Recovery or purification

Recovery or purification · 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 codeC12N7/02
Official titleRecovery or purification
Display labelRecovery or purification
Total patents289

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
201514
201616
201720
201840
201944
202030
202131
202225
202320
202427
202520
20262

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 C12N7/02?
CPC C12N7/02 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “Recovery or purification.”
How many patents are filed under CPC C12N7/02 (Recovery or purification)?
Our database includes 289 publications tagged with this CPC code.
Is patent activity under CPC C12N7/02 growing?
Publication counts under this code: 27 in 2024 vs 20 in 2025 (latest complete years).