C10G 73/00
Recovery or refining of mineral waxes
Official title: Recovery or refining of mineral waxes, e.g. montan wax (compositions essentially based on waxes C08L91/00)
C10G73/00 (Recovery or refining of mineral waxes) appears on 241 US grants and 108 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C10G- Granted patents
- 241
- Published applications
- 108
- Assignees
- 93
- Inventors
- 466
- Latest grant
- 7 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 17 | 0 |
| 1979 | 9 | 0 |
| 1980 | 10 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 8 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | 9 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 0 |
| 1986 | 11 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 8 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 0 |
| 2002 | 4 | 4 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 4 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 4 |
| 2006 | 0 | 3 |
| 2007 | 2 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 3 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 3 | 7 |
| 2014 | 3 | 3 |
| 2015 | 2 | 8 |
| 2016 | 4 | 7 |
| 2017 | 7 | 6 |
| 2018 | 5 | 8 |
| 2019 | 3 | 9 |
| 2020 | 10 | 9 |
| 2021 | 9 | 3 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 6 |
| 2024 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 3 |
| 2026 | 4 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- C10G 73/02Recovery of petroleum waxes from hydrocarbon oils164
- C10G 73/42Refining of petroleum waxes31
- C10G 73/40Physical treatment of waxes or modified waxes15
- C10G 73/36Recovery of petroleum waxes from other compositions containing oil in minor proportions14
- C10G 73/38Chemical modification of petroleum14
Recent patents
- Hydro-dealkylation process to generate high quality fuels, base stocks and waxes7 Jul 2026US 12,674,104 B2ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company
- Wax-microsphere matrix compositions and methods of making and using the same17 Mar 2026US 12,577,479 B2Illumina Cambridge Limited
- Recovery of aliphatic hydrocarbons24 Feb 2026US 12,559,686 B2Shell USA, Inc.
- Deoiling process17 Feb 2026US 12,553,001 B2ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company
- Dewaxing aid5 Aug 2025US 12,378,336 B2Nof Corporation
- Process and plant for producing synthetic paraffinic kerosene as jet fuel1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297443 A1Topsoe A/S
- Method for obtaining a wax from a pyrolysis residue13 Aug 2026US 2026/0234480 A1Omv Downstream GmbH
- Wax-microsphere matrix compositions and methods of making and using the same2 Jul 2026US 2026/0185006 A1Illumina Cambridge Limited
- Process for producing a single phase immersion cooling fluid from fischer-tropsch oil18 Jun 2026US 2026/0167876 A1Uop LLC
- Method for preparing low-pour point, high-aromatic, and environmental-friendly rubber oil by combining extraction and dewaxing29 Jan 2026US 2026/0028541 A1China University of Petroleum (East China)
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of imparting color and/or fragrance to candle wax and candle formed therefrom66US 4,614,625 ALumi-Lite Candle Company, Inc. · 1986
- Process for preparing copolymers of ethylene and vinyl esters or mixtures with other ethylenically unsaturated monomers39US 3,981,850 AExxon Research & Engineering Co. · 1976
- Process for preparing lubes with high viscosity index values30US 6,773,578 B1Chevron U.S.A.Inc. · 2004
- Copolymers of ethylene and ethylenically unsaturated monomers, process for their preparation and distillate oil containing said copolymers28US 4,087,255 AExxon Research & Engineering Co. · 1978
- Olefin-dicarboxylic anhydride copolymers and esters thereof are dewaxing aids23US 4,151,069 AExxon Research & Engineering Co. · 1979