C23C 2/14
Removing excess of molten coatings
Official title: Removing excess of molten coatings; Controlling or regulating the coating thickness
C23C2/14 (Removing excess of molten coatings) appears on 340 US grants and 343 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C23C- Granted patents
- 340
- Published applications
- 343
- Assignees
- 140
- Inventors
- 773
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 10 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 9 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 5 |
| 2005 | 2 | 8 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4 |
| 2007 | 3 | 7 |
| 2008 | 3 | 8 |
| 2009 | 3 | 7 |
| 2010 | 3 | 11 |
| 2011 | 4 | 10 |
| 2012 | 4 | 5 |
| 2013 | 6 | 8 |
| 2014 | 4 | 12 |
| 2015 | 7 | 12 |
| 2016 | 6 | 13 |
| 2017 | 10 | 11 |
| 2018 | 12 | 17 |
| 2019 | 9 | 24 |
| 2020 | 15 | 19 |
| 2021 | 16 | 27 |
| 2022 | 19 | 24 |
| 2023 | 31 | 27 |
| 2024 | 16 | 32 |
| 2025 | 29 | 25 |
| 2026 | 20 | 24 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Thickness control manifold for molten lithium dip coating6 Oct 2026US 12,753,478 B2GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Metal-coated steel strip29 Sep 2026US 12,747,489 B2Bluescope Steel Limited
- Hot pressed member and hot press forming steel sheet, and methods of producing same8 Sep 2026US 12,729,422 B2Jfe Steel Corporation
- Aluminum-zinc alloy plated steel sheet having excellent hot workability and corrosion resistance, and method for manufacturing same7 Jul 2026US 12,674,228 B2Posco
- Stabilization apparatus for moderating vibrations and oscillations of a metal strip in motion9 Jun 2026US 12,649,967 B2Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche SpA
- Zn-al-mg-si coated steel sheet8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308724 A1Jfe Steel Corporation
- Plated steel sheet24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286492 A1Nippon Steel Corporation
- Guard rail beam27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250919 A1Nippon Steel Corporation
- A method to produce press hardened parts at high productivity6 Aug 2026US 2026/0226571 A1
- Member for automobile structure6 Aug 2026US 2026/0226597 A1Hyundai Steel Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Finishing method for conventional hot dip coating of a ferrous base metal strip with a molten coating metal39US 4,330,574 AArmco Inc. · 1982
- Activated aluminum fuel37US 10,745,789 B2Ltag Systems LLC · 2020
- Coating thickness control36US 6,199,301 B1Industrial Automation Services Pty Ltd. · 2001
- Automatic coating weight controls for automatic coating processes34US 4,135,006 AUnited States Steel Corporation · 1979
- Laser densification of glass ceramic coatings on carbon-carbon composite materials34US 5,427,823 AAmerican Research Corporation of Virginia · 1995