Non-mechanical removal of metallic material from surface
Official title: NON-MECHANICAL REMOVAL OF METALLIC MATERIAL FROM SURFACE (working metal by laser beams B23K26/00; desurfacing by applying flames B23K7/00; working of metal by electro-erosion B23H; producing decorative effects by removing surface material, e.g. by engraving, by etching, B44C1/22; electrolytic etching or polishing C25F); INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL; MULTI-STEP PROCESSES FOR SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL INVOLVING AT LEAST ONE PROCESS PROVIDED FOR IN CLASS C23 AND AT LEAST ONE PROCESS COVERED BY SUBCLASS C21D OR C22F OR CLASS C25
C23F (Non-mechanical removal of metallic material from surface) appears on 8,867 US grants and 7,209 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C23F- Granted patents
- 8,867
- Published applications
- 7,209
- Assignees
- 3,331
- Inventors
- 17,707
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 140 | 0 |
| 1977 | 116 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 195 | 218 |
| 2003 | 210 | 240 |
| 2004 | 174 | 274 |
| 2005 | 131 | 262 |
| 2006 | 145 | 293 |
| 2007 | 127 | 241 |
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| 2009 | 111 | 213 |
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| 2011 | 187 | 240 |
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| 2019 | 325 | 351 |
| 2020 | 324 | 347 |
| 2021 | 269 | 330 |
| 2022 | 246 | 283 |
| 2023 | 237 | 277 |
| 2024 | 254 | 257 |
| 2025 | 197 | 240 |
| 2026 | 131 | 184 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Main groups
- C23F 1/00Etching metallic material by chemical means3,225
- C23F 11/00Inhibiting corrosion of metallic material by applying inhibitors to the surface in3,022
- C23F 13/00Inhibiting corrosion of metals by anodic or cathodic protection1,067
- C23F 4/00Processes for removing metallic material from surfaces, not provided for in group916
- C23F 3/00Brightening metals by chemical means442
- C23F 2213/00Aspects of inhibiting corrosion of metals by anodic or cathodic protectionIndexing code330
- C23F 15/00Non-mechanical removal of metallic material from surface: other methods of preventing corrosion228
- C23F 14/00Inhibiting incrustation in apparatus for heating liquids for physical or chemical purposes220
Recent patents
- Composition and method for treating substrate6 Oct 2026US 12,753,342 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Method for forming robust hydrophobic surfaces on steel workpiece6 Oct 2026US 12,753,490 B2Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited
- Continuous coil pretreatment process6 Oct 2026US 12,753,515 B2Arconic Technologies LLC
- Production method for etching liquid composition6 Oct 2026US 12,753,516 B2Kao Corporation
- Steel sheet for hot press formed member22 Sep 2026US 12,741,447 B2Posco
- Continuous coil pretreatment process8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308766 A1Arconic Technologies LLC
- Vapor-phase etch of metal-containing materials8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308770 A1Versum Materials US, LLC
- Method of improving the corrosion resistance of a metal substrate8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308797 A1PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
- Etchant composition, method of patterning metal layer and method of producing display device using the same1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297755 A1Dongwoo Fine-Chem Co., Ltd.
- Process and apparatus to remove metal-containing films from a chamber1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297756 A1APPLIED Materials.Inc.
Most cited
- Underground utility equipment vault1,529US 4,709,120 A1987
- Expandable stents940US 5,514,154 AAdvanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. · 1996
- Flexible tubular device for use in medical applications929US 5,573,520 AMayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research · 1996
- Expandable stents and method for making same883US 5,421,955 AAdvanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. · 1995
- Method for manufacturing porous structure and method for forming pattern645US 6,565,763 B1Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba · 2003