- All sections
- B - Performing operations; transporting
- B23K - Soldering or unsoldering; welding; cladding or plating by soldering or welding; cutting by applying heat locally, e.g. flame cutting; working 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: 989
10-year publication summary
|
69
|
59
|
75
|
81
|
83
|
63
|
62
|
48
|
49
|
17
|
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. | 4161 |
47 |
| TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG | 585 |
37 |
| Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. | 416 |
35 |
| Precitec GmbH & Co. KG | 176 |
29 |
| FANUC Corporation | 5803 |
26 |
| Disco Corporation | 1745 |
25 |
| Mitsubishi Electric Corporation | 43934 |
21 |
| TRUMPF Laser- und Systemtechnik GmbH | 505 |
21 |
| Velo3D, Inc. | 143 |
20 |
| IPG Photonics Corporation | 494 |
14 |
| Corning Incorporated | 9932 |
13 |
| Bystronic Laser AG | 256 |
13 |
| Precitec Optronik GmbH | 59 |
12 |
| Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. | 10902 |
11 |
| Scansonic MI GmbH | 37 |
10 |
| Amada Company, Limited | 492 |
9 |
| Precitec KG | 24 |
9 |
| Siemens AG | 24990 |
8 |
| Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. | 6132 |
8 |
| Robert Bosch GmbH | 40953 |
7 |
| Other owners | 614 |