IPC Subgroup
C21D 9/663 Bell-type furnaces
Introduced: January 1980
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering, adapted for particular articles; Furnaces therefor > for wires; for strips > Furnaces for treating strips or wire > Bell-type furnaces
Classification Context
- Section:
- CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- Class:
- METALLURGY OF IRON
- Subclass:
- 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
5 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- C21D 9/665 inverted or side-facing
- C21D 9/667 Multi-station furnaces
- C21D 9/673 Details, accessories, or equipment peculiar to bell-type furnaces
- C21D 9/675 Arrangements of charging or discharging devices
- C21D 9/677 Arrangements of heating devices
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class C21, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- JFE STEEL JP 7,470
- POSCO (POHANG IRON AND STEEL COMPANY) KR 4,615
- JFE STEEL 4,538
- NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION JP 4,536
- ARCELORMITTAL LU 2,597
- NSSMC (NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL) JP 2,241
- ANGANG STEEL COMPANY 2,126
- NSSMC (NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL) 1,783
- BAOSHAN IRON & STEEL COMPANY 1,620
- HYUNDAI STEEL COMPANY KR 1,545