C03B 5/2356
Submerged heating
Official title: {Submerged heating, e.g. by using heat pipes, hot gas or submerged combustion burners (bubblers C03B5/193)}
C03B5/2356 (Submerged heating) appears on 186 US grants and 254 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C03B- Granted patents
- 186
- Published applications
- 254
- Assignees
- 39
- Inventors
- 236
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
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| 2026 | 4 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Melting furnaces and charging of melting furnaces16 Jun 2026US 12,655,052 B2Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
- Burner with removable shell for use in a melter26 May 2026US 12,638,175 B2Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
- Burner, burner module, burner assembly and heating device comprising same5 May 2026US 12,618,553 B2L Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude et L'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
- System and method for platinum free melting of high index glasses14 Apr 2026US 12,600,658 B2Corning Incorporated
- Melting vitrifiable material with a biomass-type fuel16 Dec 2025US 12,497,322 B2Saint-Gobain Isover
- Methods of recycling cullet and fibreglass17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274733 A1Sibelco Nederland N.V.
- System and method for platinum free melting of high index glasses23 Jul 2026US 2026/0209100 A1Corning Incorporated
- Method for repairing a glass melting furnace25 Jun 2026US 2026/0176207 A1
- Batch feedstock delivery28 May 2026US 2026/0145978 A1Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
- High temperature and low pressure fining of submerged combustion or other glass22 Jan 2026US 2026/0022048 A1Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and device for melting and refining materials capable of being vitrified112US 6,460,376 B1Saint-Gobain Glass France · 2002
- Process for preparing batch materials for the manufacture of glass112US 7,448,231 B2Saint-Gobain Glass France · 2008
- Melting of glass with staged submerged combustion107US 4,539,034 APPG Industries, Inc. · 1985
- Method of melting raw materials for glass or the like using solid fuels or fuel-batch mixtures98US 4,632,687 APPG Industries, Inc. · 1986
- Method of melting raw materials for glass or the like with staged combustion and preheating92US 4,634,461 APPG Industries, Inc. · 1987