C03B
Manufacture, shaping, or supplementary processes
C03B (Manufacture, shaping, or supplementary processes) appears on 15,543 US grants and 12,949 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C03B- Granted patents
- 15,543
- Published applications
- 12,949
- Assignees
- 3,350
- Inventors
- 22,134
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 246 | 0 |
| 1977 | 271 | 0 |
| 1978 | 244 | 0 |
| 1979 | 175 | 0 |
| 1980 | 286 | 0 |
| 1981 | 305 | 0 |
| 1982 | 302 | 0 |
| 1983 | 246 | 0 |
| 1984 | 230 | 0 |
| 1985 | 295 | 0 |
| 1986 | 240 | 0 |
| 1987 | 281 | 0 |
| 1988 | 257 | 0 |
| 1989 | 307 | 0 |
| 1990 | 255 | 0 |
| 1991 | 241 | 0 |
| 1992 | 260 | 0 |
| 1993 | 221 | 0 |
| 1994 | 211 | 0 |
| 1995 | 163 | 0 |
| 1996 | 184 | 0 |
| 1997 | 262 | 0 |
| 1998 | 303 | 0 |
| 1999 | 347 | 0 |
| 2000 | 276 | 0 |
| 2001 | 290 | 122 |
| 2002 | 318 | 439 |
| 2003 | 346 | 519 |
| 2004 | 350 | 511 |
| 2005 | 227 | 488 |
| 2006 | 262 | 436 |
| 2007 | 199 | 440 |
| 2008 | 223 | 419 |
| 2009 | 183 | 454 |
| 2010 | 292 | 511 |
| 2011 | 304 | 470 |
| 2012 | 337 | 498 |
| 2013 | 354 | 521 |
| 2014 | 451 | 540 |
| 2015 | 415 | 618 |
| 2016 | 447 | 599 |
| 2017 | 498 | 601 |
| 2018 | 393 | 579 |
| 2019 | 462 | 625 |
| 2020 | 458 | 617 |
| 2021 | 381 | 591 |
| 2022 | 406 | 581 |
| 2023 | 439 | 490 |
| 2024 | 397 | 509 |
| 2025 | 405 | 421 |
| 2026 | 298 | 350 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Main groups
Granted patents with any code in the group
- C03B 37/00Manufacture or treatment of flakes, fibres, or filaments from softened glass, minerals4,467
- C03B 23/00Re-forming shaped glass2,489
- C03B 19/00Manufacture, shaping, or supplementary processes: other methods of shaping glass2,086
- C03B 5/00Melting in furnaces1,996
- C03B 2201/00Type of glass producedIndexing code1,680
- C03B 33/00Severing cooled glass1,377
- C03B 2203/00Fibre product detailsIndexing code1,329
- C03B 9/00Blowing glass970
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- C03B 35/00Transporting of glass products during their manufacture857
- C03B 17/00Forming molten glass by flowing-out, pushing-out, extruding or drawing downwardly or laterally796
- C03B 11/00Pressing molten glass or performed glass reheated to equivalent low viscosity without768
- C03B 27/00Tempering or quenching glass products690
- C03B 2205/00Fibre drawing or extruding detailsIndexing code662
- C03B 32/00Thermal after-treatment of glass products not provided for in groups c03b19/00 654
- C03B 7/00Distributors for the molten glass617
- C03B 2207/00Glass deposition burnersIndexing code588
- C03B 29/00Reheating glass products for softening or fusing their surfaces570
- C03B 2215/00Press-moulding glassIndexing code563
- C03B 40/00Preventing adhesion between glass and glass or between glass and the means487
- C03B 3/00Charging the melting furnaces453
- C03B 25/00Annealing glass products396
- C03B 18/00Shaping glass in contact with the surface of a liquid345
- C03B 2225/00Transporting hot glass sheets during their manufactureIndexing code255
- C03B 2211/00Heating processes for glass melting in glass melting furnacesIndexing code209
- C03B 1/00Preparing the batches186
- C03B 20/00Processes specially adapted for the production of quartz or fused silica articles154
- C03B 13/00Rolling molten glass , i.e. where the molten glass is shaped by122
- C03B 21/00Severing glass sheets, tubes or rods while still plastic79
- C03B 15/00Drawing glass upwardly from the melt27
- C03B 31/00Manufacture of rippled or crackled glass3
Recent patents
- Preparation of a raw material composition6 Oct 2026US 12,753,103 B2Saint-Gobain Isover
- Method of manufacturing a set of mass-produced glass containers, raw material composition, and set of resulting mass-produced glass containers6 Oct 2026US 12,753,104 B2
- Methods of controlling steam pressure to produce titania-silica glass6 Oct 2026US 12,753,105 B2Corning Incorporated
- Apparatus for forming a cone for housing a needle in a syringe, method for making a cone for housing a needle in a syringe, and the syringe thereof6 Oct 2026US 12,753,106 B2Stevanato Group S.P.A.
- Roller for glass sheet conveying device6 Oct 2026US 12,753,107 B2Saint-Gobain Sekurit France
- Laser thickness control of fusion glass8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308038 A1Corning Incorporated
- Titania-silica glass with uniform hydroxyl concentration8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308039 A1Corning Incorporated
- Method of shaping a glass sheet and bending tool utilized therein8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308040 A1Pilkington Group Limited
- Cooling method and apparatus for flame sealing method of glass capillary8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308041 A1East China University of Science and Technology
- Apparatus and method for manufacturing glass film8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308043 A1Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Pneumatically operated mechanism1,103US 6,050,172 AEmhart Glass S. A. · 2000
- Method of refurbishing a quartz glass component469US 8,991,214 B2Techno Quartz Inc. · 2015
- Multicore optical fibre354US 6,301,420 B1The Secretary of State for Defence in Her Britannic Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland · 2001
- Method and apparatus for supplying gaseous raw material349US 5,540,059 AShin-Etsu Quartz Products Co., Ltd. · 1996
- Method for forming a balloon mold and the use of such mold309US 5,163,989 AAdvanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. · 1992