Natural organic compounds or derivatives thereof, e.g. polysaccharides or lignin derivatives

Natural organic compounds or derivatives thereof, e.g. polysaccharides or lignin derivatives · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)

Chemical and metallurgical processes, compounds, and materials.

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CPC classification statistics
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CPC codeC09K8/20
Official titleNatural organic compounds or derivatives thereof, e.g. polysaccharides or lignin derivatives
Display labelNatural organic compounds or derivatives thereof, e.g. polysaccharides or lignin derivatives
Total patents115

Filing trend

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

Filing activity over the last five years is rapidly declining.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
20156
20163
20174
201827
201927
202028
202112
20223
20232
20241
20252

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 C09K8/20?
CPC C09K8/20 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “Natural organic compounds or derivatives thereof, e.g. polysaccharides or lignin derivatives.”
How many patents are filed under CPC C09K8/20 (Natural organic compounds or derivatives thereof, e.g. polysaccharides or lignin derivatives)?
Our database includes 115 publications tagged with this CPC code.
Is patent activity under CPC C09K8/20 growing?
Publication counts under this code: 1 in 2024 vs 2 in 2025 (latest complete years).