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
Filing statistics
The most active applicants in class H10 are SAMSUNG DISPLAY (21,044 applications), SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY (14,774 applications) and LG DISPLAY COMPANY (9,454 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
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