C10G 9/007
Visbreaking
Official title: {Visbreaking}
C10G9/007 (Visbreaking) appears on 125 US grants and 92 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C10G- Granted patents
- 125
- Published applications
- 92
- Assignees
- 54
- Inventors
- 280
- Latest grant
- 17 Feb 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 4 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 0 | 5 |
| 2006 | 0 | 4 |
| 2007 | 2 | 9 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 5 | 1 |
| 2010 | 6 | 5 |
| 2011 | 4 | 10 |
| 2012 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 5 | 5 |
| 2014 | 8 | 8 |
| 2015 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 5 | 5 |
| 2017 | 6 | 4 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1 | 5 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 4 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 3 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 5 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Chloride removal for plastic waste conversion17 Feb 2026US 12,552,999 B2ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
- Processes for viscosity breaking of plastics12 Aug 2025US 12,384,971 B2Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Processes for upgrading a hydrocarbon feed15 Apr 2025US 12,275,900 B2Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Methods and systems for co-feeding waste plastics into a refinery14 Jan 2025US 12,195,675 B2Braskem S/A
- Methods and systems for co-feeding waste plastics into a refinery26 Mar 2024US 11,939,532 B2Braskem S/A
- Methods and systems for co-feeding plastic waste-oil blends into a refinery reactor23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208128 A1Braskem S/A
- Marine fuel base comprising a component of renewable origin and method for manufacturing same2 Jan 2025US 2025/0002800 A1TotalEnergies One Tech
- Antifoulant for refinery applications3 Oct 2024US 2024/0327696 A1Ecolab USA Inc.
- Methods and systems for co-feeding waste plastics into a refinery5 Sep 2024US 2024/0294833 A1Braskem S/A
- High performance (mesophase) carbon fiber feedstock production4 Jul 2024US 2024/0217823 A1Uop LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Process for converting heavy crudes, tars, and bitumens to lighter products in the presence of brine at supercritical conditions350US 4,818,370 ACities Service Oil and Gas Corporation · 1989
- Apparatus for thermal treatment of a hydrocarbon stream297US 5,008,085 AResource Technology Associates · 1991
- Method for recovering intractable petroleum from subterranean formations233US 5,097,903 A1992
- Viscosity reduction processing at elevated pressure128US 4,778,586 AResource Technology Associates · 1988
- Vis-breaking heavy crude oils for pumpability111US 4,883,582 A1989