IPC Subgroup
B22F 12/46 with translatory movement
Introduced: January 2021
Full Title
Apparatus or devices specially adapted for additive manufacturing; Auxiliary means for additive manufacturing; Combinations of additive manufacturing apparatus or devices with other processing apparatus or devices > Radiation means > with translatory movement
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
2 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B22F 12/47 parallel to the deposition plane
- B22F 12/48 in height, e.g. perpendicular to the deposition plane
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