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- 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 9/00 - Heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering, adapted for particular articlesFurnaces therefor
Patent holdings for IPC class C21D 9/00
Total number of patents in this class: 2449
10-year publication summary
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239
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226
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162
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168
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184
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167
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197
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184
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174
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135
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| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Nippon Steel Corporation | 6476 |
259 |
| JFE Steel Corporation | 7044 |
167 |
| Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation | 1987 |
71 |
| Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.) | 2871 |
54 |
| ArcelorMittal | 2384 |
51 |
| Hitachi Metals, Ltd. | 1960 |
32 |
| Schwartz GmbH | 58 |
31 |
| Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. | 985 |
30 |
| POSCO Co., Ltd. | 1593 |
28 |
| Caterpillar Inc. | 9730 |
27 |
| Proterial, Ltd. | 878 |
22 |
| NTN Corporation | 4969 |
21 |
| Neturen Co., Ltd. | 198 |
19 |
| Daido Steel Co., Ltd. | 275 |
17 |
| Ebner Industrieofenbau GmbH | 142 |
17 |
| ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG | 962 |
17 |
| NHK Spring Co., Ltd. | 1910 |
15 |
| Robert Bosch GmbH | 43034 |
14 |
| Voestalpine Metal Forming GmbH | 78 |
14 |
| Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH | 297 |
13 |
| Other owners | 1530 |