B22F 12/40
Radiation means
B22F12/40 (Radiation means) appears on 1,793 US grants and 2,844 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B22F- Granted patents
- 1,793
- Published applications
- 2,844
- Assignees
- 680
- Inventors
- 3,725
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 2 |
| 2002 | 4 | 4 |
| 2003 | 6 | 6 |
| 2004 | 9 | 11 |
| 2005 | 3 | 8 |
| 2006 | 3 | 11 |
| 2007 | 3 | 10 |
| 2008 | 3 | 19 |
| 2009 | 4 | 11 |
| 2010 | 13 | 12 |
| 2011 | 10 | 16 |
| 2012 | 10 | 15 |
| 2013 | 12 | 26 |
| 2014 | 13 | 40 |
| 2015 | 17 | 90 |
| 2016 | 34 | 137 |
| 2017 | 58 | 228 |
| 2018 | 66 | 342 |
| 2019 | 136 | 318 |
| 2020 | 229 | 264 |
| 2021 | 227 | 319 |
| 2022 | 212 | 301 |
| 2023 | 192 | 203 |
| 2024 | 223 | 207 |
| 2025 | 169 | 159 |
| 2026 | 82 | 85 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
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
- 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.
- Methods of powder layering and componet manufacturing8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307151 A1
- 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.
- Optical system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295941 A1VulcanForms Inc.
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
- Forming structures from CAD solid models580US 6,391,251 B1Optomec Design Company · 2002
- Multiple material systems for selective beam sintering380US 4,944,817 ABoard of Regents, The University of Texas System · 1990
- Method for selective laser sintering with layerwise cross-scanning368US 5,155,324 A1992
- Laminated object manufacturing apparatus and method364US 5,876,550 AHelisys, Inc. · 1999