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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2006 - 2010 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 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Total
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 100 52 42 45 36 275
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 66 44 14 17 21 162
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 55 35 14 7 2 113
EBARA CORPORATION 26 19 9 8 9 71
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 16 18 10 8 4 56
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 15 11 6 6 3 41
ROHM AND HAAS ELECTRONIC MATERIALS CMP HOLDINGS, INC. 11 10 4 8 3 36
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 10 10 2 6 5 33
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 25 3 1 1 2 32
BLACK & DECKER INC. 3 8 6 5 6 28
DISCO CORPORATION 7 2 5 5 7 26
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 13 6 0 0 3 22
NIDEK CO., LTD. 3 5 5 5 3 21
CABOT MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 9 6 3 0 2 20
HOYA CORPORATION 8 4 3 4 1 20
NOVELLUS SYSTEMS, INC. 3 8 4 3 1 19
STRASBAUGH, INC. 12 3 2 1 0 18
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 7 4 1 0 2 14
ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'OPTIQUE 2 2 1 4 3 12
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 6 3 2 0 1 12
FUJIKOSHI MACHINERY CORPORATION 2 6 0 3 0 11
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 6 1 2 1 1 11
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 2 3 4 1 1 11
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 4 1 2 2 1 10
SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 6 1 3 0 0 10
JTEKT CORPORATION 1 0 0 5 3 9
NIHON MICRO COATING CO., LTD. 3 3 1 1 1 9
NIKON CORPORATION 1 7 0 0 1 9
SHIN-ETSU HANDOTAI CO., LTD. 0 1 1 3 4 9
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 6 1 0 0 2 9
BEAVER CREEK CONCEPTS, INC. 4 1 1 2 0 8
BOEING COMPANY 4 1 1 2 0 8
EDGECRAFT CORP. 1 1 2 3 1 8
FUJITSU LIMITED 3 2 0 3 0 8
INTEL CORPORATION 6 2 0 0 0 8
JSR CORPORATION 2 3 3 0 0 8
LG. PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD. 4 2 2 0 0 8
SAE MAGNETICS (H.K.) LTD. 2 1 3 1 1 8
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 3 3 2 0 0 8
SILTRONIC AG 4 0 0 0 4 8
TOKYO SEIMITSU CO., LTD. 1 1 1 1 4 8
TOYODA KOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 8 0 0 0 0 8
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 3 2 0 1 2 8
ERWIN JUNKER MASCHNINENFABRIK GMBH 3 0 1 2 1 7
GISON MACHINERY CO., LTD. 3 3 0 1 0 7
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 3 2 2 0 0 7
STORM PNEUMATIC TOOL CO., LTD. 1 3 1 2 0 7
TBW INDUSTRIES, INC. 2 3 0 2 0 7
TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD. 0 1 2 1 3 7
CORNING INCORPORATED 3 2 0 0 1 6
DONGBU ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 2 3 1 0 0 6
GLEASON WORKS 1 2 1 0 2 6
HTC SWEDEN AB 2 2 0 0 2 6
MEMC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS, INC. 1 0 0 2 3 6
NGK INSULATORS LTD. 0 3 1 2 0 6
SAN FANG CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0 0 1 1 4 6
SPEEDFAM-IPEC CORP. 4 1 1 0 0 6
ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LTD. 2 1 0 0 2 5
ASM-NUTOOL, INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
CARL ZEISS VISION GMBH 1 1 1 2 0 5
ELPIDA MEMORY, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 1 1 0 3 0 5
FRICSO LTD. 1 0 0 2 2 5
FUJI MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 1 0 0 0 4 5
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 3 2 0 0 0 5
HITACHI PLANT TECHNOLOGIES,LTD. 0 1 3 1 0 5
IV TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 1 1 1 2 0 5
JETSIS INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD 1 4 0 0 0 5
KOYO MACHINE INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 2 0 1 1 1 5
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 2 0 1 0 5
NSK LIMITED 2 2 1 0 0 5
PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. 2 2 1 0 0 5
REISHAUER AG 2 0 1 0 2 5
SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES, INC. 1 1 0 0 3 5
VOLLMER WERKE MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH 3 1 0 0 1 5


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