B23K 9/0671
By means of brief contacts between the electrodes
Official title: {by means of brief contacts between the electrodes}
B23K9/0671 (By means of brief contacts between the electrodes) appears on 45 US grants and 64 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
- 45
- Published applications
- 64
- Assignees
- 26
- Inventors
- 122
- Latest grant
- 2 Sep 2025
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| 2024 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 6 | 4 |
| 2026 | 0 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
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