Coating metallic material
Official title: COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL (making metal-coated products by extrusion B21C23/22; covering with metal by connecting pre-existing layers to articles, see the relevant places, e.g. B21D39/00, B23K; metallising of glass C03C; metallising mortars, concrete, artificial stone, ceramics or natural stone C04B41/00; enamelling of, or applying a vitreous layer to, metals C23D; treating metal surfaces or coating of metals by electrolysis or electrophoresis C25D; single-crystal film growth C30B; by metallising textiles D06M11/83; decorating textiles by locally metallising D06Q1/04)
C23C (Coating metallic material) appears on 71,555 US grants and 80,061 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C23C- Granted patents
- 71,555
- Published applications
- 80,061
- Assignees
- 14,124
- Inventors
- 116,914
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 393 | 0 |
| 1977 | 349 | 0 |
| 1978 | 336 | 0 |
| 1979 | 263 | 0 |
| 1980 | 349 | 0 |
| 1981 | 357 | 0 |
| 1982 | 355 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 1864 | 785 |
| 2002 | 1877 | 2054 |
| 2003 | 1845 | 2424 |
| 2004 | 1750 | 2682 |
| 2005 | 1406 | 2740 |
| 2006 | 1187 | 2885 |
| 2007 | 1154 | 2697 |
| 2008 | 1077 | 2749 |
| 2009 | 1178 | 3172 |
| 2010 | 1730 | 3250 |
| 2011 | 1720 | 3122 |
| 2012 | 1901 | 3126 |
| 2013 | 2013 | 3186 |
| 2014 | 2217 | 3345 |
| 2015 | 2301 | 3802 |
| 2016 | 2364 | 3875 |
| 2017 | 2688 | 3702 |
| 2018 | 2654 | 3499 |
| 2019 | 2898 | 3593 |
| 2020 | 2802 | 3720 |
| 2021 | 2529 | 3512 |
| 2022 | 2580 | 3807 |
| 2023 | 2426 | 3503 |
| 2024 | 2731 | 3372 |
| 2025 | 2802 | 3084 |
| 2026 | 1779 | 2375 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Main groups
- C23C 16/00Chemical coating by decomposition of gaseous compounds, without leaving reaction products of30,392
- C23C 14/00Coating by vacuum evaporation, by sputtering or by ion implantation of the21,270
- C23C 18/00Chemical coating by decomposition of either liquid compounds or solutions of the6,340
- C23C 28/00Coating for obtaining at least two superposed coatings either by methods not5,757
- C23C 4/00Coating by spraying the coating material in the molten state4,743
- C23C 30/00Coating with metallic material characterised only by the composition of the metallic3,715
- C23C 22/00Chemical surface treatment of metallic material by reaction of the surface with3,196
- C23C 8/00Solid state diffusion of only non-metal elements into metallic material surfaces3,135
All 16 main groupsShow fewer
- C23C 2/00Hot-dipping or immersion processes for applying the coating material in the molten2,968
- C23C 24/00Coating starting from inorganic powder2,533
- C23C 26/00Coating not provided for in groups c23c2/00 - c23c24/002,154
- C23C 10/00Solid state diffusion of only metal elements or silicon into metallic material1,126
- C23C 2222/00Aspects relating to chemical surface treatment of metallic material by reaction ofIndexing code586
- C23C 12/00Solid state diffusion of at least one non-metal element other than silicon153
- C23C 6/00Coating by casting molten material on the substrate96
- C23C 20/00Chemical coating by decomposition of either solid compounds or suspensions of the29
Recent patents
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- Cultivating methods and apparatuses8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305597 A1
- Electron shower induced deposition systems, methods of use thereof, and methods of making nanostructures8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307101 A1Georgia Tech Research Corporation
- Semiconductor cleaning apparatus and method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307113 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Product8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307316 A1Kuraray Co., Ltd.
- Hydrophilic antimicrobial diamond coating8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308049 A1United States Department of Energy
Most cited
- Oxide thin film4,015US 6,294,274 B1TDK Corporation · 2001
- Low pressure vapor phase deposition of organic thin films1,502US 6,337,102 B12002
- Process and apparatus for organic vapor jet deposition1,318US 7,431,968 B1The Trustees of Princeton University · 2008
- Method for producing compound thin films1,267US 4,058,430 A1977
- Sequential chemical vapor deposition1,159US 5,916,365 A1999