Supporting devices for articles to be coated

Supporting devices for articles to be coated · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)

Chemical and metallurgical processes, compounds, and materials.

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Mapped technology topics for this CPC code.

CPC classification statistics
MetricValue
CPC codeC23C18/163
Official title{Supporting devices for articles to be coated}
Display labelSupporting devices for articles to be coated
Total patents126

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
20156
201614
201717
201813
201913
202014
202110
202217
20237
20249
20256

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 C23C18/163?
CPC C23C18/163 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “Supporting devices for articles to be coated.”
How many patents are filed under CPC C23C18/163 (Supporting devices for articles to be coated)?
Our database includes 126 publications tagged with this CPC code.
Is patent activity under CPC C23C18/163 growing?
Publication counts under this code: 9 in 2024 vs 6 in 2025 (latest complete years).