B22F 10/20
Direct sintering or melting
B22F10/20 (Direct sintering or melting) appears on 5,710 US grants and 9,296 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B22F- Granted patents
- 5,710
- Published applications
- 9,296
- Assignees
- 1,863
- Inventors
- 12,309
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 10 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 14 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 4 |
| 2002 | 9 | 14 |
| 2003 | 14 | 11 |
| 2004 | 12 | 27 |
| 2005 | 7 | 16 |
| 2006 | 18 | 25 |
| 2007 | 8 | 34 |
| 2008 | 9 | 42 |
| 2009 | 13 | 42 |
| 2010 | 30 | 44 |
| 2011 | 20 | 45 |
| 2012 | 29 | 49 |
| 2013 | 36 | 84 |
| 2014 | 34 | 127 |
| 2015 | 65 | 272 |
| 2016 | 108 | 462 |
| 2017 | 177 | 724 |
| 2018 | 244 | 838 |
| 2019 | 450 | 939 |
| 2020 | 631 | 939 |
| 2021 | 696 | 983 |
| 2022 | 676 | 984 |
| 2023 | 714 | 820 |
| 2024 | 711 | 795 |
| 2025 | 612 | 590 |
| 2026 | 299 | 386 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Composite powder with iron based particles coated with graphene material6 Oct 2026US 12,752,342 B2GraphMaTech AB
- Chemical vapor deposition during additive manufacturing6 Oct 2026US 12,753,509 B2General Electric Company
- Functionally homogenized intensity distribution for additive manufacturing or other industrial laser processing applications29 Sep 2026US 12,746,599 B2nLIGHT, Inc.
- System and method for manufacturing assembly units as well as use of the system29 Sep 2026US 12,746,600 B2Robert Bosch GmbH
- Exchangeable beam entry window for am system29 Sep 2026US 12,746,601 B2Divergent Technologies, Inc.
- Systems and methods for orthodontic bracket design8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306219 A1LightForce Orthodontics, Inc.
- Method of laser-based additive manufacturing with pulse scan patterns for magnesium and its alloys8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307150 A1Osseolabs Company Limited
- Methods of powder layering and componet manufacturing8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307151 A1
- System and process for wire-based omni-directional plasma arc directed energy deposition of metals8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307166 A1Augustine Technologies LLC
- Additive manufacturing systems and related methods utilizing risley prism beam steering8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307171 A1VulcanForms Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Three-dimensional printing techniques1,084US 5,204,055 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1993
- Method and apparatus for producing parts by selective sintering887US 4,863,538 ABoard of Regents, The University of Texas System · 1989
- Fabricating multi-part assemblies597US 9,815,118 B1Desktop Metal, Inc. · 2017
- Forming structures from CAD solid models580US 6,391,251 B1Optomec Design Company · 2002
- Direct-manufactured duct interconnects477US 7,623,940 B2The Boeing Company · 2009