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Applied Materials Inc/DE – ‘10-Q’ for 4/26/20 – ‘XML’

On:  Thursday, 5/21/20, at 4:06pm ET   ·   For:  4/26/20   ·   Accession #:  6951-20-28   ·   File #:  0-06920

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 5/21/20  Applied Materials Inc/DE          10-Q        4/26/20  100:14M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

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79: R3          Consolidated Condensed Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     57K 
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                Additional Information (Details)                                 
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                Derivatives in Statements of Operations (Details)                
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                Other Assets (Details)                                           
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                Accrued Expense (Details)                                        
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                Intangible Assets - Schedule of Goodwill and Other               
                Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets (Details)                     
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                Intangible Assets - Schedule of Purchased                        
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                Intangible Assets - Additional Information                       
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                Intangible Assets - Schedule of Finite-lived                     
                Intangible Assets (Details)                                      
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                Intangible Assets - Amortization Expense (Details)               
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                Intangible Assets - Estimated Amortization Expense               
                (Details)                                                        
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                Information (Details)                                            
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                Share-Based Compensation - Additional Information                
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                Share-Based Compensation - Stock Repurchase                      
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                Share-Based Compensation - Share-Based                           
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                Share-Based Compensation - Restricted Stock Units,               
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                Share-Based Compensation - Employee Stock Purchase               
                Plan, Valuation Assumptions (Details)                            
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                Rollforward (Details)                                            
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39: R82         Industry Segment Operations - Net Sales by          HTML     71K 
                Geographic Region (Details)                                      
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                Customer (Details)                                               
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