B44B 3/00
Artists' machines or apparatus equipped with tools or work holders moving or
Official title: Artists' machines or apparatus equipped with tools or work holders moving or able to be controlled substantially two-dimensionally for carving, engraving, or guilloching shallow ornamenting or markings (marking or engraving metal by the action of a high concentration of electric current B23H9/06; forme engraving B41C1/02; engraving by photomechanical reproduction G03F7/20)
B44B3/00 (Artists' machines or apparatus equipped with tools or work holders moving or) appears on 301 US grants and 183 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B44B- Granted patents
- 301
- Published applications
- 183
- Assignees
- 147
- Inventors
- 472
- Latest grant
- 12 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 8 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 9 | 0 |
| 1987 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 9 | 0 |
| 1990 | 7 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 11 | 0 |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 13 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 1 |
| 2002 | 13 | 8 |
| 2003 | 8 | 13 |
| 2004 | 10 | 12 |
| 2005 | 7 | 8 |
| 2006 | 11 | 10 |
| 2007 | 3 | 6 |
| 2008 | 3 | 11 |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 |
| 2010 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 5 | 5 |
| 2012 | 4 | 6 |
| 2013 | 6 | 4 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 2 | 9 |
| 2017 | 7 | 7 |
| 2018 | 6 | 7 |
| 2019 | 9 | 16 |
| 2020 | 10 | 7 |
| 2021 | 6 | 9 |
| 2022 | 4 | 9 |
| 2023 | 6 | 6 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 |
| 2026 | 2 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B44B 3/06Accessories162
- B44B 3/009Artists' machines or apparatus equipped with tools or work holders moving or126
- B44B 3/001Artists' machines or apparatus equipped with tools or work holders moving or46
- B44B 3/02Wherein plane surfaces are worked45
- B44B 3/04Wherein non-plane surfaces are worked34
- B44B 3/005Artists' machines or apparatus equipped with tools or work holders moving or23
- B44B 3/006Carving or engraving devices having several cutting tools22
- B44B 3/007In layered material5
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Recent patents
- Marking and readout methods to be carried out by means of a processing machine, processing method, processing machine and production line12 May 2026US 12,626,074 B2GROB-WERKE GmbH & Co. KG
- Systems and methods for customizing image framing17 Feb 2026US 12,556,638 B1Rocco's Picture Frames, Inc.
- Crafting apparatus assemblies, systems, devices, kits, mechanisms and methodologies for utilizing the same9 Dec 2025US 12,493,277 B2Cricut, Inc.
- Positioning device for cards30 Sep 2025US 12,427,611 B2IAI industrial systems B.V.
- Connector and laser engraving label forming method thereof1 Apr 2025US 12,263,538 B2
- Engraving tool, carriage for engraving tool, and engraving machine3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257512 A1Huansheng Intelligent (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
- Beading pattern holding stand and methods for using the same6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225395 A1
- Electric graver handpiece30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217054 A1Glendo Corporation
- Systems and methods for customizing image framing11 Jun 2026US 2026/0163986 A1Rocco's Picture Frames, Inc.
- Crafting Apparatus Assemblies, Systems, Devices, Kits, Mechanisms and Methodologies For Utilizing the Same19 Mar 2026US 2026/0079469 A1Cricut, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Laser marking system147US 5,932,119 ALazare Kaplan International, Inc. · 1999
- Electronic engraving system106US 4,052,739 ADai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. · 1977
- Ultrasonic scribing of thin film solar cells91US 4,589,194 AAtlantic Richfield Company · 1986
- Article and method for laser-etching stratified materials81US 7,065,820 B2NIKE, Inc. · 2006
- Apparatus for engraving indicia on small objects77US 4,406,567 A1983