Post-treatment, e.g. curing, coating or polishing

Post-treatment, e.g. curing, coating or polishing · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)

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

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CPC classification statistics
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CPC codeB33Y40/20
Official titlePost-treatment, e.g. curing, coating or polishing
Display labelPost-treatment, e.g. curing, coating or polishing
Total patents4,060

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
201547
201664
2017175
2018220
2019299
2020346
2021522
2022602
2023558
2024605
2025518
2026104

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 B33Y40/20?
CPC B33Y40/20 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “Post-treatment, e.g. curing, coating or polishing.”
How many patents are filed under CPC B33Y40/20 (Post-treatment, e.g. curing, coating or polishing)?
Our database includes 4,060 publications tagged with this CPC code.
Is patent activity under CPC B33Y40/20 growing?
Publication counts under this code: 605 in 2024 vs 518 in 2025 (latest complete years).