Operations & Transport

Operations & Transport · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)

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

Related technology areas

Mapped technology topics for this CPC code.

CPC classification statistics
MetricValue
CPC codeB23K1/002
Official title
Display labelOperations & Transport (mapped technology topic)
Total patents180

Filing trend

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

Filing activity over the last five years is stable.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
201520
201616
201727
201820
201919
202019
202113
202211
202315
20247
202511
20262

Representative patents

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

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Frequently asked questions

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What is CPC B23K1/002?
CPC B23K1/002 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “Operations & Transport.”
How many patents are filed under CPC B23K1/002 (Operations & Transport)?
Our database includes 180 publications tagged with this CPC code.
Is patent activity under CPC B23K1/002 growing?
Publication counts under this code: 7 in 2024 vs 11 in 2025 (latest complete years).
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