Pretreatment of the material to be coated

Pretreatment of the material to be coated · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)

Chemical and metallurgical processes, compounds, and materials.

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CPC classification statistics
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CPC codeC23C18/18
Official titlePretreatment of the material to be coated
Display labelPretreatment of the material to be coated
Total patents122

Filing trend

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

Filing activity over the last five years is rapidly declining.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
201512
201616
20177
201814
201920
202011
202110
20229
20239
202410
20254

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 C23C18/18?
CPC C23C18/18 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “Pretreatment of the material to be coated.”
How many patents are filed under CPC C23C18/18 (Pretreatment of the material to be coated)?
Our database includes 122 publications tagged with this CPC code.
Is patent activity under CPC C23C18/18 growing?
Publication counts under this code: 10 in 2024 vs 4 in 2025 (latest complete years).