C23C 14/243
Crucibles for source material
Official title: {Crucibles for source material (C23C14/28, C23C14/30 take precedence)}
C23C14/243 (Crucibles for source material) appears on 671 US grants and 1,131 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C23C- Granted patents
- 671
- Published applications
- 1,131
- Assignees
- 411
- Inventors
- 1,979
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 10 | 0 |
| 2001 | 12 | 8 |
| 2002 | 13 | 9 |
| 2003 | 8 | 19 |
| 2004 | 7 | 35 |
| 2005 | 12 | 41 |
| 2006 | 7 | 33 |
| 2007 | 9 | 38 |
| 2008 | 8 | 30 |
| 2009 | 5 | 55 |
| 2010 | 15 | 57 |
| 2011 | 26 | 54 |
| 2012 | 28 | 57 |
| 2013 | 23 | 48 |
| 2014 | 48 | 56 |
| 2015 | 38 | 54 |
| 2016 | 31 | 57 |
| 2017 | 25 | 76 |
| 2018 | 28 | 55 |
| 2019 | 36 | 55 |
| 2020 | 34 | 65 |
| 2021 | 23 | 48 |
| 2022 | 29 | 38 |
| 2023 | 26 | 35 |
| 2024 | 30 | 44 |
| 2025 | 19 | 38 |
| 2026 | 15 | 26 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Nozzle-based, vapor-phase, plume delivery structure for use in production of thin-film deposition layer171US 7,194,197 B1Global Solar Energy, Inc. · 2007
- Source for thermal physical vapor deposition of organic electroluminescent layers153US 6,237,529 B1Eastman Kodak Company · 2001
- Apparatus for depositing a coating on a substrate133US 5,336,324 AEmcore Corporation · 1994
- Linear aperture deposition apparatus and coating process95US 6,202,591 B1Flex Products, Inc. · 2001
- Thermal physical vapor deposition apparatus with detachable vapor source(s) and method91US 6,749,906 B2Eastman Kodak Company · 2004