C23C 14/044
Using masks to redistribute rather than totally prevent coating
Official title: {using masks to redistribute rather than totally prevent coating, e.g. producing thickness gradient}
C23C14/044 (Using masks to redistribute rather than totally prevent coating) appears on 240 US grants and 280 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Multicathode PVD system for high aspect ratio barrier seed deposition25 Aug 2026US 12,716,125 B2APPLIED Materials.Inc.
- System and method for controlling film thickness, and film deposition system and method using same7 Apr 2026US 12,595,553 B2Angstrom Engineering Inc.
- Deposition apparatus and deposition method30 Dec 2025US 12,509,761 B2Carux Technology Pte. Ltd.
- Deposition apparatus2 Dec 2025US 12,488,969 B2SPTS Technologies Limited
- Method for producing layers with improved uniformity in coating systems with horizontally rotating substrate guiding30 Sep 2025US 12,428,720 B2Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.
- Gradient Coating Apparatus10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267055 A1Envisics Ltd
- Polarizer Stencil Mask16 Jul 2026US 2026/0201535 A1University of Copenhagen
- High resolution shadow mask gasket28 May 2026US 2026/0146312 A1BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
- Variable Gradient Thickness Coating26 Mar 2026US 2026/0086500 A1Envisics Ltd
- Variable thickness coating control25 Dec 2025US 2025/0389193 A1Rtx Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Stationary aperture plate for reactive sputter deposition566US 5,415,753 AMaterials Research Corporation · 1995
- Plastic optical devices having antireflection film and mechanism for equalizing thickness of antireflection film61US 6,250,758 B1Hoya Corporation · 2001
- Mode size converter for a planar waveguide57US 6,884,327 B22005
- Extended lifetime collimator53US 5,223,108 AMaterials Research Corporation · 1993
- Mask and method for making gradient sputtered coatings44US 4,988,424 APPG Industries, Inc. · 1991