Y10S 117/00
Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes
Official title: Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes; non-coating apparatus therefor
Y10S117/00 (Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes) appears on 1,732 US grants and 455 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in Y10S- Granted patents
- 1,732
- Published applications
- 455
- Assignees
- 555
- Inventors
- 2,655
- Latest grant
- 14 Nov 2023
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 39 | 0 |
| 1977 | 31 | 0 |
| 1978 | 35 | 0 |
| 1979 | 24 | 0 |
| 1980 | 40 | 0 |
| 1981 | 37 | 0 |
| 1982 | 35 | 0 |
| 1983 | 39 | 0 |
| 1984 | 38 | 0 |
| 1985 | 44 | 0 |
| 1986 | 54 | 0 |
| 1987 | 48 | 0 |
| 1988 | 39 | 0 |
| 1989 | 51 | 0 |
| 1990 | 49 | 0 |
| 1991 | 53 | 0 |
| 1992 | 61 | 0 |
| 1993 | 54 | 0 |
| 1994 | 58 | 0 |
| 1995 | 30 | 0 |
| 1996 | 31 | 0 |
| 1997 | 46 | 0 |
| 1998 | 73 | 0 |
| 1999 | 80 | 0 |
| 2000 | 96 | 0 |
| 2001 | 69 | 30 |
| 2002 | 64 | 71 |
| 2003 | 59 | 52 |
| 2004 | 49 | 38 |
| 2005 | 32 | 49 |
| 2006 | 23 | 38 |
| 2007 | 47 | 45 |
| 2008 | 46 | 54 |
| 2009 | 29 | 23 |
| 2010 | 41 | 15 |
| 2011 | 27 | 11 |
| 2012 | 16 | 9 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 16 | 9 |
| 2015 | 15 | 3 |
| 2016 | 5 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- Y10S 117/90Apparatus characterized by composition or treatment thereof494
- Y10S 117/901Levitation, reduced gravity, microgravity, space321
- Y10S 117/903Dendrite or web or cage technique271
- Y10S 117/915Separating from substrate181
- Y10S 117/911Seed or rod holders130
- Y10S 117/906Special atmosphere other than vacuum or inert115
- Y10S 117/917Magnetic99
- Y10S 117/913Graphoepitaxy or surface modification to enhance epitaxy96
Recent patents
- Seed lifting and rotating system for use in crystal growth14 Nov 2023US 11,814,746 B2Linton Crystal Technologies Corp.
- Seed lifting and rotating system for use in crystal growth22 Feb 2022US 11,255,024 B2Linton Crystal Technologies Corp.
- Method of growing group III nitride crystals11 Jun 2019US 10,316,431 B2Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
- Bond and release layer transfer process25 Dec 2018US 10,164,144 B2QMAT, Inc.
- Bond and release layer transfer process2 Jan 2018US 9,859,458 B2QMAT, Inc.
- Seed lifting and rotating system for use in crystal growth28 Apr 2022US 2022/0127750 A1Linton Crystal Technologies Corp.
- Seed lifting and rotating system for use in crystal growth24 Dec 2020US 2020/0399781 A1Linton Crystal Technologies Corp.
- Bond and release layer transfer process4 Apr 2019US 2019/0103507 A1QMAT, Inc.
- Bond and release layer transfer process8 Feb 2018US 2018/0040765 A1QMAT, Inc.
- Bond and release layer transfer process22 Dec 2016US 2016/0372628 A1QMAT, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Wafer holding fixture for chemical reaction processes in rapid thermal processing equipment and method for making same643US 4,978,567 AMaterials Technology Corporation, subsidiary of the Carbon/Graphite Group, Inc. · 1990
- Method for the transfer of thin layers of monocrystalline material to a desirable substrate617US 5,877,070 AMax Planck Society · 1999
- Combinatorial molecular layer epitaxy device499US 6,344,084 B12002
- Protein crystallization in microfluidic structures458US 6,409,832 B2Micronics, Inc. · 2002
- Method of transferring a thin film to an alternate substrate431US 5,391,257 ARockwell International Corporation · 1995