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H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Pot…

Inorganic light-emitting semiconductor devices having potential barriers. 25,379 US utility patents granted 2015–2025, with the leading assignees and year-by-year grant trajectory.

25,379
US patents granted
#4/5
in H10
11.2%
H10 class share
-10%
5-yr velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Pot… ranks #80 of 670 CPC technology areas - 25,379 US patents granted since 2015, with recorded grant volume down 10% over five years.

#80
of 670 CPC technology areas
25,379
US patents granted, 2015–2025
Samsung
leading assignee (2,127)
-10%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

How H10H's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, H10H recorded 10,577 grants versus 11,706 in 2015–2019 (-10% equal-window velocity). Across complete years, output peaked in 2015 at 2,530 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 1,871 (+35% peak-over-trough). Lead assignee Nichia Corporation holds 6.7% of the class ; the top three share 13.4%.

Leaderboard read

H10H concentration, lead at 6.7%

Nichia Corporation leads this historical grant record at 6.7% of H10H - foreign corporation assignees hold 81% of class grants (14,167 of 17,514). Figures describe granted US utility patents in this CPC subclass, not current investment or legal strength.

Leader's share
6.7%

1,693 of 25,379 grants

Top three share
13.4%

of the class's recorded grants

Lead over #2
805

more grants than Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH

Where H10H sits inside H10

Among 5 subclasses in H10 (Semiconductor DEVICES; Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), H10H ranks #4 and holds 11.2% 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 H10F 31,010 H10N 23,338

Rising assignees active in H10H

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 Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC 1285x 0 → 1,285 company-wide · 70 in H10H
  2. #2 Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch 142x 0 → 142 company-wide · 5 in H10H
  3. #3 Adeia Semiconductor Bonding Technologies Inc. 90x 0 → 90 company-wide · 5 in H10H
  4. #4 Korrus, Inc. 71x 0 → 71 company-wide · 20 in H10H
  5. #5 AUO Corporation 61x 0 → 61 company-wide · 20 in H10H

H10H grants by year, peak 2015 (2,530)

US utility-patent grants per year in H10H, 2015–2025 - recent five years are down 10% versus 2015–2019.

1,6001,8002,0002,2002,4002,600 20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025 1,697

Who leads H10H?

The 12 most active assignees in Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers - wider bars mean more grants

patents

What this shows Samsung is the most active filer in H10H, holding 2,127 of the 25,379 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 H10H
Rank Company Patents in H10H
#1 Nichia Corporation 1,693
#2 Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH 888
#3 LG Innotek Co., Ltd. 816
#4 Epistar Corporation 688
#5 Lumileds LLC 526
#6 Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd. 524
#7 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. 459
#8 BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd. 439
#9 Osram Oled GMBH 422
#10 Innolux Corporation 331
#11 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 281
#12 LG Display Co., Ltd. 274
#13 Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 273
#14 Cree, Inc. 264
#15 Micron Technology, Inc. 229
#16 Rohm Co., Ltd. 201
#17 Commissariat A L'energie Atomique ET AUX Energies Alternatives 185
#18 Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. 172
#19 Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. 158
#20 Facebook Technologies, LLC 156

Footprint here vs. claim strategy

Each dot is a leading H10H 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 H10H assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in H10H. 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 H10H Avg claims / patent (company-wide) NichiaOsram Opto Semiconduct…Lg InnotekEpistarLumiledsSeoul ViosysSemiconductor Energy…Boe Technology GroupOsram OledInnoluxSharpLg DisplaySeoul SemiconductorCree
Top 14 H10H assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in H10H. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes).

Classes near H10H's 25,379-grant footprint

Nationwide nearest neighbors for H10H (#80 of 670 by volume ; lead share 8.4%) - not the H10 parent-class siblings above.

Nearest by grant volume

G08B 25,403 A61L 25,308 F01D 24,492 H01J 24,482

Nearest by lead-assignee share

B25H 8.4% A61G 8.4% F41B 8.3% B81C 8.4%

Questions about H10H

Which company holds the most patents in H10H?
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. leads H10H with 2,127 patents (6.7% of the subclass). By PatentsView assignee type, foreign corporations account for 81% of class grants.
Which H10H assignees grew fastest recently?
Among assignees with ≥5 grants in H10H, Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC shows the highest company-wide grant multiple (1285x: 0 grants in 2019–2021 → 1,285 in 2022–2024) while holding 70 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide, not class-only.
How does H10H compare inside parent class H10?
Inside H10 (Semiconductor DEVICES; Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), H10H ranks #4 of 5 subclasses by grant volume and holds 11.2% of the parent class total. The largest sibling is H10D (96,746 grants).

What to do with this data

H10H in context - here's where to go next.

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

Methodology - H10H figures are USPTO PatentsView granted-utility totals for this subclass (25,379 grants in the tracked window).

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