Pretreatment of the material to be coated, e.g. for coating on selected surface areas

Pretreatment of the material to be coated, e.g. for coating on selected surface areas · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)

Chemical and metallurgical processes, compounds, and materials.

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CPC classification statistics
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CPC codeC23C4/02
Official titlePretreatment of the material to be coated, e.g. for coating on selected surface areas
Display labelPretreatment of the material to be coated, e.g. for coating on selected surface areas
Total patents859

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
201570
201683
201775
201881
201988
202087
202193
202267
202377
202466
202556
202616

Representative patents

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 C23C4/02?
CPC C23C4/02 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “Pretreatment of the material to be coated, e.g. for coating on selected surface areas.”
How many patents are filed under CPC C23C4/02 (Pretreatment of the material to be coated, e.g. for coating on selected surface areas)?
Our database includes 859 publications tagged with this CPC code.
Is patent activity under CPC C23C4/02 growing?
Publication counts under this code: 66 in 2024 vs 56 in 2025 (latest complete years).