C23C 14/042
Using masks
Official title: {using masks}
C23C14/042 (Using masks) appears on 2,011 US grants and 2,945 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C23C- Granted patents
- 2,011
- Published applications
- 2,945
- Assignees
- 730
- Inventors
- 4,477
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 19 | 0 |
| 2001 | 24 | 11 |
| 2002 | 31 | 33 |
| 2003 | 24 | 55 |
| 2004 | 22 | 47 |
| 2005 | 31 | 64 |
| 2006 | 17 | 57 |
| 2007 | 27 | 64 |
| 2008 | 20 | 52 |
| 2009 | 14 | 64 |
| 2010 | 46 | 75 |
| 2011 | 33 | 90 |
| 2012 | 41 | 97 |
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| 2019 | 124 | 205 |
| 2020 | 134 | 190 |
| 2021 | 123 | 221 |
| 2022 | 123 | 183 |
| 2023 | 136 | 155 |
| 2024 | 117 | 171 |
| 2025 | 122 | 157 |
| 2026 | 68 | 131 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method of fabricating metal mask6 Oct 2026US 12,752,329 B2Darwin Precisions Corporation
- Mask assembly and deposition apparatus for display device including the same29 Sep 2026US 12,747,490 B2Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Tubular sputter cathode29 Sep 2026US 12,747,491 B2BüHler Alzenau GmbH
- Optical integrated device and manufacturing method of the same22 Sep 2026US 12,742,235 B2Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
- Mask assembly and mask assembly manufacturing method15 Sep 2026US 12,735,783 B2Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Deposition mask, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic device manufactured by using the same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308743 A1Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Deposition mask, method of fabricating the same, method of manufacturing display device using the same and electronic device including the display device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308744 A1Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Deposition apparatus, thin-film deposition method using the same, and electronic apparatus manufactured using the same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308749 A1Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Computer Implemented Method for Predicting a Level of Quality of a Vacuum into a Vacuum Chamber of a Coating Machine, and Corresponding Device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308751 A1Essilor International
- Deposition mask, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic device manufactured by using the same1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297722 A1Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Stationary aperture plate for reactive sputter deposition566US 5,415,753 AMaterials Research Corporation · 1995
- Alumina insulation for coating implantable components and other microminiature devices490US 6,043,437 AAlfred E. Mann Foundation · 2000
- Method of applying insulation for coating implantable components and other microminiature devices464US 6,472,122 B1Medtronic MiniMed, Inc. · 2002
- Combinatorial synthesis of novel materials365US 5,985,356 ASymyx Technologies, Inc. · 1999
- Systems and methods for the combinatorial synthesis of novel materials320US 6,045,671 ASymyx Technologies, Inc. · 2000