B23K 11/318
Supporting devices for electrode holders
Official title: {Supporting devices for electrode holders}
B23K11/318 (Supporting devices for electrode holders) appears on 85 US grants and 45 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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