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- G - Physics
- G01N - Investigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties
- G01N 23/2251 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of wave or particle radiation, e.g. X-rays or neutrons, not covered by groups , or by measuring secondary emission from the material using electron or ion microprobes using incident electron beams, e.g. scanning electron microscopy [SEM]
Patent holdings for IPC class G01N 23/2251
Total number of patents in this class: 780
10-year publication summary
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19
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37
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62
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73
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103
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95
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110
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126
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90
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13
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| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Hitachi High-Tech Corporation | 5613 |
99 |
| ASML Netherlands B.V. | 7697 |
77 |
| KLA Corporation | 1776 |
40 |
| NuFlare Technology, Inc. | 907 |
37 |
| FEI Company | 1028 |
26 |
| Applied Materials Israel, Ltd. | 643 |
24 |
| Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 152716 |
20 |
| Applied Materials, Inc. | 19887 |
19 |
| KLA-Tencor Corporation | 2524 |
17 |
| Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH | 3190 |
14 |
| Saudi Arabian Oil Company | 13931 |
10 |
| TASMIT, Inc. | 70 |
10 |
| Techinsights Inc. | 97 |
8 |
| LG Chem, Ltd. | 17786 |
7 |
| Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH | 1249 |
7 |
| JEOL Ltd. | 614 |
7 |
| JFE Steel Corporation | 7259 |
6 |
| Oxford Instruments NanoTechnology Tools Limited | 142 |
6 |
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | 46952 |
5 |
| Nikon Corporation | 7256 |
5 |
| Other owners | 336 |