CPC Main Group
C23C 4/00 Coating by spraying the coating material in the molten state, e.g. by flame, plasma or electric discharge (build-up welding B23K, e.g. B23K5/18, B23K9/04)
5 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- C23C 4/01 Selective coating, e.g. pattern coating, without pre-treatment of the material to be coated
- C23C 4/02 Pretreatment of the material to be coated, e.g. for coating on selected surface areas
- C23C 4/04 characterised by the coating material
- C23C 4/12 characterised by the method of spraying
- C23C 4/18 After-treatment
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class C23, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- APPLIED MATERIALS US 10,596
- TOKYO ELECTRON JP 5,229
- LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION US 3,622
- NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION JP 3,171
- JFE STEEL JP 3,128
- ASM IP HOLDING NL 2,722
- ARCELORMITTAL LU 2,481
- TOKYO ELECTRON 2,359
- APPLIED MATERIALS 2,284
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 2,110