IPC Main Group
B33Y 50/00 Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing
Introduced: January 2015
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
- Subclass:
- ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING
1 direct subcode
Child Classifications
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- B33Y 50/02 for controlling or regulating additive manufacturing processes
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B33, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY US 3,558
- GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 1,721
- SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 810
- XEROX CORPORATION US 787
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 746
- SIEMENS DE 679
- RICOH COMPANY 624
- XIAN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY 563
- HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 550
- SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 522