C04B 41/51
Metallising
Official title: Metallising {, e.g. infiltration of sintered ceramic preforms with molten metal (covering materials with metals in general C23C; ceramic compositions containing free metal bonded to carbides, diamond, oxides, borides, nitrides, silicides, e.g. cermets, or other metal compounds, e.g. oxynitrides or sulfides, other than as macroscopic reinforcing agents C22C; infiltration of preforms containing free metal, e.g. cermets C22C)}
C04B41/51 (Metallising) appears on 741 US grants and 399 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C04B- Granted patents
- 741
- Published applications
- 399
- Assignees
- 408
- Inventors
- 1,783
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 11 | 0 |
| 1977 | 10 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 9 | 0 |
| 1981 | 9 | 0 |
| 1982 | 12 | 0 |
| 1983 | 16 | 0 |
| 1984 | 10 | 0 |
| 1985 | 17 | 0 |
| 1986 | 19 | 0 |
| 1987 | 16 | 0 |
| 1988 | 19 | 0 |
| 1989 | 27 | 0 |
| 1990 | 19 | 0 |
| 1991 | 38 | 0 |
| 1992 | 38 | 0 |
| 1993 | 25 | 0 |
| 1994 | 23 | 0 |
| 1995 | 14 | 0 |
| 1996 | 28 | 0 |
| 1997 | 26 | 0 |
| 1998 | 21 | 0 |
| 1999 | 20 | 0 |
| 2000 | 21 | 0 |
| 2001 | 29 | 9 |
| 2002 | 17 | 9 |
| 2003 | 13 | 19 |
| 2004 | 15 | 22 |
| 2005 | 10 | 19 |
| 2006 | 7 | 6 |
| 2007 | 5 | 9 |
| 2008 | 4 | 9 |
| 2009 | 4 | 11 |
| 2010 | 5 | 15 |
| 2011 | 9 | 9 |
| 2012 | 7 | 12 |
| 2013 | 5 | 11 |
| 2014 | 8 | 7 |
| 2015 | 2 | 9 |
| 2016 | 6 | 19 |
| 2017 | 10 | 19 |
| 2018 | 9 | 29 |
| 2019 | 17 | 18 |
| 2020 | 19 | 22 |
| 2021 | 14 | 17 |
| 2022 | 15 | 16 |
| 2023 | 9 | 15 |
| 2024 | 16 | 33 |
| 2025 | 13 | 18 |
| 2026 | 19 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- C04B 41/515Other specific metals173
- C04B 41/5133With a composition mainly composed of one or more of the refractory105
- C04B 41/5127Cu90
- C04B 41/5116Ag or au82
- C04B 41/5144With a composition mainly composed of one or more of the metals67
- C04B 41/5111Ag, au, pd, pt or cu35
- C04B 41/5122Pd or pt28
- C04B 41/5188Organic19
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Electrostatic chuck having gas cavity and method244US 6,310,755 B1APPLIED Materials.Inc. · 2001
- Method for fabricating high-temperature tensile test specimens204US 5,078,843 AGeneral Dynamics Corporation Air Defense Systems Division · 1992
- Pump with shaftless impeller142US 4,806,080 AEbara Corporation · 1989
- Architectural material using metal oxide exhibiting photocatalytic activity112US 5,595,813 ATakenaka Corporation · 1997
- Method of metallizing ceramic material100US 4,795,658 AMurata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. · 1989