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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 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 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Total
~Individually Owned Patent 75 32 59 58 73 297
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 18 10 12 23 13 76
NIKON CORPORATION 19 12 12 15 15 73
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 10 3 7 25 20 65
ZYGO CORPORATION 6 15 4 12 28 65
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 3 11 18 31 64
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON 23 8 12 9 5 57
HITACHI, LTD 13 5 11 10 16 55
THERMA-WAVE, INC. 1 7 5 15 26 54
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 6 12 9 14 6 47
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 8 10 10 12 7 47
ANDO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 7 1 10 16 11 45
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 13 7 8 11 6 45
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 4 2 10 13 10 39
KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION 4 8 3 17 7 39
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 14 8 3 9 4 38
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 12 10 9 3 37
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 9 6 6 3 10 34
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 11 6 3 8 5 33
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 9 1 5 9 9 33
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 0 3 4 11 13 31
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 2 7 10 9 30
LJ LABORATORIES, L.L.C. 3 12 8 6 0 29
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.) 0 9 6 7 6 28
NEC CORPORATION 10 7 8 2 1 28
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 7 1 9 8 1 26
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 9 0 3 3 10 25
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 7 2 4 4 8 25
ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 6 15 0 0 24
LITTON SYSTEMS INC. 9 6 4 5 0 24
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 11 2 4 3 4 24
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 3 8 4 2 23
RAYTHEON COMPANY 4 1 7 6 5 23
SHIMADZU CORPORATION 3 2 5 6 7 23
XEROX CORPORATION 4 3 6 8 2 23
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2 3 5 10 2 22
J. A. WOOLLAM CO. INC. 6 1 4 4 7 22
KLA-TENCOR TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 0 1 3 3 14 21
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 6 2 6 5 2 21
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 6 1 2 5 7 21
CORNING INCORPORATED 1 2 10 1 5 19
TRW INC. 7 4 5 2 1 19
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 5 1 7 2 3 18
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 6 1 2 3 6 18
CARL ZEISS JENA GMBH 4 2 3 3 5 17
CYBEROPTICS CORPORATION 3 3 3 5 3 17
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 3 2 2 7 3 17
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 4 3 1 4 5 17
BOEING COMPANY 2 0 6 0 8 16
MITUTOYO CORPORATION 3 1 3 5 4 16
NOVA MEASURING INSTRUMENTS, LTD. 2 2 3 4 5 16
ADVANTEST CORP. 1 2 6 5 1 15
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 11 2 1 1 0 15
HONEYWELL INC. 9 6 0 0 0 15
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 4 2 0 6 3 15
AMNIS CORPORATION 0 2 1 9 2 14
DENSO CORPORATION 0 2 2 7 3 14
FUJITSU LIMITED 6 2 0 1 5 14
LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG 2 2 2 5 3 14
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 0 2 3 2 7 14
BROWN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION 2 7 2 2 0 13
HORIBA LTD. 1 3 2 1 6 13
SONY CORPORATION 3 3 4 2 1 13
SYMYX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 1 3 3 3 13
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 6 1 0 2 4 13
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1 0 5 2 4 12
LEICA MICROSYSTEMS HEIDELBERG GMBH 0 1 0 8 3 12
NANOMETRICS INC. 1 1 1 5 4 12
PENTAX CORPORATION 0 0 3 5 4 12
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION, LTD. 3 1 3 3 2 12
BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY 1 0 1 3 6 11
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. 5 1 3 1 1 11
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 0 3 3 4 11
JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION 0 0 4 2 5 11
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, LELAND JUNIOR, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF 4 1 1 3 2 11
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE 4 0 2 5 0 11
X-RITE, INCORPORATED 2 3 2 2 2 11
ALCATEL 2 1 3 2 2 10
ANRITSU CORPORATION 1 1 1 5 2 10
FITEL U.S.A. CORP. 0 0 4 2 4 10
JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GMBH 1 2 3 3 1 10
N & K TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 1 1 1 3 10
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA 2 2 0 3 3 10
PRUFTECHNIK DIETER BUSCH AG 3 0 4 2 1 10
TEXTRON SYSTEMS CORPORATION 0 4 3 1 2 10
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 2 1 1 4 2 10
AGENCY OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2 1 1 2 3 9
ARCTURUS ENGINEERING, INC. 1 2 1 2 3 9
CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH AND INSTRUMENTATION, INC. 0 0 3 1 5 9
CANDELA INSTRUMENTS, INC. 2 3 1 1 2 9
CYMER, INC. 1 2 3 2 1 9
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 0 0 3 6 9
INTEL CORPORATION 0 1 2 3 3 9
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 1 5 3 9
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 4 0 1 3 1 9
NOVARTIS AG (FORMERLY SANDOZ LTD.) 0 2 1 2 4 9
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 1 2 4 2 9
ACTIVE IMPULSE SYSTEMS, INC. 5 2 1 0 0 8
ARC SECOND, INC. 0 0 2 6 0 8
ASML NETHERLANDS B.V. 4 0 2 1 1 8
CME TELEMETRIX INC. 0 2 1 3 2 8
GENERAL SCANNING INC. 3 3 2 0 0 8
KAISER OPTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 2 1 1 2 2 8
MOLECULAR DEVICES CORPORATION 1 3 2 0 2 8
NIDEK CO., LTD. 0 1 1 4 2 8
OMRON CORPORATION 2 0 1 1 4 8
PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS COMPANY 5 0 2 0 1 8
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK 2 1 0 1 4 8
SANDIA CORPORATION 4 1 0 1 2 8
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 1 0 0 2 5 8
TIMBRE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 3 5 8
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 1 1 0 2 4 8
VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC. 0 0 3 5 0 8
ZETETIC INSTITUTE 1 0 2 3 2 8
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE - CNRS 0 4 1 2 0 7
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORP. 2 1 0 2 2 7
HOYA CORPORATION 1 1 0 3 2 7
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 0 1 2 2 2 7
JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 0 0 5 1 7
LAMBDA PHYSIK AG 0 0 0 6 1 7
LASER TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 1 2 0 1 7
POINT SOURCE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 0 0 0 4 3 7
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 0 1 0 1 5 7
SICK AG 3 0 0 1 3 7
SOUTHWEST SCIENCES, INCORPORATED 0 1 2 4 0 7
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 3 1 1 2 0 7
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS 1 1 1 3 1 7
UT-BATTELLE, LLC 0 1 1 1 4 7
ADE OPTICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION 2 2 0 2 0 6
AMERICAN AIR LIQUIDE, INC. 2 1 3 0 0 6
CANESTA, INC. 0 1 0 4 1 6
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 3 0 1 2 0 6
EXFO ELECTRO-OPTICAL ENGINEERING INC. 0 1 1 1 3 6
FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 1 1 1 0 6
HITACHI ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING CO., LTD. 1 1 1 3 0 6
HUNTER ENGINEERING COMPANY 0 2 1 2 1 6
KVH INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 0 2 2 2 6
LEICA MICROSYSTEMS WETZLAR GMBH 0 2 2 1 1 6
NCR CORPORATION 1 1 3 1 0 6
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 1 0 1 3 1 6
ORBOTECH LTD. 0 0 0 3 3 6
REICHERT, INC. 0 0 0 0 6 6
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 1 1 2 1 6
ROSEMOUNT AEROSPACE, INC. 0 1 0 5 0 6
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 0 0 2 1 6
SYSMEX CORPORATION 3 0 0 2 1 6
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM 1 3 1 0 1 6
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 1 0 3 1 1 6
VARIAN AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD. 0 1 0 2 3 6
WATERS INVESTMENTS LIMITED 1 1 2 1 1 6
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION 2 1 0 0 3 6
ACUSHNET COMPANY 0 1 0 2 2 5
ADE CORPORATION 0 0 1 3 1 5
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
BAE SYSTEMS PLC 0 2 2 1 0 5
BAYER CORPORATION 0 4 1 0 0 5
BECHTEL BWXT IDAHO, LLC 1 1 2 0 1 5
BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC. 5 0 0 0 0 5
CALIPER TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 0 1 2 2 0 5
CARL ZEISS STIFTUNG 0 0 3 1 1 5
COORS BREWING COMPANY 4 0 1 0 0 5
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 1 1 1 0 5
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 1 2 0 1 1 5
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 1 0 0 3 5
GRETAG MACBETH LLC 1 2 1 1 0 5
GRETAG-MACBETH AG 1 0 0 2 2 5
HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 0 3 2 5
HINDS INSTRUMENTS, INC. 0 1 2 0 2 5
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 0 2 2 0 1 5
INTERNATIONAL REMOTE IMAGING SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 2 1 1 5
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 0 1 0 0 4 5
JDS UNIPHASE INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
KOMATSU LTD. 1 2 0 2 0 5
LEICA MICROSYSTEMS INC. 1 1 3 0 0 5
LEICA MICROSYSTEMS JENA GMBH 0 0 1 3 1 5
LJL BIOSYSTEMS INC. 0 2 3 0 0 5
NIPPON SANSO K.K. 1 0 1 2 1 5
OWENS-BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER INC. 4 1 0 0 0 5
PHONE-OR LTD 1 1 1 1 1 5
ROBOTIC VISION SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 2 3 0 5
SCHMITT MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS, INC. 2 0 0 1 2 5
SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES & INSTRUMENTS, INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
SNAP-ON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
SPECTRA PRECISION, INC. 3 1 1 0 0 5
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 4 1 0 0 0 5
WYATT TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 0 3 0 1 5


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