C10L 3/101
Removal of contaminants
Official title: {Removal of contaminants}
C10L3/101 (Removal of contaminants) appears on 1,320 US grants and 1,830 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C10L- Granted patents
- 1,320
- Published applications
- 1,830
- Assignees
- 608
- Inventors
- 3,028
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2019 | 126 | 111 |
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| 2021 | 74 | 95 |
| 2022 | 93 | 104 |
| 2023 | 75 | 103 |
| 2024 | 95 | 96 |
| 2025 | 71 | 82 |
| 2026 | 42 | 41 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Gas separation system and method for producing methane-enriched gas15 Sep 2026US 12,734,474 B2Ube Corporation
- Process and apparatus for removing unwanted components from a gas mixture8 Sep 2026US 12,728,382 B2Linde Aktiengesellschaft
- Natural gas system for on-site processing25 Aug 2026US 12,716,341 B2Nacelle Logistics LLC
- Apparatus and process for removal of heavy hydrocarbons from a feed gas11 Aug 2026US 12,703,831 B2Honeywell Lng LLC
- Generate hydrogen as fuel at natural gas processing plant to reduce carbon dioxide emissions11 Aug 2026US 12,704,082 B2Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Production of renewable fuel from nutrient-laden waste by a reduced-carbon process1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297429 A1Kore Infrastructure
- Hydrogen Sulphide and Mercaptan Scavenging Additive Concentrate Comprising an Oxazolidine Compound and an (Ethoxylated) Phenol Compound17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275216 A1Totalenergies Onetech
- Compositions and methods for carbon dioxide capture and fluid sweetening10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263993 A1Solugen, Inc.
- Process for removing sulfur containing compounds from gas containing at least one sulfur containing compound10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264009 A1Sulzer Management AG
- Compositions and Methods for Scavenging Hydrogen Sulfide10 Sep 2026US 2026/0265628 A1Foremark Performance Chemicals
Most cited
By later US patents
- Regeneration of adsorbents138US 4,784,672 AAir Products and Chemicals, Inc. · 1988
- Heavy hydrocarbon recovery from pressure swing adsorption unit tail gas134US 6,610,124 B1Engelhard Corporation · 2003
- Hydropyrolysis process133US 4,597,776 ARockwell International Corporation · 1986
- Process for recovering sulfur from fuel gases containing hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide, and carbonyl sulfide97US 3,989,811 AShell Oil Company · 1976
- Methods of selectively separating CO.sub.2 from a multicomponent gaseous stream91US 6,090,186 A2000