Working of metal by the action of a high concentration of electric
Official title: WORKING OF METAL BY THE ACTION OF A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF ELECTRIC CURRENT ON A WORKPIECE USING AN ELECTRODE WHICH TAKES THE PLACE OF A TOOL; SUCH WORKING COMBINED WITH OTHER FORMS OF WORKING OF METAL (processes for the electrolytic or electrophoretic production of coatings, electroforming, or apparatus therefor C25D; processes for the electrolytic removal of material from objects C25F; manufacturing printed circuits using precipitation techniques to apply the conductive material to form the desired conductive pattern H05K3/18)
B23H (Working of metal by the action of a high concentration of electric) appears on 3,567 US grants and 2,364 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23H- Granted patents
- 3,567
- Published applications
- 2,364
- Assignees
- 1,041
- Inventors
- 5,037
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 38 | 0 |
| 1977 | 47 | 0 |
| 1978 | 37 | 0 |
| 1979 | 33 | 0 |
| 1980 | 43 | 0 |
| 1981 | 45 | 0 |
| 1982 | 58 | 0 |
| 1983 | 69 | 0 |
| 1984 | 84 | 0 |
| 1985 | 78 | 0 |
| 1986 | 66 | 0 |
| 1987 | 99 | 0 |
| 1988 | 93 | 0 |
| 1989 | 89 | 0 |
| 1990 | 64 | 0 |
| 1991 | 128 | 0 |
| 1992 | 83 | 0 |
| 1993 | 77 | 0 |
| 1994 | 74 | 0 |
| 1995 | 61 | 0 |
| 1996 | 49 | 0 |
| 1997 | 40 | 0 |
| 1998 | 72 | 0 |
| 1999 | 84 | 0 |
| 2000 | 49 | 0 |
| 2001 | 90 | 31 |
| 2002 | 91 | 82 |
| 2003 | 91 | 97 |
| 2004 | 114 | 131 |
| 2005 | 79 | 126 |
| 2006 | 84 | 113 |
| 2007 | 71 | 122 |
| 2008 | 45 | 96 |
| 2009 | 53 | 87 |
| 2010 | 55 | 90 |
| 2011 | 56 | 71 |
| 2012 | 71 | 73 |
| 2013 | 53 | 109 |
| 2014 | 73 | 91 |
| 2015 | 73 | 134 |
| 2016 | 89 | 121 |
| 2017 | 79 | 109 |
| 2018 | 92 | 105 |
| 2019 | 114 | 113 |
| 2020 | 90 | 84 |
| 2021 | 71 | 81 |
| 2022 | 84 | 62 |
| 2023 | 57 | 85 |
| 2024 | 45 | 64 |
| 2025 | 55 | 47 |
| 2026 | 32 | 40 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Main groups
- B23H 7/00Processes or apparatus applicable to both electrical discharge machining and electrochemical machining1,888
- B23H 9/00Machining specially adapted for treating particular metal objects or for obtaining special1,140
- B23H 1/00Electrical discharge machining, i.e. removing metal with a series of rapidly recurring1,077
- B23H 3/00Electrochemical machining, i.e. removing metal by passing current between an electrode and447
- B23H 5/00Combined machining349
- B23H 11/00Auxiliary apparatus or details, not otherwise provided for313
- B23H 2300/00Power source circuits or energizationIndexing code153
- B23H 2200/00Specific machining processes or workpiecesIndexing code104
Recent patents
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- Control device, electrodischarge machining apparatus, and control method24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284763 A1Fanuc Corporation
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Most cited
- Self-retaining anchor track and method of making and using same386US 6,149,653 A2000
- Method and apparatus for electro-chemical mechanical deposition328US 6,176,992 B1Nutool, Inc. · 2001
- Curved bore drilling apparatus266US 5,002,546 A1991
- Electrochemical metal removal technique for planarization of surfaces255US 5,567,300 AIBM Corporation · 1996
- Heterogeneous composite bodies with isolated cermet regions formed by high temperature, rapid consolidation253US 9,943,918 B2Powdermet, Inc. · 2018