B08B 7/0042
By laser
Official title: {by laser}
B08B7/0042 (By laser) appears on 364 US grants and 416 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B08B- Granted patents
- 364
- Published applications
- 416
- Assignees
- 279
- Inventors
- 1,041
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 1999 | 13 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 6 |
| 2002 | 14 | 13 |
| 2003 | 12 | 9 |
| 2004 | 12 | 18 |
| 2005 | 10 | 18 |
| 2006 | 3 | 21 |
| 2007 | 3 | 7 |
| 2008 | 2 | 11 |
| 2009 | 5 | 15 |
| 2010 | 3 | 13 |
| 2011 | 6 | 13 |
| 2012 | 12 | 11 |
| 2013 | 8 | 9 |
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| 2017 | 7 | 18 |
| 2018 | 13 | 26 |
| 2019 | 13 | 23 |
| 2020 | 23 | 18 |
| 2021 | 18 | 24 |
| 2022 | 13 | 16 |
| 2023 | 14 | 24 |
| 2024 | 14 | 20 |
| 2025 | 16 | 27 |
| 2026 | 13 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- IoT enabled laser-based pointed cleaning of solar panel4 Aug 2026US 12,700,826 B2International Business Machines Corporation
- Test base cleaning line and method thereof21 Jul 2026US 12,686,039 B2Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
- Laser cleaning system30 Jun 2026US 12,667,868 B2Automation Innovation Pty Ltd
- Automated pre-weld tube cleaning using laser ablation30 Jun 2026US 12,667,869 B2Lockheed Martin Corporation
- Method of removing contaminants from a diffusion-coated component23 Jun 2026US 12,661,696 B2General Electric Company
- Test base cleaning line and method thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307115 A1Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
- Transportable Cleaning Device for Cleaning Marking Elements and Cleaning Method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297874 A1Glatt GmbH
- Laser ablation decontamination system and method of using same1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301983 A1
- Laser cleaning battery components24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284716 A1Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
- Pulsed laser cleaning of debris accumulated on glass articles in vehicles and photovoltaic assemblies3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257648 A1Tesla, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method for integrating low-k dielectrics469US 9,017,933 B2Tokyo Electron Limited · 2015
- Method and apparatus for cleaning by-products from plasma chamber surfaces319US 5,756,400 AAPPLIED Materials.Inc. · 1998
- Plasma treatment apparatus and method220US 5,753,886 ASeiko Epson Corporation · 1998
- Apparatus and method for cleaning of semiconductor process chamber surfaces184US 5,788,799 AAPPLIED Materials.Inc. · 1998
- Photoreactive surface processing160US 5,669,979 AUVTech Systems, Inc. · 1997