Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN 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 *
Moghadam Farhad
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE [AMAT]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Senior Vice President
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., PO BOX 58039, 3050 BOWERS AVE, M/S 2023
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
07/30/2007
(Street)

SANTA CLARA, CA 95054
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 07/30/2007   M   70,000 A $ 20.0625 340,242 (1) D  
Common Stock 07/30/2007   S   70,000 D $ 22.06 270,242 (1) D  
Common Stock 07/30/2007   M   25,000 A $ 19.2 295,242 (1) D  
Common Stock 07/30/2007   S   25,000 D $ 22 270,242 (1) D  
Common Stock               2,500 I See foot note (2)
Common Stock               12,773.246 (3) I By the 401(k) Plan

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) $ 20.0625 07/30/2007   M     70,000 07/15/2005 04/03/2008 Common Stock 70,000 $ 0 0 D  
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) $ 19.2 07/30/2007   M     25,000   (4) 12/13/2012 Common Stock 25,000 $ 0 150,000 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Moghadam Farhad
C/O APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
PO BOX 58039, 3050 BOWERS AVE, M/S 2023
SANTA CLARA, CA 95054
      Senior Vice President  

Signatures

 /s/ Charmaine Mesina, Attorney-in-Fact   08/01/2007
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(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 262,500 performance shares (or restricted stock units) previously reported that in the future will be converted on a one-for-one basis into shares of Applied Materials, Inc. common stock immediately upon vesting, which vesting is scheduled to occur as follows: 37,500 performance shares are scheduled to vest in three equal annual installments beginning 8/31/07; and, provided specified performance goals are achieved, 225,000 performance shares are scheduled to vest no earlier than in four equal annual installments beginning 12/19/07 (all vesting is subject to continued employment).
(2) Shares are held in accounts for Dr. Moghadam's sons, for which Dr. Moghadam's wife is the custodian. Dr. Moghadam disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares.
(3) Increased number of shares reflects periodic allocation of accrued interest to all participants under 401(k) Plan that is exempt under Rule 16b-3.
(4) 50,000 shares became exercisable on 8/31/06 and 50,000 shares become exercisable on each of 8/31/07, 8/31/08 and 8/31/09 (subject to continued employment).

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