IPC Main Group
C22C 38/00 Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys
Introduced: July 1974
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- Class:
- METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
- Subclass:
- ALLOYS
Related Keywords
steel alloysSTEEL(S) alloys
10 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- C22C 38/02 containing silicon
- C22C 38/04 containing manganese
- C22C 38/06 containing aluminium
- C22C 38/08 containing nickel
- C22C 38/1 containing cobalt
- C22C 38/12 containing tungsten, tantalum, molybdenum, vanadium or niobium
- C22C 38/14 containing titanium or zirconium
- C22C 38/16 containing copper
- C22C 38/18 containing chromium
- C22C 38/6 containing lead, selenium, tellurium or antimony, or more than 0.04% by weight of sulfur
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class C22, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- JFE STEEL JP 7,152
- NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION JP 5,416
- POSCO (POHANG IRON AND STEEL COMPANY) KR 4,530
- JFE STEEL 3,986
- CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY 3,086
- NSSMC (NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL) JP 2,843
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 2,702
- ARCELORMITTAL LU 2,124
- NSSMC (NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL) 2,075
- KOBE STEEL JP 1,891