General methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering

General methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)

Chemical and metallurgical processes, compounds, and materials.

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CPC codeC21D1/00
Official titleGeneral methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering
Display labelGeneral methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering
Total patents196

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
201518
201621
201718
201821
201917
202031
202120
202221
202314
20247
20256
20262

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Representative publications under this CPC code from precomputed stats, or recent filings when stats are unavailable.

Frequently asked questions

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What is CPC C21D1/00?
CPC C21D1/00 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “General methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering.”
How many patents are filed under CPC C21D1/00 (General methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering)?
Our database includes 196 publications tagged with this CPC code.
Is patent activity under CPC C21D1/00 growing?
Publication counts under this code: 7 in 2024 vs 6 in 2025 (latest complete years).