H10W 20/041
The barrier, adhesion or liner layers being discontinuous
Official title: {the barrier, adhesion or liner layers being discontinuous}
H10W20/041 (The barrier, adhesion or liner layers being discontinuous) appears on 258 US grants and 288 published applications in this corpus.
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
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| 2021 | 13 | 9 |
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| 2024 | 9 | 13 |
| 2025 | 9 | 9 |
| 2026 | 6 | 7 |
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