C04B 2235/666
Applying a current during sintering
Official title: Applying a current during sintering, e.g. plasma sintering [SPS], electrical resistance heating or pulse electric current sintering [PECS]
C04B2235/666 (Applying a current during sintering) appears on 362 US grants and 504 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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By later US patents
- Functionally stepped, resistive ceramic163US 5,880,439 APhilip Morris Incorporated · 1999
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- Chemical bonding of metals to ceramic materials58US 4,050,956 ACommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization · 1977
- Process for forming open-centered multilayer ceramic substrates52US 5,478,420 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1995
- Repair and fabrication of combustion turbine components by spark plasma sintering52US 6,384,365 B1Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation · 2002