CPC Main Group
H10K 71/00 Manufacture or treatment specially adapted for the organic devices covered by this subclass
Filing statistics
CPC H10K 71/00 belongs to the parent subclass H10K, which 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
16 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- H10K 71/10 Deposition of organic active material
- H10K 71/20 Changing the shape of the active layer in the devices, e.g. patterning
- H10K 71/30 Doping active layers, e.g. electron transporting layers
- H10K 71/40 Thermal treatment, e.g. annealing in the presence of a solvent vapour
- H10K 71/50 Forming devices by joining two substrates together, e.g. lamination techniques
- H10K 71/60 Forming conductive regions or layers, e.g. electrodes
- H10K 71/70 Testing, e.g. accelerated lifetime tests
- H10K 71/80 using temporary substrates
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