B23K 15/0013
Positioning or observing workpieces
Official title: {Positioning or observing workpieces, e.g. with respect to the impact; Aligning, aiming or focusing electron beams}
B23K15/0013 (Positioning or observing workpieces) appears on 173 US grants and 177 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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