Preliminary treatment of ores or scrap

Preliminary treatment of ores or scrap · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)

Chemical and metallurgical processes, compounds, and materials.

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CPC classification statistics
MetricValue
CPC codeC22B1/00
Official titlePreliminary treatment of ores or scrap
Display labelPreliminary treatment of ores or scrap
Total patents129

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
20159
201615
20177
201816
201916
202011
202110
20227
202313
202412
20258
20265

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 C22B1/00?
CPC C22B1/00 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “Preliminary treatment of ores or scrap.”
How many patents are filed under CPC C22B1/00 (Preliminary treatment of ores or scrap)?
Our database includes 129 publications tagged with this CPC code.
Is patent activity under CPC C22B1/00 growing?
Publication counts under this code: 12 in 2024 vs 8 in 2025 (latest complete years).