- 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 26/042 - Automatically aligning the laser beam
Patent holdings for IPC class B23K 26/042
Total number of patents in this class: 246
10-year publication summary
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27
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31
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27
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25
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22
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15
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| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. | 33845 |
10 |
| General Electric Company | 13894 |
8 |
| Mitsubishi Electric Corporation | 47943 |
8 |
| FANUC Corporation | 7187 |
6 |
| IPG Photonics Corporation | 583 |
6 |
| Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. | 4663 |
5 |
| Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC | 1972 |
5 |
| Disco Corporation | 1955 |
5 |
| Robert Bosch GmbH | 44094 |
4 |
| Nikon Corporation | 7238 |
4 |
| Bystronic Laser AG | 278 |
4 |
| Precitec GmbH & Co. KG | 202 |
4 |
| TRUMPF Laser- und Systemtechnik GmbH | 524 |
4 |
| Illinois Tool Works Inc. | 11852 |
3 |
| The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. | 3700 |
3 |
| KEYENCE Corporation | 518 |
3 |
| Makino Milling Machine Co., Ltd. | 432 |
3 |
| nLIGHT, Inc. | 415 |
3 |
| Tokyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd. | 396 |
3 |
| Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. | 6118 |
3 |
| Other owners | 152 |