H01 ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Description
This class encompasses discrete electrical and electronic components that serve as fundamental building blocks in electrical circuits and devices. It covers conductors, resistors, capacitors, inductors, transformers, switches, circuit breakers, fuses, relays, and similar passive and electromechanical components. The class includes both traditional discrete components and integrated assemblies designed for specific electrical functions, but excludes complete systems or apparatus where such elements merely constitute parts (those are classified in their respective application-specific classes).
Filing statistics
CPC H01 recorded 2,600,249 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023, summed across its 14 subclasses. Annual filings grew from 175,694 in 2013 to 274,347 in 2023 (+56%), peaking at 284,535 applications in 2022. The most active applicants in class H01 are SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY (37,897 applications), TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY (36,116 applications) and APPLIED MATERIALS (21,640 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
13 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- H01B CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING OR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES (selection for magnetic properties H01F1/00; waveguides H01P )
- H01C RESISTORS
- H01F MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES (ceramics based on ferrites C04B35/26; alloys C22C ; loudspeakers, microphones, gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers H04R; thermomagnetic devices H10N15/00)
- H01G CAPACITORS; CAPACITORS, RECTIFIERS, DETECTORS, SWITCHING DEVICES, LIGHT-SENSITIVE OR TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE DEVICES OF THE ELECTROLYTIC TYPE (selection of specified materials as dielectric H01B3/00; capacitors having potential barriers H10D1/62, H10K10/10)
- H01H ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES (contact cables H01B7/10; electrolytic self-interrupters H01G9/18; emergency protective circuit arrangements H02H; switching by electronic means without contact-making H03K17/00)
- H01J ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS (spark-gaps H01T; electric arc lamps H05B31/00; particle accelerators H05H)
- H01K ELECTRIC INCANDESCENT LAMPS (details, apparatus or processes for manufacture applicable to both discharge devices and incandescent lamps H01J; light sources using a combination of incandescent and other types of light generation H01J61/96, H05B35/00)
- H01M PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
- H01P WAVEGUIDES; RESONATORS, LINES, OR OTHER DEVICES OF THE WAVEGUIDE TYPE (operating at optical frequencies G02B)
- H01Q ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS (radiators or antennas for microwave heating H05B6/72)
- H01R ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- H01S DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
- H01T SPARK GAPS; OVERVOLTAGE ARRESTERS USING SPARK GAPS; SPARKING PLUGS; CORONA DEVICES; GENERATING IONS TO BE INTRODUCED INTO NON-ENCLOSED GASES (overvoltage protection circuits H02H)
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filings, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 37,897
- TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY TW 36,116
- APPLIED MATERIALS US 21,640
- LG ENERGY SOLUTION KR 20,770
- LG CHEM KR 19,835
- TOKYO ELECTRON JP 18,519
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 14,595
- INTEL CORPORATION US 13,580
- MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY JP 12,151
- SAMSUNG SDI COMPANY KR 12,080