C04B 26/26
Bituminous materials
Official title: Bituminous materials, e.g. tar, pitch {(C08L95/00 takes precedence)}
C04B26/26 (Bituminous materials) appears on 338 US grants and 466 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C04B- Granted patents
- 338
- Published applications
- 466
- Assignees
- 256
- Inventors
- 965
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 |
| 2003 | 3 | 7 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4 |
| 2006 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 5 | 10 |
| 2008 | 0 | 10 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5 |
| 2010 | 8 | 9 |
| 2011 | 10 | 14 |
| 2012 | 9 | 15 |
| 2013 | 6 | 14 |
| 2014 | 7 | 21 |
| 2015 | 9 | 10 |
| 2016 | 14 | 19 |
| 2017 | 9 | 24 |
| 2018 | 15 | 27 |
| 2019 | 16 | 39 |
| 2020 | 22 | 35 |
| 2021 | 19 | 24 |
| 2022 | 24 | 43 |
| 2023 | 29 | 47 |
| 2024 | 29 | 32 |
| 2025 | 31 | 30 |
| 2026 | 20 | 19 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Basalt fiber reinforced asphalt concrete15 Sep 2026US 12,735,357 B2National Central University
- Preparation device and method for asphalt concrete containing modified acid aggregates8 Sep 2026US 12,729,160 B2Xi'an University of Technology
- Recycling of sterol-containing asphalt binder28 Jul 2026US 12,692,395 B2A.L.M. Holding Company
- Coated roofing materials28 Jul 2026US 12,692,705 B2Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC
- Rejuvenating compounds in high performance asphalt compositions with high recycled content14 Jul 2026US 12,679,769 B2Cargill, Incorporated
- Method of processing roadway material to prevent or reduce cracking and/or deterioration8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308052 A1
- Recycled Concrete Aggregates Carbonation Treatment1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296967 A1Hawkins Construction Company
- Composition, production and application use method of asphalt binder modified with waste material in tack coat1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296971 A1SüLeyman Demirel üNiversitesi Idari Ve Mali Isler Daire Baskanligi Genelsekreterlik
- Strain tolerant recycled asphalt pavement composition1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296972 A1ArrMaz Products Inc.
- Air-blown bitumen using grafted silica24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285757 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Pavement method and composition with reduced asphalt roofing waste48US 6,186,700 B12001
- Water-in-oil bituminous dispersions and methods for producing paving compositions from the same43US 7,297,204 B2MeadWestvaco Corporation · 2007
- Mineral filler composition41US 7,833,339 B2Franklin Industrial Minerals · 2010
- Asphaltic concrete product for the fixation of contaminated soils40US 5,242,493 AAmerican Reclamation Corporation · 1993
- Asbestos-free asphalt composition37US 4,738,723 AGulf States Asphalt Co. · 1988