What Did The Patent Landscape of Glencore Look Like?

Glencore is a global commodity trading and mining company established in 1974 by Marc Rich in Switzerland. The company is involved in producing and trading a wide range of commodities, including metals, minerals, energy, and agricultural products. The company is one of the world’s largest producers and traders of commodities, and its operations span the entire commodity value chain, from exploration and production to marketing and distribution.

Glencore has a total of 787 patents globally. Out of 787 patents, 203 patents are active.

Have a look at some of the most well-known patents held by Glencore that we have covered in this article. You can also get information on Glencore’s patents, the global patent filing activity country-wise, its historical patent filing trends, and many more statistics regarding Glencore’s patent portfolio.

What Did The Patent Landscape Of Glencore Look Like?

This chart shows the number of applications filed and the number of grants from these applications. Grant rate is a good indicator to identify successful applications and the graph helps to understand the progress in the technology area.

Detailed Patent Portfolio Of Glencore

Publication Type	Simple Legal Status	Legal State	Count of Publications
APPLICATION	DEAD	ABANDONED	98
		EXPIRED	80
		NON-PAYMENT	24
		WITHDRAWN	18
		LAPSED	15
		CEASED	14
		REJECTED	5
		DISCONTINUATION	4
		REVOKED	4
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	90
	PENDING	PUBLISHED	51
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	31
PATENT	DEAD	EXPIRED	180
		NON-PAYMENT	23
		CEASED	22
		ABANDONED	9
		REVOKED	4
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	103
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	12

Technology Domain-wise Patent Trend in Glencore

The chart above distributes patents filed till 2021 in Glencore on the basis of the technology protected in patents. This helps to understand the most frequently used concepts and the key focus areas in the technology space.

Top Publications In The Domain With Their Forward Citation Frequency

The table below depicts the patents with most number of forward citations. These patents are likely to be the source of advancement in the domain and can be considered as valuable and core inventions.

Publication Number	Year Wise Break Down					Count of Citing Patents
Publication Number	< 2006	2006-2010	2011-2015	2016-2020	>2020	Count of Citing Patents
US-5795466-A	1	14	38	0	0	53
US-6004069-A	6	8	6	5	7	32
US-3880653-A	18	3	4	2	0	27
US-4952329-A	3	5	10	7	0	25
US-4114954-A	4	7	4	8	0	23
US-4155821-A	11	2	7	2	0	22
US-3642441-A	4	1	4	11	2	22
US-3085054-A	14	4	1	2	0	21
JP-S63259033-A	1	1	2	10	6	20
US-3466021-A	15	3	1	1	0	20

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IPC Classification Wise Patent Trend In Glencore

The table below represents the top 10 market domains according to their IPC classification where inventors believed it was critical to safeguard certain technical inventions.

IPC Classification	Number of Applications	Number of Granted	% Granted
PRODUCTION OR REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS (C22B)	219	145	66
PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC PRODUCTION, RECOVERY OR REFINING OF METALS; APPARATUS THEREFOR (C25C)	120	79	66
COMPOUNDS CONTAINING METALS NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES OR C01D, C01F (C01G)	54	43	80
SEPARATION (B01D)	38	23	61
DETAILS OR ACCESSORIES OF FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS, IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE OF KINDS OCCURRING IN MORE THAN ONE KIND OF FURNACE (F27D)	34	19	56
FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS IN GENERAL; OPEN SINTERING OR LIKE APPARATUS (F27B)	32	19	59
CRUSHING, PULVERISING, OR DISINTEGRATING IN GENERAL; MILLING GRAIN (B02C)	21	18	86
MANUFACTURE OF IRON OR STEEL (C21B)	27	15	56
ALLOYS (C22C)	22	16	73
PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PRODUCTION OF COATINGS; ELECTROFORMING; JOINING WORKPIECES BY ELECTROLYSIS; APPARATUS THEREFOR (C25D)	20	11	55

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