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IPC Subgroup
C03B 37/023

Fibres composed of different sorts of glass, e.g. fibre optics

Introduced: January 1985

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

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 molten glass in which the resultant product consists of different sorts of glass or is characterised by shape, e.g. hollow fibres > Fibres composed of different sorts of glass, e.g. fibre optics

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

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