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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 204, Chemistry: Electrical and Wave 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 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Total
~Individually Owned Patent 56 67 43 40 29 235
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 31 50 43 32 26 182
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 14 19 16 5 5 59
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 12 11 10 7 6 46
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 5 10 7 10 14 46
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 13 10 9 5 8 45
DENSO CORPORATION 6 7 8 11 7 39
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 10 4 7 8 10 39
SEMITOOL, INC. 2 11 6 13 6 38
CALIPER TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 11 5 11 7 2 36
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 6 6 10 7 35
HITACHI, LTD 6 7 6 8 5 32
NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD. 3 6 9 6 8 32
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 10 13 6 30
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 8 11 6 1 4 30
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 7 8 5 5 27
NOVELLUS SYSTEMS, INC. 4 4 8 9 2 27
PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO INC. 12 5 3 3 2 25
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 3 4 7 11 25
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 4 2 8 5 4 23
ANELVA CORPORATION 8 4 5 3 2 22
NGK INSULATORS LTD. 6 8 4 1 3 22
UNAXIS BALZERS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 2 3 7 8 20
NEC CORPORATION 6 5 5 0 3 19
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 2 3 6 5 2 18
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 4 6 6 1 18
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 4 2 4 4 4 18
ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LTD. 2 2 6 5 2 17
EBARA CORPORATION 2 3 4 4 4 17
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION, INC. 0 3 4 4 6 17
SONY CORPORATION 5 3 4 2 3 17
SANDIA CORPORATION 5 5 2 3 0 15
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 5 3 3 1 2 14
ACLARA BIOSCIENCES, INC. 3 2 0 1 7 13
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. 4 2 2 3 2 13
RIKEN CORPORATION 1 5 2 1 3 12
CVC PRODUCTS, INC. 6 2 2 1 0 11
LEYBOLD SYSTEMS GMBH 5 5 1 0 0 11
ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY 3 4 1 1 1 10
LARGE SCALE PROTEOMICS CORP. 0 0 5 3 2 10
LYNNTECH, INC. 4 4 1 0 1 10
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 0 1 5 1 10
NIPPON PAINT CO., LTD. 3 2 2 2 1 10
TDK CORPORATION 1 3 2 4 0 10
4 WAVE, INC. 0 0 6 0 3 9
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 3 2 1 3 9
APPLERA CORPORATION 0 0 1 3 5 9
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 4 2 1 1 1 9
ELTECH SYSTEMS CORPORATION 2 3 2 1 1 9
GUARDIAN INDUSTRIES CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 7 9
MOLTECH INVENT S.A. 2 0 4 2 1 9
NUTOOL, INC. 0 1 4 2 2 9
OUTOKUMPU OYJ 0 3 1 3 2 9
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 1 3 1 3 1 9
VISIBLE GENETICS INC. 5 2 0 2 0 9
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 2 1 4 1 0 8
ADVANCED ENERGY INDUSTRIES, INC. 2 2 1 1 2 8
BASF CORP. 2 4 1 0 1 8
BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 3 1 1 0 8
BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC. 4 0 2 1 1 8
MOTOROLA, INC. 3 0 2 3 0 8
PERKIN-ELMER CORPORATION 3 4 1 0 0 8
PERMELEC ELECTRODE CO., LTD. 5 3 0 0 0 8
PRAXAIR S.T. TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 2 0 3 1 8
PROTON ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 0 4 2 8
SHIMADZU CORPORATION 4 1 1 2 0 8
THERASENSE, INC. 0 0 0 5 3 8
UT-BATTELLE, LLC 1 1 2 1 3 8
ALCOA INC. 2 1 2 0 2 7
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 2 1 2 0 7
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 0 2 1 2 2 7
DE NORA S.P.A. 4 2 1 0 0 7
ELCORSY TECHNOLOGY INC. 2 2 1 1 1 7
FUJITSU LIMITED 7 0 0 0 0 7
GRADIPORE LIMITED 0 1 3 1 2 7
KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD. 0 0 3 3 1 7
NIPPON SHEET GLASS CO., LTD. 0 1 2 2 2 7
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY 1 2 0 3 1 7
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 0 3 1 0 7
SYMYX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 0 3 3 7
TOSOH SMD, INC. 1 0 2 3 1 7
ZEPTOSENS AG 0 1 2 0 4 7
BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 2 2 1 1 6
DRAGERWERK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 0 0 2 3 6
FILPLAS VACUUM TECHNOLOGY PTE LTD 0 1 2 1 2 6
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 1 0 2 3 0 6
HOSHIZAKI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 1 1 3 0 6
JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 0 1 0 3 6
KURITA WATER INDUSTRIES LTD. 0 0 4 1 1 6
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 1 1 1 3 0 6
LYNNTECH INTERNATIONAL, LTD. 0 1 2 2 1 6
NANOGEN, INC. 3 2 1 0 0 6
SPECTRUMEDIX CORPORATION 2 1 3 0 0 6
U.S. FILTER CORPORATION 0 1 0 3 2 6
UNAXIS TRADING AG 0 1 3 0 2 6
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 3 1 0 0 2 6
VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC. 0 2 1 2 1 6
ACM RESEARCH, INC. 0 1 3 0 1 5
AGENCY OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 3 0 0 2 0 5
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 0 3 1 0 1 5
ARCHIMEDES TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC. 0 3 1 0 1 5
BECKMAN COULTER, INC. 0 1 1 3 0 5
ELECTROPLATING ENGINEERS OF JAPAN, LIMITED 0 1 2 1 1 5
INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH 0 0 3 1 1 5
KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1 1 1 0 2 5
LOCKHEED MARTIN ENERGY RESEARCH CORPORATION 5 0 0 0 0 5
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 0 0 3 1 1 5
PROCESS AUTOMATION INT'L LTD. 0 5 0 0 0 5
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 3 1 0 0 1 5
STUART ENERGY SYSTEMS CORPORATION 1 1 3 0 0 5
USF FILTRATION AND SEPARATIONS GROUP INC. 0 3 2 0 0 5
YAMAMOTO-MS CO., LTD. 2 0 0 0 3 5


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