C30B 15/06
Non-vertical pulling
C30B15/06 (Non-vertical pulling) appears on 59 US grants and 49 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C30B- Granted patents
- 59
- Published applications
- 49
- Assignees
- 31
- Inventors
- 97
- Latest grant
- 4 Nov 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 4 |
| 2011 | 0 | 8 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 4 | 5 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 4 |
| 2016 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 3 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Active edge control of a crystalline sheet formed on the surface of a melt4 Nov 2025US 12,460,313 B2Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC
- Wafer with regions of low oxygen concentration15 Jul 2025US 12,359,343 B2Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC
- Producing a ribbon or wafer with regions of low oxygen concentration30 Jan 2024US 11,885,036 B2
- Method for controlling heat flow within a silicon melt using a heat diffusion barrier assembly13 Oct 2020US 10,801,125 B2
- Method for achieving sustained anisotropic crystal growth on the surface of a silicon melt26 May 2020US 10,662,548 B2Leading Edge Crystal Technologies, Inc.
- Active edge control of a crystalline sheet formed on the surface of a melt29 Jan 2026US 2026/0028744 A1Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC
- Wafer with regions of low oxygen concentration25 Dec 2025US 2025/0389050 A1Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC
- Automated control of single-crystal fiber growth process17 Oct 2024US 2024/0344234 A1Alcon Inc.
- Compartmentalized sump and gas flow system for silicon ribbon production11 Jul 2024US 2024/0229294 A1
- Active edge control of a crystalline sheet formed on the surface of a melt30 Mar 2023US 2023/0096046 A1Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for producing crystalline ribbons33US 4,289,571 AEnergy Materials Corporation · 1981
- Melt dumping in string stabilized ribbon growth33US 4,627,887 A1986
- Lateral pulling growth of crystal ribbons32US 4,329,195 AMitsubishi Kinzoku Kabushiki Kaisha · 1982
- Process for the manufacture of coarsely crystalline to monocrystalline sheets of semiconductor material32US 4,447,289 AHeliotronic Forschungs- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft fur Solarzellen-Grundstoffe mbH · 1984
- Apparatus for melt growth of crystalline semiconductor sheets29US 4,594,229 A1986