Cleaning or etching treatments

Cleaning or etching treatments · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)

Chemical and metallurgical processes, compounds, and materials.

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CPC classification statistics
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CPC codeC23C14/021
Official title{Cleaning or etching treatments}
Display labelCleaning or etching treatments
Total patents414

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
201516
201624
201725
201840
201932
202034
202135
202248
202333
202464
202554
20269

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 C23C14/021?
CPC C23C14/021 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “Cleaning or etching treatments.”
How many patents are filed under CPC C23C14/021 (Cleaning or etching treatments)?
Our database includes 414 publications tagged with this CPC code.
Is patent activity under CPC C23C14/021 growing?
Publication counts under this code: 64 in 2024 vs 54 in 2025 (latest complete years).