Metallising {, e.g. infiltration of sintered ceramic preforms with molten metal (covering materials with metals in general C23C; ceramic compositions containing free metal bonded to carbides, diamond, oxides, borides, nitrides, silicides, e.g. cermets, or other metal compounds, e.g. oxynitrides or sulfides, other than as macroscopic reinforcing agents C22C; infiltration of preforms containing free metal, e.g. cermets C22C)}

Metallising {, e.g. infiltration of sintered ceramic preforms with molten metal (covering materials with metals in general C23C; ceramic compositions containing free metal bonded to carbides, diamond, oxides, borides, nitrides, silicides, e.g. cermets, or other metal compounds, e.g. oxynitrides or sulfides, other than as macroscopic reinforcing agents C22C; infiltration of preforms containing free metal, e.g. cermets C22C)} · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)

Chemical and metallurgical processes, compounds, and materials.

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CPC classification statistics
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CPC codeC04B41/51
Official titleMetallising {, e.g. infiltration of sintered ceramic preforms with molten metal (covering materials with metals in general C23C; ceramic compositions containing free metal bonded to carbides, diamond, oxides, borides, nitrides, silicides, e.g. cermets, or other metal compounds, e.g. oxynitrides or sulfides, other than as macroscopic reinforcing agents C22C; infiltration of preforms containing free metal, e.g. cermets C22C)}
Display labelMetallising {, e.g. infiltration of sintered ceramic preforms with molten metal (covering materials with metals in general C23C; ceramic compositions containing free metal bonded to carbides, diamond, oxides, borides, nitrides, silicides, e.g. cermets, or other metal compounds, e.g. oxynitrides or sulfides, other than as macroscopic reinforcing agents C22C; infiltration of preforms containing free metal, e.g. cermets C22C)}
Total patents77

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
20153
20167
20173
20188
20197
202011
20217
20225
20234
20249
20258
20265

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

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What is CPC C04B41/51?
CPC C04B41/51 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “Metallising {, e.g. infiltration of sintered ceramic preforms with molten metal (covering materials with metals in general C23C; ceramic compositions containing free metal bonded to carbides, diamond, oxides, borides, nitrides, silicides, e.g. cermets, or other metal compounds, e.g. oxynitrides or sulfides, other than as macroscopic reinforcing agents C22C; infiltration of preforms containing free metal, e.g. cermets C22C)}.”
How many patents are filed under CPC C04B41/51 (Metallising {, e.g. infiltration of sintered ceramic preforms with molten metal (covering materials with metals in general C23C; ceramic compositions containing free metal bonded to carbides, diamond, oxides, borides, nitrides, silicides, e.g. cermets, or other metal compounds, e.g. oxynitrides or sulfides, other than as macroscopic reinforcing agents C22C; infiltration of preforms containing free metal, e.g. cermets C22C)})?
Our database includes 77 publications tagged with this CPC code.
Is patent activity under CPC C04B41/51 growing?
Publication counts under this code: 9 in 2024 vs 8 in 2025 (latest complete years).