Heat treatment

Heat treatment · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)

Chemical and metallurgical processes, compounds, and materials.

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CPC classification statistics
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CPC codeC04B41/0072
Official title{Heat treatment}
Display labelHeat treatment
Total patents439

Filing trend

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

Filing activity over the last five years is rapidly growing.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
201529
201632
201723
201824
201922
202030
202127
202226
202358
202482
202579
20267

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 C04B41/0072?
CPC C04B41/0072 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “Heat treatment.”
How many patents are filed under CPC C04B41/0072 (Heat treatment)?
Our database includes 439 publications tagged with this CPC code.
Is patent activity under CPC C04B41/0072 growing?
Publication counts under this code: 82 in 2024 vs 79 in 2025 (latest complete years).