[Report] Microscopy Market Research, Trends, Analysis TOC

INTRODUCTION
- STUDY BACKGROUND
- STUDY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
- INTENDED AUDIENCE
- SCOPE AND FORMAT
- METHODOLOGY AND INFORMATION SOURCES
- ANALYST CREDENTIALS
- RELATED BCC RESEARCH RESEARCH
- BCC ONLINE SERVICES
- DISCLAIMER
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- Summary Table:
- GLOBAL MARKET FOR MICROSCOPES, ACCESSORIES AND SUPPLIES, THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
- Summary Figure:
- GLOBAL MARKET FOR MICROSCOPES, ACCESSORIES AND SUPPLIES, 2006-2012 ($ MILLIONS)
MICROSCOPY OVERVIEW
- GENERAL DESCRIPTION
  - DEFINITIONS
    - Charged Particle
    - Compound Microscope
    - Depth of Field
    - Dispersion
    - Eyepiece
    - Inverted Microscope
    - Immersion Media
    - Lens
- Figure 1 MAGNIFYING LENS PRINCIPLES
  - Magnification
  - Nanoscale
  - Near Field
  - Numerical Aperture
  - Objective
  - Phase Shift
- Figure 2 LIGHT WAVE PHASES
  - Polarization
- Figure 3 POLARIZATION
  - Reflected Light Microscopes
  - Reflecting Microscope
  - Refraction
- Figure 4 REFRACTION
  - Resolution
  - Scanning Probe
  - Stereoscopic
  - Tunneling Current
  - Wavelength
- Figure 5 LIGHT WAVE
- Figure 6 WAVELENGTHS USED IN OPTICAL MICOSOCOPY
  - BRIEF HISTORY OF MICROSCOPY
    - Brief History of Microscopy (Continued)
- TYPES OF MICROSCOPE
  - OPTICAL MICROSCOPES
    - Description and Applications
- Table 1 TYPES OF OPTICAL MICROSCOPES AND THEIR MAIN APPLICATIONS
- Table 1 (CONTINUED)
  - Upright (Compound) Microscopes
  - Binocular Stereomicroscopes
  - Polarizing Microscopes
  - Metallographic Microscopes
  - Reflecting Microscopes
- Figure 7 REFLECTING MICROSCOPE
  - Phase-Contrast Microscopes
- Figure 8 BASIC PRINCIPLE OF A PHASE-CONTRAST MICROSCOPE
  - Fluorescence Microscope
- Figure 9 FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY PRINCIPLES
- Figure 10 FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE LAYOUT
  - Confocal Microscopes
- Figure 11 PRINCIPLES OF CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY
  - Confocal Microscopes (Continued)
  - Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopes
- Figure 12 SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPE PRINCIPLES
  - Inverted Microscopes
  - Other Types of Optical Microscope
    - Advanced Confocal Microscopy
    - Phase-Sensitive Scatter-Field Optical Imaging
    - Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy
  - Patent Analysis
    - Technologies
- Table 2 U.S. OPTICAL MICROSCOPY PATENTS (NUMBER OF PATENTS/PATENT APPLICATIONS BY TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY)
- Figure 13 OPTICAL MICROSCOPY PATENTS BY TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY (PERCENT OF TOTAL PATENTS AS OF MID-MAY 2007)
  - Trends over Time
- Table 3 OPTICAL MICROSCOPY PATENTS ISSUED ANNUALLY BY TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY, 2002-2006 (NUMBER OF PATENTS)
- Figure 14 OPTICAL MICROSCOPY PATENTS ISSUED ANNUALLY BY TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY, 2000-2006 (NUMBER OF PATENTS)
  - Patent Holders
- Table 4 PATENT HOLDERS AND APPLICANTS
- Figure 15 MAJOR OPTICAL MICROSCOPY PATENT HOLDERS
- Table 5 OPTICAL MICROSCOPY PATENT HOLDERS, BY TECHNOLOGY TYPE (NUMBER OF PATENTS)
- Figure 16 MAJOR OPTICAL MICRSOCOPY PATENT HOLDERS BY TECHNOLOGY TYPE (PERCENTAGES OF TOTAL PATENTS)
  - Manufacturers
- Table 6 OPTICAL MICROSCOPE MANUFACTURERS
  - CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPES
    - Description and Applications
- Table 7 TYPES OF CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPES AND THEIR MAIN APPLICATIONS
- Table 7 (CONTINUED)
  - Transmission Electron Microscopes
    - Transmission ...(Continued)
- Figure 17 TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE
  - Scanning Electron Microscopes
- Figure 18 SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE
- Figure 19 SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE-SAMPLE INTERACTION
  - Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope (ESEM)
  - Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopes (FESEM)
  - Field Ion Microscopes (FIM)
- Other Types of Electron Microscope
  - Electron-Probe Microanalyzer (EPMA)
  - Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopes
  - High-Voltage Electron Microscopes
  - Focused Ion Beam (FIB) Microscopes
  - Reflection Electron Microscope
  - Low Energy Electron Microscopy
  - Photo-Electron Emission Microscope
- Patent Analysis
  - Technologies
- Table 8 U.S. CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPY PATENTS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS
- Figure 20 U.S. CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPY PATENTS BY TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY (PERCENT OF U.S. PATENTS ISSUED THROUGH MAY 15, 2007)
  - Trends over Time
- Table 9 CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPY PATENTS ISSUED ANNUALLY BY TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY, 2002-2006 (NUMBER OF PATENTS)
- Figure 21 CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPY PATENTS ISSUED ANNUALLY BY TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY, 2000-2006 (NUMBER OF PATENTS ISSUED ANNUALLY)
  - Patent Holders
- Table 10 CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPY PATENT HOLDERS AND APPLICANTS
- Figure 22 CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPE PATENT HOLDERS (PERCENT OF TOTAL PATENTS)
- Table 11 CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPY PATENT HOLDERS, BY TECHNOLOGY TYPE (NUMBER OF PATENTS)
- Figure 23 MAJOR CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPY PATENT HOLDERS BY TECHNOLOGY TYPE (PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL PATENTS)
  - Manufacturers
- Table 12 CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPE MANUFACTURERS
  - SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPES
    - Description and Applications
- Figure 24 SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPE
- Table 13 TYPES OF SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPES AND THEIR MAIN APPLICATIONS
  - Scanning Tunneling Microscopes
  - Atomic Force Microscopes
- Figure 25 ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE PROBE
  - Other Types of Scanning Probe Microscope
    - Magnetic Force Microscopes
    - Electric Force Microscopes
    - Scanning Thermal Microscopy
- Patent Analysis
  - Technologies
- Table 14 U.S. SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY PATENTS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS
- Figure 26 SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY PATENTS BY TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY (PERCENT OF TOTAL PATENTS AS OF MAY 15, 2007)
  - Trends over Time
- Table 15 SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY PATENTS ISSUED ANNUALLY BY TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY, 2002-2006 (NUMBER OF PATENTS)
- Figure 27 SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY PATENTS ISSUED ANNUALLY BY TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY, 2000-2006 (NUMBER OF PATENTS ISSUED ANNUALLY)
  - Patent Holders
- Table 16 SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY PATENT HOLDERS AND APPLICANTS
- Figure 28 SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPE PATENT HOLDERS (PERCENT OF TOTAL U.S. PATENTS ISSUED THROUGH MAY 15, 2007)
- Table 17 SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY PATENT HOLDERS BY TECHNOLOGY TYPE (NUMBER OF PATENTS)
- Figure 29 MAJOR SPM PATENT HOLDERS BY TECHNOLOGY TYPE (PERCENTAGES OF TOTAL PATENTS)
- Table 18 SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPE MANUFACTURERS
  - ACCESSORIES AND SUPPLIES
    - Description and Applications
- Table 19 MICROSCOPE ACCESSORIES AND THEIR MAIN FUNCTIONS
  - Photomicroscopy Equipment
  - Illumination Systems
  - Microscope Stages and Accessories
  - Eyepieces
  - Objectives
  - Scanning Probes
  - Consumables
- Patent Analysis
  - Accessory Types
- Table 20 U.S. MICROSCOPE ACCESSORY PATENTS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS
- Figure 30 U.S. MICROSCOPE ACCESSORY PATENTS BY ACCESSORY TYPE (PERCENT OF TOTAL PATENTS ISSUED AS OF MAY 15, 2007)
  - Patent Holders
- Table 21 MICROSCOPE ACCESSORY PATENT HOLDERS AND APPLICANTS
- Figure 31 MICROSCOPE ACCESSORY PATENT HOLDERS (PERCENT OF PATENTS ISSUED THROUGH MAY 15, 2007)
  - Manufacturers
- Table 22 MICROSCOPE ACCESSORY MANUFACTURERS
  - END USERS
- Table 23 MICROSCOPE END USER INDUSTRIES
  - SEMICONDUCTORS
    - Optical Microscopes
    - Charged Particle Microscopes
    - Scanning Probe Microscopes
- LIFE SCIENCES
- Table 24 GLOBAL LIFE SCIENCES SALES, 2006 ($ BILLIONS)
  - Optical Microscopes
  - Charged Particle Microscopes
- MATERIALS SCIENCE
- Figure 32 MATERIALS SCIENCE INSTRUMENTS MAJOR MARKET SEGMENTS, 2006 (PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES)
  - Optical Microscopes
  - Charged Particle Microscopes
  - Scanning Probe Microscopes
- NANOTECHNOLOGY
  - Charged Particle Microscopes
  - Scanning Probe Microscopes
- OTHER END USERS
  - Education
    - Optical Microscopes
    - Other Types of Microscope
  - Environmental Science
    - Optical Microscopes
    - Charged Particle Microscope
  - Forensics
    - Optical Microscopes
    - Charged Particle Microscopes
  - Food Processing
    - Optical Microscopes
    - Charged Particle Microscopes
GLOBAL MARKET FOR MICROSCOPES AND ACCESSORIES, 2006-2012
- OVERALL MARKET SIZE AND SEGMENTATION
- DETAILED MARKET ANALYSIS AND PROJECTIONS
  - MARKET BY TYPE OF INSTRUMENT
- Table 25 PROJECTED GLOBAL MICROSCOPE MARKET, BY PRODUCT TYPE ($ MILLIONS)
- Figure 33 TRENDS IN GLOBAL SALES OF MICROSCOPES, ACCESSORIES, AND SUPPLIES, 2006-2012 ($ MILLIONS)
- Figure 34 MICROSCOPY MAJOR MARKET SEGMENTS, 2006 VS. 2012 (%)
  - Optical Microscope Market Size and Segmentation
- Table 26 OPTICAL MICROSCOPE SALES, 2006 ($ MILLIONS)
- Figure 35 OPTICAL MICROSCOPE MARKET SEGMENTATION, 2006 (PERCENT OF TOTAL OPTICAL MICROSCOPE SALES)
  - Market Drivers
  - Spending on Educational Equipment
- Table 27 U.S. EDUCATIONAL EXPENDITURES, 1997-2003 ($ BILLIONS)
- Figure 36 TRENDS IN U.S. EDUCATIONAL EXPENDITURES, 1997-2003 ($ BILLIONS)
  - Trends in Infrared Spectroscopy
- Table 28 GLOBAL MOLECULAR SPECTROMETRY SALES, 2006-2012 ($ BILLIONS)
  - Life Sciences R & D and Healthcare Spending
- Table 29 LIFE SCIENCES R&D SPENDING, 2006-2012 ($ BILLIONS)
- Figure 37 TRENDS IN LIFE SCIENCES R&D SPENDING, 2006-2012 ($ BILLIONS)
  - Materials Science Instrument Spending
- Table 30 GLOBAL SPENDING ON MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION INSTRUMENTS, THROUGH 2012 ($ BILLIONS)
- Figure 38 MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION INSTRUMENTS SALES TRENDS, 2006-2012 ($ BILLIONS)
  - Technology Shift Away From Compound Optical Microscopy
    - Future Market for Optical Microscopes
- Table 31 PROJECTED GLOBAL MARKET FOR OPTICAL MICROSCOPES, THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
- Table 32 PROJECTED GROWTH RATE OF MARKET FOR STERESCOPIC MICROSCOPES, 2006-2012 (PERCENT CAGR)
- Table 33 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR SCANNING NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPES MICROSCOPES, 2006-2012 (PERCENT CAGR)
- Figure 39 OPTICAL MICROSCOPE MARKET SEGMENTATION, 2012 (%)
  - Figure 39 (CONTINUED)
    - Charged Particle Microscopes
      - Charged Particle Microscope Market Size and Segmentation
- Table 34 CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPE SALES, 2006 ($ MILLIONS)
- Figure 40 CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPE MARKET SEGMENTS, 2006 (%)
  - Market Drivers
    - Semiconductor Industry Investment Trends
- Figure 41 MARKETS FOR SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES, 2006 (PERCENTAGES OF TOTAL SEM SALES)
- Table 35 SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY CAPITAL EQUIPMENT SPENDING PROJECTIONS THROUGH 2012 ($ BILLIONS)
- Figure 42 PROJECTED GROWTH IN SEMICONDUCTOR CAPITAL EQUIPMENT SPENDING, 2006-2012 ($ BILLIONS)
- Table 36 SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY CAPITAL EQUIPMENT SPENDING PROJECTIONS THROUGH 2012 ($ BILLIONS)
  - Technology Shifts
- Figure 43 CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPE SALES GROWTH VERSUS GROWTH IN MAJOR UNDERLYING MARKETS, 2003-2006 (CAGR%)
  - Future Market for Charged Particle Microscopes
- Table 37 PROJECTED GLOBAL MARKET FOR CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPES, THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
- Table 38 PROJECTED GROWTH RATE OF SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE SALES TO THE LIFE AND MATERIALS SCIENCES ($ MILLIONS)
- Figure 44 CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPE MARKET SEGMENTS, 2012 (PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES)
  - Scanning Probe Microscopes
    - Scanning Probe Microscope Market Size and Segmentation
- Figure 45 SPM MARKET PRODUCT SEGMENTS, 2006 (%)
  - Market Drivers
    - Trends in Nanoscale Applications
- Table 39 GLOBAL NANOTECHNOLOGY MARKET PROJECTIONS THROUGH 2012 ($ BILLIONS)
- Figure 46 MARKET TRENDS FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS 2006-2012 ($ BILLIONS)
  - Technology Shifts
    - Future Market for Scanning Probe Microscopes
- Table 40 PROJECTED SALES OF SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPES THROUGH 2012
- Figure 47 SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPE MARKET SEGMENTS, 2012 (PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES)
- Figure 47 (CONTINUED)
  - Accessories and Supplies
    - Market Size and Segmentation
- Table 41 SALES OF MICROSCOPE ACCESSORIES AND CONSUMABLES, 2006 ($ BILLIONS)
- Figure 48 MICROSCOPE ACCESSORIES AND SUPPLIES MARKET SEGMENTATION, 2006 (%)
  - Market Drivers
    - Number of Microscopes in Use Worldwide
- Table 42 NUMBER OF MICROSCOPES IN USE WORLDWIDE, THROUGH 2012 (MILLION UNITS)
- Figure 49 TRENDS IN NUMBER OF MICROSCOPES IN USE WORLDWIDE THROUGH 2012 (MILLION UNITS)
  - Future Markets for Microscope Accessories and Supplies
- Table 43 PROJECTED SALES OF MICROSCOPE ACCESSORIES AND SUPPLIES THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
  - MARKETS BY END USER SEGMENT
    - Optical Microscopes
- Table 44 END USER MARKETS FOR OPTICAL MICROSCOPES, 2006-2012 ($ MILLIONS)
- Figure 50 OPTICAL MICROSCOPE MARKET SHARES BY END USER SEGMENT, 2006 VS. 2012 (%)
- Figure 50 (CONTINUED)
  - Charged Particle Microscopes
- Table 45 END USER MARKET FORECAST FOR CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPES, THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
- Figure 51 CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPE MARKET SHARES BY END USER SEGMENT, 2006 VS. 2012 (%)
  - Scanning Probe Microscopes
  - All Types of Microscopes
- Table 46 END USER MARKETS FOR ALL TYPES OF MICROSOPE ($ MILLIONS)
- Figure 52 MICROSCOPE MARKET SHARES BY END USER SEGMENT 2006 VS. 2012
  - GEOGRAPHICAL MARKETS
    - Optical Microscopes
- Table 47 GEOGRAPHICAL MARKETS FOR OPTICAL MICROSCOPES 2006-2012 ($ MILLIONS)
- Figure 53 OPTICAL MICROSCOPE GEOGRAPHICAL MARKET SHARES 2006 VS. 2012 (PERCENTAGE OF GLOBAL SALES)
  - Charged Particle Microscopes
- Table 48 GEOGRAPHICAL MARKETS FOR CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPES, THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
- Figure 54 CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPE GEOGRAPHICAL MARKET SHARES, 2006 VS. 2012 (PERCENTAGE OF GLOBAL SALES)
  - Scanning Probe Microscopes
- Table 49 GEOGRAPHICAL MARKETS FOR SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPES, THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
- Figure 55 SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPE GEOGRAPHICAL MARKET SHARES, 2006 VS. 2102 (PERCENTAGE OF GLOBAL SALES
  - All Types of Microscopes
- Table 50 GEOGRAPHICAL MARKETS FOR ALL TYPES OF MICROSOPE THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
- Figure 56 MICROSCOPE MARKET SHARES BY END USER SEGMENT 2006 VS. 2012 (%)
  - FACTORS THAT MAY INFLUENCE THE LONG-TERM MARKET FOR MICROSCOPES AND ACCESSORIES
  - GLOBAL ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
- Table 51 GLOBAL ECONOMIC OUTLOOK (PERCENT ANNUAL CHANGE)
  - SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY TRENDS
- Table 52 GLOBAL SEMICONDUCTOR SHIPMENTS, THROUGH 2012 ($ BILLIONS)
- Figure 57 TRENDS IN GLOBAL SEMICONDUCTOR SHIPMENTS, 2006-2012 ($ BILLIONS)
INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
- MARKET SHARES
  - OPTICAL MICROSCOPES
- Figure 58 OPTICAL MICROSCOPY MARKET SHARES, 2006 (PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES BY VALUE)
- Figure 58 (CONTINUED)
  - CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPES
    - Electron Microscopes
- Figure 59 ELECTRON MICROSCOPE MARKET SHARES, 2006 (PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES BY VALUE)
- Figure 59 (CONTINUED)
  - Focused Ion Beam Microscopes
- Figure 60 FOCUSED ION BEAM MICROSCOPE MARKET SHARES, 2006 (PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES BY VALUE)
  - SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPES
- Figure 61 SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPE MARKET SHARES, 2006 (PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES BY VALUE)
- OWNERSHIP TRENDS
  - OWNERSHIP TRENDS (CONTINUED)
  - OWNERSHIP TRENDS (CONTINUED)
  - OWNERSHIP TRENDS (CONTINUED)
COMPANY PROFILES
- APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
- BRUKER OPTICS, INC.
- BUEHLER, INC.
- CAMECA SA
- DANISH MICRO ENGINEERING A/S
- FEI COMPANY
- GATAN, INC.
- HITACHI HIGH TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
- JASCO INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
- JEOL, LTD.
- LEICA MICROSYSTEMS AG
- MIS, INC.
- NANONICS IMAGING, LTD.
- NIKON CORP.
- NT-MDT CO.
- OBDUCAT-CAMSCAN, LTD.
- OLYMPUS CORP.
- OMICRON NANOTECHNOLOGY GMBH
- PACIFIC NANOTECHNOLOGY, INC.
- PERKIN ELMER, INC.
- PSIA CORP.
- QUESANT INSTRUMENT CORP.
- QUESTAR CORP.
- SCHOTT NORTH AMERICA, INC.
- SHIMADZU CORP.
- SII NANOTECHNOLOGY, INC.
- THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC CORP.
- VEECO INSTRUMENTS, INC.
- WITEC WISSENSCHAFTLICHE INSTRUMENTE UND TECHNOLOGIE GMBH
- CARL ZEISS NTS GMBH
LIST OF TABLES
- Summary Table:
- GLOBAL MARKET FOR MICROSCOPES, ACCESSORIES AND SUPPLIES, THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
- Table 1 TYPES OF OPTICAL MICROSCOPES AND THEIR MAIN APPLICATIONS
- Table 2 U.S. OPTICAL MICROSCOPY PATENTS (NUMBER OF PATENTS/PATENT APPLICATIONS BY TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY)
- Table 3 OPTICAL MICROSCOPY PATENTS ISSUED ANNUALLY BY TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY, 2002-2006 (NUMBER OF PATENTS)
- Table 4 PATENT HOLDERS AND APPLICANTS
- Table 5 OPTICAL MICROSCOPY PATENT HOLDERS, BY TECHNOLOGY TYPE (NUMBER OF PATENTS)
- Table 6 OPTICAL MICROSCOPE MANUFACTURERS
- Table 7 TYPES OF CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPES AND THEIR MAIN APPLICATIONS
- Table 8 U.S. CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPY PATENTS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS
- Table 9 CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPY PATENTS ISSUED ANNUALLY BY TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY, 2002-2006 (NUMBER OF PATENTS)
- Table 10 CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPY PATENT HOLDERS AND APPLICANTS
- Table 11 CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPY PATENT HOLDERS, BY TECHNOLOGY TYPE (NUMBER OF PATENTS)
- Table 12 CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPE MANUFACTURERS
- Table 13 TYPES OF SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPES AND THEIR MAIN APPLICATIONS
- Table 14 U.S. SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY PATENTS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS
- Table 15 SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY PATENTS ISSUED ANNUALLY BY TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY, 2002-2006 (NUMBER OF PATENTS)
- Table 16 SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY PATENT HOLDERS AND APPLICANTS
- Table 17 SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY PATENT HOLDERS BY TECHNOLOGY TYPE (NUMBER OF PATENTS)
- Table 18 SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPE MANUFACTURERS
- Table 19 MICROSCOPE ACCESSORIES AND THEIR MAIN FUNCTIONS
- Table 20 U.S. MICROSCOPE ACCESSORY PATENTS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS
- Table 21 MICROSCOPE ACCESSORY PATENT HOLDERS AND APPLICANTS
- Table 22 MICROSCOPE ACCESSORY MANUFACTURERS
- Table 23 MICROSCOPE END USER INDUSTRIES
- Table 24 GLOBAL LIFE SCIENCES SALES, 2006 ($ BILLIONS)
- Table 25 PROJECTED GLOBAL MICROSCOPE MARKET, BY PRODUCT TYPE ($ MILLIONS)
- Table 26 OPTICAL MICROSCOPE SALES, 2006 ($ MILLIONS)
- Table 27 U.S. EDUCATIONAL EXPENDITURES, 1997-2003 ($ BILLIONS)
- Table 28 GLOBAL MOLECULAR SPECTROMETRY SALES, 2006-2012 ($ BILLIONS)
- Table 29 LIFE SCIENCES R&D SPENDING, 2006-2012 ($ BILLIONS)
- Table 30 GLOBAL SPENDING ON MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION INSTRUMENTS, THROUGH 2012 ($ BILLIONS)
- Table 31 PROJECTED GLOBAL MARKET FOR OPTICAL MICROSCOPES, THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
- Table 32 PROJECTED GROWTH RATE OF MARKET FOR STERESCOPIC MICROSCOPES, 2006-2012 (PERCENT CAGR)
- Table 33 GLOBAL MARKET FORECAST FOR SCANNING NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPES MICROSCOPES, 2006-2012 (PERCENT CAGR)
- Table 34 CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPE SALES, 2006 ($ MILLIONS)
- Table 35 SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY CAPITAL EQUIPMENT SPENDING PROJECTIONS THROUGH 2012 ($ BILLIONS)
- Table 36 SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY CAPITAL EQUIPMENT SPENDING PROJECTIONS THROUGH 2012 ($ BILLIONS)
- Table 37 PROJECTED GLOBAL MARKET FOR CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPES, THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
- Table 38 PROJECTED GROWTH RATE OF SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE SALES TO THE LIFE AND MATERIALS SCIENCES ($ MILLIONS)
- Table 39 GLOBAL NANOTECHNOLOGY MARKET PROJECTIONS THROUGH 2012 ($ BILLIONS)
- Table 40 PROJECTED SALES OF SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPES THROUGH 2012
- Table 41 SALES OF MICROSCOPE ACCESSORIES AND CONSUMABLES, 2006 ($ BILLIONS)
- Table 42 NUMBER OF MICROSCOPES IN USE WORLDWIDE, THROUGH 2012 (MILLION UNITS)
- Table 43 PROJECTED SALES OF MICROSCOPE ACCESSORIES AND SUPPLIES THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
- Table 44 END USER MARKETS FOR OPTICAL MICROSCOPES, 2006-2012 ($ MILLIONS)
- Table 45 END USER MARKET FORECAST FOR CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPES, THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
- Table 46 END USER MARKETS FOR ALL TYPES OF MICROSOPE ($ MILLIONS)
- Table 47 GEOGRAPHICAL MARKETS FOR OPTICAL MICROSCOPES 2006-2012 ($ MILLIONS)
- Table 48 GEOGRAPHICAL MARKETS FOR CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPES, THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
- Table 49 GEOGRAPHICAL MARKETS FOR SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPES, THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
- Table 50 GEOGRAPHICAL MARKETS FOR ALL TYPES OF MICROSOPE THROUGH 2012 ($ MILLIONS)
- Table 51 GLOBAL ECONOMIC OUTLOOK (PERCENT ANNUAL CHANGE)
- Table 52 GLOBAL SEMICONDUCTOR SHIPMENTS, THROUGH 2012 ($ BILLIONS)
LIST OF FIGURES
- Summary Figure:
- GLOBAL MARKET FOR MICROSCOPES, ACCESSORIES AND SUPPLIES, 2006-2012 ($ MILLIONS)
- Figure 1 MAGNIFYING LENS PRINCIPLES
- Figure 2 LIGHT WAVE PHASES
- Figure 3 POLARIZATION
- Figure 4 REFRACTION
- Figure 5 LIGHT WAVE
- Figure 6 WAVELENGTHS USED IN OPTICAL MICOSOCOPY
- Figure 7 REFLECTING MICROSCOPE
- Figure 8 BASIC PRINCIPLE OF A PHASE-CONTRAST MICROSCOPE
- Figure 9 FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY PRINCIPLES
- Figure 10 FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE LAYOUT
- Figure 11 PRINCIPLES OF CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY
- Figure 12 SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPE PRINCIPLES
- Figure 13 OPTICAL MICROSCOPY PATENTS BY TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY (PERCENT OF TOTAL PATENTS AS OF MID-MAY 2007)
- Figure 14 OPTICAL MICROSCOPY PATENTS ISSUED ANNUALLY BY TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY, 2000-2006 (NUMBER OF PATENTS)
- Figure 15 MAJOR OPTICAL MICROSCOPY PATENT HOLDERS
- Figure 16 MAJOR OPTICAL MICRSOCOPY PATENT HOLDERS BY TECHNOLOGY TYPE (PERCENTAGES OF TOTAL PATENTS)
- Figure 17 TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE
- Figure 18 SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE
- Figure 19 SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE-SAMPLE INTERACTION
- Figure 20 U.S. CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPY PATENTS BY TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY (PERCENT OF U.S. PATENTS ISSUED THROUGH MAY 15, 2007)
- Figure 21 CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPY PATENTS ISSUED ANNUALLY BY TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY, 2000-2006 (NUMBER OF PATENTS ISSUED ANNUALLY)
- Figure 22 CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPE PATENT HOLDERS (PERCENT OF TOTAL PATENTS)
- Figure 23 MAJOR CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPY PATENT HOLDERS BY TECHNOLOGY TYPE (PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL PATENTS)
- Figure 24 SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPE
- Figure 25 ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE PROBE
- Figure 26 SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY PATENTS BY TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY (PERCENT OF TOTAL PATENTS AS OF MAY 15, 2007)
- Figure 27 SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY PATENTS ISSUED ANNUALLY BY TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY, 2000-2006 (NUMBER OF PATENTS ISSUED ANNUALLY)
- Figure 28 SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPE PATENT HOLDERS (PERCENT OF TOTAL U.S. PATENTS ISSUED THROUGH MAY 15, 2007)
- Figure 29 MAJOR SPM PATENT HOLDERS BY TECHNOLOGY TYPE (PERCENTAGES OF TOTAL PATENTS)
- Figure 30 U.S. MICROSCOPE ACCESSORY PATENTS BY ACCESSORY TYPE (PERCENT OF TOTAL PATENTS ISSUED AS OF MAY 15, 2007)
- Figure 31 MICROSCOPE ACCESSORY PATENT HOLDERS (PERCENT OF PATENTS ISSUED THROUGH MAY 15, 2007)
- Figure 32 MATERIALS SCIENCE INSTRUMENTS MAJOR MARKET SEGMENTS, 2006 (PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES)
- Figure 33 TRENDS IN GLOBAL SALES OF MICROSCOPES, ACCESSORIES, AND SUPPLIES, 2006-2012 ($ MILLIONS)
- Figure 34 MICROSCOPY MAJOR MARKET SEGMENTS, 2006 VS. 2012 (%)
- Figure 35 OPTICAL MICROSCOPE MARKET SEGMENTATION, 2006 (PERCENT OF TOTAL OPTICAL MICROSCOPE SALES)
- Figure 36 TRENDS IN U.S. EDUCATIONAL EXPENDITURES, 1997-2003 ($ BILLIONS)
- Figure 37 TRENDS IN LIFE SCIENCES R&D SPENDING, 2006-2012 ($ BILLIONS)
- Figure 38 MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION INSTRUMENTS SALES TRENDS, 2006-2012 ($ BILLIONS)
- Figure 39 OPTICAL MICROSCOPE MARKET SEGMENTATION, 2012 (%)
- Figure 40 CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPE MARKET SEGMENTS, 2006 (%)
- Figure 41 MARKETS FOR SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES, 2006 (PERCENTAGES OF TOTAL SEM SALES)
- Figure 42 PROJECTED GROWTH IN SEMICONDUCTOR CAPITAL EQUIPMENT SPENDING, 2006-2012 ($ BILLIONS)
- Figure 43 CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPE SALES GROWTH VERSUS GROWTH IN MAJOR UNDERLYING MARKETS, 2003-2006 (CAGR%)
- Figure 44 CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPE MARKET SEGMENTS, 2012 (PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES)
- Figure 45 SPM MARKET PRODUCT SEGMENTS, 2006 (%)
- Figure 46 MARKET TRENDS FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS 2006-2012 ($ BILLIONS)
- Figure 47 SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPE MARKET SEGMENTS, 2012 (PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES)
- Figure 48 MICROSCOPE ACCESSORIES AND SUPPLIES MARKET SEGMENTATION, 2006 (%)
- Figure 49 TRENDS IN NUMBER OF MICROSCOPES IN USE WORLDWIDE THROUGH 2012 (MILLION UNITS)
- Figure 50 OPTICAL MICROSCOPE MARKET SHARES BY END USER SEGMENT, 2006 VS. 2012 (%)
- Figure 51 CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPE MARKET SHARES BY END USER SEGMENT, 2006 VS. 2012 (%)
- Figure 52 MICROSCOPE MARKET SHARES BY END USER SEGMENT 2006 VS. 2012
- Figure 53 OPTICAL MICROSCOPE GEOGRAPHICAL MARKET SHARES 2006 VS. 2012 (PERCENTAGE OF GLOBAL SALES)
- Figure 54 CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPE GEOGRAPHICAL MARKET SHARES, 2006 VS. 2012 (PERCENTAGE OF GLOBAL SALES)
- Figure 55 SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPE GEOGRAPHICAL MARKET SHARES, 2006 VS. 2102 (PERCENTAGE OF GLOBAL SALES
- Figure 56 MICROSCOPE MARKET SHARES BY END USER SEGMENT 2006 VS. 2012 (%)
- Figure 57 TRENDS IN GLOBAL SEMICONDUCTOR SHIPMENTS, 2006-2012 ($ BILLIONS)
- Figure 58 OPTICAL MICROSCOPY MARKET SHARES, 2006 (PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES BY VALUE)
- Figure 59 ELECTRON MICROSCOPE MARKET SHARES, 2006 (PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES BY VALUE)
- Figure 60 FOCUSED ION BEAM MICROSCOPE MARKET SHARES, 2006 (PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES BY VALUE)
- Figure 61 SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPE MARKET SHARES, 2006 (PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES BY VALUE)

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