Patent holdings for IPC class H01L 31/18

Total number of patents in this class: 10504

10-year publication summary

1137
958
886
907
736
669
593
628
681
301
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Principal owners for this class

Owner
All patents
This class
Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd.
709
317
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
43400
233
Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux energies alternatives
10946
225
International Business Machines Corporation
61471
216
First Solar, Inc.
512
141
Applied Materials, Inc.
18892
138
Trina Solar Co., Ltd
451
112
SunPower Corporation
369
107
Solaero Technologies Corp.
220
98
Kaneka Corporation
4577
90
Zhejiang Jinko Solar Co., Ltd.
238
84
LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
7738
81
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
6116
80
Jinko Solar Co., Ltd.
236
64
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
5687
59
LG Electronics Inc.
73578
57
Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.
41547
57
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
147622
55
Tesla, Inc.
1750
55
JingAo Solar Co., Ltd.
162
54
Other owners 8181