C30B 15/10
Crucibles or containers for supporting the melt
C30B15/10 (Crucibles or containers for supporting the melt) appears on 590 US grants and 625 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C30B- Granted patents
- 590
- Published applications
- 625
- Assignees
- 248
- Inventors
- 1,154
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 6 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 10 | 0 |
| 1987 | 7 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 14 | 0 |
| 1991 | 9 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 9 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 27 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 3 |
| 2002 | 13 | 16 |
| 2003 | 12 | 20 |
| 2004 | 10 | 21 |
| 2005 | 9 | 10 |
| 2006 | 5 | 9 |
| 2007 | 10 | 16 |
| 2008 | 7 | 13 |
| 2009 | 4 | 24 |
| 2010 | 11 | 44 |
| 2011 | 16 | 25 |
| 2012 | 18 | 31 |
| 2013 | 17 | 29 |
| 2014 | 18 | 29 |
| 2015 | 21 | 29 |
| 2016 | 25 | 24 |
| 2017 | 32 | 14 |
| 2018 | 21 | 24 |
| 2019 | 17 | 18 |
| 2020 | 12 | 28 |
| 2021 | 12 | 29 |
| 2022 | 24 | 41 |
| 2023 | 24 | 45 |
| 2024 | 37 | 42 |
| 2025 | 34 | 22 |
| 2026 | 19 | 19 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Si ingot single crystal6 Oct 2026US 12,753,525 B2GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.
- Method for evaluating quartz glass crucible, method for manufacturing the same, and quartz glass crucible22 Sep 2026US 12,742,254 B2Shin-Etsu Quartz Products Co., Ltd.
- Quartz glass crucible, manufacturing method thereof, and manufacturing method of silicon single crystal15 Sep 2026US 12,735,802 B2Sumco Corporation
- Charging method for silicon material and preparation method for single crystal15 Sep 2026US 12,735,803 B2Tcl Zhonghuan Renewable Energy Technology Co., Ltd.
- Ceramic support plate15 Sep 2026US 12,735,804 B2Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
- Ingot growth device and method for controlling ingot growth8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308800 A1Hanwha Solutions Corporation
- Silicon single crystal manufacturing method, and silicon single crystal manufacturing apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297810 A1Sumco Corporation
- Digallium trioxide single-crystal substrate, method of manufacturing digallium trioxide single crystal, and method of manufacturing digallium trioxide single-crystal substrate24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286570 A1Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
- Silicon single crystal production method and silicon single crystal production apparatus17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275566 A1Sumco Corporation
- Methods for adding a plurality of dopant batches to an ingot puller apparatus10 Sep 2026US 2026/0265945 A1GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Pressurized skull crucible for crystal growth using the Czochralski technique95US 5,863,326 ACermet, Inc. · 1999
- High purity carbon/carbon composite useful as a crucible susceptor83US 5,858,486 ASGL Carbon Composites, Inc. · 1999
- Surface-treated crucibles for improved zero dislocation performance69US 5,976,247 AMEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. · 1999
- Low-contamination AlN crucible for monocrystal pulling and method50US 4,519,966 AW. C. Heraeus GmbH · 1985
- Manufacture of a quartz glass vessel for the growth of single crystal semiconductor50US 4,935,046 AShin-Etsu Handotai Co., Ltd. · 1990