Skip to content
Search Classifications
Search for IPC and CPC classification codes or keywords
IPC Subgroup
C03B 23/04

Re-forming tubes or rods

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

Re-forming shaped glass > Re-forming tubes or rods

Classification Context

Section:
CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
Class:
GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
Subclass:
MANUFACTURE OR SHAPING OF GLASS, OR OF MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL; SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES IN THE MANUFACTURE OR SHAPING OF GLASS, OR OF MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL

14 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

Navigate with arrow keys, Enter to open

  • C03B 23/043 Heating devices specially adapted for re-forming tubes or rods in general, e.g. burners
  • C03B 23/045 Tools or apparatus specially adapted for re-forming tubes or rods in general, e.g. glass lathes, chucks
  • C03B 23/047 by drawing
  • C03B 23/049 by pressing
  • C03B 23/051 by gravity, e.g. sagging
  • C03B 23/053 by centrifuging
  • C03B 23/055 by rolling
  • C03B 23/057 by fusing, e.g. for flame sealing
  • C03B 23/06 by bending
  • C03B 23/07 by blowing, e.g. for making electric bulbs
  • C03B 23/08 to exact dimensions, e.g. calibrating
  • C03B 23/09 Reshaping the ends, e.g. as grooves, threads or mouths
  • C03B 23/11 Reshaping by drawing without blowing, in combination with separating, e.g. for making ampoules
  • C03B 23/13 Reshaping combined with uniting or heat sealing, e.g. making vacuum bottles

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor 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