B33Y
Additive manufacturing, i.e. manufacturing of three-dimensional [3d] objects by additive deposition, additive
Official title: Additive manufacturing, i.e. manufacturing of three-dimensional [3d] objects by additive deposition, additive agglomeration or additive layering, e.g. by 3d printing, stereolithography or selective laser sintering
B33Y (Additive manufacturing, i.e. manufacturing of three-dimensional [3d] objects by additive deposition, additive) appears on 26,541 US grants and 40,331 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B33Y- Granted patents
- 26,541
- Published applications
- 40,331
- Assignees
- 7,437
- Inventors
- 49,784
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 10 | 0 |
| 1991 | 16 | 0 |
| 1992 | 35 | 0 |
| 1993 | 36 | 0 |
| 1994 | 37 | 0 |
| 1995 | 48 | 0 |
| 1996 | 63 | 0 |
| 1997 | 80 | 0 |
| 1998 | 87 | 0 |
| 1999 | 100 | 0 |
| 2000 | 122 | 0 |
| 2001 | 112 | 55 |
| 2002 | 128 | 165 |
| 2003 | 187 | 293 |
| 2004 | 177 | 338 |
| 2005 | 159 | 344 |
| 2006 | 237 | 356 |
| 2007 | 220 | 345 |
| 2008 | 227 | 395 |
| 2009 | 212 | 357 |
| 2010 | 339 | 463 |
| 2011 | 343 | 438 |
| 2012 | 409 | 463 |
| 2013 | 525 | 680 |
| 2014 | 466 | 595 |
| 2015 | 436 | 1045 |
| 2016 | 538 | 1813 |
| 2017 | 794 | 2437 |
| 2018 | 1165 | 3033 |
| 2019 | 1789 | 3303 |
| 2020 | 2254 | 3598 |
| 2021 | 2553 | 4202 |
| 2022 | 2683 | 4047 |
| 2023 | 2868 | 3457 |
| 2024 | 2880 | 3352 |
| 2025 | 2623 | 2689 |
| 2026 | 1579 | 2068 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Main groups
Granted patents with any code in the group
- B33Y 10/00Processes of additive manufacturing15,566
- B33Y 80/00Products made by additive manufacturing12,967
- B33Y 30/00Apparatus for additive manufacturing10,246
- B33Y 50/00Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing8,831
- B33Y 70/00Materials specially adapted for additive manufacturing6,239
- B33Y 40/00Auxiliary operations or equipment4,967
- B33Y 99/00Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass193
Recent patents
- Customized patient-specific orthopaedic surgical instrument using patient-specific contacting bodies and parametric fixed geometry6 Oct 2026US 12,751,768 B2DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
- Polymeric microstructures and systems and methods for making same6 Oct 2026US 12,751,914 B2The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
- Compressed bone composition and methods of use thereof6 Oct 2026US 12,752,040 B2LifeNet Health
- Golf ball including hybrid core formed via three-dimensional printing6 Oct 2026US 12,752,161 B2Acushnet Company
- Three-dimensional printing with polyolefin and metal or metal oxide build materials6 Oct 2026US 12,752,341 B2Peridot Print LLC
- An Aerosol Generating Device and a Method for Making a Light Diffuser for an Aerosol Generating Device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305724 A1JT International SA
- Systems and methods for orthodontic bracket design8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306219 A1LightForce Orthodontics, Inc.
- Systems and methods for custom 3d printing of prosthetic eyes with enhanced functional and aesthetic features8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306247 A1Atheneum Optical Sciences, LLC
- Hybrid three-dimensional printing and electrospinning platform for multi-layered biomimetic scaffolds8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306705 A1
- Double networked 3d-printed biomaterials8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306707 A1The Brigham and Women S Hospital, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Methods using a robotic catheter system1,763US 7,850,642 B2Hansen Medical, Inc. · 2010
- Apparatus for supplying surgical staple line reinforcement1,728US 8,453,904 B2W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. · 2013
- Robot for surgical applications1,534US 7,126,303 B2Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska · 2006
- Apparatus for production of three-dimensional objects by stereolithography1,471US 4,575,330 AUVP, Inc. · 1986
- Robotic catheter system and methods1,442US 8,052,636 B2Hansen Medical, Inc. · 2011