- All sections
- B - Performing operations; transporting
- B29C - Shaping or joining of plastics; shaping of material in a plastic state, not otherwise provided for; after-treatment of the shaped products, e.g. repairing
- B29C 64/188 - Processes of additive manufacturing involving additional operations performed on the added layers, e.g. smoothing, grinding or thickness control
Patent holdings for IPC class B29C 64/188
Total number of patents in this class: 632
10-year publication summary
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3
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13
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53
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80
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83
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121
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139
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109
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78
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25
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| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. | 28538 |
50 |
| Carbon, Inc. | 385 |
25 |
| Xerox Corporation | 7503 |
22 |
| Velo3D, Inc. | 143 |
20 |
| Thermwood Corporation | 166 |
19 |
| Continuous Composites Inc. | 201 |
18 |
| The Boeing Company | 19843 |
11 |
| Seiko Epson Corporation | 18724 |
11 |
| General Electric Company | 18133 |
10 |
| Align Technology, Inc. | 1818 |
9 |
| Stratasys, Inc. | 669 |
9 |
| Stratasys Ltd. | 385 |
9 |
| Signify Holding B.V. | 6837 |
9 |
| Postprocess Technologies, Inc. | 68 |
8 |
| Essilor International (compagnie Generale D'optique) | 2918 |
7 |
| Ricoh Company, Ltd. | 13266 |
5 |
| Matsuura Machinery Corporation | 115 |
5 |
| Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd. | 799 |
5 |
| 3D Systems GmbH | 16 |
5 |
| Siemens AG | 24990 |
4 |
| Other owners | 371 |