C07C 31/04
Methanol
C07C31/04 (Methanol) appears on 140 US grants and 186 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C07C- Granted patents
- 140
- Published applications
- 186
- Assignees
- 129
- Inventors
- 481
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2012 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 4 |
| 2014 | 3 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 5 |
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| 2017 | 5 | 6 |
| 2018 | 12 | 29 |
| 2019 | 17 | 18 |
| 2020 | 14 | 21 |
| 2021 | 17 | 26 |
| 2022 | 14 | 17 |
| 2023 | 11 | 8 |
| 2024 | 12 | 14 |
| 2025 | 7 | 8 |
| 2026 | 2 | 23 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Plasma carbon sequestration system and method25 Aug 2026US 12,715,824 B2Xi' An Jiaotong University
- Process for preparing methanol20 Jan 2026US 12,528,754 B2L Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude et L'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
- Chemical reaction method, chemical reaction apparatus and production method30 Sep 2025US 12,427,493 B2Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
- Process for converting carbon oxide into methanol26 Aug 2025US 12,397,285 B2Industrial Technology Research Institute
- Low CO2 emissions methanol process and production apparatus20 May 2025US 12,304,816 B2BD Energy Systems, LLC
- Complex oxide, catalyst for methanol production and method for producing complex oxide8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307058 A1Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Copper-based catalyst, preparation method therefor, and use thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307059 A1Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd.
- Method for forming methanol and formic acid17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274775 A1The Queen's University of Belfast
- Reactor for synthesis of methane and / or methanol from reactants and method for synthesis of methane from reactants27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250217 A1Turn2X GmbH
- Methanol synthesis with hydrogen recovery unit20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242313 A1Topsoe A/S
Most cited
By later US patents
- Upgrading synthesis gas46US 4,478,955 AThe Standard Oil Company · 1984
- Thermolytic fragmentation of sugars37US 10,570,078 B2Haldor TopsøE A/S · 2020
- Process for separating methanol from the reaction products obtained in the etherification of C.sub.4 through C.sub.7 isoolefins with methanol33US 4,544,776 ADeutsche Texaco Aktiengesellschaft · 1985
- Solvents for NMR spectroscopy31US 3,954,410 AMerck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung · 1976
- Electromagnetic process and apparatus for making methanol20US 4,374,288 A1983