B23K 20/004
Wire welding
Official title: {Wire welding}
B23K20/004 (Wire welding) appears on 1,075 US grants and 786 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 786
- Assignees
- 309
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- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 29 | 17 |
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| 2026 | 14 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Wire bonding systems, wire replacement systems, and related methods15 Sep 2026US 12,734,601 B2Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.
- Wire bonding apparatus and control method8 Sep 2026US 12,728,478 B2Kioxia Corporation
- Wire guides, wire bonding systems, and related methods1 Sep 2026US 12,727,503 B2Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.
- Resonance device with anti-diffusion layer and resonance device manufacturing method25 Aug 2026US 12,719,443 B2Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Ultrasonic transducer operable at multiple resonant frequencies11 Aug 2026US 12,703,041 B2Asmpt Singapore Pte. Ltd.
- Methods of cutting a wire on a wire bonding system, and related cutting blades and wire bonding systems10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264165 A1Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.
- Pneumatic wire threading device and method27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249381 A1Asmpt Singapore Pte. Ltd.
- Pneumatic wire threading device and method27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249403 A1Asmpt Singapore Pte. Ltd.
- Wire feed system for wire bonding solar cells30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216814 A1Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd.
- Wire guides, wire bonding systems, and related methods4 Jun 2026US 2026/0157211 A1Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.
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