H01F 10/00
Thin magnetic films
Official title: Thin magnetic films, e.g. of one-domain structure (magnetic record carriers G11B5/00; thin-film magnetic stores G11C)
H01F10/00 (Thin magnetic films) appears on 4,278 US grants and 3,954 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01F- Granted patents
- 4,278
- Published applications
- 3,954
- Assignees
- 840
- Inventors
- 5,354
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 37 | 0 |
| 1977 | 25 | 0 |
| 1978 | 20 | 0 |
| 1979 | 18 | 0 |
| 1980 | 22 | 0 |
| 1981 | 16 | 0 |
| 1982 | 23 | 0 |
| 1983 | 13 | 0 |
| 1984 | 18 | 0 |
| 1985 | 15 | 0 |
| 1986 | 23 | 0 |
| 1987 | 29 | 0 |
| 1988 | 16 | 0 |
| 1989 | 14 | 0 |
| 1990 | 28 | 0 |
| 1991 | 17 | 0 |
| 1992 | 16 | 0 |
| 1993 | 17 | 0 |
| 1994 | 14 | 0 |
| 1995 | 34 | 0 |
| 1996 | 43 | 0 |
| 1997 | 59 | 0 |
| 1998 | 74 | 0 |
| 1999 | 73 | 0 |
| 2000 | 91 | 0 |
| 2001 | 88 | 58 |
| 2002 | 95 | 151 |
| 2003 | 136 | 158 |
| 2004 | 163 | 211 |
| 2005 | 138 | 197 |
| 2006 | 167 | 193 |
| 2007 | 134 | 157 |
| 2008 | 121 | 180 |
| 2009 | 116 | 166 |
| 2010 | 119 | 160 |
| 2011 | 153 | 139 |
| 2012 | 151 | 138 |
| 2013 | 161 | 143 |
| 2014 | 143 | 137 |
| 2015 | 125 | 111 |
| 2016 | 113 | 101 |
| 2017 | 100 | 118 |
| 2018 | 86 | 162 |
| 2019 | 181 | 238 |
| 2020 | 218 | 271 |
| 2021 | 202 | 205 |
| 2022 | 169 | 154 |
| 2023 | 150 | 135 |
| 2024 | 125 | 128 |
| 2025 | 119 | 99 |
| 2026 | 50 | 44 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H01F 10/32Spin-exchange-coupled multilayers3,233
- H01F 10/08Thin magnetic films: characterised by magnetic layers1,328
- H01F 10/26Thin magnetic films: characterised by the substrate or intermediate layers505
- H01F 10/007Ultrathin or granular films128
- H01F 10/06Thin magnetic films: characterised by the coupling or physical contact with connecting85
- H01F 10/002Antiferromagnetic thin films, i.e. films exhibiting a néel transition temperature26
- H01F 10/005Organic or organo-metallic films18
Recent patents
- Fe-x templating layers for growth of perpendicularly magnetized Heusler films on top of a tunnel barrier6 Oct 2026US 12,755,770 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Thin film inductor element and thin film variable inductor element6 Oct 2026US 12,755,882 B2Japan Atomic Energy Agency
- Magnetic tunnel junction based molecular spintronics device and magnetic resonance sensors6 Oct 2026US 12,755,883 B2University of the District of Columbia
- Nitride seed layer with high thermal stability for growth of perpendicularly magnetized Heusler films6 Oct 2026US 12,757,640 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Nanogranular magnetic film and electronic component29 Sep 2026US 12,749,608 B2TDK Corporation
- Method of fabricating physically unclonable function (puf) device and method of generating random bits by using puf device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310832 A1Hyundai Motor Company
- Magnetic random access memory with free layer8 Oct 2026US 2026/0314267 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Magnetic Nanodevice and Fabrication Method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0302031 A1The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate
- Magnetoresistance effect element1 Oct 2026US 2026/0302032 A1TDK Corporation
- Micromagnetic device and method of forming the same17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279637 A1EnaChip inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Magnetically shielded assembly1,099US 7,091,412 B2Nanoset, LLC · 2006
- Magnetic device with optimized heat confinement1,021US 8,411,500 B2Crocus Technology SA · 2013
- Electronic device using magnetic components385US 5,695,864 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1997
- Combinatorial synthesis of novel materials365US 5,985,356 ASymyx Technologies, Inc. · 1999
- Systems and methods for the combinatorial synthesis of novel materials320US 6,045,671 ASymyx Technologies, Inc. · 2000