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

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2011 - 2015 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 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 21 25 24 26 27 123
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 16 9 7 20 14 66
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 15 8 10 15 15 63
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 4 17 14 14 13 62
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 9 13 12 10 13 57
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 8 9 14 11 12 54
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 7 12 16 10 6 51
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 5 13 14 14 4 50
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 11 8 11 13 6 49
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 5 3 9 14 6 37
WESTERN DIGITAL (FREMONT), LLC 0 6 19 7 4 36
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 3 3 6 14 4 30
HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 5 6 6 8 3 28
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 5 6 5 3 21
TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY 1 1 5 8 4 19
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 2 6 4 0 3 15
LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. 5 2 5 2 0 14
PANASONIC CORPORATION 3 2 4 4 1 14
TDK CORPORATION 4 5 3 1 0 13
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 0 2 6 4 1 13
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 4 0 3 2 3 12
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2 1 2 5 2 12
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 2 6 0 2 1 11
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 4 1 2 4 11
VARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATES, INC. 0 1 1 4 5 11
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 0 0 2 5 3 10
AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC. 0 2 4 2 2 10
CABOT MICROELECTRONICS CORP. 1 2 0 4 3 10
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES 0 0 4 4 2 10
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. 2 2 2 3 1 10
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 2 5 3 0 0 10
INTERMOLECULAR INC. 0 0 3 5 2 10
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 1 2 4 1 2 10
SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 0 4 3 3 10
CORNING INCORPORATED 0 2 2 2 3 9
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 2 4 3 9
NOVELLUS SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 4 2 1 9
DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD. 2 1 2 3 0 8
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 0 1 1 2 4 8
SHOWA DENKO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 1 3 1 0 8
TEL EPION INC. 0 5 1 1 1 8
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 1 1 4 1 1 8
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 4 0 3 0 8
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 0 2 2 2 7
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 3 1 1 1 1 7
JSR CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 6 7
NITTO DENKO CORPORATION 0 3 2 2 0 7
ASML NETHERLANDS B.V. 1 1 1 1 2 6
HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD. 1 0 1 3 1 6
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 1 2 1 2 0 6
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 0 1 1 4 6
KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION 0 3 0 1 2 6
ROHM AND HAAS ELECTRONIC MATERIALS CMP HOLDINGS, INC. 0 0 4 1 1 6
ROHM AND HAAS ELECTRONIC MATERIALS, L.L.C. 0 0 1 3 2 6
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 1 0 2 2 1 6
SHIN ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD. 0 0 1 2 3 6
SILTRONIC AG 2 0 3 1 0 6
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 5 1 0 0 0 6
SONY CORPORATION 0 2 2 2 0 6
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 2 1 1 2 0 6
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO. LTD 1 2 1 0 1 5
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY 0 0 4 1 0 5
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. 1 2 0 1 1 5
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 0 2 0 1 5
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 1 2 1 0 5
NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY 2 0 1 1 1 5
QUALCOMM MEMS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 5 0 0 0 5
SCREEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD. 0 0 0 3 2 5
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 0 3 2 0 0 5
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. 1 1 1 0 2 5
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 1 2 1 1 0 5
XEROX CORPORATION 1 0 2 1 1 5



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