IPC Main Group
G03F 7/00 Photomechanical, e.g. photolithographic, production of textured or patterned surfaces, e.g. printed surfaces; Materials therefor, e.g. comprising photoresists; Apparatus specially adapted therefor
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- PHYSICS
- Class:
- PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
- Subclass:
- PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES, e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; MATERIALS THEREFOR; ORIGINALS THEREFOR; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR
Filing statistics
IPC G03F 7/00 belongs to the parent subclass G03F, which recorded 141,314 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 11,410 in 2013 to 13,957 in 2023 (+22%), peaking at 14,377 applications in 2022. The most active applicants in class G03 are CANON (31,416 applications), CANON (17,469 applications) and KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS (9,845 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
Related Keywords
processes for the photomechanical production of textured or patterned surfaces for PHOTOGRAVURE
6 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- G03F 7/004 Photosensitive materials
- G03F 7/12 Production of screen printing forms or similar printing forms, e.g. stencils
- G03F 7/14 Production of collotype printing forms
- G03F 7/16 Coating processes; Apparatus therefor
- G03F 7/2 Exposure; Apparatus therefor
- G03F 7/26 Processing photosensitive materials; Apparatus therefor
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor 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