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C22C 1/051

Making hard metals based on borides, carbides, nitrides, oxides or silicides; Preparation of the powder mixture used as the starting material therefor

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Making non-ferrous alloys (by electrothermic methods C22B4/00; by electrolysis C25C1/24, C25C3/36) > by powder metallurgy (C22C1/08 takes precedence) > Mixtures of metal powder with non-metallic powder (C22C1/08 takes precedence) > Making hard metals based on borides, carbides, nitrides, oxides or silicides; Preparation of the powder mixture used as the starting material therefor

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  • C22C 1/057 with in situ formation of phases other than hard compounds by solid state reaction sintering, e.g. metal phase formed by reduction reaction

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class C22, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. JFE STEEL JP 7,620
  2. NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION JP 5,769
  3. POSCO (POHANG IRON AND STEEL COMPANY) KR 4,523
  4. JFE STEEL 3,080
  5. NSSMC (NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL) JP 2,999
  6. ARCELORMITTAL LU 2,962
  7. CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY 2,431
  8. KOBE STEEL JP 2,100
  9. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 2,052
  10. MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION JP 1,405