B44C 1/005
Processes, not specifically provided for elsewhere, for producing decorative surface effects: by
Official title: {by altering locally the surface material (surface treatment to obtain special artistic surface effects or finishes B44D5/00)}
B44C1/005 (Processes, not specifically provided for elsewhere, for producing decorative surface effects: by) appears on 74 US grants and 80 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B44C- Granted patents
- 74
- Published applications
- 80
- Assignees
- 61
- Inventors
- 201
- Latest grant
- 3 Jun 2025
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Decorative object3 Jun 2025US 12,319,997 B2The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Process for producing an identifiable hand tool24 Dec 2024US 12,172,459 B1Jeoutay Liu Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Laser-formed features10 Sep 2024US 12,083,623 B2Apple Inc.
- Method of manufacturing a watch component5 Sep 2023US 11,745,536 B2Rolex SA
- Method and device for in situ marking a workpiece in a thermal forming process4 Jul 2023US 11,691,362 B2matriq AG
- Laminated article and method of forming same12 Mar 2026US 2026/0070305 A1Shaw Industries Group, Inc.
- Laminated Article And Method Of Forming Same25 Sep 2025US 2025/0296313 A1Shaw Industries Group, Inc.
- Laminated Article And Method Of Forming Same14 Aug 2025US 2025/0256499 A1Show Industries Group, Inc.
- Process for producing an identifiable hand tool5 Dec 2024US 2024/0399783 A1Jeoutay Liu Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Decorative object24 Aug 2023US 2023/0265552 A1The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of laser marking151US 4,861,620 AMitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha · 1989
- Laser marking of ceramic materials, glazes, glass ceramics and glasses120US 4,769,310 ACiba-Geigy Corporation · 1988
- Laser marking of ceramic materials, glazes, glass ceramics and glasses60US 5,030,551 ACiba-Geigy Corporation · 1991
- Method of marking an article having at least a polyolefin surface and an article having a polyolefin surface provided with a black mark of decomposed polyolefin55US 4,578,329 AWavin B. V. · 1986
- Laser engraving and coloring method for a golf club head55US 6,710,287 B2Fu Sheng Industrial Co., Ltd. · 2004