B23K 26/16
Removal of by-products
Official title: Removal of by-products, e.g. particles or vapours produced during treatment of a workpiece (by a fluid stream B23K26/142)
B23K26/16 (Removal of by-products) appears on 513 US grants and 699 published applications in this corpus.
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