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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 filing trajectory.

96,746
US patents granted
H10
Parent CPC class
20
Active assignees
-4%
5-yr velocity

The verdict

Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices ranks #16 of 670 CPC technology areas - 96,746 US patents granted since 2015, with filing down 4% over five years.

#16
of 670 CPC technology areas
96,746
US patents granted, 2015–2025
Taiwan Semiconductor…
leading assignee (13,882)
-4%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs
Top assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (13,882 patents)

CPC subclass H10D - INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - covers 96,746 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025 according to USPTO PatentsView records, within the broader CPC class H10 (SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR). See our CPC classification guide for how the system works.

The competitive landscape in H10D is shaped by 20 distinct companies actively filing in this space. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. leads with 13,882 patents, followed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. at 8,153 grants and International Business Machines Corporation at 6,204.

Filing activity in H10D is down 4% over the past five years versus 2015-2019, a relatively steady filing pace. All counts come directly from USPTO PatentsView and reflect US granted utility patents only.

Is H10D innovation accelerating?

US utility-patent grants per year in H10D, 2015–2025 - recent five years are down 4% 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
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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

About This Class

CPC subclass H10D belongs to class H10.

96,746 patents were granted in this class between 2015 and 2025.

20 companies actively patent in this space.

Classification System

Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) is a hierarchical patent classification system used by the USPTO and EPO.

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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).

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 Busines…Semiconductor Energy…Boe Technology GroupGlobalfoundriesUnited Microelectroni…IntelMicron TechnologyToshibaRenesasSk hynixInfineonTexas Instruments Inc…
Top 14 H10D assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in H10D. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes).

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CPC class H10D?
CPC subclass H10D covers INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES. It belongs to CPC class H10 (SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR), with 96,746 US utility patents granted since 2015.
How many patents have been filed in H10D?
96,746 US utility patents were granted in CPC subclass H10D between 2015 and 2025, based on USPTO PatentsView data.
Which company holds the most patents in H10D?
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. leads H10D with 13,882 patents, making it the most active assignee in this technology area.
How is patent data for H10D collected?
Patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. It covers all US granted utility patents and assigns CPC codes based on the technology described in each patent.
What is the difference between CPC class and subclass?
A CPC class (e.g., H10) is a broad technology category. Subclasses like H10D provide finer granularity within that category. PlainPatent organizes data at the subclass level (4-character codes) for the most useful view of technology domains.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent Editorial

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