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  • H01L - Semiconductor devices not covered by class
  • H01L 21/68 - Apparatus specially adapted for handling semiconductor or electric solid state devices during manufacture or treatment thereofApparatus specially adapted for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or electric solid state devices or components for positioning, orientation or alignment

Patent holdings for IPC class H01L 21/68

Total number of patents in this class: 3681

10-year publication summary

247
284
311
320
291
304
253
294
299
146
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

Principal owners for this class

Owner
All patents
This class
Applied Materials, Inc.
20459
257
Tokyo Electron Limited
13854
246
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
48539
166
Nikon Corporation
7236
154
Lam Research Corporation
5652
111
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
158337
98
Screen Holdings Co., Ltd.
3174
92
Disco Corporation
1960
58
ASML Netherlands B.V.
7959
57
EV Group E. Thallner GmbH
427
54
Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
38791
51
Semes Co., Ltd.
1678
45
KLA Corporation
1865
42
Canon Inc.
44011
37
Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.
44250
34
Brooks Automation US, LLC
332
34
Cowles Semi, LLC
70
31
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Limited
1679
28
ASM IP Holding B.V.
2412
28
Changxin Memory Technologies, Inc.
4933
25
Other owners 2033