C01B 2203/0405
Purification by membrane separation
C01B2203/0405 (Purification by membrane separation) appears on 1,263 US grants and 1,574 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C01B- Granted patents
- 1,263
- Published applications
- 1,574
- Assignees
- 664
- Inventors
- 2,969
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2003 | 29 | 59 |
| 2004 | 28 | 75 |
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| 2021 | 35 | 48 |
| 2022 | 28 | 68 |
| 2023 | 50 | 80 |
| 2024 | 46 | 84 |
| 2025 | 48 | 90 |
| 2026 | 26 | 47 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Ethane activation systems including a composite media and related reactor apparatuses22 Sep 2026US 12,741,274 B2Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC
- Purge gas conditioning of NH3 plants15 Sep 2026US 12,735,325 B2Stamicarbon B. V.
- Gas separation membrane, and preparation method therefor and use thereof25 Aug 2026US 12,714,972 B2Changshu 3F Zhonghao New Chemical Materials Co., Ltd.
- Palladium-based membrane25 Aug 2026US 12,715,767 B2National University of Singapore
- Green methanol production25 Aug 2026US 12,715,827 B2ZoneFlow Reactor Technologies, LLC
- Steam-Hydrocarbon Reforming with Reduced Carbon Dioxide Emissions8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307987 A1Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
- Plant and process for producing renewable hydrocarbons with reduced co2-footprint and improved hydrogen integration17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275208 A1Topsoe A/S
- Methanol Production System that Reuses Unreacted Gas for Efficient Methanol Production10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264037 A1Doosan Enerbility Co., Ltd.
- Method for producing low-carbon hydrogen and plant for the implementation thereof10 Sep 2026US 2026/0265051 A1Publichnoe Aktsionernoe Obshchestvo "NOVATEK"
- Carbon molecular membrane reactor systems, and methods for fabrication and use thereof3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257193 A1University of Maryland, College Park
Most cited
By later US patents
- Steam reformer with internal hydrogen purification533US 5,861,137 A1999
- Method for simultaneous recovery of hydrogen from water and from hydrocarbons351US 5,525,322 AThe Regents of the University of California · 1996
- Hydrogen gas-extraction module and method of fabrication341US 6,152,987 AWorcester Polytechnic Institute · 2000
- Catalytic ceramic membrane steam-hydrocarbon reformer269US 5,229,102 AMedalert Corporation · 1993
- Steam reformer with internal hydrogen purification269US 5,997,594 ANorthwest Power Systems, LLC · 1999