Patent holdings for IPC class H01L 31/18

Total number of patents in this class: 10643

10-year publication summary

1146
964
891
915
740
671
620
665
725
250
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
323
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
42036
235
Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux energies alternatives
10818
230
International Business Machines Corporation
60907
216
First Solar, Inc.
513
145
Applied Materials, Inc.
18383
139
Trina Solar Co., Ltd
422
111
SunPower Corporation
370
107
Solaero Technologies Corp.
219
99
Zhejiang Jinko Solar Co., Ltd.
230
97
Kaneka Corporation
4487
91
LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
7519
81
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
6124
81
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
5587
61
Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.
40580
58
Jinko Solar Co., Ltd.
203
58
LG Electronics Inc.
72357
57
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
143812
56
Tesla, Inc.
1696
55
The Boeing Company
19994
54
Other owners 8289