Preliminary treatment

Preliminary treatment · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)

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

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CPC classification statistics
MetricValue
CPC codeB23K11/34
Official titlePreliminary treatment
Display labelPreliminary treatment
Total patents237

Filing trend

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

Filing activity over the last five years is rapidly declining.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
201511
201622
201714
201820
201944
202030
202128
202225
202317
202412
202511
20263

Representative patents

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

Frequently asked questions

Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.

What is CPC B23K11/34?
CPC B23K11/34 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “Preliminary treatment.”
How many patents are filed under CPC B23K11/34 (Preliminary treatment)?
Our database includes 237 publications tagged with this CPC code.
Is patent activity under CPC B23K11/34 growing?
Publication counts under this code: 12 in 2024 vs 11 in 2025 (latest complete years).