characterised by the working steps

characterised by the working steps · 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 codeC21D8/1216
Official titlecharacterised by the working steps
Display labelcharacterised by the working steps
Total patents72

Filing trend

Year-over-year patent counts classified under this CPC code.

Filing activity over the last five years is growing.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
20156
20165
20175
20182
20196
20204
20214
202211
202310
202410
20257
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 C21D8/1216?
CPC C21D8/1216 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “characterised by the working steps.”
How many patents are filed under CPC C21D8/1216 (characterised by the working steps)?
Our database includes 72 publications tagged with this CPC code.
Is patent activity under CPC C21D8/1216 growing?
Publication counts under this code: 10 in 2024 vs 7 in 2025 (latest complete years).