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B33Y 50/00

Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing

Introduced: January 2015

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 1 subcodes exist in both systems.

IPC defines codes here since 2015.

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  • B33Y 50/02 for controlling or regulating additive manufacturing processes since 2015 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class B33,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY US 3,558
  2. GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 1,721
  3. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 810
  4. XEROX CORPORATION US 787
  5. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 746
  6. SIEMENS DE 679
  7. RICOH COMPANY 624
  8. XIAN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY 563
  9. HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 550
  10. SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 522

Top Applicants (CPC)

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