B23K 26/702
Auxiliary equipment
Official title: {Auxiliary equipment}
B23K26/702 (Auxiliary equipment) appears on 1,626 US grants and 2,224 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
- 1,626
- Published applications
- 2,224
- Assignees
- 858
- Inventors
- 4,536
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 15 | 6 |
| 2002 | 26 | 49 |
| 2003 | 18 | 25 |
| 2004 | 32 | 33 |
| 2005 | 24 | 41 |
| 2006 | 35 | 53 |
| 2007 | 30 | 49 |
| 2008 | 16 | 43 |
| 2009 | 15 | 45 |
| 2010 | 32 | 35 |
| 2011 | 29 | 41 |
| 2012 | 29 | 31 |
| 2013 | 39 | 47 |
| 2014 | 34 | 39 |
| 2015 | 30 | 64 |
| 2016 | 37 | 88 |
| 2017 | 51 | 178 |
| 2018 | 62 | 142 |
| 2019 | 133 | 177 |
| 2020 | 127 | 156 |
| 2021 | 131 | 166 |
| 2022 | 113 | 151 |
| 2023 | 100 | 166 |
| 2024 | 123 | 162 |
| 2025 | 100 | 123 |
| 2026 | 77 | 114 |
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
- Laser blanking device6 Oct 2026US 12,752,376 B2Komatsu Industries Corporation
- 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
- Laser beam machine29 Sep 2026US 12,746,623 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Coaxial laser hotwire head8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307170 A1Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Additive manufacturing systems and related methods utilizing risley prism beam steering8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307171 A1VulcanForms Inc.
- Single-crystal diamond microchannel without internal modified area, and manufacturing method thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307177 A1Xi' An Jiaotong University
- Lens Protector Assembly8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307178 A1Challenge Manufacturing Company
- Two-dimensional monitoring system and method for laser processing process based on trajectory compensation mechanism1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295723 A1Xi' An Jiaotong University
Most cited
By later US patents
- Machining apparatus with automatic restart function986US 5,293,024 AMitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha · 1994
- Method of, and apparatus for, surgery of the cornea329US 6,210,401 B12001
- Laser system and method for single press micromachining of multilayer workpieces267US 6,407,363 B2Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. · 2002
- Apparatuses, systems and methods for three-dimensional printing262US 9,254,535 B2Velo3D, Inc. · 2016
- Method of forming polycrystalline silicon layer on substrate by large area excimer laser irradiation201US 5,529,951 ASony Corporation · 1996