DIFF Subgroup
C03B 23/023 by bending
Introduced: January 1980
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
IPC:
Re-forming shaped glass > Re-forming glass sheets > by bending
CPC:
Re-forming shaped glass (re-forming fibres or filaments C03B37/14) > Re-forming glass sheets > by bending
Of 4 combined children, 3 exist in both systems.
1 codes are CPC-only extensions.
IPC defines codes here since 1980.
Child Classifications
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- C03B 23/03 by press-bending between shaping moulds since 1980 +3 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- C03B 23/035 using a gas cushion or by changing gas pressure, e.g. by applying vacuum since 1980 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class C03,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- CORNING US 8,800
- SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FR 3,535
- NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS COMPANY JP 2,675
- NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS COMPANY 2,616
- AGC JP 1,911
- SCHOTT DE 1,846
- ASAHI GLASS COMPANY JP 1,632
- CORNING 1,556
- A G C 1,250
- SEKISUI CHEMICAL COMPANY JP 1,087
Top Applicants (CPC)
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