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H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive To Infrared Rad…

Inorganic semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation. 31,010 US utility patents granted 2015–2025, with the leading assignees and year-by-year grant trajectory.

31,010
US patents granted
#3/5
in H10
13.6%
H10 class share
-15%
5-yr velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive To Infrared Rad… ranks #60 of 670 CPC technology areas - 31,010 US patents granted since 2015, with recorded grant volume down 15% over five years.

#60
of 670 CPC technology areas
31,010
US patents granted, 2015–2025
Samsung
leading assignee (1,601)
-15%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

How H10F's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, H10F recorded 12,701 grants versus 14,989 in 2015–2019 (-15% equal-window velocity). Across complete years, output peaked in 2016 at 3,086 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 2,377 (+30% peak-over-trough). Lead assignee Sony Group Corporation holds 5.0% of the class ; the top three share 13.6%.

Leaderboard read

H10F concentration, lead at 5.0%

Sony Group Corporation leads this historical grant record at 5.0% of H10F - foreign corporation assignees hold 74% of class grants (15,270 of 20,681). Figures describe granted US utility patents in this CPC subclass, not current investment or legal strength.

Leader's share
5.0%

1,562 of 31,010 grants

Top three share
13.6%

of the class's recorded grants

Lead over #2
149

more grants than Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd.

Where H10F sits inside H10

Among 5 subclasses in H10 (Semiconductor DEVICES; Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), H10F ranks #3 and holds 13.6% 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.

H10D 96,746 H10K 50,923 H10H 25,379 H10N 23,338

Rising assignees active in H10F

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 · 8 in H10F
  2. #2 Adeia Semiconductor Bonding Technologies Inc. 90x 0 → 90 company-wide · 5 in H10F
  3. #3 Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd. 86x 0 → 86 company-wide · 96 in H10F
  4. #4 AUO Corporation 61x 0 → 61 company-wide · 5 in H10F
  5. #5 Toppan Inc. 56x 0 → 56 company-wide · 7 in H10F

H10F grants by year, peak 2016 (3,086)

US utility-patent grants per year in H10F, 2015–2025 - recent five years are down 15% versus 2015–2019.

1,5002,0002,5003,0003,500 20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025 1,730

Who leads H10F?

The 12 most active assignees in Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation - wider bars mean more grants

patents

What this shows Samsung is the most active filer in H10F, holding 1,601 of the 31,010 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 H10F
Rank Company Patents in H10F
#1 Sony Group Corporation 1,562
#2 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. 1,413
#3 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha 1,254
#4 Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation 1,237
#5 Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. 590
#6 OmniVision Technologies, Inc. 452
#7 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. 440
#8 Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC 386
#9 BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd. 345
#10 Sunpower Corporation 340
#11 Commissariat A L'energie Atomique ET AUX Energies Alternatives 317
#12 SK hynix Inc. 289
#13 Fujifilm Corporation 277
#14 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. 237
#15 Nikon Corporation 198
#16 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 193
#17 Olympus Corporation 175
#18 Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH 155
#19 STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS 138
#20 Zhejiang Jinko Solar Co., Ltd. 138

Footprint here vs. claim strategy

Each dot is a leading H10F 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 H10F assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in H10F. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes). Scatter plot of 14 data points (bubble-sized by third dimension). 510152025 0500100015002000 Patents in H10F Avg claims / patent (company-wide) Sony GroupTaiwan Semiconductor…CanonSony Semiconductor…Panasonic Intellectual…OmnivisionSemiconductor Energy…Semiconductor…Boe Technology GroupSunpowerCommissariat A…Sk hynixFujifilmHamamatsu Photonics K…
Top 14 H10F assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in H10F. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes).

Classes near H10F's 31,010-grant footprint

Nationwide nearest neighbors for H10F (#60 of 670 by volume ; lead share 5.2%) - not the H10 parent-class siblings above.

Nearest by grant volume

A61N 30,889 H03K 30,872 F05D 30,682 H10B 31,904

Nearest by lead-assignee share

C21C 5.2% F15D 5.2% H01P 5.1% Y02E 5.1%

Questions about H10F

Which company holds the most patents in H10F?
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. leads H10F with 1,601 patents (5.0% of the subclass). By PatentsView assignee type, foreign corporations account for 74% of class grants.
Which H10F assignees grew fastest recently?
Among assignees with ≥5 grants in H10F, Sharp Display Technology Corporation shows the highest company-wide grant multiple (144x: 0 grants in 2019–2021 → 144 in 2022–2024) while holding 8 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide, not class-only.
How does H10F compare inside parent class H10?
Inside H10 (Semiconductor DEVICES; Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), H10F ranks #3 of 5 subclasses by grant volume and holds 13.6% of the parent class total. The largest sibling is H10D (96,746 grants).

What to do with this data

H10F in context - here's where to go next.

  • Sony Group Corporation leads H10F with 1,562 grants in this class. See full portfolio
  • H10F ranks #60 of 670 by grant volume among all tracked CPC technology areas. See the ranking
  • Inside parent class H10, the largest sibling subclass is H10D with 96,746 grants. Explore H10D

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

Methodology - H10F figures are USPTO PatentsView granted-utility totals for this subclass (31,010 grants in the tracked window).

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