C10L 3/103
Sulfur containing contaminants
Official title: {Sulfur containing contaminants}
C10L3/103 (Sulfur containing contaminants) appears on 477 US grants and 637 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C10L- Granted patents
- 477
- Published applications
- 637
- Assignees
- 252
- Inventors
- 1,159
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2010 | 2 | 5 |
| 2011 | 0 | 9 |
| 2012 | 4 | 18 |
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| 2015 | 19 | 37 |
| 2016 | 24 | 50 |
| 2017 | 39 | 53 |
| 2018 | 40 | 76 |
| 2019 | 62 | 68 |
| 2020 | 56 | 50 |
| 2021 | 34 | 52 |
| 2022 | 41 | 29 |
| 2023 | 38 | 42 |
| 2024 | 43 | 45 |
| 2025 | 30 | 34 |
| 2026 | 14 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Generate hydrogen as fuel at natural gas processing plant to reduce carbon dioxide emissions11 Aug 2026US 12,704,082 B2Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Adsorbent bed for mercaptan removal with increased hydrothermal stability28 Jul 2026US 12,691,404 B2BASF SE
- Integrated process and system for measurement and treatment of toxic gases in deep natural gas28 Jul 2026US 12,692,452 B2PetroChina Company Limited
- Process of converting hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide to methane and solid sulfur on carbon-based catalysts under milder conditions with reduced carbon footprint14 Jul 2026US 12,680,042 B2Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Copoly(1,2,4-triazole)s membranes for sour mixed-gas separation applications30 Jun 2026US 12,668,659 B2Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- 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
- Catalyst-Sorbent Hybrid Process for Organic Sulfur Removal27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249267 A1TDA Research, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Process for recovering sulfur from fuel gases containing hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide, and carbonyl sulfide97US 3,989,811 AShell Oil Company · 1976
- Natural gas separation using nitrogen-selective membranes65US 6,565,626 B1Membrane Technology and Research, Inc. · 2003
- Rapid temperature swing adsorption contactors for gas separation56US 8,673,059 B2ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company · 2014
- Temperature swing adsorption process for the separation of target species from a gas mixture52US 8,784,533 B2ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company · 2014
- Pressure-temperature swing adsorption process51US 8,784,534 B2ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company · 2014