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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 118, Coating Apparatus

( 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. 80 69 65 33 23 270
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 30 39 44 40 35 188
~Individually Owned Patent 30 33 33 30 20 146
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 12 12 19 15 10 68
NORDSON CORPORATION 4 7 8 8 18 45
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 13 8 7 9 5 42
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 13 6 9 2 5 35
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 9 6 9 2 3 29
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 7 12 3 5 0 27
NEC CORPORATION 6 8 6 2 1 23
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 6 6 2 1 7 22
ASM AMERICA, INC. 6 3 6 4 2 21
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 7 3 6 2 3 21
ANELVA CORPORATION 6 6 3 3 1 19
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 3 3 4 5 4 19
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 9 2 1 1 19
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 3 2 6 5 2 18
VOITH SULZER PAPIERMASCHINEN GMBH 9 3 5 0 0 17
SPEEDLINE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 6 1 4 1 15
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 1 5 0 2 5 13
EBARA CORPORATION 3 3 3 1 3 13
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 5 3 3 0 2 13
NOVELLUS SYSTEMS, INC. 4 2 1 4 2 13
VOITH SULZER PAPIERTECHNIK PATENT GMBH 2 6 2 3 0 13
ASM JAPAN K.K. 4 3 2 1 2 12
HITACHI, LTD 1 4 4 2 1 12
SONY CORPORATION 5 3 0 2 2 12
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 2 2 6 1 1 12
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 3 2 3 1 2 11
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 0 1 4 4 2 11
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 8 0 3 0 0 11
ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 1 4 5 10
DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD. 4 1 1 1 3 10
KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 6 4 0 0 0 10
OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION 1 1 4 4 0 10
GENUS, INC. 0 2 2 4 1 9
NISSIN ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 2 1 3 0 9
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 4 2 2 0 1 9
BALL SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 4 4 0 0 0 8
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 4 1 0 3 0 8
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 1 3 1 0 3 8
SEMITOOL, INC. 1 1 2 3 1 8
SIMPLUS SYSTEMS CORPORATION 0 1 2 4 1 8
XEROX CORPORATION 1 1 1 4 1 8
ALCATEL 0 1 4 2 0 7
ASM INTERNATIONAL N.V. 0 2 1 2 2 7
TOSHIBA CERAMICS CO., LTD. 5 0 1 0 1 7
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY MATERIALS, INC. 2 2 1 1 0 6
AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 3 0 1 1 6
EISENMANN MASCHINENBAU KG 0 1 0 0 5 6
G.D. SOCIETA PER AZIONI 0 1 1 2 2 6
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 1 1 0 3 1 6
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 1 3 2 0 0 6
ITW GEMA AG 0 1 0 4 1 6
JUSUNG ENGINEERING CO., LTD. 0 0 0 4 2 6
KOITO MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED 1 1 3 1 0 6
LEYBOLD SYSTEMS GMBH 2 4 0 0 0 6
METSO PAPER, INC. 0 0 0 1 5 6
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 0 0 2 4 0 6
UNAXIS BALZERS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 1 1 3 1 6
AIXTRON AG 0 2 1 0 2 5
APPLIED KOMATSU TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 1 2 0 0 5
CVC PRODUCTS, INC. 1 0 0 3 1 5
DELSYS PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 0 5
FASTAR, LTD. 0 2 2 1 0 5
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
JAGENBERG PAPIERTECHNIK GMBH 1 1 3 0 0 5
MATRIX INTEGRATED SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 3 0 0 5
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 0 0 3 2 5
SILICON GENESIS CORPORATION 0 4 1 0 0 5
SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 3 0 1 1 0 5
TEGAL CORP. 1 2 2 0 0 5
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 3 1 1 0 0 5
VOITH PAPER PATENT GMBH 0 0 1 3 1 5


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