C21B 7/10
Cooling
Official title: Cooling; Devices therefor
C21B7/10 (Cooling) appears on 158 US grants and 106 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C21B- Granted patents
- 158
- Published applications
- 106
- Assignees
- 98
- Inventors
- 367
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 7 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2 |
| 2004 | 3 | 5 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 5 |
| 2007 | 2 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 5 | 7 |
| 2012 | 1 | 5 |
| 2013 | 5 | 6 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 | 5 |
| 2017 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4 |
| 2019 | 5 | 10 |
| 2020 | 4 | 7 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4 |
| 2022 | 7 | 5 |
| 2023 | 0 | 5 |
| 2024 | 3 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 |
| 2026 | 3 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- System and method for measuring cooling plate thickness in a blast furnace25 Aug 2026US 12,716,717 B2Paul Wurth S. A.
- Method for operating a blast furnace plant23 Jun 2026US 12,663,212 B2Paul Wurth S. A.
- Method for detecting fluctuation of solidified layer and method for operating blast furnace3 Feb 2026US 12,540,363 B2Jfe Steel Corporation
- Cooling plate for a metallurgical furnace8 Jul 2025US 12,351,883 B2Paul Wurth Deutschland GmbH
- Method for maintenance of a cooling assembly for a metallurgical furnace15 Apr 2025US 12,276,458 B2Paul Wurth Deutschland GmbH
- System and method for measuring cooling plate thickness in a blast furnace11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160547 A1Paul Wurth S. A.
- Reduction of a metal oxide-containing material on the basis of ammonia nh326 Jun 2025US 2025/0207211 A1Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH
- Method and Device for Detecting a Water Leak in A Metallurgical Melting Furnace8 May 2025US 2025/0146898 A1Cth Conrads Technologie Und Holding AG
- Cooling element and a method in connection with a cooling element1 May 2025US 2025/0137724 A1Metso Metals Oy
- Blast furnace blower device27 Mar 2025US 2025/0101539 A1Industrial Technology Research Institute
Most cited
By later US patents
- Heat exchanger37US 7,901,617 B2Auckland Uniservices Limited · 2011
- Refractory lining system for high wear area of high temperature reaction vessel24US 5,741,349 ASteel Technology, LLC · 1998
- System for monitoring flow rate difference in water cooling conduit20US 4,090,179 AHokushin Electric Works, Ltd. · 1978
- Cooling panel for electric arc furnace19US 4,637,034 AHylsa, S. A. · 1987
- Cooling plate for furnaces16US 4,382,585 AKabel- u. Metallwerke Gutehoffnungshutte AG · 1983