B23K 9/04
Welding for other purposes than joining
Official title: Welding for other purposes than joining, e.g. built-up welding
B23K9/04 (Welding for other purposes than joining) appears on 880 US grants and 1,033 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
- 880
- Published applications
- 1,033
- Assignees
- 506
- Inventors
- 2,082
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 11 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 8 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 0 |
| 1986 | 14 | 0 |
| 1987 | 11 | 0 |
| 1988 | 13 | 0 |
| 1989 | 19 | 0 |
| 1990 | 11 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 9 | 0 |
| 1994 | 8 | 0 |
| 1995 | 7 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 10 | 0 |
| 1998 | 11 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 19 | 0 |
| 2001 | 12 | 2 |
| 2002 | 13 | 12 |
| 2003 | 11 | 14 |
| 2004 | 13 | 16 |
| 2005 | 9 | 20 |
| 2006 | 7 | 12 |
| 2007 | 4 | 14 |
| 2008 | 7 | 17 |
| 2009 | 12 | 22 |
| 2010 | 8 | 24 |
| 2011 | 4 | 27 |
| 2012 | 11 | 29 |
| 2013 | 19 | 38 |
| 2014 | 24 | 39 |
| 2015 | 22 | 55 |
| 2016 | 28 | 51 |
| 2017 | 30 | 84 |
| 2018 | 24 | 62 |
| 2019 | 56 | 77 |
| 2020 | 67 | 67 |
| 2021 | 41 | 70 |
| 2022 | 56 | 51 |
| 2023 | 53 | 70 |
| 2024 | 49 | 77 |
| 2025 | 49 | 50 |
| 2026 | 26 | 33 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Conductance based control system for additive manufacturing6 Oct 2026US 12,752,374 B2Procada AB
- Fabrication of metallic parts by additive manufacturing25 Aug 2026US 12,715,033 B2Elmet Technologies, Inc.
- Distortion mitigation in directed energy deposition25 Aug 2026US 12,715,042 B2Norsk Titanium AS
- Hotwire deposition material processing system and method18 Aug 2026US 12,708,963 B2Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Methods and apparatus for tailored grain size in an additive manufacturing environment11 Aug 2026US 12,703,147 B2GE Avio S. r. l.
- Additive manufacturing system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295704 A1DAIHEN Corporation
- Work string tubing connection restoration24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284768 A1Postle Industries, Inc.
- Apparatus and method for inspecting additively manufactured structure24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284801 A1Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
- Method and Device for Producing a Component17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273642 A1Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- Additive manufacturing of pressure containment vessels17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273643 A1Fmc Technologies Do Brasil Ltda
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for fabrication of three-dimensional metal articles by weld deposition150US 5,207,371 A1993
- System and method for controlling welding parameters in welding-based deposition processes102US 6,940,037 B1Southern Methodist University · 2005
- Powder delivery system and method89US 7,045,738 B1Southern Methodist University · 2006
- More creep resistant turbine rotor, and procedures for repair welding of low alloy ferrous turbine components81US 4,958,431 AWestinghouse Electric Corp. · 1990
- Method and device for producing three-dimensional bodies79US 5,786,562 AArcam AB · 1998