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EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems

EOS GMBH ELECTRO OPTICAL SYSTEMS' patent strategy is heavily concentrated in Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing), representing 94.6% of its portfolio, and Powder Metallurgy (71.7%), indicating a strong focus on core 3D printing materials and processes. While patenting in these core areas saw significant growth through 2025, with Additive Manufacturing growing +25.0% YoY and Powder Metallurgy +27.8% YoY, there's a surprising emerging focus on Separation Processes (Filtration, Distillation), which experienced a remarkable +100.0% YoY growth so far in 2026, suggesting an increasing interest in post-processing or material recovery within their manufacturing ecosystem.

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Yearly patent publications since 2023

Product themes

Product-level themes inferred from filings since 2023, with category chips showing where each theme appears. Select a theme to filter the patents below.

92 US filings (since 2023) · 12 categories · 14 themes

Metal Additive Manufacturing Processes

Techniques for building three-dimensional metal objects layer-by-layer using metal powders, including powder bed fusion, binder jetting, and directed energy deposition. This theme encompasses process mechanics, equipment design, and operational control for AM systems.

Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing)Powder MetallurgyPlastics Shaping & Molding
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79since 2023
+55.6%YoY
AM Process Monitoring & Control

Systems and methods for real-time sensing, modeling, and closed-loop control of additive manufacturing parameters to ensure part quality, consistency, and process efficiency. This includes thermal management, atmospheric regulation, and precise material deposition.

Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing)Powder MetallurgyIndustrial Control Systems
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50since 2023
+58.3%YoY
Hybrid Additive-Subtractive Manufacturing

Integration of additive manufacturing with subtractive manufacturing (e.g., machining, cutting) or other traditional processes within a single system or workflow to create parts with improved features, surface finish, or material properties, or to enable new manufacturing paradigms.

Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing)
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29since 2023
+100.0%YoY
AM Part Design & Topology Optimization

Computational methods and design principles for generating optimized geometries, internal structures (e.g., lattices, minimal surfaces), or functional features that are specifically enabled or enhanced by the capabilities of additive manufacturing.

Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing)
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7since 2023
-33.3%YoY
Advanced Magnetic Powder Materials

Development and processing of metal powders with specific magnetic properties, including soft magnetic alloys, permanent magnet materials, and insulated powders for electronic components, often involving precise control of particle size, morphology, and composition.

Powder MetallurgyAlloys
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6since 2023
+300.0%YoY
Gas Stream Purification

Technologies and systems for removing unwanted components or separating desired gases from a mixed gas stream, including adsorption, absorption, and membrane-based methods.

Separation Processes (Filtration, Distillation)
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4since 2023
-50.0%YoY
Multi-material Product Integration & Finishing

Techniques for combining multiple materials or layers, often with specialized surface treatments, coatings, or assembly methods, to create functional or aesthetically enhanced plastic articles, including consumer goods and encapsulated electronics.

Plastics Shaping & Molding
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3since 2023
+300.0%YoY
Alloy Coatings & Surface Treatment

Methods and compositions for applying metallic or alloy layers to a substrate, or modifying the surface of an alloy, to impart specific functional properties such as corrosion resistance, wear resistance, electrical insulation, or improved adhesion, without altering the bulk properties significantly.

Alloys
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3since 2023
new
Laser Material Processing

Techniques and systems utilizing laser beams for precise material modification, including cutting, cladding, ablation, and surface treatment, often for joining, shaping, or removing material.

Welding & Soldering
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3since 2023
n/a
Specialty Printing Processes

Techniques and apparatuses for enabling specialized printing applications beyond standard color reproduction, such as forming toner images specifically for adhering foil onto sheets.

Electrography (Xerography)
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3since 2023
n/a
Laser Module Packagingfiltered

Methods and structures for assembling laser chips into functional modules, encompassing optical alignment, electrical interconnection, mechanical support, thermal management, and encapsulation for protection.

Lasers
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3since 2023
n/a
AI/ML for Industrial Process Optimization

Applying machine learning and artificial intelligence models to analyze industrial data, predict system behavior, and optimize control strategies for improved efficiency, quality, or environmental compliance in manufacturing and operations.

Industrial Control Systems
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1since 2023
new
Lightweight Aluminum Alloys

Aluminum-based alloys developed for applications requiring low density combined with high strength, ductility, and formability, often involving specific alloying elements (e.g., Li, Mg, Si, Mn) and controlled aging or thermomechanical treatments.

Alloys
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1since 2023
new
High-Strength & Heat-Resistant Steels

Steel alloys designed to exhibit superior mechanical strength, toughness, and/or resistance to degradation at elevated temperatures, often achieved through precise control of alloying elements, microstructure (e.g., ferrite, martensite, bainite, retained austenite), and thermomechanical processing.

Alloys
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1since 2023
new

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Laser Module Packaging
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US 12172372 B2GRANTED
B29C64/153

Laser printing system

Filed:2023-11-20Pub:2024-12-24
Applicant:EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems

The invention describes a laser printing system ( 100 ) for illuminating an object moving relative to a laser module of the laser printing system ( 100 ) in a working plane ( 180 ), the laser module comprising at least two laser arrays of semiconductor lasers and at least one optical element, wherein the optical element is adapted to image laser light emitted by the laser arrays, such that laser light of semiconductor lasers of one laser array is imaged to one pixel in the working plane of the laser printing system, and wherein the laser printing system is a 3D printing system for additive manufacturing and wherein two, three, four or a multitude of laser modules ( 201, 202 ) are provided, which are arranged in columns (c 1 , c 2 ) perpendicular to a direction of movement ( 250 ) of the object in the working plane ( 180 ), and wherein the columns are staggered with respect to each other such that a first laser module ( 201 ) of a first column of laser modules (c 1 ) is adapted to illuminate a first area (y 1 ) of the object and a second laser module ( 202 ) of a second column (c 2 ) of laser modules is adapted to illuminate a second area (y 2 ) of the object, wherein the first area (y 1 ) is adjacent to the second area (y 2 ) such that continuous illumination of the object is enabled.

US 20240083109 A1APPLICATION
B29C64/153

LASER PRINTING SYSTEM

Filed:2023-11-20Pub:2024-03-14
Applicant:EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems

The invention describes a laser printing system ( 100 ) for illuminating an object moving relative to a laser module of the laser printing system ( 100 ) in a working plane ( 180 ), the laser module comprising at least two laser arrays of semiconductor lasers and at least one optical element, wherein the optical element is adapted to image laser light emitted by the laser arrays, such that laser light of semiconductor lasers of one laser array is imaged to one pixel in the working plane of the laser printing system, and wherein the laser printing system is a 3D printing system for additive manufacturing and wherein two, three, four or a multitude of laser modules ( 201, 202 ) are provided, which are arranged in columns (c 1 , c 2 ) perpendicular to a direction of movement ( 250 ) of the object in the working plane ( 180 ), and wherein the columns are staggered with respect to each other such that a first laser module ( 201 ) of a first column of laser modules (c 1 ) is adapted to illuminate a first area (y 1 ) of the object and a second laser module ( 202 ) of a second column (c 2 ) of laser modules is adapted to illuminate a second area (y 2 ) of the object, wherein the first area (y 1 ) is adjacent to the second area (y 2 ) such that continuous illumination of the object is enabled.

US 11858204 B2GRANTED
B29C64/153

Laser printing system

Filed:2022-01-21Pub:2024-01-02
Applicant:EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems

The invention describes a laser printing system ( 100 ) for illuminating an object moving relative to a laser module of the laser printing system ( 100 ) in a working plane ( 180 ), the laser module comprising at least two laser arrays of semiconductor lasers and at least one optical element, wherein the optical element is adapted to image laser light emitted by the laser arrays, such that laser light of semiconductor lasers of one laser array is imaged to one pixel in the working plane of the laser printing system, and wherein the laser printing system is a 3D printing system for additive manufacturing and wherein two, three, four or a multitude of laser modules ( 201, 202 ) are provided, which are arranged in columns (c 1 , c 2 ) perpendicular to a direction of movement ( 250 ) of the object in the working plane ( 180 ), and wherein the columns are staggered with respect to each other such that a first laser module ( 201 ) of a first column of laser modules (c 1 ) is adapted to illuminate a first area (y 1 ) of the object and a second laser module ( 202 ) of a second column (c 2 ) of laser modules is adapted to illuminate a second area (y 2 ) of the object, wherein the first area (y 1 ) is adjacent to the second area (y 2 ) such that continuous illumination of the object is enabled.

US 20220266509 A1APPLICATION
B29C64/153

Laser Printing System

Filed:2022-01-21Pub:2022-08-25
Applicant:EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems

The invention describes a laser printing system ( 100 ) for illuminating an object moving relative to a laser 150 module of the laser printing system ( 100 ) in a working plane ( 180 ), the laser module comprising at least two laser arrays of semiconductor lasers and at least one optical element, wherein the optical element is adapted to image laser light emitted by the laser arrays, such that laser light of semiconductor lasers of one laser array is imaged to one pixel in the working plane of the laser printing system, and wherein the laser printing system is a 3D printing system for additive manufacturing and wherein two, three, four or a multitude of laser modules ( 201, 202 ) are provided, which are arranged in columns (c 1, c 2 ) perpendicular to a direction of movement ( 250 ) of the object in the working plane ( 180 ), and wherein the columns are staggered with respect to each other such that a first laser module ( 201 ) of a first column of laser modules (c 1 ) is adapted to illuminate a first area (y 1 ) of the object and a second laser module ( 202 ) of a second column (c 2 ) of laser modules is adapted to illuminate a second area (y 2 ) of the object, wherein the first area (y 1 ) is adjacent to the second area (y 2 ) such that continuous illumination of the object is enabled.

US 11260583 B2GRANTED
B29C64/153

Laser printing system

Filed:2020-06-16Pub:2022-03-01
Applicant:EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems

The invention describes a laser printing system ( 100 ) for illuminating an object moving relative to a laser module of the laser printing system ( 100 ) in a working plane ( 180 ), the laser module comprising at least two laser arrays of semiconductor lasers and at least one optical element, wherein the optical element is adapted to image laser light emitted by the laser arrays, such that laser light of semiconductor lasers of one laser array is imaged to one pixel in the working plane of the laser printing system, and wherein the laser printing system is a 3D printing system for additive manufacturing and wherein two, three, four or a multitude of laser modules ( 201, 202 ) are provided, which are arranged in columns (c 1 , c 2 ) perpendicular to a direction of movement ( 250 ) of the object in the working plane ( 180 ), and wherein the columns are staggered with respect to each other such that a first laser module ( 201 ) of a first column of laser modules (c 1 ) is adapted to illuminate a first area (y 1 ) of the object and a second laser module ( 202 ) of a second column (c 2 ) of laser modules is adapted to illuminate a second area (y 2 ) of the object, wherein the first area (y 1 ) is adjacent to the second area (y 2 ) such that continuous illumination of the object is enabled.

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