Manufacture or treatment of devices covered by this subclass
Official title: Manufacture or treatment of devices covered by this subclass (patterning processes to connect thin photovoltaic cells in integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, having photovoltaic cells H10F19/33; manufacture or treatment of encapsulations or containers for integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, having photovoltaic cells H10F19/80; manufacture or treatment of integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one element in which radiation controls the flow of current H10F39/00)
H10F71/00 (Manufacture or treatment of devices covered by this subclass) appears on 10,332 US grants and 13,186 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H10F- Granted patents
- 10,332
- Published applications
- 13,186
- Assignees
- 3,070
- Inventors
- 19,905
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 12 | 0 |
| 1977 | 18 | 0 |
| 1978 | 35 | 0 |
| 1979 | 31 | 0 |
| 1980 | 40 | 0 |
| 1981 | 41 | 0 |
| 1982 | 62 | 0 |
| 1983 | 73 | 0 |
| 1984 | 67 | 0 |
| 1985 | 82 | 0 |
| 1986 | 92 | 0 |
| 1987 | 88 | 0 |
| 1988 | 69 | 0 |
| 1989 | 77 | 0 |
| 1990 | 62 | 0 |
| 1991 | 76 | 0 |
| 1992 | 86 | 0 |
| 1993 | 91 | 0 |
| 1994 | 80 | 0 |
| 1995 | 91 | 0 |
| 1996 | 99 | 0 |
| 1997 | 73 | 0 |
| 1998 | 77 | 0 |
| 1999 | 78 | 0 |
| 2000 | 111 | 0 |
| 2001 | 123 | 47 |
| 2002 | 123 | 165 |
| 2003 | 125 | 141 |
| 2004 | 111 | 121 |
| 2005 | 84 | 175 |
| 2006 | 105 | 186 |
| 2007 | 86 | 219 |
| 2008 | 76 | 380 |
| 2009 | 120 | 525 |
| 2010 | 187 | 789 |
| 2011 | 342 | 957 |
| 2012 | 447 | 929 |
| 2013 | 454 | 920 |
| 2014 | 638 | 972 |
| 2015 | 723 | 985 |
| 2016 | 680 | 792 |
| 2017 | 634 | 675 |
| 2018 | 563 | 580 |
| 2019 | 496 | 601 |
| 2020 | 489 | 489 |
| 2021 | 375 | 447 |
| 2022 | 359 | 415 |
| 2023 | 339 | 392 |
| 2024 | 335 | 519 |
| 2025 | 346 | 442 |
| 2026 | 261 | 323 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
- H10F 71/121The active layers comprising only group iv materials3,439
- H10F 71/127The active layers comprising only group iii-v materials1,383
- H10F 71/10The devices comprising amorphous semiconductor material1,320
- H10F 71/128Annealing1,162
- H10F 71/138Manufacture of transparent electrodes1,096
- H10F 71/139Manufacture or treatment of devices covered by this subclass: using temporary substrates815
- H10F 71/137Batch treatment of the devices806
- H10F 71/125The active layers comprising only group ii-vi materials787
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Most cited
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- Method of fabricating bifacial tandem solar cells756US 8,852,994 B2Masimo Semiconductor, Inc. · 2014
- Dopant precursors and processes596US 6,743,738 B2ASM America, Inc. · 2004