- 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 9/173 - Arc welding or cutting making use of shielding gas and of consumable electrode
Patent holdings for IPC class B23K 9/173
Total number of patents in this class: 1165
10-year publication summary
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81
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104
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147
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83
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84
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75
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64
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52
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55
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23
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| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Illinois Tool Works Inc. | 11478 |
281 |
| Lincoln Global, Inc. | 2149 |
123 |
| Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.) | 2869 |
55 |
| Fronius International GmbH | 684 |
50 |
| Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. | 31562 |
37 |
| Kobe Steel, Ltd. | 876 |
31 |
| JFE Steel Corporation | 6849 |
30 |
| Victor Equipment Company | 295 |
28 |
| Daihen Corporation | 462 |
21 |
| Nippon Steel Corporation | 6274 |
18 |
| ESAB AB | 313 |
17 |
| L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude | 3985 |
15 |
| Hobart Brothers LLC | 105 |
15 |
| Hobart Brothers Company | 97 |
14 |
| Panasonic Corporation | 20088 |
13 |
| The ESAB Group, Inc. | 331 |
11 |
| Siemens AG | 24453 |
10 |
| Elco Enterprises, Inc. | 68 |
9 |
| Postle Industries, Inc. | 51 |
9 |
| Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation | 1988 |
8 |
| Other owners | 370 |