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IPC Subgroup
C30B 29/6

characterised by shape

Introduced: January 1980

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

Single crystals or homogeneous polycrystalline material with defined structure characterised by the material or by their shape > characterised by shape

Classification Context

Section:
CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
Class:
CRYSTAL GROWTH
Subclass:
SINGLE-CRYSTAL GROWTH; UNIDIRECTIONAL SOLIDIFICATION OF EUTECTIC MATERIAL OR UNIDIRECTIONAL DEMIXING OF EUTECTOID MATERIAL; REFINING BY ZONE-MELTING OF MATERIAL; PRODUCTION OF A HOMOGENEOUS POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL WITH DEFINED STRUCTURE; SINGLE CRYSTALS OR HOMOGENEOUS POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL WITH DEFINED STRUCTURE; AFTER-TREATMENT OF SINGLE CRYSTALS OR A HOMOGENEOUS POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL WITH DEFINED STRUCTURE; APPARATUS THEREFOR

4 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • C30B 29/62 Whiskers or needles
  • C30B 29/64 Flat crystals, e.g. plates, strips or discs
  • C30B 29/66 Crystals of complex geometrical shape, e.g. tubes, cylinders
  • C30B 29/68 Crystals with laminate structure, e.g. "superlattices"

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class C30, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 1,516
  2. SUMCO CORPORATION JP 786
  3. SUMCO CORPORATION 703
  4. SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES JP 604
  5. SHIN ETSU HANDOTAI COMPANY JP 556
  6. GLOBALWAFERS COMPANY TW 492
  7. APPLIED MATERIALS US 463
  8. SHIN ETSU HANDOTAI COMPANY 450
  9. SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES 436
  10. SILTRONIC DE 429