H10F 77/12
Active materials
H10F77/12 (Active materials) appears on 5,477 US grants and 7,219 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H10F- Granted patents
- 5,477
- Published applications
- 7,219
- Assignees
- 2,045
- Inventors
- 11,549
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 10 | 0 |
| 1978 | 17 | 0 |
| 1979 | 8 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 12 | 0 |
| 1982 | 10 | 0 |
| 1983 | 12 | 0 |
| 1984 | 17 | 0 |
| 1985 | 15 | 0 |
| 1986 | 27 | 0 |
| 1987 | 12 | 0 |
| 1988 | 10 | 0 |
| 1989 | 29 | 0 |
| 1990 | 22 | 0 |
| 1991 | 31 | 0 |
| 1992 | 21 | 0 |
| 1993 | 20 | 0 |
| 1994 | 27 | 0 |
| 1995 | 28 | 0 |
| 1996 | 18 | 0 |
| 1997 | 15 | 0 |
| 1998 | 19 | 0 |
| 1999 | 29 | 0 |
| 2000 | 36 | 0 |
| 2001 | 39 | 8 |
| 2002 | 44 | 60 |
| 2003 | 57 | 69 |
| 2004 | 40 | 69 |
| 2005 | 48 | 87 |
| 2006 | 61 | 110 |
| 2007 | 59 | 146 |
| 2008 | 42 | 145 |
| 2009 | 68 | 208 |
| 2010 | 116 | 337 |
| 2011 | 142 | 389 |
| 2012 | 187 | 375 |
| 2013 | 218 | 438 |
| 2014 | 315 | 491 |
| 2015 | 318 | 545 |
| 2016 | 358 | 464 |
| 2017 | 380 | 472 |
| 2018 | 390 | 431 |
| 2019 | 362 | 438 |
| 2020 | 377 | 375 |
| 2021 | 317 | 324 |
| 2022 | 267 | 299 |
| 2023 | 249 | 249 |
| 2024 | 217 | 277 |
| 2025 | 208 | 240 |
| 2026 | 139 | 173 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H10F 77/124Comprising only group iii-v materials1,700
- H10F 77/122Comprising only group iv materials1,625
- H10F 77/126Comprising only group i-iii-vi chalcopyrite materials888
- H10F 77/123Comprising only group ii-vi materials700
- H10F 77/127Comprising only group iv-vi or only group ii-iv-vi chalcogenide materials231
- H10F 77/128Comprising only group i-ii-iv-vi kesterite materials180
- H10F 77/121Comprising only selenium or only tellurium161
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By later US patents
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- Formation of insulating aluminum oxide in semiconductor substrates498US 6,635,559 B2Spire Corporation · 2003