IPC Main Group
C23C 4/00 Coating by spraying the coating material in the molten state, e.g. by flame, plasma or electric discharge
Introduced: January 1985
Last revised: January 2016
Classification Context
- Section:
- CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- Class:
- COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
- Subclass:
- COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
Additional Content
Build-up welding
Related Keywords
features of spraying METAL(S)other features for coating by SPRAYING metals
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 8,096
- TOKYO ELECTRON JP 3,985
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 2,842
- LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION US 2,654
- TOKYO ELECTRON 2,540
- NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION JP 2,465
- JFE STEEL JP 2,368
- ASM IP HOLDING NL 2,092
- APPLIED MATERIALS 1,877
- POSCO (POHANG IRON AND STEEL COMPANY) KR 1,782