B22F 10/28
Powder bed fusion
Official title: Powder bed fusion, e.g. selective laser melting [SLM] or electron beam melting [EBM]
B22F10/28 (Powder bed fusion) appears on 4,407 US grants and 7,219 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B22F- Granted patents
- 4,407
- Published applications
- 7,219
- Assignees
- 1,419
- Inventors
- 9,563
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2 | 12 |
| 2003 | 10 | 9 |
| 2004 | 8 | 15 |
| 2005 | 5 | 11 |
| 2006 | 6 | 15 |
| 2007 | 8 | 25 |
| 2008 | 7 | 32 |
| 2009 | 10 | 33 |
| 2010 | 22 | 41 |
| 2011 | 18 | 36 |
| 2012 | 26 | 39 |
| 2013 | 28 | 71 |
| 2014 | 25 | 108 |
| 2015 | 57 | 225 |
| 2016 | 88 | 387 |
| 2017 | 150 | 569 |
| 2018 | 202 | 708 |
| 2019 | 368 | 764 |
| 2020 | 506 | 723 |
| 2021 | 558 | 749 |
| 2022 | 523 | 740 |
| 2023 | 521 | 573 |
| 2024 | 517 | 579 |
| 2025 | 464 | 453 |
| 2026 | 227 | 300 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Direct-manufactured duct interconnects477US 7,623,940 B2The Boeing Company · 2009
- Orthopedic implant398US 6,520,996 B1Depuy Acromed, Inc. · 2003
- Multiple material systems for selective beam sintering380US 4,944,817 ABoard of Regents, The University of Texas System · 1990