by mechanical means

by mechanical means · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)

Chemical and metallurgical processes, compounds, and materials.

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CPC classification statistics
MetricValue
CPC codeC11B3/16
Official titleby mechanical means
Display labelby mechanical means
Total patents128

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
20159
20165
20177
201811
201916
202012
202113
202216
202313
202412
202510
20264

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 C11B3/16?
CPC C11B3/16 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “by mechanical means.”
How many patents are filed under CPC C11B3/16 (by mechanical means)?
Our database includes 128 publications tagged with this CPC code.
Is patent activity under CPC C11B3/16 growing?
Publication counts under this code: 12 in 2024 vs 10 in 2025 (latest complete years).