C09K 3/18
Materials not provided for elsewhere: for application to surfaces to minimize adherence
Official title: for application to surfaces to minimize adherence of ice, mist or water thereto (rendering particulate materials free flowing, in general, e.g. making them hydrophobic B01J2/30); Thawing or antifreeze materials for application to surfaces (used in liquids for heat-transfer, heat-exchange or heat-storage or for the production of heat or cold other than by combustion, e.g. radiator liquids, C09K5/00)
C09K3/18 (Materials not provided for elsewhere: for application to surfaces to minimize adherence) appears on 960 US grants and 899 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C09K- Granted patents
- 960
- Published applications
- 899
- Assignees
- 539
- Inventors
- 2,069
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2006 | 18 | 24 |
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| 2022 | 31 | 40 |
| 2023 | 34 | 48 |
| 2024 | 29 | 46 |
| 2025 | 22 | 46 |
| 2026 | 11 | 30 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Coating method of long-chain entangled PDMS gel with sustainable self-replenishment of lubricating layer1 Sep 2026US 12,723,172 B2Postech Research and Business Development Foundation
- System for small-batch brine production28 Jul 2026US 12,691,427 B2The Toro Company
- Ice protection coating and bonding methods thereof28 Jul 2026US 12,692,006 B2The Boeing Company
- Ice melt and traction enhancement compositions, and related methods30 Jun 2026US 12,668,731 B2Green Ladder Technologies, LLC
- Self-healing anti-icing aluminum conductor steel-reinforced with composite microporous structure and preparation method thereof19 May 2026US 12,630,754 B2Chongqing University
- Compound, composition, surface treatment agent, pellet, article, and method for manufacturing article6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225130 A1AGC Inc.
- Optical article, underlayer forming composition, and surface treatment set6 Aug 2026US 2026/0226289 A1AGC Inc.
- Article, and method of producing article6 Aug 2026US 2026/0226290 A1AGC Inc.
- Fluorinated fluorine-containing compound, and fluorine-containing fluoropolymer and surface treatment agent using same30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217641 A1AGC Inc.
- Compound, composition, surface treatment agent, article, method for manufacturing article, and intermediate30 Jul 2026US 2026/0218008 A1AGC Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method for photocatalytically rendering a surface of a substrate superhydrophilic, a substrate with superhydrophilic photocatalytic surface, and method of making thereof243US 6,013,372 AToto Ltd. · 2000
- Method of forming a hydrophilic coating on a substrate187US 4,373,009 AInternational Silicone Corporation · 1983
- Durable water repellant glass surface166US 5,328,768 APPG Industries, Inc. · 1994
- Method for photocatalytically rendering a surface of a substrate superhydrophilic, a substrate with superhydrophilic photocatalytic surface, and method of making thereof145US 7,294,365 B2Toto Ltd. · 2007
- Sprayable composition103US 5,082,500 ANewastecon, Inc. · 1992