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CPC Main Group
C23F 1/00

Etching metallic material by chemical means (manufacture of printing surfaces B41C; manufacture of printed circuits H05K)

6 direct subcodes

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  • C23F 1/06 Sharpening files
  • C23F 1/08 Apparatus, e.g. for photomechanical printing surfaces (photo- mechanical reproduction G03F)
  • C23F 1/44 Compositions for etching metallic material from a metallic material substrate of different composition
  • C23F 1/46 Regeneration of etching compositions

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class C23, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. APPLIED MATERIALS US 10,596
  2. TOKYO ELECTRON JP 5,229
  3. LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION US 3,622
  4. NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION JP 3,171
  5. JFE STEEL JP 3,128
  6. ASM IP HOLDING NL 2,722
  7. ARCELORMITTAL LU 2,481
  8. TOKYO ELECTRON 2,359
  9. APPLIED MATERIALS 2,284
  10. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 2,110