G03F 7/24
Curved surfaces
Official title: Curved surfaces {(G03F7/70 takes precedence)}
G03F7/24 (Curved surfaces) appears on 305 US grants and 282 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G03F- Granted patents
- 305
- Published applications
- 282
- Assignees
- 173
- Inventors
- 612
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 10 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 10 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 3 |
| 2002 | 8 | 13 |
| 2003 | 10 | 9 |
| 2004 | 10 | 12 |
| 2005 | 8 | 15 |
| 2006 | 7 | 10 |
| 2007 | 9 | 13 |
| 2008 | 12 | 10 |
| 2009 | 7 | 9 |
| 2010 | 4 | 8 |
| 2011 | 7 | 14 |
| 2012 | 7 | 9 |
| 2013 | 10 | 22 |
| 2014 | 11 | 14 |
| 2015 | 16 | 15 |
| 2016 | 11 | 12 |
| 2017 | 11 | 13 |
| 2018 | 11 | 12 |
| 2019 | 14 | 11 |
| 2020 | 14 | 15 |
| 2021 | 9 | 12 |
| 2022 | 6 | 9 |
| 2023 | 4 | 3 |
| 2024 | 7 | 5 |
| 2025 | 4 | 9 |
| 2026 | 6 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Imprint method, imprint apparatus, and article manufacturing method25 Aug 2026US 12,717,236 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Exposure mask16 Jun 2026US 12,656,672 B2VisEra Technologies Company Limited
- Exposure apparatus9 Jun 2026US 12,650,651 B2Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Limited
- Maintaining raw flexible plate integrity using pre-hardened flexible plate regions2 Jun 2026US 12,643,319 B2Sp Holding II Et, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for exposure of flexographic printing plates using light emitting diode (LED) radiation sources3 Mar 2026US 12,566,379 B2Esko-Graphics Imaging GmbH
- Systems and methods for optimization of parameters for exposing flexographic photopolymer plates6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227701 A1Esko-Graphics Imaging GmbH
- Method and apparatus for exposure of flexographic printing plates using light emitting diode (led) radiation sources11 Jun 2026US 2026/0161088 A1Esko-Graphics Imaging GmbH
- Method and system of photolithography to form conformal circuits on curved surfaces2 Apr 2026US 2026/0093181 A1General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc.
- Imprint method, imprint apparatus, and article manufacturing method12 Mar 2026US 2026/0072351 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Exposure device / tool for circuits on curved surfaces and method for preparing curved circuits12 Feb 2026US 2026/0044084 A1University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fabrication of small-scale cylindrical articles186US 5,951,881 APresident and Fellows of Harvard College · 1999
- Method and apparatus for forming a tubular article having a perforated annular wall111US 5,855,802 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1999
- Cylindrical photolithography exposure process and apparatus90US 6,274,294 B1Electroformed Stents, Inc. · 2001
- Light exposure device and method89US 4,391,511 AHitachi, Ltd. · 1983
- Method and apparatus for producing integrated circuit devices89US 5,716,759 AShellcase Ltd. · 1998