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C03B 37/025

from reheated softened tubes, rods, fibres or filaments

Introduced: January 1980

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Manufacture or treatment of flakes, fibres, or filaments from softened glass, minerals, or slags > Manufacture of glass fibres or filaments > by drawing or extruding > from reheated softened tubes, rods, fibres or filaments

CPC:

Manufacture or treatment of flakes, fibres, or filaments from softened glass, minerals, or slags > Manufacture of glass fibres or filaments > by drawing or extruding, > from reheated softened tubes, rods, fibres or filaments

Of 6 combined children, 4 exist in both systems.

2 codes are CPC-only extensions.

1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

IPC defines codes here since 1985.

Child Classifications

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  • C03B 37/0253 CPC only CPC only
  • C03B 37/0256 CPC only CPC only
  • C03B 37/026 Drawing fibres reinforced with a metal wire since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • C03B 37/028 Drawing fibre bundles, e.g. for making fibre bundles of multifibres since 1985 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • C03B 37/029 Furnaces therefor since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class C03,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. CORNING US 8,800
  2. SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FR 3,535
  3. NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS COMPANY JP 2,675
  4. NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS COMPANY 2,616
  5. AGC JP 1,911
  6. SCHOTT DE 1,846
  7. ASAHI GLASS COMPANY JP 1,632
  8. CORNING 1,556
  9. A G C 1,250
  10. SEKISUI CHEMICAL COMPANY JP 1,087

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class C03,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. CORNING US 9,559
  2. SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FR 3,824
  3. NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS COMPANY JP 2,792
  4. SCHOTT DE 2,029
  5. AGC JP 1,938
  6. ASAHI GLASS COMPANY JP 1,679
  7. CORNING 1,650
  8. NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS COMPANY 1,501
  9. A G C 1,049
  10. O-I (OWENS-ILLINOIS) US 1,027