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B33Y 80/00

Products made by additive manufacturing

Filing statistics

CPC B33Y 80/00 belongs to the parent subclass B33Y, which recorded 150,610 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 2,518 in 2013 to 13,707 in 2023 (+444%), peaking at 19,243 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class B33 are HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY (4,417 applications), GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) (2,451 applications) and SIEMENS (1,136 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B33, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY US 4,417
  2. GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 2,451
  3. SIEMENS DE 1,136
  4. XEROX CORPORATION US 991
  5. BOEING COMPANY US 707
  6. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 672
  7. EOSELECTRO OPTICAL SYSTEMS DE 662
  8. GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) 659
  9. KINPO ELECTRONICS TW 621
  10. XYZPRINTING TW 618