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- C - Chemistry; metallurgy
- C21D - Modifying the physical structure of ferrous metals; general devices for heat treatment of ferrous or non-ferrous metals or alloys; making metal malleable, e.g. by decarburisation or tempering
- C21D 9/40 - Heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering, adapted for particular articles; Furnaces therefor for bearing races
Patent holdings for IPC class C21D 9/40
Total number of patents in this class: 545
10-year publication summary
67
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43
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33
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25
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2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Principal owners for this class
Owner |
All patents
|
This class
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NTN Corporation | 4980 |
156 |
Aktiebolaget SKF | 2834 |
43 |
Nippon Steel Corporation | 5991 |
21 |
JTEKT Corporation | 2435 |
20 |
NSK Ltd. | 2732 |
20 |
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG | 9364 |
18 |
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation | 1988 |
10 |
Daido Steel Co., Ltd. | 258 |
8 |
Neturen Co., Ltd. | 194 |
8 |
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | 24865 |
7 |
Inductoheat, Inc. | 48 |
7 |
JFE Steel Corporation | 6538 |
7 |
Toyota Motor Corporation | 30345 |
6 |
Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.) | 2905 |
6 |
ThyssenKrupp Rothe Erde GmbH | 65 |
6 |
Robert Bosch GmbH | 41717 |
5 |
Aisin AW Co., Ltd. | 2365 |
5 |
ArcelorMittal | 2052 |
5 |
MAHLE International GmbH | 2690 |
5 |
Rothe Erde GmbH | 18 |
5 |
Other owners | 177 |