CPC Subgroup Additional Only
H05K 2203/03 Metal processing
Full Title
Indexing scheme relating to apparatus or processes for manufacturing printed circuits covered by H05K3/00 > Metal processing
12 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- H05K 2203/0307 Providing micro- or nanometer scale roughness on a metal surface, e.g. by plating of nodules or dendrites
- H05K 2203/0315 Oxidising metal
- H05K 2203/0323 Working metal substrate or core, e.g. by etching, deforming
- H05K 2203/033 Punching metal foil, e.g. solder foil
- H05K 2203/0338 Transferring metal or conductive material other than a circuit pattern, e.g. bump, solder, printed component
- H05K 2203/0346 Deburring, rounding, bevelling or smoothing conductor edges
- H05K 2203/0353 Making conductive layer thin, e.g. by etching
- H05K 2203/0361 Stripping a part of an upper metal layer to expose a lower metal layer, e.g. by etching or using a laser
- H05K 2203/0369 Etching selective parts of a metal substrate through part of its thickness, e.g. using etch resist
- H05K 2203/0376 Etching temporary metallic carrier substrate
- H05K 2203/0384 Etch stop layer, i.e. a buried barrier layer for preventing etching of layers under the etch stop layer
- H05K 2203/0392 Pretreatment of metal, e.g. before finish plating, etching
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class H05, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 9,981
- SAMSUNG DISPLAY KR 5,041
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 4,742
- PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS CH 4,411
- PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY JP 3,915
- PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 3,471
- SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS COMPANY KR 3,210
- MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY JP 3,191
- FUJI JP 2,987
- SIGNIFY HOLDING NL 2,907