- 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 9/18 - Submerged-arc welding
Patent holdings for IPC class B23K 9/18
Total number of patents in this class: 338
10-year publication summary
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26
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26
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21
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Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
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|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Global, Inc. | 2138 |
42 |
| JFE Steel Corporation | 7097 |
40 |
| ESAB AB | 311 |
38 |
| Illinois Tool Works Inc. | 11599 |
33 |
| Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.) | 2860 |
20 |
| POSCO Co., Ltd. | 1604 |
15 |
| Hobart Brothers LLC | 106 |
7 |
| Postle Industries, Inc. | 54 |
6 |
| Nanjing Iron&Steel Co.,Ltd. | 174 |
6 |
| Siemens Energy, Inc. | 1702 |
5 |
| Daihen Corporation | 481 |
5 |
| Nippon Steel Corporation | 6540 |
5 |
| ArcelorMittal | 2414 |
4 |
| Harbin Welding Institute Limited Company | 34 |
4 |
| Hitachi Zosen Corporation | 614 |
3 |
| Hobart Brothers Company | 95 |
3 |
| Oetiker Schweiz AG | 207 |
3 |
| Institute of Research of Iron and Steel, Jiangsu Province/sha-steel, Co. Ltd | 70 |
3 |
| Saam AB | 3 |
3 |
| Caterpillar Inc. | 9858 |
2 |
| Other owners | 91 |