C21C 5/5217
Equipped with burners or devices for injecting gas, i.e. oxygen, or pulverulent
Official title: {equipped with burners or devices for injecting gas, i.e. oxygen, or pulverulent materials into the furnace}
C21C5/5217 (Equipped with burners or devices for injecting gas, i.e. oxygen, or pulverulent) appears on 234 US grants and 174 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C21C- Granted patents
- 234
- Published applications
- 174
- Assignees
- 158
- Inventors
- 565
- Latest grant
- 9 Jun 2026
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| 2023 | 3 | 6 |
| 2024 | 5 | 9 |
| 2025 | 3 | 7 |
| 2026 | 3 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Biomass pyrolysis integrated with bio-reduction of metal ores, hydrogen production, and/or activated-carbon production9 Jun 2026US 12,649,959 B2Carbon Technology Holdings, LLC
- Method for simultaneously injecting a fuel gas and an oxygen-rich gas into a unit14 Apr 2026US 12,601,022 B2SMS group GmbH
- Method of operating an electric arc furnace and steel mill24 Mar 2026US 12,584,182 B2Paul Wurth S. A.
- Method for manufacturing molten iron with electric arc furnace9 Dec 2025US 12,492,439 B2Jfe Steel Corporation
- Method for producing molten steel22 Apr 2025US 12,281,365 B2Kobe Steel, Ltd.
- Molten steel manufacturing method and arc furnace20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242884 A1Nippon Steel Corporation
- Method for producing molten iron13 Aug 2026US 2026/0234740 A1Jfe Steel Corporation
- Method for producing molten iron6 Aug 2026US 2026/0226569 A1Jfe Steel Corporation
- Granule and/or powder solid materials injection lance for injecting solid materials in the form of granules and/or powders into a metallurgical furnace23 Jul 2026US 2026/0209875 A1Tenova S. P. A.
- Apparatus for producing a metallic product and use of an apparatus2 Jul 2026US 2026/0183834 A1SMS group GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Adjustable momentum self-cooled oxy/fuel burner for heating in high temperature environments110US 5,199,866 AAir Products and Chemicals, Inc. · 1993
- Destruction of toxic chemicals100US 4,574,714 AUnited States Steel Corporation · 1986
- Destruction of toxic organic chemicals93US 4,602,574 AUnited States Steel Corporation · 1986
- Process and apparatus for melting a furnace charge87US 5,166,950 AL'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes · 1992
- Method and apparatus for producing reformed gases48US 6,524,356 B2Midrex Technologies, Inc. · 2003