B22F 12/00
Apparatus or devices specially adapted for additive manufacturing
Official title: Apparatus or devices specially adapted for additive manufacturing; Auxiliary means for additive manufacturing; Combinations of additive manufacturing apparatus or devices with other processing apparatus or devices
B22F12/00 (Apparatus or devices specially adapted for additive manufacturing) appears on 4,402 US grants and 7,187 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B22F- Granted patents
- 4,402
- Published applications
- 7,187
- Assignees
- 1,364
- Inventors
- 8,768
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 9 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 13 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 2 |
| 2002 | 10 | 10 |
| 2003 | 12 | 11 |
| 2004 | 15 | 44 |
| 2005 | 6 | 14 |
| 2006 | 21 | 27 |
| 2007 | 22 | 31 |
| 2008 | 15 | 38 |
| 2009 | 12 | 26 |
| 2010 | 34 | 38 |
| 2011 | 25 | 35 |
| 2012 | 20 | 36 |
| 2013 | 25 | 51 |
| 2014 | 25 | 86 |
| 2015 | 37 | 175 |
| 2016 | 68 | 270 |
| 2017 | 118 | 499 |
| 2018 | 149 | 666 |
| 2019 | 292 | 754 |
| 2020 | 463 | 716 |
| 2021 | 528 | 843 |
| 2022 | 554 | 826 |
| 2023 | 557 | 669 |
| 2024 | 593 | 577 |
| 2025 | 466 | 475 |
| 2026 | 247 | 268 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B22F 12/40Radiation means1,793
- B22F 12/50Means for feeding of material1,773
- B22F 12/90Means for process control1,562
- B22F 12/60Planarisation devices760
- B22F 12/30Platforms or substrates726
- B22F 12/22Driving means723
- B22F 12/10Auxiliary heating means701
- B22F 12/70Gas flow means611
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Recent patents
- Device for the generative manufacturing of components, in particular by means of selective melting or sintering6 Oct 2026US 12,752,343 B2Kurtz GmbH
- Lifting apparatus for a support device of an installation for additively manufacturing a three-dimensional workpiece6 Oct 2026US 12,752,485 B2Nikon SLM Solutions AG
- Modular metal 3-D printer build plate6 Oct 2026US 12,752,486 B2Relativity Space, Inc.
- Attachment mechanisms for modular build platforms6 Oct 2026US 12,752,487 B2Align Technology, Inc.
- Chemical vapor deposition during additive manufacturing6 Oct 2026US 12,753,509 B2General Electric Company
- Methods of powder layering and componet manufacturing8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307151 A1
- Paste deposition system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307152 A1Tritone Technologies Ltd.
- Additive manufacturing systems and related methods utilizing risley prism beam steering8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307171 A1VulcanForms Inc.
- Forming a single crystal structure during additive manufacturing1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295678 A1Beehive Industries, LLC
- Additive manufacturing apparatus, method for controlling additive manufacturing apparatus, and control program for controlling additive manufacturing apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295680 A1Dmg Mori Co., Ltd.
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
- Three-dimensional printing techniques723US 5,387,380 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1995
- Fabricating multi-part assemblies597US 9,815,118 B1Desktop Metal, Inc. · 2017
- Forming structures from CAD solid models580US 6,391,251 B1Optomec Design Company · 2002