C02F 2103/16
From metallurgical processes, i.e. from the production, refining or treatment of metals
Official title: from metallurgical processes, i.e. from the production, refining or treatment of metals, e.g. galvanic wastes
C02F2103/16 (From metallurgical processes, i.e. from the production, refining or treatment of metals) appears on 386 US grants and 536 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C02F- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 2024 | 14 | 28 |
| 2025 | 30 | 38 |
| 2026 | 12 | 22 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Double effect absorption cooling for industrial applications25 Aug 2026US 12,716,655 B2Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Dewatering method and system18 Aug 2026US 12,709,562 B2Weir Minerals Australia Ltd.
- Method for treating wastewater for the recovery of metals contained therein, and apparatus for such a method26 May 2026US 12,637,365 B2Circular Materials S.R.L.
- Process water distillation plant and method for operating a process water distillation plant28 Apr 2026US 12,611,614 B2KMU LOFT Cleanwater SE
- Metal working fluid decontamination apparatus21 Apr 2026US 12,605,474 B2
- Lithium recovery from wastewater27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250143 A1
- Method for plasma treatment of a mixture of at least two liquid phases for the separation of the two liquid phases of the mixture13 Aug 2026US 2026/0234035 A1
- Metal working fluid decontamination apparatus6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224763 A1
- Treatment and recycling of wastewater from trivalent chromium plating processes30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217572 A1MacDermid Enthone Inc.
- Method for producing iodine component-containing aqueous solution using inorganic flocculant with selective removal property of fluoride ion and phosphate ion9 Jul 2026US 2026/0193113 A1Godo Shigen Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Microbial culture liquors containing microorganisms differing in characteristics and living in symbiosis and metabolites thereof, carriers and adsorbents containing the active components of the culture liquors and utilization of the same88US 6,649,397 B1Orient Green Co., Ltd. · 2003
- Microbicidal microemulsion87US 4,954,338 ARohm and Haas Company · 1990
- Apparatus for treating liquids with wave energy from an electrical arc58US 7,857,972 B2Foret Plasma Labs, LLC · 2010
- Flow-through capacitor, system and method53US 6,628,505 B1Biosource, Inc. · 2003
- Process and composition for removal of metal ions from aqueous solutions45US 4,741,831 AThe Dow Chemical Company · 1988