CPC Subgroup
C03B 5/18 Stirring devices; Homogenisation
Full Title
Melting in furnaces; Furnaces so far as specially adapted for glass manufacture > Special features of the melting process; Auxiliary means specially adapted for glass-melting furnaces > Stirring devices; Homogenisation
4 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- C03B 5/182 by moving the molten glass along fixed elements, e.g. deflectors, weirs, baffle plates
- C03B 5/183 using thermal means, e.g. for creating convection currents
- C03B 5/187 with moving elements
- C03B 5/193 using gas, e.g. bubblers
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class C03, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- CORNING US 9,559
- SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FR 3,824
- NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS COMPANY JP 2,792
- SCHOTT DE 2,029
- AGC JP 1,938
- ASAHI GLASS COMPANY JP 1,679
- CORNING 1,650
- NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS COMPANY 1,501
- A G C 1,049
- O-I (OWENS-ILLINOIS) US 1,027