C23C 16/27
Diamond only
C23C16/27 (Diamond only) appears on 1,005 US grants and 783 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C23C- Granted patents
- 1,005
- Published applications
- 783
- Assignees
- 512
- Inventors
- 1,940
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 11 | 0 |
| 1990 | 13 | 0 |
| 1991 | 27 | 0 |
| 1992 | 30 | 0 |
| 1993 | 47 | 0 |
| 1994 | 52 | 0 |
| 1995 | 50 | 0 |
| 1996 | 56 | 0 |
| 1997 | 52 | 0 |
| 1998 | 47 | 0 |
| 1999 | 42 | 0 |
| 2000 | 22 | 0 |
| 2001 | 22 | 3 |
| 2002 | 19 | 18 |
| 2003 | 21 | 13 |
| 2004 | 10 | 19 |
| 2005 | 12 | 28 |
| 2006 | 15 | 30 |
| 2007 | 11 | 16 |
| 2008 | 5 | 30 |
| 2009 | 4 | 27 |
| 2010 | 14 | 36 |
| 2011 | 15 | 15 |
| 2012 | 13 | 15 |
| 2013 | 11 | 31 |
| 2014 | 12 | 28 |
| 2015 | 29 | 37 |
| 2016 | 28 | 39 |
| 2017 | 22 | 46 |
| 2018 | 30 | 40 |
| 2019 | 33 | 46 |
| 2020 | 38 | 46 |
| 2021 | 38 | 54 |
| 2022 | 30 | 39 |
| 2023 | 33 | 34 |
| 2024 | 29 | 36 |
| 2025 | 38 | 35 |
| 2026 | 17 | 22 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- C23C 16/274Using microwave discharges340
- C23C 16/271Using hot filaments177
- C23C 16/277Using other elements in the gas phase besides carbon and hydrogen152
- C23C 16/278Doping or introduction of a secondary phase in the diamond127
- C23C 16/279Control of diamond crystallography113
- C23C 16/272Using dc, ac or rf discharges94
- C23C 16/276Using plasma jets83
- C23C 16/275Using combustion torches24
Recent patents
- Method for applying a doped diamond layer to a substrate by chemical vapour deposition25 Aug 2026US 12,716,127 B2Carboncompetence GmbH
- Substrate processing method and substrate processing apparatus25 Aug 2026US 12,721,058 B2Tokyo Electron Limited
- Variable-temperature vapor deposition process30 Jun 2026US 12,668,872 B2Great Lakes Crystal Technologies, Inc.
- Coated tool and cutting tool23 Jun 2026US 12,661,718 B2KYOCERA Corporation
- Capacitor comprising a stack of layers made of a semiconductor material having a wide bandgap26 May 2026US 12,641,801 B2Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
- Hydrophilic antimicrobial diamond coating8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308049 A1United States Department of Energy
- Method of forming protective film on outer circumferential portion including bevel portion of substrate8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311973 A1Ebara Corporation
- In situ nucleation of diamond for thermal conductive applications8 Oct 2026US 2026/0314280 A1APPLIED Materials.Inc.
- Method for producing diamond thin film and apparatus for producing diamond thin film17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275505 A1Nissin Electric Co., Ltd.
- Microwave plasma cvd device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0253840 A1National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Most cited
By later US patents
- Process and apparatus for the production of diamond490US 5,314,570 ASumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. · 1994
- Heating element for use in a hot filament chemical vapor deposition chamber355US 6,432,206 B1SI Diamond Technology, Inc. · 2002
- Method for arc discharge plasma vapor deposition of diamond293US 5,368,897 AFujitsu Limited · 1994
- Highly-oriented diamond film, method for manufacturing the same, and electronic device having highly-oriented diamond film286US 7,311,977 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho · 2007
- Method and apparatus for plasma treatment of a surface271US 5,645,645 ABoard of Trustees operating Michigan State University · 1997