Preliminary treatment

Preliminary treatment · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)

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

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CPC classification statistics
MetricValue
CPC codeB23K20/24
Official titlePreliminary treatment
Display labelPreliminary treatment
Total patents465

Filing trend

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

Filing activity over the last five years is declining.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
201535
201631
201745
201863
201956
202046
202144
202247
202333
202436
202523
20266

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 B23K20/24?
CPC B23K20/24 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “Preliminary treatment.”
How many patents are filed under CPC B23K20/24 (Preliminary treatment)?
Our database includes 465 publications tagged with this CPC code.
Is patent activity under CPC B23K20/24 growing?
Publication counts under this code: 36 in 2024 vs 23 in 2025 (latest complete years).