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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Electronic Information Products Division
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2004 - 2008 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 451, Abrading

( 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 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Total
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 96 84 100 52 42 374
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 33 42 66 44 14 199
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 39 44 55 35 14 187
EBARA CORPORATION 19 21 26 19 9 94
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 30 30 25 3 1 89
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 17 8 16 18 10 69
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 6 14 15 11 6 52
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 9 16 10 10 2 47
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 23 10 7 4 1 45
ROHM AND HAAS ELECTRONIC MATERIALS CMP HOLDINGS, INC. 2 16 11 10 4 43
CABOT MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 7 9 9 6 3 34
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 3 11 13 6 0 33
HOYA CORPORATION 3 11 8 4 3 29
STRASBAUGH, INC. 4 8 12 3 2 29
DISCO CORPORATION 5 2 7 2 5 21
INTEL CORPORATION 4 9 6 2 0 21
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 10 4 4 1 2 21
NIDEK CO., LTD. 4 4 3 5 5 21
BLACK & DECKER INC. 2 1 3 8 6 20
NOVELLUS SYSTEMS, INC. 0 5 3 8 4 20
SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 5 4 6 1 3 19
SPEEDFAM-IPEC CORP. 8 5 4 1 1 19
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 6 3 6 1 2 18
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 2 5 6 3 2 18
TOKYO SEIMITSU CO., LTD. 6 7 1 1 1 16
TOYODA KOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 6 8 0 0 15
ASM-NUTOOL, INC. 0 9 3 2 0 14
NIHON MICRO COATING CO., LTD. 4 3 3 3 1 14
NIKON CORPORATION 1 5 1 7 0 14
FUJIKOSHI MACHINERY CORPORATION 4 1 2 6 0 13
JSR CORPORATION 1 4 2 3 3 13
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 6 2 3 1 0 12
FUJITSU LIMITED 3 4 3 2 0 12
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 6 2 3 1 0 12
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 4 4 1 2 1 12
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 0 4 3 3 2 12
HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 5 4 0 2 0 11
NSK LIMITED 3 3 2 2 1 11
SHIN-ETSU HANDOTAI CO., LTD. 6 3 0 1 1 11
SONY CORPORATION 7 1 2 1 0 11
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 2 2 6 1 0 11
BOEING COMPANY 2 2 4 1 1 10
CORNING INCORPORATED 3 2 3 2 0 10
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 1 2 3 4 10
REISHAUER AG 5 2 2 0 1 10
SAE MAGNETICS (H.K.) LTD. 2 2 2 1 3 10
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 9 0 1 0 0 10
BEAVER CREEK CONCEPTS, INC. 3 0 4 1 1 9
GISON MACHINERY CO., LTD. 2 1 3 3 0 9
LG. PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD. 1 0 4 2 2 9
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 2 0 3 2 2 9
NORITAKE CO., LTD. 5 1 2 0 1 9
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 4 3 1 0 1 9
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 3 3 1 1 0 8
EDGECRAFT CORP. 1 3 1 1 2 8
RAYTECH INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS LLC 0 6 2 0 0 8
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 2 0 1 2 8
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 2 3 1 1 1 8
UNOVA U.K. LIMITED 4 3 1 0 0 8
ERWIN JUNKER MASCHNINENFABRIK GMBH 1 2 3 0 1 7
ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'OPTIQUE 1 1 2 2 1 7
FLOW INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 2 3 1 0 1 7
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 2 0 3 2 0 7
GLEASON WORKS 2 1 1 2 1 7
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON 4 1 1 0 1 7
NANOCLEAN TECHNOLOGIES INC 2 1 4 0 0 7
RODEL HOLDINGS INC. 7 0 0 0 0 7
TDK CORPORATION 3 1 2 0 1 7
CHARTERED SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING LTD. 1 1 2 2 0 6
DONGBU ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 0 2 3 1 6
HITACHI, LTD 2 0 3 1 0 6
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 0 2 2 0 6
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. 1 1 2 1 1 6
MOSEL VITELIC, INCORPORATED 2 1 3 0 0 6
NAN YA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 4 2 0 0 0 6
NEOMAX CO., LTD. 0 3 3 0 0 6
ORIOL INC. 1 2 2 1 0 6
SILTRONIC AG 2 0 4 0 0 6
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 1 0 3 2 0 6
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 2 3 0 0 0 5
DAISHO SEIKI CORPORATION 0 3 1 0 1 5
EBARA TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED 0 2 2 0 1 5
EXTRUDE HOME CORPORATION 0 2 1 2 0 5
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5
HAYES LEMMERZ INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 2 2 0 0 5
HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD. 1 0 1 0 3 5
JETSIS INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD 0 0 1 4 0 5
KLA-TENCOR TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 0 3 1 1 0 5
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 1 2 2 0 0 5
MIKRONITE TECHNOLOGIES GROUP INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
MINEBEA KABUSHIKI-KAISHA (MINEBEA CO., LTD) 2 2 1 0 0 5
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 2 2 1 0 0 5
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 0 2 2 0 1 5
NOVA MEASURING INSTRUMENTS, LTD. 2 1 0 2 0 5
PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. 0 0 2 2 1 5
PROMOS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 0 0 0 0 5
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 1 4 0 0 5
STORM PNEUMATIC TOOL CO., LTD. 0 0 1 3 1 5
TBW INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 0 2 3 0 5


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