H10F 77/14
Shape of semiconductor bodies
Official title: Shape of semiconductor bodies; Shapes, relative sizes or dispositions of semiconductor regions within semiconductor bodies
H10F77/14 (Shape of semiconductor bodies) appears on 4,712 US grants and 5,601 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H10F- Granted patents
- 4,712
- Published applications
- 5,601
- Assignees
- 1,708
- Inventors
- 9,301
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 13 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 12 | 0 |
| 1983 | 9 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 9 | 0 |
| 1986 | 10 | 0 |
| 1987 | 19 | 0 |
| 1988 | 15 | 0 |
| 1989 | 29 | 0 |
| 1990 | 25 | 0 |
| 1991 | 38 | 0 |
| 1992 | 36 | 0 |
| 1993 | 33 | 0 |
| 1994 | 48 | 0 |
| 1995 | 46 | 0 |
| 1996 | 50 | 0 |
| 1997 | 37 | 0 |
| 1998 | 46 | 0 |
| 1999 | 42 | 0 |
| 2000 | 48 | 0 |
| 2001 | 46 | 14 |
| 2002 | 59 | 87 |
| 2003 | 79 | 49 |
| 2004 | 60 | 101 |
| 2005 | 53 | 112 |
| 2006 | 73 | 110 |
| 2007 | 84 | 157 |
| 2008 | 52 | 172 |
| 2009 | 72 | 202 |
| 2010 | 115 | 342 |
| 2011 | 161 | 314 |
| 2012 | 162 | 278 |
| 2013 | 199 | 295 |
| 2014 | 257 | 340 |
| 2015 | 263 | 328 |
| 2016 | 274 | 275 |
| 2017 | 279 | 274 |
| 2018 | 252 | 300 |
| 2019 | 256 | 297 |
| 2020 | 257 | 260 |
| 2021 | 210 | 240 |
| 2022 | 221 | 237 |
| 2023 | 165 | 214 |
| 2024 | 162 | 238 |
| 2025 | 168 | 212 |
| 2026 | 132 | 153 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Use of a low bandgap absorber region in a laser power converter29 Sep 2026US 12,751,093 B2The Boeing Company
- Backside contact solar cells with separated polysilicon doped regions29 Sep 2026US 12,751,094 B2
- Solar blind solid state gallium containing photodiode device and related method29 Sep 2026US 12,751,096 B2Palomino Laboratories, Inc.
- Back contact solar cell and photovoltaic module29 Sep 2026US 12,751,109 B2Longi Green Energy Technology Co., Ltd.
- Solar cell and photovoltaic module22 Sep 2026US 12,745,483 B1Zhejiang Jinko Solar Co., Ltd.
- Architecture of an absorption zone for an infrared detector8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309549 A1
- Solar cell and photovoltaic module8 Oct 2026US 2026/0314083 A1Tongwei Solar (Meishan) Co., Ltd.
- Integrated chip and method of manufacturing the same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0314085 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Image sensor and electronic apparatus including the image sensor8 Oct 2026US 2026/0314087 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Semiconductor device structure with photodetector8 Oct 2026US 2026/0314106 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Nanophotovoltaic devices501US 7,514,725 B2Spire Corporation · 2009
- Nanowires, nanostructures and devices fabricated therefrom394US 6,882,051 B2The Regents of the University of California · 2005
- Pattern transfer printing by kinetic control of adhesion to an elastomeric stamp371US 7,943,491 B2The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois · 2011
- Methods of fabricating nanostructures and nanowires and devices fabricated therefrom247US 6,996,147 B2The Regents of the University of California · 2006
- Light absorption and filtering properties of vertically oriented semiconductor nano wires246US 9,000,353 B2President and Fellows of Harvard College · 2015