- All sections
- B - Performing operations; transporting
- B22F - Working metallic powder; manufacture of articles from metallic powder; making metallic powder; apparatus or devices specially adapted for metallic powder
- B22F 12/00 - Apparatus or devices specially adapted for additive manufacturing; Auxiliary means for additive manufacturing; Combinations of additive manufacturing apparatus or devices with other processing apparatus or devices
Patent holdings for IPC class B22F 12/00
Total number of patents in this class: 774
10-year publication summary
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3
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28
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56
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90
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90
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150
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188
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103
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91
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7
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| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| General Electric Company | 17789 |
60 |
| Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. | 27461 |
39 |
| Concept Laser GmbH | 182 |
37 |
| Seurat Technologies, Inc. | 147 |
28 |
| Divergent Technologies, Inc. | 453 |
18 |
| EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems | 408 |
18 |
| TRUMPF Laser- und Systemtechnik GmbH | 531 |
18 |
| Renishaw plc | 751 |
16 |
| Robert Bosch GmbH | 41786 |
15 |
| Arcam AB | 202 |
15 |
| Nikon Corporation | 7123 |
12 |
| Addup | 128 |
11 |
| Rtx Corporation | 9109 |
11 |
| Nikon SLM Solutions AG | 121 |
11 |
| Seiko Epson Corporation | 18989 |
9 |
| Sodick Co., Ltd. | 296 |
9 |
| Velo3D, Inc. | 150 |
9 |
| 3D Systems, Inc. | 591 |
8 |
| Desktop Metal, Inc. | 270 |
8 |
| Continuous Composites Inc. | 195 |
8 |
| Other owners | 414 |