Treatment of iron or alloys based thereon

Treatment of iron or alloys based thereon · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)

Chemical and metallurgical processes, compounds, and materials.

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CPC classification statistics
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CPC codeC23C22/50
Official titleTreatment of iron or alloys based thereon
Display labelTreatment of iron or alloys based thereon
Total patents187

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
20158
201615
20179
201818
201926
202015
202113
202224
202316
202418
202519
20266

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Representative publications under this CPC code from precomputed stats, or recent filings when stats are unavailable.

Frequently asked questions

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What is CPC C23C22/50?
CPC C23C22/50 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “Treatment of iron or alloys based thereon.”
How many patents are filed under CPC C23C22/50 (Treatment of iron or alloys based thereon)?
Our database includes 187 publications tagged with this CPC code.
Is patent activity under CPC C23C22/50 growing?
Publication counts under this code: 18 in 2024 vs 19 in 2025 (latest complete years).