Additive manufacturing apparatus and fluid flow mechanism
US-2024316649-A1 · Sep 26, 2024 · US
Gas flow means
Gas flow means · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
Separating, mixing, shaping, printing, and transporting materials.
Related technology areas
Mapped technology topics for this CPC code.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| CPC code | B22F12/70 |
| Official title | Gas flow means |
| Display label | Gas flow means |
| Total patents | 1,118 |
Filing trend
Year-over-year patent counts classified under this CPC code.
Filing activity over the last five years is declining.
| Year | Patents |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 17 |
| 2016 | 31 |
| 2017 | 91 |
| 2018 | 101 |
| 2019 | 135 |
| 2020 | 137 |
| 2021 | 150 |
| 2022 | 133 |
| 2023 | 118 |
| 2024 | 110 |
| 2025 | 87 |
| 2026 | 8 |
Representative patents
Representative publications under this CPC code from precomputed stats, or recent filings when stats are unavailable.
Method of operating a metal drop ejecting three-dimensional (3d) object printer to form metal support structures
US-2024207925-A1 · Jun 27, 2024 · US
Process chamber for an additive manufacturing apparatus and method for operating the process chamber
US-2024157648-A1 · May 16, 2024 · US
Method of additive manufacturing
US-2024075528-A1 · Mar 7, 2024 · US
High-throughput liquid metal inkjet nozzle with porous layer for meniscus damping
US-2024058866-A1 · Feb 22, 2024 · US
Buffer chamber and am system including a buffer chamber
US-2024001448-A1 · Jan 4, 2024 · US
Z-axis position detection in additive manufacturing
US-2017252816-A1 · Sep 7, 2017 · US
Nozzle cleaning for semi-solid deposition nozzles
US-2017252817-A1 · Sep 7, 2017 · US
Material interfaces for magnetohydrodynamic metal manufacturing
US-2017252822-A1 · Sep 7, 2017 · US
Three-dimensional object building apparatus and method for building three-dimensional object
US-9731450-B2 · Aug 15, 2017 · US
Additive manufacturing with laser and gas flow
US-2017182556-A1 · Jun 29, 2017 · US
Additive Manufacturing System And Method
US-2017120518-A1 · May 4, 2017 · US
Temperature controlled additive manufacturing
US-2016375491-A1 · Dec 29, 2016 · US
Device and method for additively producing at least one component region of a component
US-2016368052-A1 · Dec 22, 2016 · US
Additive manufacturing system and method of operation
US-2016332371-A1 · Nov 17, 2016 · US
Additive manufacturing an object from material with a selective diffusion barrier
US-2016332253-A1 · Nov 17, 2016 · US
Conditioning one or more additive manufactured objects
US-2016325358-A1 · Nov 10, 2016 · US
Nozzle, layered object manufacturing apparatus, and method for manufacture layered object
US-2016311027-A1 · Oct 27, 2016 · US
Method and apparatus for producing a three-dimensional workpiece with thermal focus shift compensation
US-2016263704-A1 · Sep 15, 2016 · US
Additively manufactured non-contact support
US-2016236277-A1 · Aug 18, 2016 · US
Frequently asked questions
Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.
- What is CPC B22F12/70?
- CPC B22F12/70 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “Gas flow means.”
- How many patents are filed under CPC B22F12/70 (Gas flow means)?
- Our database includes 1,118 publications tagged with this CPC code.
- Is patent activity under CPC B22F12/70 growing?
- Publication counts under this code: 110 in 2024 vs 87 in 2025 (latest complete years).