C23G 5/00
Cleaning or de-greasing metallic material by other methods
Official title: Cleaning or de-greasing metallic material by other methods; Apparatus for cleaning or de-greasing metallic material with organic solvents
C23G5/00 (Cleaning or de-greasing metallic material by other methods) appears on 1,286 US grants and 635 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C23G- Granted patents
- 1,286
- Published applications
- 635
- Assignees
- 579
- Inventors
- 2,129
- Latest grant
- 12 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 21 | 0 |
| 1977 | 23 | 0 |
| 1978 | 26 | 0 |
| 1979 | 12 | 0 |
| 1980 | 10 | 0 |
| 1981 | 15 | 0 |
| 1982 | 18 | 0 |
| 1983 | 15 | 0 |
| 1984 | 18 | 0 |
| 1985 | 14 | 0 |
| 1986 | 17 | 0 |
| 1987 | 16 | 0 |
| 1988 | 17 | 0 |
| 1989 | 23 | 0 |
| 1990 | 29 | 0 |
| 1991 | 55 | 0 |
| 1992 | 62 | 0 |
| 1993 | 69 | 0 |
| 1994 | 40 | 0 |
| 1995 | 42 | 0 |
| 1996 | 50 | 0 |
| 1997 | 48 | 0 |
| 1998 | 64 | 0 |
| 1999 | 47 | 0 |
| 2000 | 33 | 0 |
| 2001 | 40 | 11 |
| 2002 | 34 | 41 |
| 2003 | 32 | 27 |
| 2004 | 16 | 36 |
| 2005 | 22 | 31 |
| 2006 | 19 | 43 |
| 2007 | 13 | 32 |
| 2008 | 16 | 19 |
| 2009 | 21 | 34 |
| 2010 | 23 | 33 |
| 2011 | 20 | 29 |
| 2012 | 17 | 23 |
| 2013 | 28 | 24 |
| 2014 | 13 | 19 |
| 2015 | 21 | 24 |
| 2016 | 20 | 20 |
| 2017 | 16 | 26 |
| 2018 | 8 | 24 |
| 2019 | 22 | 17 |
| 2020 | 14 | 17 |
| 2021 | 19 | 29 |
| 2022 | 19 | 24 |
| 2023 | 13 | 20 |
| 2024 | 17 | 11 |
| 2025 | 12 | 15 |
| 2026 | 7 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Treatment station, treatment unit, and method for treating workpieces12 May 2026US 12,623,246 B2
- Fluoride ion cleaning systems17 Feb 2026US 12,553,139 B2GE Infrastructure Technology LLC
- Reduction treatment method10 Feb 2026US 12,544,808 B2Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
- Method of cleaning an aluminum wheel10 Feb 2026US 12,544,877 B2International Marketing, Inc.
- Fluoride ion cleaning systems and methods including post-retort fluid stream processing10 Feb 2026US 12,546,015 B2GE Infrastructure Technology LLC
- Method and facility for thermal cleaning of metal parts24 Sep 2026US 2026/0291353 A1Fornax A/S
- Method of cleaning an aluminum wheel18 Jun 2026US 2026/0166676 A1International Marketing, Inc.
- Systems and methods for fluoride-ion cleaning of gas turbine components18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168112 A1GE Infrastructure Technology LLC
- Plasma Treatment With Liquid Cooling16 Apr 2026US 2026/0102796 A1PlasmaTreat GmbH
- Vapor-phase degreasing, cleaning, passivating, and/or descaling of processing equipment5 Feb 2026US 2026/0035803 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Cleaning process using phase shifting of dense phase gases198US 5,013,366 AHughes Aircraft Company · 1991
- Plasma processing apparatus and plasma cleaning method191US 5,269,881 AMitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha · 1993
- Selective removal of TixNy188US 5,948,702 ATexas Instruments Incorporated · 1999
- Double-sided radiation-assisted processing apparatus179US 5,083,030 AApplied Photonics Research · 1992
- Apparatus for in-situ chamber cleaning175US 4,786,352 ABenzing Technologies, Inc. · 1988