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H05K 2203/02

Details related to mechanical or acoustic processing, e.g. drilling, punching, cutting, using ultrasound

Full Title

Indexing scheme relating to apparatus or processes for manufacturing printed circuits covered by H05K3/00 > Details related to mechanical or acoustic processing, e.g. drilling, punching, cutting, using ultrasound

Filing statistics

CPC H05K 2203/02 belongs to the parent subclass H05K, which recorded 393,752 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 26,893 in 2013 to 40,478 in 2023 (+51%), peaking at 44,441 applications in 2021. The most active applicants in class H05 are SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY (9,981 applications), SAMSUNG DISPLAY (5,041 applications) and LG ELECTRONICS (4,742 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

13 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • H05K 2203/0207 Partly drilling through substrate until a controlled depth, e.g. with end-point detection
  • H05K 2203/0214 Back-up or entry material, e.g. for mechanical drilling
  • H05K 2203/0221 Perforating
  • H05K 2203/0228 Cutting, sawing, milling or shearing
  • H05K 2203/0235 Laminating followed by cutting or slicing perpendicular to plane of the laminate; Embedding wires in an object and cutting or slicing the object perpendicular to direction of the wires
  • H05K 2203/0242 Cutting around hole, e.g. for disconnecting land or Plated Through-Hole [PTH] or for partly removing a PTH
  • H05K 2203/025 Abrading, e.g. grinding or sand blasting
  • H05K 2203/0257 Brushing, e.g. cleaning the conductive pattern by brushing or wiping
  • H05K 2203/0264 Peeling insulating layer, e.g. foil, or separating mask
  • H05K 2203/0271 Mechanical force other than pressure, e.g. shearing or pulling
  • H05K 2203/0278 Flat pressure, e.g. for connecting terminals with anisotropic conductive adhesive
  • H05K 2203/0285 Using ultrasound, e.g. for cleaning, soldering or wet treatment
  • H05K 2203/0292 Using vibration, e.g. during soldering or screen printing

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class H05, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 9,981
  2. SAMSUNG DISPLAY KR 5,041
  3. LG ELECTRONICS KR 4,742
  4. PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS CH 4,411
  5. PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY JP 3,915
  6. PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 3,471
  7. SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS COMPANY KR 3,210
  8. MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY JP 3,191
  9. FUJI JP 2,987
  10. SIGNIFY HOLDING NL 2,907