FRANCE 0 1 1 1 3 6
ATTOFEMTO, INC. 0 1 2 0 3 6
BAYER HEALTHCARE, LLC 1 1 0 1 3 6
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 0 0 4 0 2 6
CROSS MATCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 1 1 1 0 6
DCG SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 1 3 2 6
GEMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA, INC. 2 1 1 1 1 6
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 0 0 0 2 4 6
HARVARD COLLEGE, PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS 0 0 4 1 1 6
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 1 1 0 4 6
IDC, LLC 0 1 5 0 0 6
JOHN FLUKE MFG. CO., INC. 1 1 3 0 1 6
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1 0 2 3 0 6
MICHIGAN AEROSPACE CORPORATION 1 0 0 5 0 6
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA 1 1 1 2 1 6
NEGEVTECH LTD. 0 2 1 3 0 6
NOVARTIS AG (FORMERLY SANDOZ LTD.) 1 0 2 0 3 6
PENTAX CORPORATION 3 1 2 0 0 6
POLYTEC GMBH & CO. 2 0 1 0 3 6
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER 0 2 2 2 0 6
USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISYA 0 0 3 1 2 6
VITA ZAHNFABRIK H. RAUTER GMBH & CO. KG 0 2 0 3 1 6
ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LTD. 0 1 2 1 1 5
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 1 2 0 2 5
BWT PROPERTY, INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
CARL MAHR HOLDING GMBH 0 0 0 4 1 5
CHROMA ATE INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
D4D TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 1 1 2 1 0 5
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 0 1 0 1 5
DIMENSIONAL PHOTONICS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
ELECTRONIC DESIGN TO MARKET, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
ELECTRONIC SCRIPTING PRODUCTS, INC. 4 1 0 0 0 5
EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL PATENTS INC. 2 0 0 3 0 5
GENERAL DYNAMICS ADVANCED INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC 1 1 2 1 0 5
GRETAG MACBETH LLC 2 1 2 0 0 5
HACH COMPANY 0 0 0 5 0 5
ICOS VISION SYSTEMS N.V. 0 0 3 2 0 5
JETALON SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 1 4 0 0 5
KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.) 0 0 1 1 3 5
KAISER OPTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 0 0 3 5
L'OREAL S.A. 4 0 1 0 0 5
LIFESCAN SCOTLAND LIMITED 0 0 0 5 0 5
LIGHTWIND CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 0 5
LITEF GMBH 1 3 1 0 0 5
LITEL INSTRUMENTS, INC. 1 2 0 0 2 5
LITTON SYSTEMS INC. 0 3 1 1 0 5
MAVEN TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 3 1 0 1 0 5
METROLASER, INC. 1 3 0 1 0 5
NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 0 2 0 0 3 5
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 1 1 1 1 5
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 0 0 1 0 4 5
OPTO TRACE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 2 1 1 5
OTI OPHTHALMIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 2 1 1 5
PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 2 0 2 1 5
QUALCOMM MEMS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 0 1 2 1 5
SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
SONY CORPORATION 1 1 0 1 2 5
TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY 2 2 0 0 1 5
UCHICAGO ARGONNE LLC 1 1 2 1 0 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE 3 0 1 0 1 5
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 0 5
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 2 1 0 1 1 5
VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. 1 2 0 1 1 5
VISTEC SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEMS JENA GMBH 1 2 2 0 0 5
WAFERMASTERS INCORPORATED 0 0 3 2 0 5
WYATT TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 2 1 0 1 5
YAMATAKE CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 2 5


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