Continuous furnaces for strip or wire

Continuous furnaces for strip or wire · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)

Chemical and metallurgical processes, compounds, and materials.

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CPC classification statistics
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CPC codeC21D9/56
Official titleContinuous furnaces for strip or wire
Display labelContinuous furnaces for strip or wire
Total patents227

Filing trend

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

Filing activity over the last five years is stable.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
201514
201626
201719
201825
201915
202028
202120
202219
202321
202416
202517
20267

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 C21D9/56?
CPC C21D9/56 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “Continuous furnaces for strip or wire.”
How many patents are filed under CPC C21D9/56 (Continuous furnaces for strip or wire)?
Our database includes 227 publications tagged with this CPC code.
Is patent activity under CPC C21D9/56 growing?
Publication counts under this code: 16 in 2024 vs 17 in 2025 (latest complete years).