- 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: 3372
10-year publication summary
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234
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199
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170
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141
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176
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152
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158
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154
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157
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163
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| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Tokyo Electron Limited | 13169 |
671 |
| Kokusai Electric Corporation | 2108 |
390 |
| Applied Materials, Inc. | 19327 |
155 |
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | 46224 |
133 |
| Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc. | 861 |
122 |
| Micron Technology, Inc. | 26638 |
67 |
| Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 149362 |
58 |
| Intel Corporation | 46487 |
42 |
| ULVAC, Inc. | 1370 |
40 |
| Lam Research Corporation | 5385 |
39 |
| International Business Machines Corporation | 61759 |
38 |
| ASM IP Holding B.V. | 2169 |
34 |
| GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. Inc. | 6418 |
34 |
| United Microelectronics Corp. | 4320 |
33 |
| Nissin Electric Co., Ltd. | 259 |
31 |
| Novellus Systems, Inc. | 470 |
30 |
| Texas Instruments Incorporated | 19493 |
28 |
| Fujikin Incorporated | 694 |
27 |
| Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. | 11544 |
22 |
| Kyocera Corporation | 14102 |
22 |
| Other owners | 1356 |