C30B 30/08
In conditions of zero-gravity or low gravity
Official title: in conditions of zero-gravity or low gravity
C30B30/08 (In conditions of zero-gravity or low gravity) appears on 58 US grants and 16 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C30B- Granted patents
- 58
- Published applications
- 16
- Assignees
- 34
- Inventors
- 133
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Synthetic diamond from a levitating supersaturated solvent at low pressure: process, apparatus, and material25 Aug 2026US 12,716,147 B2Cosmic Diamonds LLC
- Drug crystallization under microgravity conditions19 Sep 2023US 11,760,716 B2Spacepharma R&D Israel Ltd.
- Method for manufacturing epitaxial silicon wafer and epitaxial silicon wafer15 Dec 2020US 10,867,791 B2Sumco Corporation
- Electrostatic levitation crystal growth apparatus comprising a droplet dispenser19 Mar 2019US 10,233,561 B2Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science
- Crystallizer and method of crystallization14 Jun 2016US 9,365,950 B2Nagao System Inc.
- Securing crystal feedstock for deployment in zero gravity growth furnaces to manufacturing satellites23 Apr 2026US 2026/0110107 A1
- Synthetic diamond from a levitating supersaturated solvent at low pressure: process, apparatus, and material9 May 2024US 2024/0150936 A1Cosmic Diamonds LLC
- Drug crystallization under microgravity conditions30 Sep 2021US 2021/0300861 A1Spacepharma R&D Israel Ltd.
- Method for manufacturing epitaxial silicon wafer and epitaxial silicon wafer23 Jan 2020US 2020/0027727 A1Sumco Corporation
- Electrostatic levitation crystal growth apparatus for solution and crystal growing method using the same15 Dec 2016US 2016/0362811 A1Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science
Most cited
By later US patents
- Protein crystallization in microfluidic structures458US 6,409,832 B2Micronics, Inc. · 2002
- Crystal growing cell135US 5,423,287 ANational Space Development Agency of Japan · 1995
- Protein crystal growth tray assembly66US 5,130,105 AThe United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1992
- Macromolecular crystal growing system32US 5,013,531 AThe United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1991
- Protein crystal growth apparatus for microgravitiy29US 5,643,540 AThe United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1997