Y02P 80/40
Minimising material used in manufacturing processes
Y02P80/40 (Minimising material used in manufacturing processes) appears on 418 US grants and 488 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in Y02P- Granted patents
- 418
- Published applications
- 488
- Assignees
- 211
- Inventors
- 873
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 10 |
| 2003 | 7 | 11 |
| 2004 | 13 | 17 |
| 2005 | 9 | 10 |
| 2006 | 9 | 10 |
| 2007 | 10 | 26 |
| 2008 | 6 | 15 |
| 2009 | 4 | 9 |
| 2010 | 12 | 9 |
| 2011 | 9 | 4 |
| 2012 | 11 | 10 |
| 2013 | 3 | 7 |
| 2014 | 5 | 22 |
| 2015 | 10 | 22 |
| 2016 | 14 | 26 |
| 2017 | 19 | 42 |
| 2018 | 17 | 28 |
| 2019 | 35 | 35 |
| 2020 | 40 | 47 |
| 2021 | 32 | 45 |
| 2022 | 35 | 26 |
| 2023 | 31 | 28 |
| 2024 | 24 | 8 |
| 2025 | 27 | 13 |
| 2026 | 9 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Variable print chamber walls for powder bed fusion additive manufacturing11 Aug 2026US 12,703,145 B2Seurat Technologies, Inc.
- Packaging line of a packaging installation and method for operating such a packaging line26 May 2026US 12,637,298 B2Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Machine-learned robot fleet management for value chain networks24 Feb 2026US 12,561,659 B2Strong Force Vcn Portfolio 2019, LLC
- Digital-twin-enabled robot fleet management24 Feb 2026US 12,561,660 B2Strong Force Vcn Portfolio 2019, LLC
- Robot fleet management with workflow simulation for value chain networks3 Feb 2026US 12,541,751 B2Strong Force Vcn Portfolio 2019, LLC
- Robot fleet management configured for use of an artificial intelligence chipset13 Aug 2026US 2026/0236903 A1Strong Force Vcn Portfolio 2019, LLC
- Material processing methods and related apparatus16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200014 A1Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies Limited
- Chamber Systems For Additive Manufacturing9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192513 A1Seurat Technologies, Inc.
- Switchyard Beam Routing Of Patterned Light For Additive Manufacturing4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151960 A1Seurat Technologies, Inc.
- Multi-function computer numerically controlled machine28 May 2026US 2026/0145268 A1Makeblock Hongkong Holding Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optimization of manufacturing resource planning376US 5,630,070 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1997
- Apparatus and method for high throughput sputtering366US 5,683,561 AConner Peripherals, Inc. · 1997
- 3-D model making241US 5,740,051 ASanders Prototypes Inc. · 1998
- Creation and display of indices within a process plant208US 6,813,532 B2Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc. · 2004
- Method and apparatus for the computer-controlled manufacture of three-dimensional objects from computer data207US 6,169,605 ATexas Instruments Incorporated · 2001