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Proto Labs, Inc. (PRLB)

NYSE: PRLB · Fabricated Structural Metal Products · Maple Plain, MN · filing with the SEC since 2008
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

41 patents granted to the 3 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Proto Labs, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
41
41 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
4
Against 4 in 2024 and 13 in 2023
Applications published
33
1 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
3
its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
'09'10'11'12'14'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Computer technology13
Other special machines6
IT methods for management3
Measurement2
Machine tools1
Materials, metallurgy1
Control1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name3 counted
Proto Labs, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
40 granted
22 published
PROTOLABS, INC. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
10 published
3D Hubs B.V. a subsidiary
NL, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
1 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Apr 22, 202512,282,718Apparatus and method for generating a manufacturability analysisComputer technologyProto Labs, Inc.
Feb 11, 202512,223,230Methods and systems for generating an instant design for manufacturability of a part at a computing deviceComputer technologyProto Labs, Inc.
Jan 21, 202512,202,183Apparatus and method for instantaneous generation of a pin placement quote in an injection molding processComputer technologyProto Labs, Inc.
Jan 14, 202512,197,830Apparatus and method for automatic pin placement in injection moldingComputer technologyProto Labs, Inc.
Sep 10, 202412,086,849Methods and systems for predicting a price of any subtractively manufactured part utilizing artificial intelligence at a computing deviceComputer technologyProto Labs, Inc.
Jul 30, 202412,049,043Methods and systems for generating a three-dimensional product having a cubic internal structureOther special machinesProto Labs, Inc.
Apr 23, 202411,966,955Methods and apparatuses for generating a manufacturing quoteIT methods for managementProto Labs, Inc.
Apr 2, 202411,947,336Apparatus and methods for superimposing two-dimensional prints onto three-dimensional models of a part for manufactureComputer technologyProto Labs, Inc.
Nov 7, 202311,809,162Methods and software for manufacturing a discrete object from an additively manufactured body of material including a precursor to a discrete object and a reference feature(s)Computer technologyProto Labs, Inc.
Nov 7, 202311,806,834Apparatus and method for automated mold polishingControlProto Labs, Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
May 22, 20252025/0165657METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING AN INSTANT DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURABILITY OF A PART AT A COMPUTING DEVICEComputer technologyProto Labs, Inc.
Dec 12, 20242024/0412266METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREDICTING A PRICE OF ANY SUBTRACTIVELY MANUFACTURED PART UTILIZING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AT A COMPUTING DEVICEComputer technologyProto Labs, Inc.
Dec 12, 20242024/0412264METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR GENERATING A MANUFACTURING QUOTEIT methods for managementProto Labs, Inc.
Dec 12, 20242024/0411963APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A MANUFACTURABILITY ANALYSISComputer technologyProto Labs, Inc. · patent 12,282,718 granted from it
Dec 12, 20242024/0411946APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STRUCTURED PART QUOTINGComputer technologyProto Labs, Inc.
Dec 12, 20242024/0411291METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR DIMENSIONING AND MODIFYING A PART TO BE MANUFACTUREDComputer technologyProto Labs, Inc.
Nov 16, 20232023/0368256METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREDICTING A PRICE OF ANY SUBTRACTIVELY MANUFACTURED PART UTILIZING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AT A COMPUTING DEVICEComputer technologyProto Labs, Inc. · patent 12,086,849 granted from it
Sep 14, 20232023/0289860METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN INTERACTIVE COMPLIANT MANUFACTURING PROCESSComputer technologyProto Labs, Inc.
Sep 14, 20232023/0288908APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR SUPERIMPOSING TWO-DIMENSIONAL PRINTS ONTO THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS OF A PART FOR MANUFACTUREComputer technologyProto Labs, Inc. · patent 11,947,336 granted from it
Apr 27, 20232023/0127208APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED MOLD POLISHINGControlProto Labs, Inc. · patent 11,806,834 granted from it
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Computer technology 5 · IT methods for management 1.

A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.

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