B23K 26/073
Shaping the laser spot
B23K26/073 (Shaping the laser spot) appears on 1,349 US grants and 1,615 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Functionally homogenized intensity distribution for additive manufacturing or other industrial laser processing applications29 Sep 2026US 12,746,599 B2nLIGHT, Inc.
- Single-beam double-physical-effect coordinating and distributing method applicable to uniform laser shock and application thereof29 Sep 2026US 12,746,620 B2Shandong University
- Method for machining tool29 Sep 2026US 12,746,621 B2Sintokogio, Ltd.
- Bessel beam generating apparatus and method thereof25 Aug 2026US 12,715,066 B2Industrial Technology Research Institute
- Manufacturing method of tailored blank and manufacturing method of automobile part18 Aug 2026US 12,708,960 B2Futaba Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Laser machining system for a component and laser machining process8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307175 A1Alphanov
- Laser processing apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295720 A1Tamron Col, 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
- Method of cleaning a battery plate lug1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295732 A1Tbs Engineering Limited
- Methods of reproducibly determining a beam size parameter of a laser beam utilizing a calibration standard and additive manufacturing systems that perform the methods24 Sep 2026US 2026/0291164 A1The Boeing Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for direct laser cutting of metal stents552US 5,780,807 AAdvanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. · 1998
- Copper conductor annealing process employing high speed optical annealing with a low temperature-deposited optical absorber layer534US 7,335,611 B2APPLIED Materials.Inc. · 2008
- Formation of heteroepitaxial layers with rapid thermal processing to remove lattice dislocations469US 9,929,011 B2Ultratech, Inc. · 2018
- Method and apparatus for direct laser cutting of metal stents361US 5,759,192 AAdvanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. · 1998
- Method and apparatus for laser surgery328US 5,112,328 ARefractive Laser Research & Development Program, Ltd. · 1992