B23K 26/03
Observing
Official title: Observing, e.g. monitoring, the workpiece
B23K26/03 (Observing) appears on 2,373 US grants and 3,238 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
- 2,373
- Published applications
- 3,238
- Assignees
- 1,189
- Inventors
- 6,117
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2003 | 33 | 36 |
| 2004 | 37 | 57 |
| 2005 | 25 | 77 |
| 2006 | 41 | 89 |
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| 2019 | 137 | 218 |
| 2020 | 160 | 205 |
| 2021 | 142 | 249 |
| 2022 | 155 | 242 |
| 2023 | 144 | 250 |
| 2024 | 168 | 251 |
| 2025 | 170 | 217 |
| 2026 | 118 | 155 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Laser welding monitoring device and laser welding monitoring method6 Oct 2026US 12,752,368 B2Amada Company, Limited
- Laser machining apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,752,369 B2Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Processing apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,752,375 B2Disco Corporation
- Laser processing apparatus for performing desired processing on a workpiece29 Sep 2026US 12,746,617 B2Disco Corporation
- Laser beam machine29 Sep 2026US 12,746,623 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Laser processing method, laser processing device, and processing result estimation method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307167 A1Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
- Preview method and device for laser processing, laser processing system, and storage medium1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295718 A1Makeblock Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods for laser processing and optical inspection1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295719 A1Orbotech Ltd.
- Laser device and method for processing at least one workpiece by means of at least one laser beam1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295722 A1TRUMPF Laser- und Systemtechnik GmbH
- Two-dimensional monitoring system and method for laser processing process based on trajectory compensation mechanism1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295723 A1Xi' An Jiaotong University
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ultrashort pulse high repetition rate laser system for biological tissue processing480US 5,720,894 AThe Regents of the University of California · 1998
- Formation of heteroepitaxial layers with rapid thermal processing to remove lattice dislocations469US 9,929,011 B2Ultratech, Inc. · 2018
- Laser endoscope for spectroscopic imaging418US 5,318,024 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1994
- Spectral diagonostic and treatment system393US 5,304,173 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1994
- Catheter for laser angiosurgery389US 5,693,043 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1997