C23C 22/00
Chemical surface treatment of metallic material by reaction of the surface with
Official title: Chemical surface treatment of metallic material by reaction of the surface with a reactive liquid, leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, e.g. conversion coatings, passivation of metals
C23C22/00 (Chemical surface treatment of metallic material by reaction of the surface with) appears on 3,196 US grants and 2,814 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C23C- Granted patents
- 3,196
- Published applications
- 2,814
- Assignees
- 1,283
- Inventors
- 7,024
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 61 | 0 |
| 1977 | 38 | 0 |
| 1978 | 51 | 0 |
| 1979 | 30 | 0 |
| 1980 | 37 | 0 |
| 1981 | 38 | 0 |
| 1982 | 40 | 0 |
| 1983 | 37 | 0 |
| 1984 | 37 | 0 |
| 1985 | 42 | 0 |
| 1986 | 41 | 0 |
| 1987 | 61 | 0 |
| 1988 | 37 | 0 |
| 1989 | 52 | 0 |
| 1990 | 58 | 0 |
| 1991 | 54 | 0 |
| 1992 | 55 | 0 |
| 1993 | 48 | 0 |
| 1994 | 68 | 0 |
| 1995 | 80 | 0 |
| 1996 | 70 | 0 |
| 1997 | 59 | 0 |
| 1998 | 61 | 0 |
| 1999 | 69 | 0 |
| 2000 | 69 | 0 |
| 2001 | 74 | 20 |
| 2002 | 76 | 56 |
| 2003 | 78 | 112 |
| 2004 | 71 | 107 |
| 2005 | 34 | 92 |
| 2006 | 40 | 90 |
| 2007 | 28 | 77 |
| 2008 | 26 | 88 |
| 2009 | 32 | 105 |
| 2010 | 64 | 112 |
| 2011 | 49 | 123 |
| 2012 | 71 | 109 |
| 2013 | 69 | 98 |
| 2014 | 75 | 109 |
| 2015 | 82 | 128 |
| 2016 | 91 | 133 |
| 2017 | 76 | 124 |
| 2018 | 88 | 150 |
| 2019 | 116 | 124 |
| 2020 | 99 | 149 |
| 2021 | 83 | 117 |
| 2022 | 100 | 162 |
| 2023 | 70 | 134 |
| 2024 | 116 | 114 |
| 2025 | 134 | 105 |
| 2026 | 61 | 76 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- C23C 22/05Chemical surface treatment of metallic material by reaction of the surface with2,363
- C23C 22/73Chemical surface treatment of metallic material by reaction of the surface with759
- C23C 22/82After-treatment678
- C23C 22/78Pretreatment of the material to be coated363
- C23C 22/02Chemical surface treatment of metallic material by reaction of the surface with162
- C23C 22/86Regeneration of coating baths36
- C23C 22/70Chemical surface treatment of metallic material by reaction of the surface with27
Recent patents
- Manufacturing method for tinplate6 Oct 2026US 12,752,324 B2Institute of Research of Iron and Steel, Jiangsu Province/Sha-Steel, Co. Ltd (Cn)
- Steel sheet with excellent phosphatability and manufacturing method therefor6 Oct 2026US 12,753,458 B2Posco
- Continuous coil pretreatment process6 Oct 2026US 12,753,515 B2Arconic Technologies LLC
- Metal alloy surface modification methods and related metal alloy products with improved bond durability29 Sep 2026US 12,746,619 B2Novelis Inc.
- Surface-treated metal sheet29 Sep 2026US 12,747,505 B2Nippon Steel Corporation
- Continuous coil pretreatment process8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308766 A1Arconic Technologies LLC
- Method for the Corrosion-Protective Pretreatment of Components Comprising Surfaces of Zinc-Magnesium Hot-Dip Coated Steel8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308768 A1Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
- Method for Passivating a Metal Surface, Particularly an Aluminum Surface24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287283 A1Mahle International GmbH
- Metal sheet with zinc hydroxysulfate/zinc sulfate-based protection layer17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275562 A1
- Grain-oriented electrical steel sheet and method for forming insulating coating17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279629 A1Nippon Steel Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Reactor surface passivation through chemical deactivation137US 7,118,779 B2ASM America, Inc. · 2006
- Biocompatible titanium implant130US 5,855,612 AOhta Company Limited · 1999
- Generation of compact alumina passivation layers on aluminum plasma equipment components108US 9,903,020 B2APPLIED Materials.Inc. · 2018
- Conditioned semiconductor system parts107US 9,885,117 B2APPLIED Materials.Inc. · 2018
- Process for producing chalcogenide semiconductors95US 4,642,140 AThe United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy · 1987