Titanium Additive Manufacturing Qualification Patents: Leaders & Gaps 2026
Titanium Additive Manufacturing Qualification Patents: Who Holds the Ground
Filing is tightly concentrated: the top 5 assignees account for 79.2% of all 77 records in scope, and the top 10 for 94.8% — a long tail of single-digit filers fills the rest. Filings peaked at 17 in 2017. Activity moderated afterward, moving from 13 in 2021 to 8 in 2024 — a -38% change over that three-year window. 2025 and 2026 counts are partial due to publication lag and should not be read as a continued decline.
- 1TITAN SPINE INC24
- 2NORSK TITANIUM AS13
- 3UNIV OF UTAH RES FOUND10
- 4ROVALMA SA8
- 5PRAXIS POWDER TECH6
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- Every IPC branch with its share of the corpus
- The most-cited records, and where claim space is still thin
Common questions on this landscape
Who holds the most patents in titanium additive manufacturing qualification?
One assignee leads this dataset with 24 of the 77 records in scope, a clear margin ahead of fifth place at 6 records. The top 5 assignees together hold 79.2% of all records, and the top 10 hold 94.8%, meaning most of the technical ground is controlled by a small group rather than spread evenly. Anyone entering this space should expect to design around that leader’s coverage rather than find an open field.
Is patent filing in titanium AM qualification still growing?
Filing peaked at 17 records in 2017 and had fallen to 8 by 2024, a -38% change from the 13 filed in 2021. That reads as a genuine cooling from the peak, but 2025 and 2026 counts are still incomplete because publication typically lags filing by about 18 months. It is safer to say activity has moderated from its 2017 high than to call the field currently declining.
What technology areas do these patents actually cover?
Powder metallurgy (IPC class B22F) appears in 41.6% of the 77 records, additive manufacturing methods (B33Y) in 37.7%, and implant or prosthesis applications (A61F) in 31.2%. Non-ferrous metal treatment, welding/brazing, and alloy composition classes each cover meaningful minority shares. Because records often carry multiple classifications, these figures overlap and should each be read against the full 77-record total, not against each other.
Disclaimer. This analysis is based on Patsnap Eureka data drawn from a limited snapshot of global patent records and is provided for general information and reference only. Patent data carries inherent limitations — recent filings are under-counted because of publication lag, counts may be on a record or family basis, classification and applicant-name data may contain errors or duplicates, and the underlying search query defines the scope shown — so the analysis may be incomplete or inaccurate and may not reflect the full technology landscape.
Nothing here is an exhaustive prior-art, novelty, freedom-to-operate or validity search, nor does it constitute legal, financial or professional advice, and it should not be relied upon as such. Verify independently and review with qualified patent and legal professionals before acting on it.
Method: Filing trend and technology composition. Derived from a Patsnap search on Titanium Additive Manufacturing Qualification covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-07-31. Counts reflect published records only and shift as new filings publish. Every share divides by all records in scope. Data: Patsnap Eureka. See the full landscape report.