Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Nalamasu Omkaram
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
01/24/2011		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE [AMAT]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., P.O. BOX 58039 3050 BOWERS AV, M/S 2023		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Corporate VP, CTO
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

SANTA CLARA, CA 95054		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock 83,743 (1)
D
 

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) 08/01/2010 10/03/2013 Common Stock 35,000 $ 17.68 D  
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) 08/01/2010 11/17/2013 Common Stock 35,000 $ 18.12 D  
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)   (2) 03/09/2014 Common Stock 36,000 $ 8.58 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Nalamasu Omkaram
C/O APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
P.O. BOX 58039 3050 BOWERS AV, M/S 2023
SANTA CLARA, CA 95054		       Corporate VP, CTO  

Signatures

/s/ Charmaine Mesina, Attorney-in-Fact 01/26/2011
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Number of shares includes 70,000 performance shares (restricted stock units) that in the future will be converted on a one-for-one basis into shares of Applied Materials, Inc. common stock upon vesting, which vesting is scheduled to occur as follows: (a) 3,000 shares are scheduled to vest on 8/31/2011; (b) 7,500 shares are scheduled to vest in installments during each of July of 2011 through 2013; (c) 16,000 shares are scheduled to vest in installments during each of February of 2011 through 2014; and (d) 43,500 shares are scheduled to vest in installments during each January of 2012 through 2015 (all vesting is subject to continued employment through each vesting date).
(2) 12,000 shares became exercisable on 4/1/2010 and 24,000 shares become exercisable in two equal annual installments beginning on 4/1/2011 (all vesting is subject to continued employment through each vesting date).

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