Patent activity

Research on Thermal Barrier Coatings (TBC) has been in progress for more than a decade. However, patent activity in this area has been on the rise in the past five years. Thermal barrier coatings are employed in turbine blades, cutting tools and aero engine parts. In this patent tracker, SciTech brings out an overview of patents published on thermal barrier coatings. Our patent search, based on Derwent manual codes pertaining to thermal barrier coatings has identified the top patent filers, universities, research collaborations and independent inventors filing patents in this area. The period of study is 2004 to 2009.

Top filers

Top filing companies are:

General Electric
Siemens AG
United Technology Corporation
Hitachi
Honeywell
and Others...

Universities

Some of the lead universities, notably from China and Japan, having patents in this area are:

University Beijing Aeronautics
University Bei Hang
Northeastern University
Kagoshima University
Tohoku University
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Focus of top filers
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Research collaborations

There are 6 patents filed as a result of joint research programs in this area. Some of the collaborators in this area are:
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Most cited patents
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Patent filing trends

A study of filing trends indicates an increase in research efforts in this area in the past five years, with maximum filings during 2006. The top filers in the area of thermal barrier coatings are:
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Recent published literature
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Some of the products incorporating thermal barrier coatings are:

Turbine blades
Cutting tool inserts
Aero engine parts
Gas turbine parts such as combustion liners, shroud, nozzles or blades
IC engine parts
Rocket nozzles and valve bodies
Damper pin for turbine bucket
and many more....

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