IPC Subgroup
C03C 10/04 Silicate or polysilicate crystalline phase, e.g. mullite, diopside, sphene, plagioclase
Introduced: January 1985
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
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 > Silicate or polysilicate crystalline phase, e.g. mullite, diopside, sphene, plagioclase
Classification Context
- Section:
- CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- Class:
- GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
- Subclass:
- 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
2 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- C03C 10/06 Divalent metal oxide aluminosilicate crystalline phase, e.g. anorthite, slagcerams
- C03C 10/1 Alkali metal aluminosilicate crystalline phase
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor 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