Insulators or insulating bodies characterised by the insulating materials; Selection of materials for their insulating or dielectric properties

Filing statistics

CPC H01B 3/00 belongs to the parent subclass H01B, which recorded 140,018 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 10,354 in 2013 to 11,276 in 2023 (+9%), peaking at 15,902 applications in 2016. 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