B23K 9/32
Accessories
B23K9/32 (Accessories) appears on 1,485 US grants and 1,684 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
- 1,485
- Published applications
- 1,684
- Assignees
- 493
- Inventors
- 2,518
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 12 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985 | 13 | 0 |
| 1986 | 12 | 0 |
| 1987 | 9 | 0 |
| 1988 | 12 | 0 |
| 1989 | 19 | 0 |
| 1990 | 18 | 0 |
| 1991 | 23 | 0 |
| 1992 | 15 | 0 |
| 1993 | 15 | 0 |
| 1994 | 10 | 0 |
| 1995 | 20 | 0 |
| 1996 | 10 | 0 |
| 1997 | 15 | 0 |
| 1998 | 22 | 0 |
| 1999 | 15 | 0 |
| 2000 | 19 | 0 |
| 2001 | 23 | 8 |
| 2002 | 19 | 17 |
| 2003 | 22 | 25 |
| 2004 | 27 | 41 |
| 2005 | 24 | 49 |
| 2006 | 27 | 38 |
| 2007 | 36 | 41 |
| 2008 | 24 | 40 |
| 2009 | 12 | 44 |
| 2010 | 15 | 42 |
| 2011 | 12 | 53 |
| 2012 | 29 | 56 |
| 2013 | 52 | 67 |
| 2014 | 29 | 95 |
| 2015 | 53 | 82 |
| 2016 | 53 | 102 |
| 2017 | 76 | 97 |
| 2018 | 59 | 98 |
| 2019 | 83 | 94 |
| 2020 | 94 | 113 |
| 2021 | 88 | 120 |
| 2022 | 68 | 86 |
| 2023 | 66 | 72 |
| 2024 | 83 | 103 |
| 2025 | 69 | 66 |
| 2026 | 37 | 35 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B23K 9/325Devices for supplying or evacuating shielding gas283
- B23K 9/323Combined coupling means210
- B23K 9/321Protecting means163
- B23K 9/328Cleaning of weld torches, i.e. removing weld-spatter80
- B23K 9/324Devices for supplying or evacuating a shielding or a welding powder66
- B23K 9/327Means for transporting supplies42
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Data display on a welding screen228US 6,734,393 B1Fronius International GmbH · 2004
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- Method for teaching welding torch orientation159US 5,845,053 AFanuc Corporation · 1998