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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 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 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Total
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 70 61 64 70 60 325
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 40 32 36 36 39 183
KLA-TENCOR TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 43 47 29 22 8 149
ASML NETHERLANDS B.V. 16 25 32 25 21 119
HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 7 17 20 38 37 119
KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION 5 22 29 36 23 115
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 17 29 27 19 22 114
ZYGO CORPORATION 27 24 22 10 17 100
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 6 19 20 22 21 88
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 15 18 29 11 11 84
J. A. WOOLLAM CO. INC. 25 14 16 11 7 73
BOEING COMPANY 11 20 16 14 11 72
CHEMIMAGE CORPORATION 11 17 20 15 8 71
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON 17 12 19 9 11 68
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 7 20 12 16 10 65
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 21 24 7 9 3 64
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 12 17 15 6 11 61
MITUTOYO CORPORATION 9 18 14 6 14 61
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 16 16 10 13 4 59
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 5 17 15 12 5 54
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 13 16 12 8 5 54
NIKON CORPORATION 8 9 9 10 16 52
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 6 11 11 12 11 51
HITACHI, LTD 13 12 7 7 10 49
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 10 7 11 9 11 48
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 8 11 13 4 9 45
CARL ZEISS SMT AG 14 14 4 11 1 44
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 5 7 10 11 11 44
CORNING INCORPORATED 16 3 5 8 10 42
LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG 6 5 8 13 9 41
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 7 10 3 11 9 40
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 4 7 8 5 15 39
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 13 4 6 8 7 38
XEROX CORPORATION 6 7 5 9 10 37
KONICA MINOLTA SENSING, INC. 1 10 5 16 4 36
GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION 2 3 5 9 16 35
VISTEC SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEMS GMBH 7 5 8 4 10 34
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 5 6 10 9 3 33
FUJITSU LIMITED 5 9 8 3 4 29
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 1 4 8 11 5 29
APPLIED MATERIALS ISRAEL LTD. 3 9 7 4 4 27
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 6 3 1 14 27
LEICA MICROSYSTEMS CMS GMBH 3 6 7 8 3 27
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 5 2 7 8 5 27
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 8 6 6 3 4 27
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 3 6 3 6 9 27
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 3 5 10 7 26
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 6 2 3 7 8 26
INTEL CORPORATION 6 7 4 5 3 25
NANOMETRICS INC. 6 6 6 5 2 25
OMRON CORPORATION 5 8 3 6 3 25
NOVA MEASURING INSTRUMENTS, LTD. 7 2 5 4 5 23
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 4 3 5 7 4 23
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 8 6 1 4 4 23
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 8 2 3 6 4 23
ASIA OPTICAL CO., INC. 9 3 2 5 3 22
DENSO CORPORATION 7 7 3 4 1 22
JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GMBH 6 3 3 5 5 22
THALES 2 6 8 3 3 22
ASML HOLDING N.V. 6 4 5 3 3 21
BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED 2 3 4 9 3 21
HORIBA LTD. 11 1 2 3 4 21
RAYTHEON COMPANY 5 2 1 7 6 21
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 4 8 2 3 4 21
SHIMADZU CORPORATION 3 3 7 5 3 21
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.) 3 7 3 2 5 20
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 3 5 4 2 6 20
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 9 5 1 3 1 19
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 11 8 0 0 0 19
SYSMEX CORPORATION 2 3 2 5 7 19
X-RITE, INCORPORATED 4 2 7 3 3 19
YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORP. 2 1 6 5 5 19
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 5 4 4 5 0 18
DUKE UNIVERSITY 3 2 6 3 4 18
TIMBRE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 6 9 3 0 0 18
BYK-GARDNER GMBH 2 5 5 3 2 17
CARL ZEISS MEDITEC, INC. 1 9 3 2 2 17
FARO TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 5 3 3 5 17
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 7 5 4 1 0 17
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2 1 5 5 4 17
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 5 4 3 3 16
SANDIA CORPORATION 1 5 3 4 3 16
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE - CNRS 6 1 2 5 1 15
N & K TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 5 3 2 1 15
NIDEK CO., LTD. 6 1 3 3 2 15
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 1 2 6 6 15
THERMA-WAVE, INC. 14 1 0 0 0 15
ZETETIC INSTITUTE 5 7 2 1 0 15
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 6 3 3 1 1 14
SONY CORPORATION 1 0 1 2 10 14
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION, LTD. 5 2 1 4 2 14
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 4 1 1 2 5 13
AXSUN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 2 1 3 3 13
CANESTA, INC. 1 8 2 2 0 13
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 3 1 5 2 2 13
GII ACQUISITION, LLC 0 0 2 7 4 13
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 0 0 2 4 7 13
HUNTER ENGINEERING COMPANY 3 3 4 2 1 13
QINETIQ LIMITED 3 4 2 3 1 13
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC. 0 2 3 4 4 13
SICK AG 0 0 5 4 4 13
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 5 3 2 3 0 13
APPLERA CORPORATION 8 3 1 0 0 12
CARL ZEISS MICROIMAGING GMBH 0 3 2 6 1 12
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. 0 1 5 3 3 12
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC 1 3 1 4 3 12
MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V 3 2 1 4 2 12
THERMO ELECTRON SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 0 8 3 1 0 12
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA 2 3 3 2 2 12
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 0 1 2 4 5 12
LUNA INNOVATIONS, INC. 1 4 4 0 2 11
NEC CORPORATION 1 3 0 4 3 11
UT-BATTELLE, LLC 2 2 0 1 6 11
APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS, LLC. 0 0 4 5 1 10
APPLIED MATERIALS SOUTH EAST ASIA PTE, LTD. 0 0 0 7 3 10
AT&T CORP. 3 3 2 2 0 10
BECKMAN COULTER, INC. 1 1 3 1 4 10
BIOPTIGEN, INC. 0 0 3 4 3 10
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 3 3 1 2 10
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORP. 2 2 2 4 0 10
HOYA CORPORATION 1 3 4 1 1 10
JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY 3 1 3 3 0 10
OPTO TRACE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 2 1 1 5 10
OPTOPLAN AS 3 4 1 1 1 10
PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION 3 3 1 2 1 10
RUDOLPH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 2 3 2 1 10
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND 4 4 0 1 1 10
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA 1 2 2 3 2 10
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS 1 2 2 3 2 10
X-RITE EUROPE GMBH 0 1 4 4 1 10
YAMATAKE CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 5 10
ADVANTEST CORP. 2 3 1 2 1 9
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 1 1 0 2 5 9
BAYER HEALTHCARE, LLC 1 0 1 3 4 9
CADENT LTD. 1 1 3 2 2 9
CYMER, INC. 4 2 1 2 0 9
DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD. 2 0 3 1 3 9
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 1 2 3 2 1 9
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 2 0 5 1 9
ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'OPTIQUE 0 0 3 4 2 9
HARVARD COLLEGE, PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS 0 4 1 1 3 9
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 6 3 0 0 0 9
QUALCOMM MEMS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 4 4 9
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 3 0 1 3 2 9
VITA ZAHNFABRIK H. RAUTER GMBH & CO. KG 2 0 3 1 3 9
APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS, INC. 0 5 3 0 0 8
DATACOLOR HOLDING AG 2 3 3 0 0 8
DISCO CORPORATION 0 3 3 1 1 8
HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 2 1 1 2 8
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 2 2 0 1 3 8
JASCO CORPORATION 2 1 2 1 2 8
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 0 2 3 0 3 8
LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 0 4 4 0 8
LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC 1 2 1 3 1 8
MEDEIKON CORPORATION 3 2 1 1 1 8
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 3 1 0 0 8
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 1 1 3 0 8
ORBOTECH LTD. 2 3 1 0 2 8
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 1 1 3 1 8
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 4 2 1 8
ROSEMOUNT AEROSPACE, INC. 1 3 0 2 2 8
SOUTHWEST SCIENCES, INCORPORATED 2 2 2 2 0 8
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 1 0 0 1 6 8
TRIMBLE JENA GMBH 0 1 1 3 3 8
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI 2 1 0 1 4 8
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER 2 2 2 0 2 8
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 1 2 2 2 1 8
VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC. 1 1 3 1 2 8
ABBOTT POINT OF CARE INC. 0 0 0 0 7 7
AMERICAN GEM SOCIETY 0 5 1 1 0 7
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. 0 0 0 3 4 7
ATTOFEMTO, INC. 1 2 0 3 1 7
CELIGHT, INC. 2 1 1 0 3 7
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 0 4 0 2 1 7
DCG SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 3 2 1 7
EBARA CORPORATION 2 3 0 1 1 7
EMHART GLASS S.A. 0 2 0 2 3 7
GE HOMELAND PROTECTION, INC. 0 2 5 0 0 7
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 2 0 2 1 2 7
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 1 1 0 4 1 7
IMALUX CORPORATION 1 2 2 2 0 7
JOHN FLUKE MFG. CO., INC. 1 3 0 1 2 7
KEYENCE CORPORATION 2 0 3 2 0 7
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 0 1 1 4 1 7
OTSUKA ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 3 0 1 3 0 7
PARTICLE MEASURING SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 1 2 3 7
PRUFTECHNIK DIETER BUSCH AG 3 0 2 2 0 7
RENISHAW PLC 1 1 1 2 2 7
SCHOTT AG 2 1 2 2 0 7
SNAP-ON EQUIPMENT S.R.L. 2 1 0 4 0 7
SOKKIA CO., LTD. 1 5 1 0 0 7
SRU BIOSYSTEMS, INC. 5 1 1 0 0 7
SYMPHONY ACOUSTICS, INC. 0 2 5 0 0 7
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION 3 0 2 2 0 7
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 5 0 0 1 0 6
AHURA CORPORATION 1 1 4 0 0 6
AIRBUS FRANCE 1 1 1 3 0 6
ALCATEL 3 3 0 0 0 6
ASPECTRICS, INC. 1 5 0 0 0 6
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 0 0 0 3 3 6
CARL MAHR HOLDING GMBH 0 0 4 1 1 6
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 1 1 0 2 2 6
FINISAR CORPORATION 2 3 0 1 0 6
FUJIKURA LTD. 1 2 0 1 2 6
GENERAL DYNAMICS ADVANCED INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC 1 2 1 0 2 6
IDC, LLC 1 5 0 0 0 6
INSTITUT NATIONAL D'OPTIQUE 1 1 2 1 1 6
KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.) 0 1 1 3 1 6
KOH YOUNG TECHNOLOGY INC 0 2 1 1 2 6
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 0 2 3 0 1 6
KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND SCIENCE 1 0 0 2 3 6
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 1 0 2 1 2 6
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 2 1 0 0 3 6
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA 1 1 2 1 1 6
NEGEVTECH LTD. 2 1 3 0 0 6
NOVARTIS AG (FORMERLY SANDOZ LTD.) 0 2 0 3 1 6
OPHIR CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 3 6
OPTISCAN BIOMEDICAL CORPORATION 1 0 2 1 2 6
PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES OF CALIFORNIA, INC. 0 0 2 2 2 6
PICARRO, INC. 2 1 1 2 0 6
ROLLS-ROYCE PLC 0 1 2 1 2 6
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 1 2 1 2 6
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. 0 0 1 2 3 6
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 0 1 4 1 0 6
TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY 0 0 0 2 4 6
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. 0 0 1 2 3 6
USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISYA 0 3 1 2 0 6
VARIAN AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD. 1 2 2 1 0 6
WYATT TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 1 0 1 2 6
4D TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 0 1 2 0 5
AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH 0 1 1 1 2 5
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 0 1 0 1 5
ALCON, INC. 1 0 0 2 2 5
AMO WAVEFRONT SCIENCES, LLC 0 0 4 0 1 5
ARKRAY, INC. 2 1 1 0 1 5
ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LTD. 1 2 1 1 0 5
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 1 2 0 2 0 5
BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 0 1 1 1 2 5
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE 1 0 3 0 1 5
BAUSCH & LOMB, INC. 1 0 0 2 2 5
BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC. 0 3 1 0 1 5
BWT PROPERTY, INC. 0 2 1 2 0 5
CARL ZEISS JENA GMBH 2 0 1 2 0 5
CARL ZEISS MEDITEC AG 0 0 1 2 2 5
CHROMA ATE INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5
CYBEROPTICS CORPORATION 1 0 1 1 2 5
DIMENSIONAL PHOTONICS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 1 2 1 0 5
ELECTRONIC DESIGN TO MARKET, INC. 0 1 3 1 0 5
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 5 0 0 0 0 5
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 1 0 1 3 5
HACH COMPANY 0 0 5 0 0 5
ICOS VISION SYSTEMS N.V. 0 3 2 0 0 5
IEE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONICS & ENGINEERING S.A. 0 0 1 1 3 5
INFRAREDX, INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION 1 1 0 1 2 5
JETALON SOLUTIONS, INC. 1 4 0 0 0 5
JJL TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0 4 1 0 0 5
KRONES AG 1 0 0 1 3 5
LI-COR, INC. 2 1 0 0 2 5
LIFESCAN SCOTLAND LIMITED 0 0 5 0 0 5
LITTON SYSTEMS INC. 3 1 1 0 0 5
LOCKHEED MARTIN COHERENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 2 1 0 1 5
LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER 2 0 1 0 2 5
METROLASER, INC. 3 0 1 0 1 5
MICHIGAN AEROSPACE CORPORATION 0 0 5 0 0 5
MINEBEA KABUSHIKI-KAISHA (MINEBEA CO., LTD) 3 0 0 1 1 5
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. 0 0 1 2 2 5
MORI SEIKI CO., LTD. 0 0 0 3 2 5
NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 2 0 0 3 0 5
NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY 1 0 0 2 2 5
NIPPON SHEET GLASS CO., LTD. 3 2 0 0 0 5
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 0 1 0 4 0 5
OTI OPHTHALMIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
PERKINELMER LAS, INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5
PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 0 2 1 0 5
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 2 1 0 0 5
SHENZHEN MINDRAY BIO-MEDICAL ELECTRONICS CO. LTD. 0 2 2 0 1 5
SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS INC. 0 1 2 2 0 5
TAYLOR HOBSON LIMITED 0 2 1 1 1 5
TRIMBLE AB 0 3 1 0 1 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES 0 1 0 2 2 5
VOITH PAPER PATENT GMBH 0 3 0 1 1 5
WAFERMASTERS INCORPORATED 0 3 2 0 0 5
WEATHERFORD/LAMB, INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5


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