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

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2007 - 2011 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 216, Etching a Substrate: Processes

( 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 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Total
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 11 8 14 15 21 69
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 4 6 10 16 16 52
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 2 13 7 7 11 40
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 6 5 10 8 7 36
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 5 4 10 9 34
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 7 10 7 6 4 34
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 9 12 2 2 5 30
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 4 10 1 5 8 28
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 2 1 3 7 15 28
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 8 4 7 5 3 27
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 6 5 6 3 5 25
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 5 4 6 1 5 21
LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 4 5 2 5 16
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 8 4 2 0 2 16
TDK CORPORATION 4 3 2 2 4 15
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 1 2 7 3 13
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 5 2 0 0 3 10
MOLECULAR IMPRINTS, INC. 6 2 1 0 0 9
SONY CORPORATION 4 1 0 4 0 9
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 2 2 3 1 9
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 0 0 1 5 2 8
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 0 3 2 2 8
HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 0 1 0 2 5 8
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 3 1 2 1 1 8
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 4 7
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 1 3 1 1 1 7
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 2 2 1 1 1 7
FUJITSU LIMITED 1 2 1 2 0 6
HOYA CORPORATION 0 2 3 1 0 6
TOUCH MICRO-SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY INC. 2 1 1 1 1 6
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 1 2 0 3 0 6
CABOT MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 0 1 1 2 1 5
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 2 1 0 1 5
HITACHI, LTD 1 3 0 1 0 5
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 1 1 0 2 5
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
INTEL CORPORATION 1 1 1 1 1 5
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 1 2 0 0 2 5
S.O.I. TEC SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGIES S.A. 0 1 1 2 1 5
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 0 3 0 0 2 5


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