B23K 9/295
Using consumable wire electrodes
Official title: {using consumable wire electrodes}
B23K9/295 (Using consumable wire electrodes) appears on 275 US grants and 336 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 2025 | 18 | 11 |
| 2026 | 6 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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