H10K ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES
Description
H10K covers organic semiconductor devices and organic electronic components where active or passive electrical function is achieved through organic materials rather than conventional inorganic semiconductors. This includes organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), organic photovoltaic cells, organic field-effect transistors, and organic integrated circuits fabricated from carbon-based compounds such as conjugated polymers or small-molecule organics. The classification encompasses the materials, structures, manufacturing processes, and device architectures specific to organic electronics, excluding inorganic semiconductor devices covered elsewhere in the H10 series.
Filing statistics
CPC subclass H10K recorded 287,700 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 19,301 in 2013 to 29,524 in 2023 (+53%), peaking at 32,602 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class H10 are SAMSUNG DISPLAY (38,446 applications), TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY (30,922 applications) and SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY (30,059 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
13 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- H10K 10/00 Organic devices specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching; Organic capacitors or resistors having potential barriers (integrated devices or assemblies of multiple devices H10K19/00)
- H10K 19/00 Integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one organic element specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching, covered by group H10K10/00
- H10K 2101/00 Properties of the organic materials covered by group H10K85/00
- H10K 2102/00 Constructional details relating to the organic devices covered by this subclass
- H10K 30/00 Organic devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation (integrated devices or assemblies of multiple devices H10K39/00, H10K65/00; electrolytic light-sensitive devices H01G9/20)
- H10K 39/00 Integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one organic radiation-sensitive element covered by group H10K30/00
- H10K 50/00 Organic light-emitting devices (integrated devices or assemblies of multiple devices H10K59/00, H10K65/00; organic semiconductor lasers H01S5/36)
- H10K 59/00 Integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one organic light-emitting element covered by group H10K50/00
- H10K 65/00 Integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one organic light-emitting element and at least one organic radiation-sensitive element, e.g. organic opto-couplers (organic image sensors integrated with organic light-emitting devices H10K39/34; OLED displays integrated with photosensors H10K59/13)
- H10K 71/00 Manufacture or treatment specially adapted for the organic devices covered by this subclass
- H10K 77/00 Constructional details of devices covered by this subclass and not covered by groups H10K10/80, H10K30/80, H10K50/80 or H10K59/80
- H10K 85/00 Organic materials used in the body or electrodes of devices covered by this subclass
- H10K 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class H10, 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