B23K 10/00
Welding or cutting by means of a plasma
B23K10/00 (Welding or cutting by means of a plasma) appears on 1,366 US grants and 1,406 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
- 1,366
- Published applications
- 1,406
- Assignees
- 622
- Inventors
- 2,563
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 16 | 0 |
| 1978 | 14 | 0 |
| 1979 | 15 | 0 |
| 1980 | 9 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | 9 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 10 | 0 |
| 1992 | 12 | 0 |
| 1993 | 21 | 0 |
| 1994 | 15 | 0 |
| 1995 | 14 | 0 |
| 1996 | 10 | 0 |
| 1997 | 15 | 0 |
| 1998 | 32 | 0 |
| 1999 | 22 | 0 |
| 2000 | 25 | 0 |
| 2001 | 33 | 12 |
| 2002 | 28 | 14 |
| 2003 | 15 | 23 |
| 2004 | 25 | 29 |
| 2005 | 24 | 41 |
| 2006 | 27 | 35 |
| 2007 | 9 | 24 |
| 2008 | 15 | 28 |
| 2009 | 9 | 45 |
| 2010 | 17 | 48 |
| 2011 | 10 | 32 |
| 2012 | 27 | 50 |
| 2013 | 58 | 71 |
| 2014 | 50 | 79 |
| 2015 | 46 | 96 |
| 2016 | 77 | 102 |
| 2017 | 75 | 112 |
| 2018 | 51 | 102 |
| 2019 | 102 | 83 |
| 2020 | 93 | 84 |
| 2021 | 51 | 82 |
| 2022 | 56 | 44 |
| 2023 | 47 | 52 |
| 2024 | 50 | 45 |
| 2025 | 48 | 40 |
| 2026 | 21 | 33 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Conductance based control system for additive manufacturing6 Oct 2026US 12,752,374 B2Procada AB
- Distortion mitigation in directed energy deposition25 Aug 2026US 12,715,042 B2Norsk Titanium AS
- Sealing glass ampules using electricity generated plasma arc28 Jul 2026US 12,692,183 B2
- Method for the thermal processing of a workpiece with a thermal processing machine7 Jul 2026US 12,673,381 B2Messer Cutting Systems GmbH
- Additive manufacturing systems and methods for top and side compression of material during material deposition16 Jun 2026US 12,654,393 B2GE Avio S. r. l.
- System and process for wire-based omni-directional plasma arc directed energy deposition of metals8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307166 A1Augustine Technologies LLC
- Plasma systems and methods for generation and use of high-intensity light1 Oct 2026US 2026/0304589 A1University of Maryland, College Park
- Wire made of an aluminum-based alloy for additive manufacturing, use thereof and process for producing an object by additive manufacturing27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249401 A1Lkr Leichtmetallkompetenzzentrum Ranshofen GmbH
- Process for manufacturing an aluminium alloy part20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242898 A1C-TEC Constellium Technology Center
- Primed pneumatic control of process gas regulator6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227809 A1The ESAB Group, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Modular, stackable plasma cutting apparatus294US 5,189,277 AThermal Dynamics Corporation · 1993
- Apparatuses, systems and methods for three-dimensional printing262US 9,254,535 B2Velo3D, Inc. · 2016
- Laser-plasma arc metal cutting apparatus232US 5,635,086 AThe ESAB Group, Inc. · 1997
- Apparatuses, systems and methods for three-dimensional printing197US 9,346,127 B2Velo3D, Inc. · 2016
- Apparatuses, systems and methods for three-dimensional printing187US 9,573,193 B2Velo3D, Inc. · 2017