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KLA TENCOR CORP

Overview
  • Total Patents
    4,864
  • GoodIP Patent Rank
    477
  • Filing trend
    ⇩ 10.0%
About

KLA TENCOR CORP has a total of 4,864 patent applications. It decreased the IP activity by 10.0%. Its first patent ever was published in 1995. It filed its patents most often in United States, WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) and Taiwan. Its main competitors in its focus markets measurement, optics and semiconductors are KLA-TENCOR CORP, KLA CORP and KLA ENCOR CORP.

Patent filings in countries

World map showing KLA TENCOR CORPs patent filings in countries

Patent filings per year

Chart showing KLA TENCOR CORPs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Manassen Amnon 192
#2 Fielden John 185
#3 Levinski Vladimir 180
#4 Gao Lisheng 141
#5 Chuang Yung-Ho Alex 138
#6 Shchegrov Andrei V 127
#7 Kandel Daniel 122
#8 Zhao Guoheng 118
#9 Bezel Ilya 112
#10 Sears Christopher 99

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