B23K 26/36
Removing material
Official title: Removing material (B23K26/55, B23K26/57 take precedence)
B23K26/36 (Removing material) appears on 6,534 US grants and 8,927 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
- 6,534
- Published applications
- 8,927
- Assignees
- 2,905
- Inventors
- 15,212
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 12 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 14 | 0 |
| 1982 | 10 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 56 | 0 |
| 1999 | 52 | 0 |
| 2000 | 62 | 0 |
| 2001 | 94 | 49 |
| 2002 | 104 | 121 |
| 2003 | 131 | 155 |
| 2004 | 127 | 149 |
| 2005 | 79 | 218 |
| 2006 | 77 | 276 |
| 2007 | 73 | 206 |
| 2008 | 79 | 256 |
| 2009 | 117 | 242 |
| 2010 | 174 | 282 |
| 2011 | 144 | 287 |
| 2012 | 194 | 293 |
| 2013 | 226 | 329 |
| 2014 | 287 | 407 |
| 2015 | 278 | 403 |
| 2016 | 300 | 437 |
| 2017 | 304 | 433 |
| 2018 | 267 | 438 |
| 2019 | 390 | 564 |
| 2020 | 400 | 476 |
| 2021 | 365 | 530 |
| 2022 | 351 | 525 |
| 2023 | 332 | 534 |
| 2024 | 393 | 486 |
| 2025 | 357 | 475 |
| 2026 | 241 | 356 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Laser machining apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,752,369 B2Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Femtosecond laser surface processing for controlled fill and targeted deposition6 Oct 2026US 12,752,371 B1Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC
- Processing apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,752,375 B2Disco Corporation
- Laser blanking device6 Oct 2026US 12,752,376 B2Komatsu Industries Corporation
- Method for producing a metal-ceramic substrate, and metal-ceramic substrate produced using a method of this type6 Oct 2026US 12,752,377 B2Rogers Germany GmbH
- Laser machining system for a timepiece component and laser machining process8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307169 A1Rolex SA
- Edible-body marking device and method therefor8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307172 A1Qualicaps Co., Ltd.
- Grain-oriented electrical steel sheet and method for manufacturing same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307173 A1Nippon Steel Corporation
- Method of making largesurface-area microfluidic devices and microfluidic lung manufactured using said method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307174 A1The Regents of the University of Michigan
- Laser machining system for a component and laser machining process8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307175 A1Alphanov
Most cited
By later US patents
- Rotary drive shaft assemblies for surgical instruments with articulatable end effectors1,997US 8,747,238 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014
- Method for forming staple pockets of a surgical stapler883US 8,008,598 B2Tyco Healthcare Group LP · 2011
- Method and apparatus for direct laser cutting of metal stents552US 5,780,807 AAdvanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. · 1998
- Process for forming outlet passageways in pills using a laser548US 4,088,864 AAlza Corporation · 1978
- Copper conductor annealing process employing high speed optical annealing with a low temperature-deposited optical absorber layer534US 7,335,611 B2APPLIED Materials.Inc. · 2008