B23K 26/352 for surface treatment
Introduced: January 2014
Full Title
Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring > for surface treatment
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- Subclass:
- SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
Filing statistics
IPC B23K 26/352 belongs to the parent subclass B23K, which recorded 516,255 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 24,268 in 2013 to 67,503 in 2023 (+178%). The most active applicants in class B23 are ITW (ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS) (3,407 applications), FANUC (3,120 applications) and DISCO ABRASIVE SYSTEM (2,777 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
Additional Content
Surface treatment of glass - for modifying the physical structure of ferrous metals for changing the physical structure of non-ferrous metals or non-ferrous alloys Re-melting of metals by laser After-treatment of crystalline material
3 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B23K 26/354 by melting
- B23K 26/356 by shock processing
- B23K 26/359 by providing a line or line pattern, e.g. a dotted break initiation line
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B23, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- ITW (ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS) US 3,407
- FANUC JP 3,120
- DISCO ABRASIVE SYSTEM 2,777
- HAN'S LASER TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY GROUP COMPANY 2,629
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 2,468
- FANUC 2,273
- DISCO CORPORATION JP 2,267
- GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 1,611
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 1,534
- ISCAR IL 1,499