After-treatment of mortars, concrete, artificial stone or ceramics
Official title: After-treatment of mortars, concrete, artificial stone or ceramics; Treatment of natural stone (conditioning of the materials prior to shaping C04B40/00; applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces, in general B05; grinding or polishing B24; apparatus or processes for treating or working shaped articles of clay or other ceramic compositions, slag or mixtures containing cementitious material B28B11/00; working stone or stone-like materials B28D; glazes, other than cold glazes, C03C8/00; etching, surface-brightening or pickling compositions C09K13/00)
C04B41/00 (After-treatment of mortars, concrete, artificial stone or ceramics) appears on 7,488 US grants and 5,772 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C04B- Granted patents
- 7,488
- Published applications
- 5,772
- Assignees
- 2,992
- Inventors
- 15,758
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 61 | 0 |
| 1977 | 59 | 0 |
| 1978 | 60 | 0 |
| 1979 | 39 | 0 |
| 1980 | 73 | 0 |
| 1981 | 64 | 0 |
| 1982 | 70 | 0 |
| 1983 | 86 | 0 |
| 1984 | 99 | 0 |
| 1985 | 102 | 0 |
| 1986 | 120 | 0 |
| 1987 | 106 | 0 |
| 1988 | 122 | 0 |
| 1989 | 179 | 0 |
| 1990 | 151 | 0 |
| 1991 | 231 | 0 |
| 1992 | 203 | 0 |
| 1993 | 230 | 0 |
| 1994 | 207 | 0 |
| 1995 | 174 | 0 |
| 1996 | 190 | 0 |
| 1997 | 208 | 0 |
| 1998 | 244 | 0 |
| 1999 | 202 | 0 |
| 2000 | 173 | 0 |
| 2001 | 215 | 58 |
| 2002 | 173 | 176 |
| 2003 | 172 | 226 |
| 2004 | 168 | 201 |
| 2005 | 110 | 164 |
| 2006 | 90 | 189 |
| 2007 | 88 | 179 |
| 2008 | 76 | 186 |
| 2009 | 95 | 220 |
| 2010 | 111 | 220 |
| 2011 | 120 | 199 |
| 2012 | 117 | 171 |
| 2013 | 127 | 184 |
| 2014 | 128 | 183 |
| 2015 | 136 | 218 |
| 2016 | 157 | 239 |
| 2017 | 145 | 223 |
| 2018 | 147 | 231 |
| 2019 | 180 | 297 |
| 2020 | 223 | 291 |
| 2021 | 171 | 306 |
| 2022 | 192 | 270 |
| 2023 | 224 | 296 |
| 2024 | 233 | 347 |
| 2025 | 247 | 296 |
| 2026 | 190 | 202 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
- C04B 41/45Coating or impregnating6,504
- C04B 41/009After-treatment of mortars, concrete, artificial stone or ceramics: characterised by the material5,371
- C04B 41/80After-treatment of mortars, concrete, artificial stone or ceramics: of only ceramics4,707
- C04B 41/60After-treatment of mortars, concrete, artificial stone or ceramics: of only artificial stone965
- C04B 41/53Involving the removal of at least part of the materials of the579
- C04B 41/0072Heat treatment288
- C04B 41/0036Laser treatment91
- C04B 41/0018Coating or impregnating "in situ"44
Recent patents
- Method to control dissolution of silicon carbide during fabrication of a ceramic matrix composite6 Oct 2026US 12,753,127 B1Rolls-Royce High Temperature Composites Inc.
- Wear resistant coating produced from at least two different AlCr-based targets6 Oct 2026US 12,753,484 B2Oerlikon Surface Solutions AG, PfäFfikon
- Materials and processes for generating radioisotopes6 Oct 2026US 12,755,857 B2AdvanCell IPCo US No. 1 Pty Ltd
- Paramagnetic garnet-based transparent ceramic and method for producing same6 Oct 2026US 12,755,877 B2Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
- Composite ceramic substrate having multi-layer configuration29 Sep 2026US 12,747,191 B2Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, Ltd.
- Method of Forming a Binder Composition and Products Formed Therefrom8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308062 A1A.M.N (Natanya) Engineering and Consulting, LTD
- Bonded reinforced plastic concrete vapor barrier8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308074 A1Helix Steel, LLC
- Environmental barrier coating8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308075 A1Rtx Corporation
- Mixtures for tiles with decorative surface patterns1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296961 A1
- Method for manufacturing tiles with decorative surface patterns1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296962 A1
Most cited
- Fast-setting latex coatings and formulations1,019US 6,251,485 B1The Dow Chemical Company · 2001
- Process for converting a metal carbide to carbon by etching in halogens566US 6,579,833 B1The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois · 2003
- Method for thermally spraying crack-free mullite coatings on ceramic-based substrates541US 6,296,909 B1General Electric Company · 2001
- Halogen gas plasma-resistive members and method for producing the same, laminates, and corrosion-resistant members455US 6,783,875 B2NGK Insulators, Ltd. · 2004
- Method for removing a film on a silicon layer surface421US 5,022,961 ADainippon Screen Mfg.Co., Ltd. · 1991