IPC Main Group
H10P 54/00 Cutting or separating of wafers, substrates or parts of devices
Introduced: January 2026
Classification Context
- Section:
- ELECTRICITY
- Class:
- SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- Subclass:
- GENERIC PROCESSES OR APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS
Additional Content
Singulating wafers or substrates into multiple chips, i.e. dicing
5 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- H10P 54/2 by laser cutting
- H10P 54/3 by forming weakened zones for subsequent cutting or separating, e.g. by laser treatment or by ion implantation
- H10P 54/4 by sawing, e.g. using revolving or reciprocating blades
- H10P 54/5 by scoring, breaking or cleaving
- H10P 54/9 Auxiliary processes or arrangements
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class H10, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SAMSUNG DISPLAY KR 21,044
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 14,774
- LG DISPLAY COMPANY KR 9,454
- TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY TW 8,301
- SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY COMPANY JP 7,642
- BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP COMPANY 6,845
- BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP COMPANY CN 6,806
- SAMSUNG DISPLAY 6,577
- LG CHEM KR 5,461
- SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY COMPANY 5,115