C03C CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF GLASSES, GLAZES OR VITREOUS ENAMELS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF GLASS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF FIBRES OR FILAMENTS MADE FROM GLASS, MINERALS OR SLAGS; JOINING GLASS TO GLASS OR OTHER MATERIALS
Introduced: September 1968
Description
C03C covers the chemical composition, formulation, and treatment of glasses, glazes, and vitreous enamels, including the specification of raw materials and additives that impart desired optical, thermal, or chemical properties. It also encompasses surface modification techniques applied to glass products and glass-derived fibres or filaments, such as coating, strengthening, or chemical treatments. Additionally, this subclass addresses methods and materials for joining glass to glass or to other substrates through adhesive, thermal, or mechanical bonding processes. Related fibre and filament production itself is classified elsewhere under C03B.
Additional Content IPC
Glossary
Glass amorphous structure Glass batch raw materials of the glass before melting Glass composition Glass compositions materials forming the glass after melting Ceramic ceramics monocrystalline or polycrystalline material Glass-ceramics Glass which containing microcrystals obtained after a special thermal treatment (crystalline phase constituting at least 50% by weight of the total composition Glaze glazes Thin vitrified layer on a ceramic Enamel enamels Thin vitrified layer on a metal or a glass Slag slags Partially vitrified by-product obtained when making metal
Limiting references
Cleaning by methods or apparatus specially adapted for plate glass Grinding or polishing glass Abrasive blasting (e.g. sand-blasting) of glass Layered product essentially comprising sheet glass or fibres of glass, slag or the like Wired glass Fusing pieces of glass without substantial reshaping Manufacture of fibres or filaments from softened glass, minerals, or slags Joining glass to ceramic Cold glazes for ceramics Chemical treatment of glass fabrics
Of 28 combined children, 17 exist in both systems.
10 codes are CPC-only extensions, 1 exist only in IPC.
Note: 10 CPC extensions are marked as secondary classification only.
9 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- C03C 1/00 Ingredients generally applicable to manufacture of glasses, glazes, or vitreous enamels +3 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- C03C 10/00 Devitrified glass ceramics, i.e. glass ceramics having a crystalline phase dispersed in a glassy phase and constituting at least 50% by weight of the total composition since 1985 +8 CPC −3 IPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- C03C 12/00 Powdered glass (C03C8/02 takes precedence); Bead compositions IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- C03C 13/00 Fibre or filament compositions (manufacture of fibres or filaments C03B37/00) +5 CPC −1 IPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- C03C 14/00 Glass compositions containing a non-glass component, e.g. compositions containing fibres, filaments, whiskers, platelets, or the like, dispersed in a glass matrix (devitrified glass ceramics C03C10/00) since 1974 +4 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- C03C 15/00 Surface treatment of glass, not in the form of fibres or filaments, by etching (etching or surface-brightening compositions, in general C09K13/00) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- C03C 17/00 Surface treatment of glass, not in the form of fibres or filaments, by coating (optical coatings of optical elements G02B1/10) +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- C03C 19/00 Surface treatment of glass, not in the form of fibres or filaments, by mechanical means (sand-blasting, grinding, or polishing glass B24) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- C03C 21/00 Treatment of glass, not in the form of fibres or filaments, by diffusing ions or metals in the surface +3 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- C03C 2205/00 Compositions applicable for the manufacture of vitreous enamels or glazes 2nd only +3 CPC CPC only CPC only
- C03C 2207/00 Compositions specially applicable for the manufacture of vitreous enamels 2nd only +5 CPC CPC only CPC only
- C03C 2209/00 Compositions specially applicable for the manufacture of vitreous glazes 2nd only +1 CPC CPC only CPC only
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