DIFF Subgroup
C03B 5/16 Special features of the melting process; Auxiliary means specially adapted for glass-melting furnaces
Introduced: September 1968
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
Of 12 combined children, 11 exist in both systems.
1 codes are CPC-only extensions.
6 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- C03B 5/167 Means for preventing damage to equipment, e.g. by molten glass, hot gases, batches (C03B5/20, C03B5/42 take precedence) since 1990 +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- C03B 5/173 Apparatus for changing the composition of the molten glass in glass furnaces, e.g. for colouring the molten glass (chemical aspects C03C) since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- C03B 5/20 Bridges, shoes, throats, or other devices for withholding dirt, foam, or batch +3 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- C03B 5/23 Cooling the molten glass (C03B5/18, C03B5/225 take precedence) since 1980 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- C03B 5/235 Heating the glass (C03B5/02, C03B5/18, C03B5/225 take precedence) since 1980 +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- C03B 5/42 Details of construction of furnace walls, e.g. to prevent corrosion; Use of materials for furnace walls since 1980 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