B23K 26/0665
By beam condensation on the workpiece
Official title: {by beam condensation on the workpiece, e.g. for focusing}
B23K26/0665 (By beam condensation on the workpiece) appears on 816 US grants and 799 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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