C03B 37/014

Made entirely or partially by chemical means

Official title: made entirely or partially by chemical means {, e.g. vapour phase deposition of bulk porous glass either by outside vapour deposition [OVD], or by outside vapour phase oxidation [OVPO] or by vapour axial deposition [VAD] (C03C17/02 takes precedence)}

C03B37/014 (Made entirely or partially by chemical means) appears on 1,608 US grants and 1,198 published applications in this corpus.

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Granted patents: 1,608
Published applications: 1,198
Assignees: 337
Inventors: 2,208
Latest grant: 11 Aug 2026

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C03B 37/014: granted patents and published applications per publication year
Year	Granted patents	Published applications
1976	16	0
1977	7	0
1978	17	0
1979	20	0
1980	42	0
1981	34	0
1982	37	0
1983	42	0
1984	29	0
1985	33	0
1986	34	0
1987	52	0
1988	37	0
1989	46	0
1990	33	0
1991	21	0
1992	38	0
1993	40	0
1994	27	0
1995	13	0
1996	16	0
1997	24	0
1998	21	0
1999	27	0
2000	31	0
2001	36	14
2002	50	97
2003	44	100
2004	74	89
2005	45	89
2006	38	59
2007	21	65
2008	29	44
2009	21	38
2010	34	45
2011	36	41
2012	33	53
2013	36	45
2014	50	40
2015	32	41
2016	42	37
2017	39	32
2018	21	29
2019	18	33
2020	27	39
2021	27	35
2022	28	34
2023	37	32
2024	18	24
2025	22	26
2026	13	17

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