DIFF Main Group
C03B 37/00 Manufacture or treatment of flakes, fibres, or filaments from softened glass, minerals, or slags
Introduced: September 1968
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 6 subcodes exist in both systems.
4 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- C03B 37/01 Manufacture of glass fibres or filaments since 1980 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- C03B 37/07 Controlling or regulating ( ; controlling or regulating in general G05) since 1980 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- C03B 37/075 Manufacture of fibres or filaments consisting of different sorts of glass or characterised by shape, e.g. undulated fibres (C03B37/022, C03B37/027, C03B37/028 take precedence; light guides G02B6/00) since 1980 +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- C03B 37/10 Non-chemical treatment (surface treatment of fibres or filaments made from glass, minerals or slags C03C25/00) 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