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CPC technology class · H10

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices

Inorganic electric semiconductor devices. 96,746 US utility patents granted 2015–2025, with the leading assignees and year-by-year grant trajectory.

96,746
US patents granted
#1/5
in H10
42.5%
H10 class share
-17%
5-yr velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices ranks #16 of 670 CPC technology areas - 96,746 US patents granted since 2015, with recorded grant volume down 17% over five years.

#16
of 670 CPC technology areas
96,746
US patents granted, 2015–2025
Taiwan Semiconductor…
leading assignee (13,882)
-17%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

How H10D's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, H10D recorded 38,679 grants versus 46,577 in 2015–2019 (-17% equal-window velocity). Across complete years, output peaked in 2017 at 9,780 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 7,037 (+39% peak-over-trough). Lead assignee Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. holds 14.3% of the class ; the top three share 29.2%.

Leaderboard read

H10D concentration, lead at 14.3%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. leads this historical grant record at 14.3% of H10D - foreign corporation assignees hold 72% of class grants (64,857 of 89,589). Figures describe granted US utility patents in this CPC subclass, not current investment or legal strength.

Leader's share
14.3%

13,882 of 96,746 grants

Top three share
29.2%

of the class's recorded grants

Lead over #2
5,729

more grants than Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Where H10D sits inside H10

Among 5 subclasses in H10 (Semiconductor DEVICES; Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), H10D ranks #1 and holds 42.5% of the parent class's 227,396 recorded grants. Sibling chips below are the other subclasses in the same parent class, not the nationwide volume/lead-share peers further down.

H10K 50,923 H10F 31,010 H10H 25,379 H10N 23,338

Rising assignees active in H10D

Company-wide grant multiples (2022–2024 vs 2019–2021) among assignees with ≥5 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide; class patent counts are subclass-specific.

  1. #1 Sharp Display Technology Corporation 144x 0 → 144 company-wide · 25 in H10D
  2. #2 Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch 142x 0 → 142 company-wide · 13 in H10D
  3. #3 Hitachi Energy Ltd 120x 0 → 120 company-wide · 15 in H10D
  4. #4 Kyocera AVX Components Corporation 100x 1 → 100 company-wide · 10 in H10D
  5. #5 Adeia Semiconductor Bonding Technologies Inc. 90x 0 → 90 company-wide · 17 in H10D

H10D grants by year, peak 2017 (9,780)

US utility-patent grants per year in H10D, 2015–2025 - recent five years are down 17% versus 2015–2019.

5,0006,0007,0008,0009,00010,000 20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025 5,849

Who leads H10D?

The 12 most active assignees in Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices - wider bars mean more grants

patents

What this shows Taiwan Semiconductor… is the most active filer in H10D, holding 13,882 of the 96,746 patents in this class. Concentration at the top signals how contestable this technology area is for new entrants.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025 grant years
View data table
Top patent holders in CPC subclass H10D
Rank Company Patents in H10D
#1 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. 13,882
#2 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 8,153
#3 International Business Machines Corporation 6,204
#4 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. 4,393
#5 BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd. 2,873
#6 GlobalFoundries Inc. 2,698
#7 United Microelectronics Corp. 2,180
#8 Intel Corporation 2,174
#9 Micron Technology, Inc. 1,804
#10 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 1,449
#11 Renesas Electronics Corporation 1,328
#12 SK hynix Inc. 1,205
#13 Infineon Technologies AG 1,166
#14 Texas Instruments Incorporated 1,129
#15 Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. 1,126
#16 LG Display Co., Ltd. 1,029
#17 Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) Corporation 884
#18 Japan Display Inc. 801
#19 Mitsubishi Electric Corporation 737
#20 Infineon Technologies Austria AG 711

Footprint here vs. claim strategy

Each dot is a leading H10D assignee, placed by how many patents it holds in this class (horizontal) against its company-wide average claims per patent (vertical) - a read on whether the class is led by broad-but-shallow filers or focused deep-claim players.

Top 14 H10D assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in H10D. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes). Scatter plot of 14 data points (bubble-sized by third dimension). 10121416182022 050001000015000 Patents in H10D Avg claims / patent (company-wide) Taiwan Semiconductor…SamsungInternational…Semiconductor Energy…Boe Technology GroupGlobalfoundriesUnited Microelectronic…IntelMicron TechnologyToshibaRenesasSk hynixInfineonTexas Instruments…
Top 14 H10D assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in H10D. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes).

Classes near H10D's 96,746-grant footprint

Nationwide nearest neighbors for H10D (#16 of 670 by volume ; lead share 14.3%) - not the H10 parent-class siblings above.

Nearest by grant volume

Y10T 97,850 G06V 95,291 H04B 101,407 G06N 88,089

Nearest by lead-assignee share

B63H 14.5% F03D 14.2% G04C 14.1% B62J 14.6%

Questions about H10D

Which company holds the most patents in H10D?
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. leads H10D with 13,882 patents (14.3% of the subclass). By PatentsView assignee type, foreign corporations account for 72% of class grants.
Which H10D assignees grew fastest recently?
Among assignees with ≥5 grants in H10D, Sharp Display Technology Corporation shows the highest company-wide grant multiple (144x: 0 grants in 2019–2021 → 144 in 2022–2024) while holding 25 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide, not class-only.
How does H10D compare inside parent class H10?
Inside H10 (Semiconductor DEVICES; Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), H10D ranks #1 of 5 subclasses by grant volume and holds 42.5% of the parent class total. The largest sibling is H10K (50,923 grants).

What to do with this data

H10D in context - here's where to go next.

  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. leads H10D with 13,882 grants in this class. See full portfolio
  • H10D ranks #16 of 670 by grant volume among all tracked CPC technology areas. See the ranking
  • Inside parent class H10, the largest sibling subclass is H10K with 50,923 grants. Explore H10K

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through 2026-05-15; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Methodology - H10D figures are USPTO PatentsView granted-utility totals for this subclass (96,746 grants in the tracked window).

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