C23C 18/2066
Use of organic or inorganic compounds other than metals
Official title: {Use of organic or inorganic compounds other than metals, e.g. activation, sensitisation with polymers}
C23C18/2066 (Use of organic or inorganic compounds other than metals) appears on 95 US grants and 125 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C23C- Granted patents
- 95
- Published applications
- 125
- Assignees
- 102
- Inventors
- 361
- Latest grant
- 10 Feb 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 7 |
| 2006 | 1 | 4 |
| 2007 | 2 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 5 |
| 2009 | 1 | 7 |
| 2010 | 1 | 6 |
| 2011 | 4 | 7 |
| 2012 | 3 | 2 |
| 2013 | 6 | 8 |
| 2014 | 7 | 10 |
| 2015 | 4 | 7 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5 |
| 2017 | 3 | 11 |
| 2018 | 8 | 3 |
| 2019 | 3 | 17 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5 |
| 2021 | 5 | 8 |
| 2022 | 3 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Catalyst ink for plating and electroless plating method using same10 Feb 2026US 12,545,799 B2Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute
- Catalyst solution for electroless plating devoid of an amine4 Nov 2025US 12,460,301 B2The Boeing Company
- Metal-containing fabrics and membranes, and method of manufacturing thereof17 Jun 2025US 12,336,097 B2Imperial College Innovations Limited
- Layered product15 Oct 2024US 12,115,754 B2DIC Corporation
- Formulation for the etching of polymer materials prior to coating of the materials13 Feb 2024US 11,898,250 B2Avanzare Innovacion Tecnologica S.L.
- Method for preparing non-electrically conductive antimicrobial articles17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275167 A1Eastman Kodak Company
- Method for preparing non-electrically conductive antimicrobial articles18 Dec 2025US 2025/0382501 A1Eastman Kodak Company
- Nonelectrolytic plating primer composition, laminate, and method for manufacturing same5 Jun 2025US 2025/0179307 A1Iox.Co., Ltd.
- Catalyst ink for plating and electroless plating method using same31 Oct 2024US 2024/0360331 A1Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute
- Catalyst solution for electroless plating devoid of an amine21 Sep 2023US 2023/0295808 A1The Boeing Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method for patterned metallization of a substrate surface75US 5,576,073 ALPKF CAD/CAM Systeme GmbH · 1996
- Method of patterned metallization of substrate surfaces64US 5,593,739 ALPKF CAD/CAM Systeme GmbH · 1997
- Method of metallizing materials43US 4,077,853 AStauffer Chemical Company · 1978
- Method of obtaining electroless nickel coated filled epoxy resin article41US 4,113,899 AWear-Cote International, Inc. · 1978
- Seeding process for electroless metal deposition40US 4,701,351 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1987