H01J 31/12 with luminescent screen
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Cathode-ray tubes; Electron-beam tubes > having a screen on or from which an image or pattern is formed, picked-up, converted, or stored > Image or pattern display tubes, i.e. having electrical input and optical output; Flying-spot tubes for scanning purposes > with luminescent screen
Classification Context
- Section:
- ELECTRICITY
- Class:
- ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- Subclass:
- ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
Filing statistics
IPC H01J 31/12 belongs to the parent subclass H01J, which recorded 110,789 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 9,068 in 2013 to 10,705 in 2023 (+18%), peaking at 11,872 applications in 2021. The most active applicants in class H01 are TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY (43,574 applications), SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY (42,206 applications) and LG CHEM (21,383 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
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Child Classifications
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- H01J 31/14 Magic-eye or analogous tuning indicators
- H01J 31/15 with ray or beam selectively directed to luminescent anode segments
- H01J 31/16 with mask carrying a number of selectively displayable signs, e.g. numeroscope
- H01J 31/18 with image written by a ray or beam on a grid-like charge-accumulating screen, and with a ray or beam passing through, and influenced by, this screen before striking the luminescent screen, e.g. direct-view storage tube
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class H01, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY TW 43,574
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 42,206
- LG CHEM KR 21,383
- APPLIED MATERIALS US 20,441
- LG ENERGY SOLUTION KR 20,279
- SAMSUNG DISPLAY KR 19,725
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 19,400
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 18,819
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 18,082
- TOKYO ELECTRON JP 17,634