Organic materials used in the body or electrodes of devices covered by this subclass

Filing statistics

CPC H10K 85/00 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

10 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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H10K 85/10 Organic polymers or oligomers
H10K 85/20 Carbon compounds, e.g. carbon nanotubes or fullerenes
H10K 85/30 Coordination compounds
H10K 85/40 Organosilicon compounds, e.g. TIPS pentacene
H10K 85/50 Organic perovskites; Hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites [HOIP], e.g. CH3NH3PbI3
H10K 85/60 Organic compounds having low molecular weight (H10K85/10 - H10K85/50 take precedence)
H10K 85/701
H10K 85/731
H10K 85/761
H10K 85/791

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