H10F 30/21
The devices being sensitive to infrared, visible or ultraviolet radiation
Official title: the devices being sensitive to infrared, visible or ultraviolet radiation
H10F30/21 (The devices being sensitive to infrared, visible or ultraviolet radiation) appears on 6,476 US grants and 6,473 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H10F- Granted patents
- 6,476
- Published applications
- 6,473
- Assignees
- 1,815
- Inventors
- 10,671
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 33 | 0 |
| 1977 | 27 | 0 |
| 1978 | 28 | 0 |
| 1979 | 23 | 0 |
| 1980 | 31 | 0 |
| 1981 | 20 | 0 |
| 1982 | 29 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 59 | 0 |
| 2000 | 67 | 0 |
| 2001 | 66 | 26 |
| 2002 | 95 | 121 |
| 2003 | 96 | 123 |
| 2004 | 120 | 114 |
| 2005 | 78 | 173 |
| 2006 | 123 | 171 |
| 2007 | 115 | 174 |
| 2008 | 89 | 150 |
| 2009 | 111 | 200 |
| 2010 | 161 | 244 |
| 2011 | 164 | 242 |
| 2012 | 180 | 223 |
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| 2018 | 272 | 340 |
| 2019 | 332 | 409 |
| 2020 | 351 | 418 |
| 2021 | 307 | 408 |
| 2022 | 330 | 436 |
| 2023 | 302 | 358 |
| 2024 | 294 | 370 |
| 2025 | 277 | 288 |
| 2026 | 156 | 201 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H10F 30/22The devices having only one potential barrier4,844
- H10F 30/28The devices being characterised by field-effect operation796
- H10F 30/24The devices having only two potential barriers363
- H10F 30/288The devices being sensitive to multiple wavelengths227
- H10F 30/26The devices having three or more potential barriers214
- H10F 30/289The devices being transparent or semi-transparent devices39
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