H01J 2201/30469
Carbon nanotubes
Official title: Carbon nanotubes (CNTs)
H01J2201/30469 (Carbon nanotubes) appears on 648 US grants and 819 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01J- Granted patents
- 648
- Published applications
- 819
- Assignees
- 274
- Inventors
- 1,214
- Latest grant
- 7 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 12 | 11 |
| 2002 | 17 | 54 |
| 2003 | 30 | 54 |
| 2004 | 44 | 92 |
| 2005 | 52 | 94 |
| 2006 | 51 | 89 |
| 2007 | 44 | 99 |
| 2008 | 51 | 62 |
| 2009 | 34 | 52 |
| 2010 | 63 | 41 |
| 2011 | 52 | 31 |
| 2012 | 28 | 27 |
| 2013 | 29 | 19 |
| 2014 | 20 | 12 |
| 2015 | 23 | 15 |
| 2016 | 18 | 12 |
| 2017 | 12 | 9 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3 |
| 2019 | 6 | 8 |
| 2020 | 10 | 5 |
| 2021 | 8 | 6 |
| 2022 | 6 | 7 |
| 2023 | 5 | 8 |
| 2024 | 5 | 6 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Emitter and field emission assembly including the same7 Jul 2026US 12,676,276 B2AweXome Ray, Inc.
- Systems, devices, and methods for multisource volumetric spectral computed tomography2 Dec 2025US 12,487,193 B2The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Methods of forming a field emission cathode4 Nov 2025US 12,462,999 B2NCX Corporation
- Extreme-ultraviolet light source device using electron beams21 Oct 2025US 12,451,316 B2Worldbeam Solution Co., Ltd.
- Method of forming field emission cathodes by co-electrodeposition7 Oct 2025US 12,437,955 B2NCX Corporation
- Carbon nanotube based cold cathodes for x-ray generation26 Feb 2026US 2026/0058086 A1Carestream Dental LLC
- Cathodes having carbon nanotube (cnt) fibers wound onto graphite substrates or frameworks11 Dec 2025US 2025/0379018 A1Government of the United States as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
- Emitter and field emission assembly including the same10 Jul 2025US 2025/0226170 A1AweXome Ray, Inc.
- Large scale stable field emitter for high current applications8 Aug 2024US 2024/0266136 A1Micro-X Limited
- Field emission assembly and electromagnetic wave generator including the same11 Jul 2024US 2024/0234071 A9AweXome Ray, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Self-oriented bundles of carbon nanotubes and method of making same326US 6,232,706 B1The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · 2001
- Microelectronic and microelectromechanical devices comprising carbon nanotube components, and methods of making same295US 6,445,006 B1Advanced Technology Materials, Inc. · 2002
- Device comprising carbon nanotube field emitter structure and process for forming device254US 6,630,772 B1Agere Systems Inc. · 2003
- Free-standing and aligned carbon nanotubes and synthesis thereof254US 6,863,942 B2The Research Foundation of State University of New York · 2005
- Article comprising enhanced nanotube emitter structure and process for fabricating article220US 6,250,984 B1Agere Systems Guardian Corp. · 2001