B23K 26/20
Bonding
Official title: Bonding (soldering by means of radiant energy B23K1/005)
B23K26/20 (Bonding) appears on 3,789 US grants and 5,090 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
- 3,789
- Published applications
- 5,090
- Assignees
- 1,897
- Inventors
- 9,964
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 15 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 10 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 16 | 0 |
| 1986 | 14 | 0 |
| 1987 | 27 | 0 |
| 1988 | 32 | 0 |
| 1989 | 38 | 0 |
| 1990 | 22 | 0 |
| 1991 | 26 | 0 |
| 1992 | 30 | 0 |
| 1993 | 46 | 0 |
| 1994 | 25 | 0 |
| 1995 | 31 | 0 |
| 1996 | 23 | 0 |
| 1997 | 37 | 0 |
| 1998 | 31 | 0 |
| 1999 | 47 | 0 |
| 2000 | 50 | 0 |
| 2001 | 42 | 19 |
| 2002 | 53 | 66 |
| 2003 | 59 | 66 |
| 2004 | 56 | 97 |
| 2005 | 48 | 111 |
| 2006 | 65 | 100 |
| 2007 | 32 | 85 |
| 2008 | 33 | 95 |
| 2009 | 33 | 123 |
| 2010 | 54 | 136 |
| 2011 | 66 | 150 |
| 2012 | 82 | 150 |
| 2013 | 100 | 215 |
| 2014 | 145 | 225 |
| 2015 | 148 | 259 |
| 2016 | 168 | 262 |
| 2017 | 204 | 238 |
| 2018 | 153 | 281 |
| 2019 | 227 | 320 |
| 2020 | 257 | 292 |
| 2021 | 222 | 289 |
| 2022 | 222 | 311 |
| 2023 | 182 | 311 |
| 2024 | 205 | 363 |
| 2025 | 216 | 300 |
| 2026 | 160 | 226 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Laser welding monitoring device and laser welding monitoring method6 Oct 2026US 12,752,368 B2Amada Company, Limited
- Laser welding apparatus and laser welding method6 Oct 2026US 12,752,370 B2NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
- 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
- Bonding head and bonding apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,752,380 B2Pac Tech—Packaging Technologies GmbH
- Coaxial laser hotwire head8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307170 A1Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Mounting pin holders using a laser welding process8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307182 A1Shenzhen STS Microelectronics Co., Ltd.
- Hybrid butt-lap joint, and method of production8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309174 A1His Majesty the King In Right of Canada, AS Represented By the Minister of Natural Resources
- Laser welding method and power storage device manufacturing method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312252 A1Prime Planet Energy & Solutions, Inc.
- Laser weldable sterling alloy1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295657 A1James Avery Craftsman, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Forming structures from CAD solid models580US 6,391,251 B1Optomec Design Company · 2002
- Laser production of articles from powders454US 5,837,960 AThe Regents of the University of California · 1998
- Method of cutting material for use in implantable medical device401US 6,872,226 B23F Therapeutics, Inc. · 2005
- Method for selective laser sintering with layerwise cross-scanning368US 5,155,324 A1992
- Semiconductor electrical heater and method for making same354US 5,498,850 APhilip Morris Incorporated · 1996