H10 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
Description
H10 encompasses semiconductor devices and electric solid-state devices that do not fall within the more specific semiconductor classes (H01L) or microstructure-related classifications. This class serves as a residual category for novel or unconventional solid-state electronic devices, emerging semiconductor technologies, and electric devices based on solid-state principles that lack dedicated classification spaces elsewhere in the H01 range. The classification includes theoretical frameworks, general device concepts, and hybrid approaches that bridge multiple semiconductor disciplines but do not cleanly fit established subcategories.
8 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- H10B ELECTRONIC MEMORY DEVICES
- H10D INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
- H10F INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
- H10H INORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAVING POTENTIAL BARRIERS
- H10K ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES
- H10N ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H10P GENERIC PROCESSES OR APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10
- H10W GENERIC PACKAGES, INTERCONNECTIONS, CONNECTORS OR OTHER CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filings, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SAMSUNG DISPLAY KR 38,446
- TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY TW 30,922
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 30,059
- BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP COMPANY CN 20,304
- LG DISPLAY COMPANY KR 17,772
- BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP COMPANY 15,621
- SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY COMPANY JP 13,629
- IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 11,750
- SAMSUNG DISPLAY 11,316
- SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY COMPANY 9,697