B24B 37/00
Lapping machines or devices
Official title: Lapping machines or devices; Accessories (B24B3/00 takes precedence)
B24B37/00 (Lapping machines or devices) appears on 8,597 US grants and 8,578 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B24B- Granted patents
- 8,597
- Published applications
- 8,578
- Assignees
- 1,481
- Inventors
- 11,407
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 9 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 9 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 12 | 0 |
| 1985 | 10 | 0 |
| 1986 | 13 | 0 |
| 1987 | 16 | 0 |
| 1988 | 17 | 0 |
| 1989 | 19 | 0 |
| 1990 | 19 | 0 |
| 1991 | 19 | 0 |
| 1992 | 37 | 0 |
| 1993 | 40 | 0 |
| 1994 | 39 | 0 |
| 1995 | 57 | 0 |
| 1996 | 77 | 0 |
| 1997 | 149 | 0 |
| 1998 | 171 | 0 |
| 1999 | 292 | 0 |
| 2000 | 419 | 0 |
| 2001 | 494 | 244 |
| 2002 | 533 | 517 |
| 2003 | 521 | 472 |
| 2004 | 447 | 515 |
| 2005 | 420 | 463 |
| 2006 | 440 | 357 |
| 2007 | 307 | 374 |
| 2008 | 177 | 298 |
| 2009 | 173 | 280 |
| 2010 | 157 | 265 |
| 2011 | 175 | 225 |
| 2012 | 193 | 240 |
| 2013 | 207 | 233 |
| 2014 | 187 | 301 |
| 2015 | 220 | 322 |
| 2016 | 226 | 277 |
| 2017 | 219 | 303 |
| 2018 | 224 | 294 |
| 2019 | 253 | 318 |
| 2020 | 230 | 331 |
| 2021 | 182 | 330 |
| 2022 | 215 | 323 |
| 2023 | 286 | 338 |
| 2024 | 274 | 362 |
| 2025 | 223 | 336 |
| 2026 | 155 | 260 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Optical thickness control during a chemical mechanical polishing process and apparatus for effecting the same6 Oct 2026US 12,752,390 B2Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Substrate polishing apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,752,391 B2Kctech Co., Ltd.
- System and method for real time inline mixing CMP slurry6 Oct 2026US 12,752,394 B2Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Curable composition and abrasive articles made using the same6 Oct 2026US 12,753,266 B23M Innovative Properties Company
- Polishing method for gallium nitride wafer6 Oct 2026US 12,757,663 B2Disco Corporation
- Method and Apparatus for Generating a Reciprocating Sanding or Polishing Path8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307199 A1ABB Schweiz AG
- Semiconductor processing tool and methods of operation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307200 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Polishing method, polishing apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307201 A1Ebara Corporation
- Chemical mechanical polishing temperature scanning apparatus for temperature control8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307202 A1APPLIED Materials.Inc.
- Removable tray assembly for cmp systems8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307203 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Microsurgical cutting instruments712US 8,499,673 B2Mynosys Cellular Devices, Inc. · 2013
- Plasma monitoring and control method and system625US 5,576,629 AFourth State Technology, Inc. · 1996
- Workpiece holder for polishing operation602US 4,512,113 A1985
- Fabrication of semiconductor interconnect structures553US 7,172,497 B2ASM Nutool, Inc. · 2007
- Plasma monitoring and control method and system503US 5,939,886 AAdvanced Energy Industries, Inc. · 1999