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

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2008 - 2012 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 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 61 64 70 60 58 313
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 32 36 36 39 32 175
HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 17 20 38 37 42 154
KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION 22 29 36 23 13 123
ASML NETHERLANDS B.V. 25 32 25 21 19 122
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 29 27 19 22 16 113
KLA-TENCOR TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 47 29 22 8 2 108
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 19 20 22 21 12 94
ZYGO CORPORATION 24 22 10 17 6 79
BOEING COMPANY 20 16 14 11 14 75
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 18 29 11 11 6 75
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 17 15 6 11 19 68
CHEMIMAGE CORPORATION 17 20 15 8 5 65
MITUTOYO CORPORATION 18 14 6 14 10 62
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 20 12 16 10 2 60
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON 12 19 9 11 8 59
J. A. WOOLLAM CO. INC. 14 16 11 7 9 57
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 16 10 13 4 13 56
NIKON CORPORATION 9 9 10 16 10 54
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 17 15 12 5 3 52
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 11 11 12 11 7 52
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 16 12 8 5 10 51
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 7 10 11 11 9 48
LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG 5 8 13 9 12 47
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 24 7 9 3 2 45
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 7 11 9 11 7 45
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 7 8 5 15 9 44
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 11 13 4 9 6 43
HITACHI, LTD 12 7 7 10 7 43
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 10 3 11 9 7 40
KONICA MINOLTA SENSING, INC. 10 5 16 4 4 39
GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION 3 5 9 16 5 38
CORNING INCORPORATED 3 5 8 10 10 36
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 3 5 10 7 8 33
XEROX CORPORATION 7 5 9 10 2 33
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 3 1 14 7 31
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 4 8 11 5 3 31
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 6 3 6 9 7 31
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 4 6 8 7 6 31
VISTEC SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEMS GMBH 5 8 4 10 4 31
CARL ZEISS SMT AG 14 4 11 1 0 30
RAYTHEON COMPANY 2 1 7 6 13 29
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 6 10 9 3 0 28
SHIMADZU CORPORATION 3 7 5 3 10 28
FUJITSU LIMITED 9 8 3 4 3 27
APPLIED MATERIALS ISRAEL LTD. 9 7 4 4 2 26
LEICA MICROSYSTEMS CMS GMBH 6 7 8 3 2 26
OMRON CORPORATION 8 3 6 3 6 26
PANASONIC CORPORATION 1 2 6 6 10 25
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 6 6 3 4 6 25
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 7 8 5 2 24
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 5 4 2 6 7 24
THALES 6 8 3 3 4 24
YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORP. 1 6 5 5 6 23
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 5 4 3 3 7 22
NANOMETRICS INC. 6 6 5 2 3 22
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 2 3 7 8 1 21
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 0 2 4 7 7 20
INTEL CORPORATION 7 4 5 3 1 20
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 3 5 7 4 1 20
SONY CORPORATION 0 1 2 10 7 20
SYSMEX CORPORATION 3 2 5 7 3 20
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 2 3 6 4 5 20
BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED 3 4 9 3 0 19
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 8 2 3 4 2 19
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 6 1 4 4 4 19
CARL ZEISS MEDITEC, INC. 9 3 2 2 2 18
CARL ZEISS MICROIMAGING GMBH 3 2 6 1 6 18
DENSO CORPORATION 7 3 4 1 3 18
FARO TECHNOLOGIES INC. 5 3 3 5 2 18
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. 1 5 3 3 6 18
JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GMBH 3 3 5 5 2 18
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 1 2 4 5 6 18
X-RITE, INCORPORATED 2 7 3 3 3 18
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.) 7 3 2 5 0 17
NOVA MEASURING INSTRUMENTS, LTD. 2 5 4 5 1 17
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 1 5 5 4 2 17
SICK AG 0 5 4 4 4 17
ASIA OPTICAL CO., INC. 3 2 5 3 3 16
ASML HOLDING N.V. 4 5 3 3 1 16
BYK-GARDNER GMBH 5 5 3 2 1 16
DUKE UNIVERSITY 2 6 3 4 1 16
SANDIA CORPORATION 5 3 4 3 1 16
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC. 2 3 4 4 2 15
BECKMAN COULTER, INC. 1 3 1 4 5 14
GII ACQUISITION, LLC 0 2 7 4 1 14
HORIBA LTD. 1 2 3 4 4 14
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC 3 1 4 3 3 14
UT-BATTELLE, LLC 2 0 1 6 5 14
APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS, LLC. 0 4 5 1 3 13
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 4 4 5 0 0 13
BIOPTIGEN, INC. 0 3 4 3 3 13
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE - CNRS 1 2 5 1 4 13
THERMO ELECTRON SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 8 3 1 0 1 13
X-RITE EUROPE GMBH 1 4 4 1 3 13
ABBOTT POINT OF CARE INC. 0 0 0 7 5 12
AXSUN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 1 3 3 3 12
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 1 0 2 5 4 12
CANESTA, INC. 8 2 2 0 0 12
CARL ZEISS SMT GMBH 0 0 0 3 9 12
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 3 3 1 1 4 12
HUNTER ENGINEERING COMPANY 3 4 2 1 2 12
N & K TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5 3 2 1 1 12
TIMBRE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 9 3 0 0 0 12
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION, LTD. 2 1 4 2 3 12
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA 3 3 2 2 2 12
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 1 1 2 5 2 11
APPLIED MATERIALS SOUTH EAST ASIA PTE, LTD. 0 0 7 3 1 11
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORP. 2 2 4 0 3 11
LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 4 4 0 3 11
MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V 2 1 4 2 2 11
NEC CORPORATION 3 0 4 3 1 11
QINETIQ LIMITED 4 2 3 1 1 11
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 3 2 3 0 3 11
BAYER HEALTHCARE, LLC 0 1 3 4 2 10
CADENT LTD. 1 3 2 2 2 10
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2 0 5 1 2 10
ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'OPTIQUE 0 3 4 2 1 10
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 1 5 2 2 0 10
HARVARD COLLEGE, PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS 4 1 1 3 1 10
HOYA CORPORATION 3 4 1 1 1 10
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 5 1 3 1 0 10
JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY 1 3 3 0 3 10
LUNA INNOVATIONS, INC. 4 4 0 2 0 10
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 5 4 1 0 0 10
OPTO TRACE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 1 1 5 1 10
RUDOLPH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 3 2 1 2 10
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. 0 1 2 3 4 10
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 0 0 1 6 3 10
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA 2 2 3 2 1 10
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS 2 2 3 2 1 10
ZETETIC INSTITUTE 7 2 1 0 0 10
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 3 1 2 0 9
EMHART GLASS S.A. 2 0 2 3 2 9
KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND SCIENCE 0 0 2 3 4 9
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 2 3 0 3 1 9
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 1 0 0 3 5 9
NIDEK CO., LTD. 1 3 3 2 0 9
PARTICLE MEASURING SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 2 3 2 9
QUALCOMM MEMS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 4 4 0 9
RENISHAW PLC 1 1 2 2 3 9
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 1 3 1 3 9
TRIMBLE AB 3 1 0 1 4 9
TRIMBLE JENA GMBH 1 1 3 3 1 9
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 2 2 2 1 2 9
VITA ZAHNFABRIK H. RAUTER GMBH & CO. KG 0 3 1 3 2 9
YAMATAKE CORPORATION 1 1 2 5 0 9
ADVANTEST CORP. 3 1 2 1 1 8
AMERICAN GEM SOCIETY 5 1 1 0 1 8
APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS, INC. 5 3 0 0 0 8
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. 0 0 3 4 1 8
DISCO CORPORATION 3 3 1 1 0 8
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 2 3 2 1 0 8
KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.) 1 1 3 1 2 8
KOH YOUNG TECHNOLOGY INC 2 1 1 2 2 8
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2 3 0 1 2 8
LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC 2 1 3 1 1 8
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 8 0 0 0 0 8
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1 1 4 1 1 8
PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES OF CALIFORNIA, INC. 0 2 2 2 2 8
PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION 3 1 2 1 1 8
ROSEMOUNT AEROSPACE, INC. 3 0 2 2 1 8
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 2 1 2 2 8
SYMPHONY ACOUSTICS, INC. 2 5 0 0 1 8
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 1 4 1 0 2 8
THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL 0 1 1 2 4 8
TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY 0 0 2 4 2 8
WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY 1 0 0 2 5 8
AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH 1 1 1 2 2 7
AT&T CORP. 3 2 2 0 0 7
ATTOFEMTO, INC. 2 0 3 1 1 7
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 4 0 2 1 0 7
DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD. 0 3 1 3 0 7
DATACOLOR HOLDING AG 3 3 0 0 1 7
DCG SYSTEMS, INC. 1 3 2 1 0 7
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 0 1 3 2 7
GE HOMELAND PROTECTION, INC. 2 5 0 0 0 7
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 1 0 4 1 1 7
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 2 0 1 3 1 7
IMALUX CORPORATION 2 2 2 0 1 7
JASCO CORPORATION 1 2 1 2 1 7
JOHN FLUKE MFG. CO., INC. 3 0 1 2 1 7
KEYENCE CORPORATION 0 3 2 0 2 7
LI-COR, INC. 1 0 0 2 4 7
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. 0 1 2 2 2 7
NOVARTIS AG (FORMERLY SANDOZ LTD.) 2 0 3 1 1 7
OPTOPLAN AS 4 1 1 1 0 7
OTSUKA ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 1 3 0 3 7
POLYTEC GMBH & CO. 1 0 3 0 3 7
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 4 2 1 0 7
ROLLS-ROYCE PLC 1 2 1 2 1 7
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 0 1 0 3 3 7
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 1 3 2 1 7
STEINBICHLER OPTOTECHNIK GMBH 3 1 0 0 3 7
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. 0 1 2 3 1 7
VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC. 1 3 1 2 0 7
WATERS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 0 0 3 1 3 7
ABBOTT LABORATORIES 0 1 1 1 3 6
AHURA SCIENTIFIC INC. 0 0 2 2 2 6
BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC. 3 1 0 1 1 6
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 0 0 3 3 0 6
BWT PROPERTY, INC. 2 1 2 0 1 6
CARL MAHR HOLDING GMBH 0 4 1 1 0 6
CARL ZEISS MEDITEC AG 0 1 2 2 1 6
CELIGHT, INC. 1 1 0 3 1 6
DAVIDSON INSTRUMENTS INC. 3 1 0 0 2 6
EBARA CORPORATION 3 0 1 1 1 6
HACH COMPANY 0 5 0 0 1 6
HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 1 1 2 0 6
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 0 2 1 2 1 6
INSTITUT NATIONAL D'OPTIQUE 1 2 1 1 1 6
JJL TECHNOLOGIES LLC 4 1 0 0 1 6
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 0 2 1 2 1 6
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA 1 2 1 1 1 6
NORTHROP GRUMMAN GUIDANCE AND ELECTRONICS COMPANY, INC. 0 1 2 1 2 6
OPHIR CORPORATION 1 1 1 3 0 6
OPTISCAN BIOMEDICAL CORPORATION 0 2 1 2 1 6
ORBOTECH LTD. 3 1 0 2 0 6
PLEXERA, LLC 0 0 0 2 4 6
QUALITY VISION INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 4 0 2 6
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 0 1 1 2 2 6
SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS INC. 1 2 2 0 1 6
SNAP-ON EQUIPMENT S.R.L. 1 0 4 0 1 6
SOKKIA CO., LTD. 5 1 0 0 0 6
SOUTHWEST SCIENCES, INCORPORATED 2 2 2 0 0 6
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND 4 0 1 1 0 6
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI 1 0 1 4 0 6
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER 2 2 0 2 0 6
USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISYA 3 1 2 0 0 6
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION 0 2 2 0 2 6
ACCURI CYTOMETERS, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
ACKLEY MACHINE CORPORATION 1 0 1 1 2 5
AHURA CORPORATION 1 4 0 0 0 5
AIRBUS FRANCE 1 1 3 0 0 5
AMO WAVEFRONT SCIENCES, LLC 0 4 0 1 0 5
ARETE ASSOCIATE, INC. 1 0 2 0 2 5
ARKRAY, INC. 1 1 0 1 2 5
ARRYX, INC. 2 1 0 0 2 5
ASPECTRICS, INC. 5 0 0 0 0 5
BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 1 1 1 2 0 5
BOSSA NOVA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 0 0 0 4 1 5
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 1 0 2 2 0 5
CYMER, INC. 2 1 2 0 0 5
ELECTRONIC DESIGN TO MARKET, INC. 1 3 1 0 0 5
EXELIS INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
FINISAR CORPORATION 3 0 1 0 1 5
FUJIKURA LTD. 2 0 1 2 0 5
GENERAL DYNAMICS ADVANCED INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC 2 1 0 2 0 5
GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GMBH 1 1 1 1 1 5
HORIBA JOBIN YVON SAS 0 1 1 0 3 5
ICOS VISION SYSTEMS N.V. 3 2 0 0 0 5
IDC, LLC 5 0 0 0 0 5
IEE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONICS & ENGINEERING S.A. 0 1 1 3 0 5
INDIANA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 1 5
INFRAREDX, INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
JMAR LLC 0 1 1 1 2 5
KRONES AG 0 0 1 3 1 5
KWANGJU INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1 0 1 2 1 5
LIFESCAN SCOTLAND LIMITED 0 5 0 0 0 5
LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER 0 1 0 2 2 5
MEDEIKON CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 0 5
MICHIGAN AEROSPACE CORPORATION 0 5 0 0 0 5
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 1 3 0 0 5
MKS INSTRUMENTS, INC. 1 2 0 1 1 5
MORI SEIKI CO., LTD. 0 0 3 2 0 5
NATIONAL FORMOSA UNIVERSITY 0 1 2 0 2 5
NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY 0 0 2 2 1 5
NITTO DENKO CORPORATION 1 0 1 2 1 5
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION 0 1 0 1 3 5
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 1 0 4 0 0 5
ONDAX, INC. 1 0 0 2 2 5
OTI OPHTHALMIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5
PEPPERL + FUCHS GMBH 0 0 0 2 3 5
PERCEPTRON, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
PICARRO, INC. 1 1 2 0 1 5
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 0 0 3 2 5
ROHM CO., LTD. 0 0 1 2 2 5
SCHOTT AG 1 2 2 0 0 5
SHENZHEN MINDRAY BIO-MEDICAL ELECTRONICS CO. LTD. 2 2 0 1 0 5
SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 0 1 1 2 5
SPECTRASENSOR, INC,. 0 2 1 1 1 5
SUMCO TECHXIV CORPORATION 0 2 0 1 2 5
TAYLOR HOBSON LIMITED 2 1 1 1 0 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES 1 0 2 2 0 5
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY 2 1 1 0 1 5
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY 0 1 1 1 2 5
VARIAN AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD. 2 2 1 0 0 5
VOITH PAPER PATENT GMBH 3 0 1 1 0 5
WAFERMASTERS INCORPORATED 3 2 0 0 0 5


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