Patent Theme

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.

9,635 US filings from 2,432 companies since 2023 · 2023: 2,476 · 2024: 3,161 · 2025: 2,789 · 2026 YTD: 1,209

Powder MetallurgyAdditive Manufacturing (3D Printing)Industrial Control Systems

Top companies

Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.

#	Company	Since 2023	2023	2024	2025	2026 YTD	YoY
1	CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA	356	107	114	95	40	-16.7%
2	General Electric Company	242	78	86	52	26	-39.5%
3	Seiko Epson Corporation	163	33	55	47	28	-14.5%
4	HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.	159	75	66	16	2	-75.8%
5	The Boeing Company	145	42	48	46	9	-4.2%
6	Applied Materials, Inc.	144	35	40	48	21	+20.0%
7	International Business Machines Corporation	109	21	35	30	23	-14.3%
8	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	106	27	44	27	8	-38.6%
9	Xerox Corporation	104	51	44	7	2	-84.1%
10	FANUC CORPORATION	99	55	16	21	7	+31.2%
11	KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.	91	33	24	26	8	+8.3%
12	Honeywell International Inc.	74	8	33	23	10	-30.3%
13	Robert Bosch GmbH	69	19	21	19	10	-9.5%
14	Stratasys, Inc.	69	21	23	20	5	-13.0%
15	SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.	68	16	21	13	18	-38.1%
16	Nanotronics Imaging, Inc.	62	11	35	13	3	-62.9%
17	BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA	59	14	24	17	4	-29.2%
18	Seurat Technologies, Inc.	59	16	17	20	6	+17.6%
19	TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED	58	9	15	19	15	+26.7%
20	RTX Corporation	56	1	7	29	19	+314.3%
21	THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.	55	4	24	15	12	-37.5%
22	Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC	54	15	17	16	6	-5.9%
23	Mitsubishi Electric Corporation	53	10	14	22	7	+57.1%
24	ABB Schweiz AG	52	17	20	12	3	-40.0%
25	JFE Steel Corporation	52	8	16	15	13	-6.2%