- All sections
- C - Chemistry; metallurgy
- C23C - Coating metallic material; coating material with metallic material; surface treatment of metallic material by diffusion into the surface, by chemical conversion or substitution; coating by vacuum evaporation, by sputtering, by ion implantation or by chemical vapour deposition, in general
- C23C 14/46 - Sputtering by ion beam produced by an external ion source
Patent holdings for IPC class C23C 14/46
Total number of patents in this class: 158
10-year publication summary
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2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
Owner |
All patents
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This class
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Applied Materials, Inc. | 16587 |
15 |
Fujikura Ltd. | 2777 |
6 |
Hoya Corporation | 2822 |
5 |
Veeco Instruments Inc. | 332 |
5 |
The Boeing Company | 19843 |
4 |
Canon Anelva Corporation | 676 |
4 |
Plasma-therm NES LLC | 14 |
4 |
Tel Manufacturing and Engineering of America, Inc. | 150 |
4 |
Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. | 1282 |
3 |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | 36809 |
3 |
Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited | 15 |
3 |
Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | 30585 |
2 |
The Regents of the University of California | 18943 |
2 |
Asahi Glass Company, Limited | 2985 |
2 |
Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC | 2135 |
2 |
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC | 1834 |
2 |
Beamalloy Reconstructive Medical Products, LLC | 3 |
2 |
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University | 1141 |
2 |
Centre Luxembourgeois de Recherches pour le Verre et la Ceramique S.A. (C.R.V.C.) | 51 |
2 |
Dorco Co., Ltd. | 327 |
2 |
Other owners | 84 |