Cleaning pipe ends or pipe fittings, e.g. before soldering

Cleaning pipe ends or pipe fittings, e.g. before soldering · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)

Separating, mixing, shaping, printing, and transporting materials.

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CPC classification statistics
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CPC codeB08B9/021
Official title{Cleaning pipe ends or pipe fittings, e.g. before soldering}
Display labelCleaning pipe ends or pipe fittings, e.g. before soldering
Total patents70

Filing trend

Year-over-year patent counts classified under this CPC code.

Filing activity over the last five years is growing.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
20153
20166
20171
20185
20197
202010
20214
202213
20236
20246
20257
20262

Representative patents

Representative publications under this CPC code from precomputed stats, or recent filings when stats are unavailable.

Frequently asked questions

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What is CPC B08B9/021?
CPC B08B9/021 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “Cleaning pipe ends or pipe fittings, e.g. before soldering.”
How many patents are filed under CPC B08B9/021 (Cleaning pipe ends or pipe fittings, e.g. before soldering)?
Our database includes 70 publications tagged with this CPC code.
Is patent activity under CPC B08B9/021 growing?
Publication counts under this code: 6 in 2024 vs 7 in 2025 (latest complete years).