Groups 6 or 16

Groups 6 or 16 · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)

Chemical and metallurgical processes, compounds, and materials.

Related technology areas

Mapped technology topics for this CPC code.

CPC classification statistics
MetricValue
CPC codeC10N2010/12
Official titleGroups 6 or 16
Display labelGroups 6 or 16
Total patents453

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
201545
201645
201748
201847
201974
202043
202136
202224
202322
202431
202532
20266

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 C10N2010/12?
CPC C10N2010/12 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “Groups 6 or 16.”
How many patents are filed under CPC C10N2010/12 (Groups 6 or 16)?
Our database includes 453 publications tagged with this CPC code.
Is patent activity under CPC C10N2010/12 growing?
Publication counts under this code: 31 in 2024 vs 32 in 2025 (latest complete years).