DIFF Main Group
C03B 27/00 Tempering glass products
Introduced: September 1968
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 6 subcodes exist in both systems.
1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
IPC defines codes here since 1980.
Child Classifications
Navigate with arrow keys, Enter to open
- C03B 27/004 by bringing the hot glass product in contact with a solid cooling surface, e.g. sand grains since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- C03B 27/008 by using heat of sublimation of solid particles since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- C03B 27/012 by heat treatment, e.g. for crystallisation; Heat treatment of glass products before tempering by cooling (C03B27/008, C03B27/016 take precedence) since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- C03B 27/016 by absorbing heat radiated from the glass product since 1990 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