Method for thermally treating chromium steels
US-2026043122-A1 · Feb 12, 2026 · US
Muffle furnaces; Retort furnaces · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
Chemical and metallurgical processes, compounds, and materials.
Mapped technology topics for this CPC code.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| CPC code | C21D9/0043 |
| Official title | {Muffle furnaces; Retort furnaces} |
| Display label | Muffle furnaces; Retort furnaces |
| Total patents | 17 |
Year-over-year patent counts classified under this CPC code.
Filing activity over the last five years is growing.
| Year | Patents |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 4 |
| 2025 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 |
Representative publications under this CPC code from precomputed stats, or recent filings when stats are unavailable.
US-2026043122-A1 · Feb 12, 2026 · US
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US-2024191319-A1 · Jun 13, 2024 · US
US-11993825-B2 · May 28, 2024 · US
US-2023366628-A1 · Nov 16, 2023 · US
US-11479843-B2 · Oct 25, 2022 · US
US-2022107134-A1 · Apr 7, 2022 · US
US-2022074036-A1 · Mar 10, 2022 · US
US-2022033929-A1 · Feb 3, 2022 · US
US-10870909-B2 · Dec 22, 2020 · US
US-2019127836-A1 · May 2, 2019 · US
US-2017073786-A1 · Mar 16, 2017 · US
US-2016348969-A1 · Dec 1, 2016 · US
US-9359654-B2 · Jun 7, 2016 · US