Sulfur-, selenium- or tellurium-containing compounds

Sulfur-, selenium- or tellurium-containing compounds · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)

Chemical and metallurgical processes, compounds, and materials.

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CPC classification statistics
MetricValue
CPC codeC08K3/30
Official titleSulfur-, selenium- or tellurium-containing compounds
Display labelSulfur-, selenium- or tellurium-containing compounds
Total patents1,260

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
201564
201674
201784
2018115
2019132
2020144
2021136
2022131
2023135
2024126
202596
202623

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 C08K3/30?
CPC C08K3/30 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “Sulfur-, selenium- or tellurium-containing compounds.”
How many patents are filed under CPC C08K3/30 (Sulfur-, selenium- or tellurium-containing compounds)?
Our database includes 1,260 publications tagged with this CPC code.
Is patent activity under CPC C08K3/30 growing?
Publication counts under this code: 126 in 2024 vs 96 in 2025 (latest complete years).