Gaseous or foamed well-drilling compositions

Gaseous or foamed well-drilling compositions · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)

Chemical and metallurgical processes, compounds, and materials.

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CPC classification statistics
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CPC codeC09K8/38
Official titleGaseous or foamed well-drilling compositions
Display labelGaseous or foamed well-drilling compositions
Total patents97

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
20157
20166
20177
20189
20198
202014
202112
20226
202310
20247
20258
20263

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 C09K8/38?
CPC C09K8/38 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “Gaseous or foamed well-drilling compositions.”
How many patents are filed under CPC C09K8/38 (Gaseous or foamed well-drilling compositions)?
Our database includes 97 publications tagged with this CPC code.
Is patent activity under CPC C09K8/38 growing?
Publication counts under this code: 7 in 2024 vs 8 in 2025 (latest complete years).