B23K 26/34
Laser welding for purposes other than joining
B23K26/34 (Laser welding for purposes other than joining) appears on 2,363 US grants and 3,640 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
- 2,363
- Published applications
- 3,640
- Assignees
- 1,022
- Inventors
- 5,605
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2009 | 6 | 34 |
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| 2022 | 218 | 253 |
| 2023 | 219 | 211 |
| 2024 | 205 | 223 |
| 2025 | 189 | 176 |
| 2026 | 94 | 98 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Methods and apparatus for additively manufactured endoskeleton-based transport structures29 Sep 2026US 12,746,706 B2Divergent Technologies, Inc.
- Optics in three-dimensional printing29 Sep 2026US 12,746,725 B2Velo3D, Inc.
- Additive manufacturing systems and related methods utilizing risley prism beam steering8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307171 A1VulcanForms Inc.
- Method and device for laser cladding with a primary and a secondary laser energy1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295731 A1TRUMPF Laser- und Systemtechnik GmbH
- System and Method for Repairing Damaged Parts with Integrated Removal and Deposition1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299542 A1Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
- Laser irradiation method, laser irradiation device, laser marking device, and fabricating apparatus24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284789 A1
- Method for manufacturing a cooler24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284988 A1Dr. Ing. h,c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for producing parts by selective sintering887US 4,863,538 ABoard of Regents, The University of Texas System · 1989
- Forming structures from CAD solid models580US 6,391,251 B1Optomec Design Company · 2002
- Apparatus and method for manufacturing a semiconductor device472US 10,103,040 B1ASM IP Holding B. V. · 2018
- Laser production of articles from powders454US 5,837,960 AThe Regents of the University of California · 1998
- Multiple material systems for selective beam sintering380US 4,944,817 ABoard of Regents, The University of Texas System · 1990