IPC Main Group
B22F 10/00 Additive manufacturing of workpieces or articles from metallic powder
Introduced: January 2021
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
- Subclass:
- WORKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; MAKING METALLIC POWDER; APPARATUS OR DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR METALLIC POWDER
Additional Content
Apparatus or devices specially adapted for additive manufacturing
8 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B22F 10/1 Formation of a green body
- B22F 10/2 Direct sintering or melting
- B22F 10/3 Process control
- B22F 10/4 Structures for supporting workpieces or articles during manufacture and removed afterwards
- B22F 10/5 Treatment of workpieces or articles during build-up, e.g. treatments applied to fused layers during build-up
- B22F 10/6 Treatment of workpieces or articles after build-up
- B22F 10/7 Recycling
- B22F 10/8 Data acquisition or data processing
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B22, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 1,719
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 1,489
- POSCO (POHANG IRON AND STEEL COMPANY) KR 1,248
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 1,043
- SIEMENS DE 1,028
- CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY 959
- HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY US 891
- UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (UTC) US 786
- UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING 769
- JFE STEEL JP 761