- All sections
- G - Physics
- G01N - Investigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties
- G01N 21/00 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of optical means, i.e. using sub-millimetre waves, infrared, visible or ultraviolet light
Patent holdings for IPC class G01N 21/00
Total number of patents in this class: 5805
10-year publication summary
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422
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380
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305
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288
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229
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187
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127
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72
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89
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35
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| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| KLA-Tencor Corporation | 2544 |
174 |
| Hitachi High-Tech Corporation | 5351 |
122 |
| Sysmex Corporation | 1432 |
52 |
| The Regents of the University of California | 20015 |
51 |
| KLA-Tencor Technologies Corporation | 188 |
49 |
| Honeywell International Inc. | 13547 |
47 |
| Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 147131 |
43 |
| The Boeing Company | 20098 |
39 |
| Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. | 20949 |
36 |
| Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. | 2073 |
32 |
| Schlumberger Technology Corporation | 10820 |
29 |
| ASML Netherlands B.V. | 7418 |
29 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 10080 |
27 |
| Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. | 761 |
24 |
| Sony Corporation | 30979 |
23 |
| Applied Materials, Inc. | 18792 |
23 |
| Tokyo Electron Limited | 12825 |
22 |
| Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. | 1617 |
22 |
| Roche Diabetes Care, Inc. | 1505 |
22 |
| Canon Inc. | 40216 |
21 |
| Other owners | 4918 |