B23K 15/06
Within a vacuum chamber
Official title: within a vacuum chamber (B23K15/04 takes precedence)
B23K15/06 (Within a vacuum chamber) appears on 135 US grants and 165 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
- 135
- Published applications
- 165
- Assignees
- 97
- Inventors
- 280
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2018 | 3 | 23 |
| 2019 | 11 | 11 |
| 2020 | 12 | 9 |
| 2021 | 18 | 14 |
| 2022 | 12 | 14 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11 |
| 2025 | 8 | 6 |
| 2026 | 5 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Systems and methods for ex-situ bakeout of differentially pumped vacuum chambers7 Apr 2026US 12,594,619 B2
- Methods of manufacturing of molybdenum and molybdenum-based structures by electron beam additive manufacturing, particularly structures for nuclear components10 Mar 2026US 12,569,928 B2BWXT Nuclear Energy, Inc.
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- Electron beam layer manufacturing70US 8,546,717 B2Sciaky, Inc. · 2013