Drying

Drying · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)

Textile and paper production, treatment, and products.

Related technology areas

Mapped technology topics for this CPC code.

CPC classification statistics
MetricValue
CPC codeD21F7/12
Official titleDrying
Display labelDrying
Total patents108

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
20158
201613
201712
201811
201911
20207
202117
20229
202311
20245
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 D21F7/12?
CPC D21F7/12 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “Drying.”
How many patents are filed under CPC D21F7/12 (Drying)?
Our database includes 108 publications tagged with this CPC code.
Is patent activity under CPC D21F7/12 growing?
Publication counts under this code: 5 in 2024 vs 4 in 2025 (latest complete years).