IPC Main Group
C25D 5/00 Electroplating characterised by the process; Pretreatment or after-treatment of workpieces
Introduced: July 1974
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- Class:
- ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES; APPARATUS THEREFOR
- Subclass:
- PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PRODUCTION OF COATINGS; ELECTROFORMING; JOINING WORKPIECES BY ELECTROLYSIS; APPARATUS THEREFOR
12 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- C25D 5/02 Electroplating of selected surface areas
- C25D 5/04 Electroplating with moving electrodes
- C25D 5/08 Electroplating with moving electrolyte, e.g. jet electroplating
- C25D 5/1 Electroplating with more than one layer of the same or of different metals
- C25D 5/16 Electroplating with layers of varying thickness
- C25D 5/18 Electroplating using modulated, pulsed or reversing current
- C25D 5/2 Electroplating using ultrasonic waves
- C25D 5/22 Electroplating combined with mechanical treatment during the deposition
- C25D 5/24 Electroplating of metal surfaces to which a coating cannot readily be applied
- C25D 5/34 Pretreatment of metallic surfaces to be electroplated
- C25D 5/48 After-treatment of electroplated surfaces
- C25D 5/54 Electroplating of non-metallic surfaces
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class C25, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 1,797
- EBARA CORPORATION JP 729
- CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY 650
- INDUSTRIE DE NORA IT 641
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 600
- JFE STEEL JP 593
- KMUST (KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY) 553
- SIEMENS DE 536
- CEA (COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE) FR 525
- JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION 499