B22F 12/60
Planarisation devices
Official title: Planarisation devices; Compression devices
B22F12/60 (Planarisation devices) appears on 760 US grants and 1,155 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B22F- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 1,155
- Assignees
- 295
- Inventors
- 1,762
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2018 | 35 | 134 |
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| 2020 | 75 | 153 |
| 2021 | 104 | 124 |
| 2022 | 111 | 119 |
| 2023 | 87 | 71 |
| 2024 | 81 | 64 |
| 2025 | 64 | 64 |
| 2026 | 30 | 27 |
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
- System and method for additively manufacturing an object8 Sep 2026US 12,728,458 B2The Boeing Company
- Multi-laser system for additive manufacturing25 Aug 2026US 12,715,043 B2Prima Additive S.R.L.
- Shear thinning build material slurry11 Aug 2026US 12,703,144 B2Peridot Print LLC
- Paste deposition system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307152 A1Tritone Technologies Ltd.
- Forming a single crystal structure during additive manufacturing1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295678 A1Beehive Industries, LLC
- Manufacturing method and manufacturing apparatus for powder compact24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284744 A1Toyo Seiko Co., Ltd.
- Actuator assemblies for additive manufacturing apparatuses and methods for using the same20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241638 A1General Electric Company
- Additive manufacturing powders with improved physical characteristics, method of manufacture and use thereof13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233302 A1Tekna Plasma Systems Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Three-dimensional printing techniques723US 5,387,380 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1995
- Laminated object manufacturing apparatus and method364US 5,876,550 AHelisys, Inc. · 1999
- Apparatus and method for forming an integral object from laminations343US 4,752,352 A1988
- Method and apparatus for producing parts by selective sintering315US 5,017,753 ABoard of Regents, The University of Texas System · 1991
- Apparatus and method for producing parts with multi-directional powder delivery310US 5,252,264 ADTM Corporation · 1993