G03C
Photosensitive materials for photographic purposes
Official title: PHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIALS FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC PURPOSES (for photomechanical purposes G03F); PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES, e.g. CINE, X-RAY, COLOUR, STEREO-PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES; AUXILIARY PROCESSES IN PHOTOGRAPHY (photographic processes characterised by the use or manipulation of apparatus classifiable per se in subclass G03B, see G03B; photomechanical production of textured or patterned surfaces G03F; electrophotography, magnetography G03G)
G03C (Photosensitive materials for photographic purposes) appears on 15,393 US grants and 2,565 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G03C- Granted patents
- 15,393
- Published applications
- 2,565
- Assignees
- 1,097
- Inventors
- 11,105
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 444 | 0 |
| 1977 | 418 | 0 |
| 1978 | 368 | 0 |
| 1979 | 308 | 0 |
| 1980 | 414 | 0 |
| 1981 | 525 | 0 |
| 1982 | 376 | 0 |
| 1983 | 335 | 0 |
| 1984 | 389 | 0 |
| 1985 | 393 | 0 |
| 1986 | 371 | 0 |
| 1987 | 346 | 0 |
| 1988 | 408 | 0 |
| 1989 | 519 | 0 |
| 1990 | 540 | 0 |
| 1991 | 585 | 0 |
| 1992 | 438 | 0 |
| 1993 | 709 | 0 |
| 1994 | 687 | 0 |
| 1995 | 753 | 0 |
| 1996 | 636 | 0 |
| 1997 | 547 | 0 |
| 1998 | 639 | 0 |
| 1999 | 647 | 0 |
| 2000 | 576 | 0 |
| 2001 | 539 | 124 |
| 2002 | 463 | 375 |
| 2003 | 444 | 425 |
| 2004 | 361 | 363 |
| 2005 | 177 | 310 |
| 2006 | 234 | 221 |
| 2007 | 186 | 149 |
| 2008 | 103 | 99 |
| 2009 | 71 | 56 |
| 2010 | 47 | 37 |
| 2011 | 53 | 63 |
| 2012 | 29 | 49 |
| 2013 | 44 | 36 |
| 2014 | 37 | 61 |
| 2015 | 44 | 28 |
| 2016 | 37 | 31 |
| 2017 | 26 | 24 |
| 2018 | 23 | 26 |
| 2019 | 27 | 28 |
| 2020 | 24 | 12 |
| 2021 | 12 | 11 |
| 2022 | 14 | 11 |
| 2023 | 4 | 9 |
| 2024 | 11 | 6 |
| 2025 | 9 | 5 |
| 2026 | 3 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Main groups
Granted patents with any code in the group
- G03C 1/00Photosensitive materials9,199
- G03C 7/00Multicolour photographic processes or agents therefor4,754
- G03C 5/00Photographic processes or agents therefor2,706
- G03C 2200/00DetailsIndexing code1,718
- G03C 8/00Diffusion transfer processes or agents therefor1,545
- G03C 11/00Auxiliary processes in photography638
- G03C 3/00Packages of films for inserting into cameras532
- G03C 9/00Stereo-photographic or similar processes73
Recent patents
- Transparent plate and fabricating method therefor, housing, and mobile terminal25 Aug 2026US 12,717,072 B2BYD Company Limited
- Structure including a photoresist underlayer and method of forming same21 Apr 2026US 12,610,790 B2ASM IP Holding B. V.
- Optical article and method for producing optical article10 Mar 2026US 12,572,064 B2Hoya Lens Thailand Ltd.
- Method for diagnosing film degradation25 Nov 2025US 12,480,851 B2Ashigara Manufacturing Inc.
- Photographic color image using black and white emulsion11 Nov 2025US 12,468,215 B2Penumbra Foundation
- Image forming method, image forming apparatus, and image forming program10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267213 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
- Structure including a photoresist underlayer and method of forming same13 Aug 2026US 2026/0239931 A1ASM IP Holding B. V.
- Compound, composition, functional material, silver halide photographic sensitive material, and diffusion transfer type silver halide photographic sensitive material16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202732 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
- System and Method for Optical Convolutional Image Processing Using Spatial Light Modulation and Photosensitive Kernel-Embedded Film26 Feb 2026US 2026/0057481 A1
- Photochromic compound, photochromic composition, photochromic article and eyeglasses12 Feb 2026US 2026/0042742 A1Hoya Lens Thailand Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method for telemanipulation with telepresence1,184US 5,631,973 ASRI International · 1997
- Image-receiving element for heat transfer type dye image1,032US 4,987,049 AKonica Corporation · 1991
- Papermaking belt and method of making the same using differential light transmission techniques387US 5,334,289 AThe Procter & Gamble Company · 1994
- Method and apparatus for transforming coordinate systems in a telemanipulation system372US 7,333,642 B2SRI International · 2008
- Method and apparatus for transforming coordinate systems in a telemanipulation system369US 6,574,355 B2Intuitive Surigical, Inc. · 2003