B23K 26/009
Working by laser beam: using a non-absorbing
Official title: {using a non-absorbing, e.g. transparent, reflective or refractive, layer on the workpiece (using a mask on the workpiece B23K26/0661)}
B23K26/009 (Working by laser beam: using a non-absorbing) appears on 177 US grants and 182 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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