H10F
Solar cells and light sensors
Official title: Inorganic semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation
H10F (Solar cells and light sensors) appears on 58,835 US grants and 70,854 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H10F- Granted patents
- 58,835
- Published applications
- 70,854
- Assignees
- 9,391
- Inventors
- 74,977
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 160 | 0 |
| 1977 | 185 | 0 |
| 1978 | 201 | 0 |
| 1979 | 188 | 0 |
| 1980 | 229 | 0 |
| 1981 | 220 | 0 |
| 1982 | 249 | 0 |
| 1983 | 255 | 0 |
| 1984 | 249 | 0 |
| 1985 | 293 | 0 |
| 1986 | 348 | 0 |
| 1987 | 409 | 0 |
| 1988 | 335 | 0 |
| 1989 | 364 | 0 |
| 1990 | 357 | 0 |
| 1991 | 393 | 0 |
| 1992 | 378 | 0 |
| 1993 | 389 | 0 |
| 1994 | 424 | 0 |
| 1995 | 421 | 0 |
| 1996 | 428 | 0 |
| 1997 | 393 | 0 |
| 1998 | 455 | 0 |
| 1999 | 464 | 0 |
| 2000 | 595 | 0 |
| 2001 | 683 | 318 |
| 2002 | 741 | 861 |
| 2003 | 813 | 872 |
| 2004 | 747 | 1099 |
| 2005 | 662 | 1570 |
| 2006 | 882 | 1751 |
| 2007 | 913 | 1916 |
| 2008 | 923 | 2255 |
| 2009 | 1186 | 2841 |
| 2010 | 1675 | 3513 |
| 2011 | 1834 | 3790 |
| 2012 | 2055 | 3897 |
| 2013 | 2306 | 4031 |
| 2014 | 2952 | 4088 |
| 2015 | 3133 | 3978 |
| 2016 | 3139 | 3454 |
| 2017 | 3041 | 3361 |
| 2018 | 2896 | 3414 |
| 2019 | 3056 | 3545 |
| 2020 | 3030 | 3412 |
| 2021 | 2570 | 3325 |
| 2022 | 2457 | 3215 |
| 2023 | 2431 | 2947 |
| 2024 | 2480 | 3029 |
| 2025 | 2297 | 2604 |
| 2026 | 1551 | 1768 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Main groups
Granted patents with any code in the group
- H10F 39/00Integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one element30,885
- H10F 77/00Constructional details of devices covered by this subclass25,561
- H10F 71/00Manufacture or treatment of devices covered by this subclass10,332
- H10F 30/00Individual radiation-sensitive semiconductor devices in which radiation controls the flow of current8,172
- H10F 19/00Integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one photovoltaic6,569
- H10F 10/00Individual photovoltaic cells6,424
- H10F 55/00Radiation-sensitive semiconductor devices covered by groups h10f10/00, h10f19/00 or h10f30/00 being structurally2,153
- H10F 99/00Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass275
Recent patents
- Organic substrate for placing components of a camera6 Oct 2026US 12,756,912 B1Apple Inc.
- Light detection element, electronic device, and manufacturing method of light detection element6 Oct 2026US 12,756,948 B2Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Hybrid imaging sensor with shared readout6 Oct 2026US 12,756,954 B2OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
- Multilayer junction photoelectric conversion element and method for manufacturing the same6 Oct 2026US 12,757,499 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Method for producing a via in a III-V multijunction solar cell6 Oct 2026US 12,757,500 B2AZUR SPACE Solar Power GmbH
- Interconnect structure and method of forming same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306859 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Architecture of an absorption zone for an infrared detector8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309549 A1
- System and method for optically transmitting electrical power or communications signals8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312434 A1University of Connecticut
- Curved photovoltaic member and photovoltaic building surface8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312528 A1Shenzhen Hello Tech Energy Co., Ltd.
- Image sensing device and imaging system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313260 A1SK hynix Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Sensor and image pickup device3,937US 7,453,065 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2008
- Active pixel sensor with intra-pixel charge transfer1,276US 5,471,515 ACalifornia Institute of Technology · 1995
- Non-protruding optoelectronic lens1,266US 6,525,386 B1Masimo Corporation · 2003
- Color imaging array1,232US 3,971,065 AEastman Kodak Company · 1976
- Mold tool for an optoelectronic element1,037US 6,830,711 B2Masimo Corporation · 2004