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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001181431-04-050097
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20041029
FILED AS OF DATE:		20041102
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20041102

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000006951
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES [3674]
		IRS NUMBER:				941655526
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DC
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1026

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3050 BOWERS AVE
		CITY:			SANTA CLARA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95054-3299
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4087275555

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3050 BOWERS AVE
		CITY:			SANTA CLARA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95054-3299

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	APPLIED MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19730319

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			COLEMAN DEBORAH A
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001198399

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-06920
		FILM NUMBER:		041112429

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		SMART FOREST VENTURE
		STREET 2:		209 SW OAK 1ST FLOOR
		CITY:			PORTLAND
		STATE:			OR
		ZIP:			97204
		BUSINESS PHONE:		503-222-2552 X103

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1414 SW 3RD AVENUE
		STREET 2:		#2701 FTN PLAZA
		CITY:			PORTLAND
		STATE:			OR
		ZIP:			97201-6627
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        <issuerName>APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE</issuerName>
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            <rptOwnerCity>SANTA CLARA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>95054</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Director Stock Option (right to buy)</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>16.10</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2004-10-29</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>25000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2005-10-29</value>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2011-10-29</value>
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            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
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                <underlyingSecurityShares>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Annual stock option grant to non-employee member of the Board of Directors pursuant to the Applied Materials, Inc. Employee Stock Incentive Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The stock option is scheduled to vest in four equal annual installments beginning on October 29, 2005.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Charmaine Mesina,  Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-11-01</signatureDate>
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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Charmaine Mesina and
Mary Zeigler, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact
to:

	(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as a director and officer of Applied Materials, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4
and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
rules thereunder;

	(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5,
complete and execute any amendment(s) thereto, and timely file such form with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and

	(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best
interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the
documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to
this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions
as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and
the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the Company's
Secretary.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 30th day of August, 2002.


/s/ Deborah A. Coleman
_________________________
Deborah A. Coleman

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