CPC Main Group
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
- HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY US 4,417
- GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 2,451
- SIEMENS DE 1,136
- XEROX CORPORATION US 991
- BOEING COMPANY US 707
- SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 672
- EOSELECTRO OPTICAL SYSTEMS DE 662
- GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) 659
- KINPO ELECTRONICS TW 621
- XYZPRINTING TW 618