with niobium or tantalum

with niobium or tantalum · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)

Chemical and metallurgical processes, compounds, and materials.

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CPC classification statistics
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CPC codeC22C38/48
Official titlewith niobium or tantalum
Display labelwith niobium or tantalum
Total patents3,217

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
2015143
2016183
2017226
2018243
2019309
2020306
2021318
2022420
2023325
2024329
2025343
202672

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 C22C38/48?
CPC C22C38/48 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “with niobium or tantalum.”
How many patents are filed under CPC C22C38/48 (with niobium or tantalum)?
Our database includes 3,217 publications tagged with this CPC code.
Is patent activity under CPC C22C38/48 growing?
Publication counts under this code: 329 in 2024 vs 343 in 2025 (latest complete years).