- All sections
- C - Chemistrymetallurgy
- C21D - Modifying the physical structure of ferrous metalsgeneral devices for heat treatment of ferrous or non-ferrous metals or alloysmaking metal malleable, e.g. by decarburisation or tempering
- C21D 1/32 - Soft annealing, e.g. spheroidising
Patent holdings for IPC class C21D 1/32
Total number of patents in this class: 131
10-year publication summary
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Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Nippon Steel Corporation | 6122 |
16 |
| Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.) | 2862 |
12 |
| JFE Steel Corporation | 6708 |
10 |
| Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation | 1987 |
7 |
| Jiangyin Xingcheng Special Steel Works Co., Ltd. | 61 |
5 |
| Daido Steel Co., Ltd. | 261 |
4 |
| POSCO Co., Ltd. | 1374 |
4 |
| Hyundai Motor Company | 21349 |
3 |
| Aktiebolaget SKF | 2913 |
3 |
| ArcelorMittal | 2144 |
3 |
| Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. | 947 |
3 |
| POSCO | 2188 |
3 |
| Uddeholms Aktiebolag | 195 |
3 |
| CRS Holdings, LLC | 154 |
3 |
| Hitachi Metals, Ltd. | 1990 |
2 |
| Komatsu Ltd. | 4493 |
2 |
| Kabushiki Kaisha Riken | 282 |
2 |
| Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH | 157 |
2 |
| SANYO Special Steel Co., Ltd. | 218 |
2 |
| Xi'an University of Technology | 45 |
2 |
| Other owners | 40 |