B23K 26/062
By direct control of the laser beam
Official title: by direct control of the laser beam
B23K26/062 (By direct control of the laser beam) appears on 2,816 US grants and 4,191 published applications in this corpus.
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| 2026 | 138 | 131 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Recent patents
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- Methods of patterning substrates8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307168 A1University of Rochester
- Laser machining system for a timepiece component and laser machining process8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307169 A1Rolex SA
- Laser machining system for a component and laser machining process8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307175 A1Alphanov
- Optical member manufacturing method, and optical member manufacturing system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307176 A1Hoya Lens Thailand Ltd.
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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
- Method for controlling configuration of laser induced breakdown and ablation454US 5,656,186 AThe Regents of the University of Michigan · 1997
- Ophthalmic surgical laser and method397US 5,984,916 A1999
- Method and apparatus for high precision variable rate material removal and modification344US 6,156,030 AY-Beam Technologies, Inc. · 2000
- Fiber-optic beam delivery system for wafer edge processing343US 8,415,587 B2UVTech Systems, Inc. · 2013