C03B 32/02
Thermal crystallisation
Official title: Thermal crystallisation, e.g. for crystallising glass bodies into glass-ceramic articles {(C03B27/012 takes precedence)}
C03B32/02 (Thermal crystallisation) appears on 430 US grants and 548 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C03B- Granted patents
- 430
- Published applications
- 548
- Assignees
- 174
- Inventors
- 973
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- Glass ceramic molding for dental purposes27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250181 A1Vita Zahnfabrik H. Rauter GmbH & Co.KG
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Differential densification strengthening of glass-ceramics202US 3,931,438 ACorning Glass Works · 1976
- Pressable lithium disilicate glass ceramics138US 6,455,451 B1Jeneric/Pentron Incorporated · 2002
- Lithium disilicate glass-ceramics129US 6,802,894 B2Jeneric/Pentron Incorporated · 2004
- Lithium disilicate glass ceramics117US 6,517,623 B1Jeneric/Pentron Incorporated · 2003
- Method of making amorphous materials and ceramics111US 7,168,267 B23M Innovative Properties Company · 2007