- All sections
 - C - Chemistrymetallurgy
 - C22B - Production or refining of metalspretreatment of raw materials
 - C22B 5/00 - General processes of reducing to metals
 
Patent holdings for IPC class C22B 5/00
Total number of patents in this class: 139
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Principal owners for this class
| Owner | 
				 All patents 
			 | 
			
				 This class 
			 | 
		
|---|---|---|
| Technological Resources Pty. Limited | 448  | 
				10  | 
			
| Electrasteel, Inc. | 43  | 
				9  | 
			
| National Research Council of Canada | 1554  | 
				4  | 
			
| Metso Metals Oy | 208  | 
				4  | 
			
| Badwater Alchemy Inc. | 5  | 
				4  | 
			
| Oqab Dietrich Induction Inc. | 62  | 
				3  | 
			
| Taniobis GmbH | 61  | 
				3  | 
			
| Xerox Corporation | 6974  | 
				2  | 
			
| Northwestern University | 3439  | 
				2  | 
			
| Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC | 125  | 
				2  | 
			
| Keystone Metals Recovery Inc. | 4  | 
				2  | 
			
| Outotec (Finland) Oy | 477  | 
				2  | 
			
| Outotec Oyj | 273  | 
				2  | 
			
| POSCO | 2177  | 
				2  | 
			
| Pyrogenesis Canada, Inc. | 68  | 
				2  | 
			
| SMS Siemag Aktiengesellschaft | 504  | 
				2  | 
			
| TMT - Tapping Measuring Technology SARL | 32  | 
				2  | 
			
| Umicore | 671  | 
				2  | 
			
| Environmental Clean Technologies Limited | 3  | 
				2  | 
			
| Beijing Shenwu Environment and Energy Technology Co., Ltd. | 18  | 
				2  | 
			
| Other owners | 76 |