F25J 3/04672
Having a top condenser
Official title: {having a top condenser}
F25J3/04672 (Having a top condenser) appears on 303 US grants and 192 published applications in this corpus.
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Granted patents
Recent patents
- Air separation unit and method for cryogenic separation of air using a distillation column system including an intermediate pressure kettle column15 Sep 2026US 12,736,282 B2Praxair Technology, Inc.
- Apparatus and process for improved argon recovery8 Sep 2026US 12,729,908 B2Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
- Method for separating air by cryogenic distillation26 May 2026US 12,638,239 B2L Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude et L'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
- Air separation apparatus7 Apr 2026US 12,595,961 B2L Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude et L'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
- Method for operating a process plant10 Mar 2026US 12,571,586 B2Linde Aktiengesellschaft
- Method for cryogenic separation of air, and air separation plant10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266538 A1
- Air separation method and air separation device30 Jul 2026US 2026/0218981 A1Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation
- Process and apparatus for producing argon by cryogenic air separation23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210624 A1
- Method for cryogenic separation of air, and air separation plant16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202125 A1Linde Aktiengesellschaft
- Air separation unit2 Apr 2026US 2026/0092735 A1L' Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour I' Etude et I'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
Most cited
By later US patents
- Statistical process control for air separation process99US 5,257,206 APraxair Technology, Inc. · 1993
- Method for carrying out subambient temperature, especially cryogenic, separation using refrigeration from a multicomponent refrigerant fluid57US 6,053,008 APraxair Technology, Inc. · 2000
- Process for distillation of multicomponent fluid and production of an argon-enriched stream from a cryogenic air separation process57US 6,240,744 B1Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. · 2001
- Air separation process and apparatus for high argon recovery and moderate pressure nitrogen recovery46US 4,822,395 AUnion Carbide Corporation · 1989
- Low temperature air fractionation accommodating variable oxygen demand44US 5,084,081 ALinde Aktiengesellschaft · 1992