- All sections
- B - Performing operationstransporting
- B23K - Soldering or unsolderingweldingcladding or plating by soldering or weldingcutting by applying heat locally, e.g. flame cuttingworking by laser beam
- B23K 26/04 - Automatically aligning, aiming or focusing the laser beam, e.g. using the back-scattered light
Patent holdings for IPC class B23K 26/04
Total number of patents in this class: 975
10-year publication summary
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75
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81
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83
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63
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64
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48
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47
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33
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30
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14
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Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. | 4697 |
46 |
| TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG | 518 |
31 |
| Precitec GmbH & Co. KG | 203 |
29 |
| FANUC Corporation | 7297 |
27 |
| Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. | 345 |
26 |
| Disco Corporation | 1957 |
25 |
| TRUMPF Laser- und Systemtechnik GmbH | 524 |
21 |
| Mitsubishi Electric Corporation | 48172 |
20 |
| Velo3D, Inc. | 152 |
20 |
| IPG Photonics Corporation | 589 |
14 |
| Bystronic Laser AG | 278 |
13 |
| Nikon Corporation | 7230 |
12 |
| Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. | 11855 |
11 |
| Precitec Optronik GmbH | 83 |
11 |
| Corning Incorporated | 10504 |
10 |
| Amada Company, Limited | 624 |
10 |
| Scansonic MI GmbH | 37 |
10 |
| Precitec KG | 23 |
9 |
| Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. | 6111 |
9 |
| Siemens AG | 23996 |
8 |
| Other owners | 613 |