G03F 7/00 Photomechanical, e.g. photolithographic, production of textured or patterned surfaces, e.g. printing surfaces; Materials therefor, e.g. comprising photoresists; Apparatus specially adapted therefor (using photoresist structures for special production processes, see the relevant places, e.g. B44C, H10P76/00, H05K)
Introduced: September 1968
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: Photomechanical, e.g. photolithographic, production of textured or patterned surfaces, e.g. printed surfaces; Materials therefor, e.g. comprising photoresists; Apparatus specially adapted therefor
CPC: Photomechanical, e.g. photolithographic, production of textured or patterned surfaces, e.g. printing surfaces; Materials therefor, e.g. comprising photoresists; Apparatus specially adapted therefor (using photoresist structures for special production processes, see the relevant places, e.g. B44C, H10P76/00, H05K)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
Photomechanical, e.g. photolithographic, production of textured or patterned surfaces, e.g. printed surfaces; Materials therefor, e.g. comprising photoresists; Apparatus specially adapted therefor
Photomechanical, e.g. photolithographic, production of textured or patterned surfaces, e.g. printing surfaces; Materials therefor, e.g. comprising photoresists; Apparatus specially adapted therefor (using photoresist structures for special production processes, see the relevant places, e.g. B44C, H10P76/00, H05K)
CPC subdivides this area 3x more granularly than IPC with 9 additional codes.
9 codes are CPC-only extensions.
4 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- G03F 7/004 Photosensitive materials (G03F7/12, G03F7/14 take precedence) since 1990 +6 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G03F 7/12 Production of screen printing forms or similar printing forms, e.g. stencils IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G03F 7/16 Coating processes; Apparatus therefor (applying coatings to base materials in general B05; applying photosensitive compositions to base for photographic purposes G03C1/74) +6 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G03F 7/20 Exposure; Apparatus therefor (photographic printing apparatus for making copies G03B27/00) +8 CPC −1 IPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G03F 7/26 Processing photosensitive materials; Apparatus therefor (G03F7/12 - G03F7/24 take precedence) since 1980 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class G03,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- CANON 31,416
- CANON JP 17,469
- KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS 9,845
- RICOH COMPANY 9,807
- ASML NETHERLANDS NL 9,427
- FUJIFILM JP 7,225
- KONICA MINOLTA CORPORATION 7,216
- FUJI XEROX COMPANY 5,711
- CARL ZEISS SMT DE 4,971
- RICOH COMPANY JP 4,123
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class G03,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- CANON JP 19,215
- CANON 12,916
- ASML NETHERLANDS NL 10,000
- FUJIFILM JP 7,814
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 5,181
- CARL ZEISS SMT DE 5,079
- RICOH COMPANY JP 4,343
- LG INNOTEK COMPANY KR 4,054
- KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS 3,812
- KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS JP 3,682