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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Office of Electronic Information Products
Patent Technology Monitoring Division (PTMD)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2000 - 2004 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 216, Etching a Substrate: Processes

( 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 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Total
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 10 17 21 12 4 64
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 17 12 9 15 7 60
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 12 7 16 15 8 58
~Individually Owned Patent 5 4 11 10 16 46
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 0 29 4 2 3 38
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 7 8 7 6 1 29
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 0 5 14 19
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 4 4 3 4 3 18
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 5 8 1 1 3 18
FUJITSU LIMITED 6 3 2 4 1 16
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 2 4 1 5 4 16
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 3 1 2 4 6 16
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 6 0 3 4 2 15
TDK CORPORATION 0 2 4 4 4 14
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 2 2 3 3 4 14
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 2 5 0 3 3 13
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 2 1 2 5 3 13
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 3 2 2 3 3 13
HITACHI, LTD 3 3 2 2 2 12
MOTOROLA, INC. 4 2 4 2 0 12
NEC CORPORATION 5 1 4 2 0 12
SANDIA CORPORATION 2 3 2 2 3 12
XEROX CORPORATION 4 2 1 3 2 12
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 3 4 1 1 11
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 1 1 2 3 3 10
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 3 2 4 1 10
SONY CORPORATION 1 0 3 4 1 9
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 2 4 2 0 1 9
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 2 0 4 2 0 8
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2 1 4 0 1 8
SHIPLEY COMPANY INC. 2 1 1 3 1 8
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2 0 2 1 2 7
EBARA CORPORATION 2 0 1 2 2 7
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0 3 1 0 3 7
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 3 1 2 1 7
BMC INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 0 3 2 0 6
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 3 0 2 0 1 6
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 0 0 3 0 3 6
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 0 3 2 0 0 5
BOEING COMPANY 1 2 1 0 1 5
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 2 0 0 3 5
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 0 1 2 1 5


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