Coating with noble metals

Coating with noble metals · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)

Chemical and metallurgical processes, compounds, and materials.

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CPC classification statistics
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CPC codeC23C18/42
Official titleCoating with noble metals
Display labelCoating with noble metals
Total patents324

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
201521
201635
201739
201831
201941
202038
202127
202239
202316
202420
202515
20262

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 C23C18/42?
CPC C23C18/42 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “Coating with noble metals.”
How many patents are filed under CPC C23C18/42 (Coating with noble metals)?
Our database includes 324 publications tagged with this CPC code.
Is patent activity under CPC C23C18/42 growing?
Publication counts under this code: 20 in 2024 vs 15 in 2025 (latest complete years).