B23K 26/064
By means of optical elements
Official title: by means of optical elements, e.g. lenses, mirrors or prisms
B23K26/064 (By means of optical elements) appears on 3,045 US grants and 3,542 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Assignees
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- Inventors
- 6,457
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2019 | 136 | 223 |
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| 2021 | 117 | 247 |
| 2022 | 169 | 233 |
| 2023 | 157 | 250 |
| 2024 | 168 | 220 |
| 2025 | 145 | 195 |
| 2026 | 119 | 143 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Laser machining apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,752,369 B2Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Laser processing device and laser processing method using same6 Oct 2026US 12,752,373 B2Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Laser processing machine and method of correcting spot diameter of laser processing machine6 Oct 2026US 12,752,378 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Laser processing apparatus for performing desired processing on a workpiece29 Sep 2026US 12,746,617 B2Disco Corporation
- Laser processing apparatus including a hole in a workpiece having a resin layer, laser processing method, and electronic device manufacturing method having the same29 Sep 2026US 12,746,618 B2Gigaphoton Inc.
- Laser machining system for a timepiece component and laser machining process8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307169 A1Rolex SA
- Additive manufacturing systems and related methods utilizing risley prism beam steering8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307171 A1VulcanForms Inc.
- Laser machining system for a component and laser machining process8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307175 A1Alphanov
- Single-crystal diamond microchannel without internal modified area, and manufacturing method thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307177 A1Xi' An Jiaotong University
- Systems and methods for laser processing and optical inspection1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295719 A1Orbotech Ltd.
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
- Method for controlling configuration of laser induced breakdown and ablation454US 5,656,186 AThe Regents of the University of Michigan · 1997
- 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
- Method and apparatus for high precision variable rate material removal and modification344US 6,156,030 AY-Beam Technologies, Inc. · 2000