C23C 14/24
Vacuum evaporation
C23C14/24 (Vacuum evaporation) appears on 3,948 US grants and 5,140 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C23C- Granted patents
- 3,948
- Published applications
- 5,140
- Assignees
- 1,838
- Inventors
- 9,805
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 20 | 0 |
| 1977 | 22 | 0 |
| 1978 | 19 | 0 |
| 1979 | 7 | 0 |
| 1980 | 20 | 0 |
| 1981 | 14 | 0 |
| 1982 | 10 | 0 |
| 1983 | 24 | 0 |
| 1984 | 25 | 0 |
| 1985 | 34 | 0 |
| 1986 | 27 | 0 |
| 1987 | 27 | 0 |
| 1988 | 24 | 0 |
| 1989 | 30 | 0 |
| 1990 | 33 | 0 |
| 1991 | 44 | 0 |
| 1992 | 47 | 0 |
| 1993 | 64 | 0 |
| 1994 | 47 | 0 |
| 1995 | 48 | 0 |
| 1996 | 51 | 0 |
| 1997 | 45 | 0 |
| 1998 | 62 | 0 |
| 1999 | 54 | 0 |
| 2000 | 76 | 0 |
| 2001 | 55 | 26 |
| 2002 | 56 | 69 |
| 2003 | 54 | 109 |
| 2004 | 52 | 121 |
| 2005 | 47 | 120 |
| 2006 | 44 | 118 |
| 2007 | 43 | 118 |
| 2008 | 41 | 133 |
| 2009 | 37 | 171 |
| 2010 | 62 | 196 |
| 2011 | 96 | 172 |
| 2012 | 102 | 167 |
| 2013 | 114 | 206 |
| 2014 | 122 | 205 |
| 2015 | 122 | 221 |
| 2016 | 145 | 286 |
| 2017 | 159 | 347 |
| 2018 | 184 | 282 |
| 2019 | 223 | 318 |
| 2020 | 229 | 333 |
| 2021 | 211 | 324 |
| 2022 | 199 | 262 |
| 2023 | 180 | 239 |
| 2024 | 189 | 256 |
| 2025 | 183 | 205 |
| 2026 | 125 | 136 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Wear resistant coating produced from at least two different AlCr-based targets6 Oct 2026US 12,753,484 B2Oerlikon Surface Solutions AG, PfäFfikon
- Optimized crucible assembly and method for physical vapor deposition6 Oct 2026US 12,753,486 B2Essilor International
- Method for controlling a flux distribution of evaporated source material, detector for measuring electromagnetic radiation reflected on a source surface and system for thermal evaporation with electromagnetic radiation6 Oct 2026US 12,753,487 B2Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Zur FöRderung Der Wissenschaften E. V.
- Surface-coated cutting tool29 Sep 2026US 12,746,604 B2Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
- Food packaging barrier film29 Sep 2026US 12,747,078 B2Nan Ya Plastics Corporation
- Productive coating process for a steel sheet and corresponding equipment8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308746 A1
- 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
- Cutting tool1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295681 A1Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
- Systems and Methods for Modifying Crystal Growth Processes Based on Sensor Data1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297800 A1Wolfspeed, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Process and apparatus for organic vapor jet deposition1,318US 7,431,968 B1The Trustees of Princeton University · 2008
- Method for producing compound thin films1,267US 4,058,430 A1977
- Dual plasma beam sources and method560US 7,411,352 B2Applied Process Technologies, Inc. · 2008
- Endoluminal device exhibiting improved endothelialization and method of manufacture thereof531US 6,379,383 B1Advanced Bio Prosthetic Surfaces, Ltd. · 2002
- Systems and methods for the combinatorial synthesis of novel materials320US 6,045,671 ASymyx Technologies, Inc. · 2000