C23C 18/00
Chemical coating by decomposition of either liquid compounds or solutions of the
Official title: Chemical coating by decomposition of either liquid compounds or solutions of the coating forming compounds, without leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating; Contact plating
C23C18/00 (Chemical coating by decomposition of either liquid compounds or solutions of the) appears on 6,340 US grants and 7,311 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C23C- Granted patents
- 6,340
- Published applications
- 7,311
- Assignees
- 2,763
- Inventors
- 15,705
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 68 | 0 |
| 1977 | 44 | 0 |
| 1978 | 53 | 0 |
| 1979 | 45 | 0 |
| 1980 | 50 | 0 |
| 1981 | 63 | 0 |
| 1982 | 66 | 0 |
| 1983 | 49 | 0 |
| 1984 | 52 | 0 |
| 1985 | 53 | 0 |
| 1986 | 68 | 0 |
| 1987 | 74 | 0 |
| 1988 | 58 | 0 |
| 1989 | 89 | 0 |
| 1990 | 88 | 0 |
| 1991 | 80 | 0 |
| 1992 | 77 | 0 |
| 1993 | 95 | 0 |
| 1994 | 80 | 0 |
| 1995 | 87 | 0 |
| 1996 | 77 | 0 |
| 1997 | 69 | 0 |
| 1998 | 90 | 0 |
| 1999 | 106 | 0 |
| 2000 | 104 | 0 |
| 2001 | 105 | 39 |
| 2002 | 112 | 133 |
| 2003 | 119 | 176 |
| 2004 | 145 | 271 |
| 2005 | 99 | 276 |
| 2006 | 112 | 291 |
| 2007 | 111 | 309 |
| 2008 | 82 | 319 |
| 2009 | 128 | 320 |
| 2010 | 185 | 367 |
| 2011 | 169 | 354 |
| 2012 | 211 | 323 |
| 2013 | 189 | 311 |
| 2014 | 238 | 367 |
| 2015 | 239 | 409 |
| 2016 | 247 | 479 |
| 2017 | 297 | 345 |
| 2018 | 289 | 310 |
| 2019 | 267 | 329 |
| 2020 | 222 | 322 |
| 2021 | 211 | 259 |
| 2022 | 201 | 258 |
| 2023 | 150 | 249 |
| 2024 | 184 | 205 |
| 2025 | 161 | 168 |
| 2026 | 82 | 122 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- C23C 18/16Chemical coating by decomposition of either liquid compounds or solutions of the4,282
- C23C 18/02Chemical coating by decomposition of either liquid compounds or solutions of the1,985
- C23C 18/54Contact plating, i.e. electroless electrochemical plating416
- C23C 18/14Decomposition by irradiation361
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- Catalyst application bath for electroless plating, method of producing catalytic nucleus-containing material to be electroless plated, method of producing material with electroless plating deposit, and material with electroless plating deposit24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286529 A1C. Uyemura & Co., Ltd.
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