C03C 1/004
Refining agents
Official title: {Refining agents (refining C03B5/225)}
C03C1/004 (Refining agents) appears on 134 US grants and 138 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C03C- Granted patents
- 134
- Published applications
- 138
- Assignees
- 46
- Inventors
- 324
- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 3 |
| 2003 | 0 | 3 |
| 2004 | 5 | 6 |
| 2005 | 2 | 4 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5 |
| 2007 | 1 | 4 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5 |
| 2009 | 7 | 6 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 4 | 11 |
| 2012 | 5 | 2 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5 |
| 2014 | 8 | 5 |
| 2015 | 4 | 5 |
| 2016 | 3 | 3 |
| 2017 | 4 | 6 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5 |
| 2020 | 6 | 7 |
| 2021 | 2 | 13 |
| 2022 | 7 | 6 |
| 2023 | 9 | 15 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 |
| 2025 | 4 | 7 |
| 2026 | 4 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Glass-ceramic compositions, articles, and methods of making the same28 Jul 2026US 12,692,188 B2GüRok Holding B.V.
- Method and apparatus for manufacturing cement using rotary generated thermal energy28 Jul 2026US 12,692,192 B2Coolbrook Oy
- Selective chemical fining of small bubbles in glass14 Jul 2026US 12,679,755 B2Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
- Method and apparatus for heating fluids in processes related to refining and petrochemical industries using rotary generated thermal energy9 Jun 2026US 12,649,689 B2Coolbrook Oy
- Glass ceramic and method for producing a glass ceramic4 Nov 2025US 12,459,847 B2Schott AG
- Refining and/or petrochemical facility and apparatus for heating fluids in processes related to refining and petrochemical industries using rotary generated thermal energy17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274747 A1Coolbrook Oy
- Method for producing glass, mixture, dried product, and glass9 Jul 2026US 2026/0193125 A1AGC Inc.
- Glass-ceramic with specific thermal expansion behavior20 Nov 2025US 2025/0353780 A1Schott AG
- Dimensionally stable glasses6 Nov 2025US 2025/0340478 A1Corning Incorporated
- Aluminoborosilicate glass with excellent visual appearance11 Sep 2025US 2025/0282675 A1Schott AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fining agents for silicate glasses124US 8,158,543 B2Corning Incorporated · 2012
- Chemically prestressable aluminosilicate glass and products made therefrom97US 5,895,768 ASchott Glaswerke · 1999
- Silicate glasses having low seed concentration84US 8,431,502 B2Corning Incorporated · 2013
- Molten glass refining apparatus83US 4,110,098 ASaint-Gobain Industries · 1978
- Method of reducing bubbles at the vessel/glass interface in a glass manufacturing system79US 5,785,726 ACorning Incorporated · 1998