- All sections
- H - Electricity
- H01L - Semiconductor devices not covered by class
- H01L 21/31 - Treatment of semiconductor bodies using processes or apparatus not provided for in groups to form insulating layers thereon, e.g. for masking or by using photolithographic techniquesAfter-treatment of these layersSelection of materials for these layers
Patent holdings for IPC class H01L 21/31
Total number of patents in this class: 3361
10-year publication summary
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199
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172
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141
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176
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152
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159
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155
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158
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164
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77
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| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Tokyo Electron Limited | 13602 |
698 |
| Kokusai Electric Corporation | 2194 |
400 |
| Applied Materials, Inc. | 20135 |
148 |
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | 47675 |
133 |
| Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc. | 839 |
110 |
| Micron Technology, Inc. | 27370 |
60 |
| Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 154987 |
55 |
| Intel Corporation | 46726 |
40 |
| Lam Research Corporation | 5555 |
39 |
| International Business Machines Corporation | 62309 |
37 |
| ULVAC, Inc. | 1353 |
37 |
| GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. Inc. | 6395 |
34 |
| United Microelectronics Corp. | 4459 |
33 |
| ASM IP Holding B.V. | 2314 |
32 |
| Nissin Electric Co., Ltd. | 263 |
31 |
| Novellus Systems, Inc. | 458 |
29 |
| NGK Insulators, Ltd. | 5216 |
27 |
| Fujikin Incorporated | 697 |
27 |
| Texas Instruments Incorporated | 19637 |
25 |
| Kyocera Corporation | 14268 |
23 |
| Other owners | 1343 |