C08L 1/02
Cellulose
Official title: Cellulose; Modified cellulose
C08L1/02 (Cellulose) appears on 1,351 US grants and 2,049 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C08L- Granted patents
- 1,351
- Published applications
- 2,049
- Assignees
- 1,008
- Inventors
- 4,434
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 15 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | 11 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 11 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 10 | 0 |
| 1997 | 10 | 0 |
| 1998 | 21 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 18 | 3 |
| 2002 | 13 | 9 |
| 2003 | 11 | 24 |
| 2004 | 15 | 16 |
| 2005 | 8 | 24 |
| 2006 | 9 | 23 |
| 2007 | 6 | 30 |
| 2008 | 7 | 37 |
| 2009 | 8 | 27 |
| 2010 | 20 | 57 |
| 2011 | 18 | 62 |
| 2012 | 23 | 55 |
| 2013 | 32 | 81 |
| 2014 | 61 | 78 |
| 2015 | 51 | 87 |
| 2016 | 62 | 103 |
| 2017 | 65 | 88 |
| 2018 | 68 | 102 |
| 2019 | 62 | 150 |
| 2020 | 82 | 158 |
| 2021 | 104 | 169 |
| 2022 | 97 | 184 |
| 2023 | 97 | 132 |
| 2024 | 105 | 137 |
| 2025 | 93 | 137 |
| 2026 | 46 | 76 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Cellulose composite resin and method for the production thereof6 Oct 2026US 12,753,293 B2Panasonic Holdings Corporation
- Cellulose-based environmentally friendly plastic substitute material and preparation method thereof6 Oct 2026US 12,753,313 B2
- Cellulose particles29 Sep 2026US 12,747,340 B2FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Polymer compositions and coatings22 Sep 2026US 12,742,090 B2The Penn State Research Foundation
- Polysaccharide derivatives for detergent compositions15 Sep 2026US 12,735,511 B2
- Methods for Recycling Cotton and Polyester Fibers from Waste Textiles1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297288 A1Circ, LLC
- Composite material containing cellulose fibers and having high impact strength1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297314 A1
- Resilient bacterial nanocellulose foam17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275086 A1Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Limited
- Process for producing a fibrous material27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250912 A1Stora Enso OYJ
- Biodegradable resin composition, biodegradable resin molded product, and manufacturing method therefor20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242591 A1Hanwha Solutions Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Processing biomass176US 7,932,065 B2Xyleco, Inc. · 2011
- Dissolution and processing of cellulose using ionic liquids152US 6,824,599 B2University of Alabama · 2004
- Redispersible microfibrillated cellulose143US 4,481,076 AInternational Telephone and Telegraph Corporation · 1984
- Process for preparing microfibrillated cellulose123US 4,481,077 AInternational Telephone and Telegraph Corporation · 1984
- Cellulose matrix encapsulation and method122US 6,808,557 B2PG Research Foundation · 2004