C23C 2/50
Controlling or regulating the coating processes
Official title: {Controlling or regulating the coating processes (C23C2/14 takes precedence)}
C23C2/50 (Controlling or regulating the coating processes) appears on 164 US grants and 187 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C23C- Granted patents
- 164
- Published applications
- 187
- Assignees
- 96
- Inventors
- 482
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 5 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 5 |
| 2007 | 1 | 4 |
| 2008 | 3 | 6 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3 |
| 2010 | 3 | 6 |
| 2011 | 2 | 7 |
| 2012 | 2 | 5 |
| 2013 | 2 | 7 |
| 2014 | 6 | 6 |
| 2015 | 7 | 7 |
| 2016 | 8 | 7 |
| 2017 | 8 | 12 |
| 2018 | 6 | 6 |
| 2019 | 11 | 7 |
| 2020 | 4 | 6 |
| 2021 | 6 | 11 |
| 2022 | 6 | 17 |
| 2023 | 11 | 12 |
| 2024 | 11 | 19 |
| 2025 | 18 | 11 |
| 2026 | 13 | 10 |
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
- Hot-dip plated steel material25 Aug 2026US 12,716,114 B2Nippon Steel Corporation
- Galvanized steel sheet and member, and method of producing same18 Aug 2026US 12,709,783 B2Jfe Steel Corporation
- Molten metal bath composition analysis system, molten metal bath composition analysis method, hot-dip galvanizing bath management method, and hot-dip galvanized steel sheet manufacturing method21 Jul 2026US 12,686,910 B2Nippon Steel Corporation
- High-temperature galvanizing process for ferrous material parts16 Jun 2026US 12,655,512 B2Coatinc PreGa GmbH & Co. KG
- Hot-dip plated steel material17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275481 A1Nippon Steel Corporation
- Continuous annealing line, continuous annealing method, method of producing cold-rolled steel sheet, and method of producing coated or plated steel sheet30 Jul 2026US 2026/0218361 A1Jfe Steel Corporation
- A hot dip coating device and a method of operating thereof9 Jul 2026US 2026/0193766 A1Tata Steel Ijmuiden B.V.
- High-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet and method for producing the same19 Mar 2026US 2026/0078480 A1Jfe Steel Corporation
- Hot-dip plated steel material12 Mar 2026US 2026/0071301 A1Nippon Steel Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for molten material analysis by laser induced breakdown spectroscopy29US 6,909,505 B2National Research Council of Canada · 2005
- Method and apparatus for continuous molten material cladding of extruded products26US 5,240,067 AReynolds Metals Company · 1993
- Hot dip coating apparatus and method19US 5,965,210 AKawasaki Steel Corporation · 1999
- Method for heating molten metal using heated baffle18US 5,968,223 A1999
- Process for coating the surface of elongated materials17US 5,702,528 AI.P. Bardin Central Research Institute of Iron and Steel Industry · 1997