QUESTEK INNOVATIONS LLC

Evanston, IL · Materials · Private

Physics-enhanced machine learning software for real-time defect detection and classification in additive manufacturing processes

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · questek.com

Sector: Materials
Headquarters: Evanston, IL
Total capital: $93M

Federal grants: $30.1M; 58 awards · 2015–2026; Rank in peer group#3 of 11
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $62.9M; 102 awards · Defense, NASA; Rank in Materials#8 of 1258
Granted patents: 18; 22 pending · first 2017; Rank in peer group#2 of 11

Capital timeline

Latest events

Jul 2026Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Research And Development$1.0M
Jun 2026Federal contractNASA · FY26 SBIR Phase I Ignite - I01.02-0045 - Alloy Simulation Toolkit For Robust Optimization In Low Gravity (astro-grav)$150K
May 2026Federal grantNASA · Phase I · FY26 SBIR Phase I Ignite - I01.02-0045 - Alloy Simulation Toolkit For Robust Optimization In Low Gravity (astro-grav)$150K
Dec 2025Federal contractDefense · Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (shield) Initial Order.$500
Dec 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase II · 873AUTHORITY$1.0M
Dec 2025Federal contractDefense · 873AUTHORITY$1.0M
Sep 2025Federal contractNASA · SBIR I Multi-scale Location-specific Fatigue Life Prediction For Additive Propulsion Components$150K

Show 153 earlier federal awards

Sep 2025Federal grantNASA · Phase I · SBIR I Multi-scale Location-specific Fatigue Life Prediction For Additive Propulsion Components$150K
Jul 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Research And Development$146K
Jul 2025Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$246K
Jun 2025Federal contractDefense · 3 Each - Steel,high Strength Part Number: 13103559$214K
Apr 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Kick-off Briefing Materials & Fwa Cert.$146K
Apr 2025Federal contractDefense · Kick-off Briefing Materials & Fwa Cert.$246K
Dec 2024Federal contractDefense · Additive Manufacturing Characterization$2.7M
Nov 2024Federal contractDefense · Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I, Topic A244-036: Laminated Metallic Armor.$250K
Nov 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I, Topic A244-036: Laminated Metallic Armor.$250K
Jul 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase I · STTR Phase I Under Topic N24A-T006.$146K
Jul 2024Federal contractDefense · STTR Phase I Under Topic N24A-T006.$146K
May 2024Federal contractDefense · The Purpose Of This Effort Is To Advance Additive Friction Stir Deposition (afsd)/cold Spray (cs) Manufacturing Technologies To Provide A Turnkey Solution For Enhanced Warfighter Sustainment And Performance By Accelerating Adoption Of Newer Advanced$3.9M
Nov 2023Federal contractDefense · STTR Phase II - Protective Nanocrystalline$1.2M
Nov 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase II · STTR Phase II - Protective Nanocrystalline$608K
Aug 2023Federal contractDefense · Human-interpretable ML For Certification And Sustainment Of Fatigue-critical Am Components$1.2M
Jul 2023Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Computational design of robust, compatible interconnect alloys for improved PbTe-based thermoelectric devices$156K
Jul 2023Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase III- Research And Development$3.5M
Nov 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Physics-enhanced AI/ML tool for additive manufacturing defect detection and prediction$146K
Sep 2022Federal contractNASA · EO14042 - SBIR Phase III - Tool Material Design For Friction Stir Welding Of High Strength Materials$250K
Aug 2022Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Enhanced Aluminum Conductor for Overhead Electrical Transmission Application$1.1M
Jun 2022Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Conductor base metal design for carbon incorporation via ShAPE technology$206K
Jun 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Concurrent Materials Design Framework for Ni-Based Superalloy Turbine Engine Components Using PBF-AM$146K
Apr 2022Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Computational design of CMAS-resistant multiphase thermal and environmental barrier coatings for CMCs$800K
Apr 2022Federal contractDefense · STTR Phase I - Questek Innovations Llc$179K
Feb 2022Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Improved Part-Scale Modeling of Additive Manufacturing Processes$755K
Nov 2021Federal contractDefense · Human-interpretable Machine Learning For Certification And Sustainment Of Fatigue-critical Additively Manufactured Components$150K
Oct 2021Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$2M
Sep 2021Federal contractDefense · SBIR Ph III - Additive Manufacture C-64$4.6M
Aug 2021Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Concurrent Design of a Multimaterial Niobium Alloy System for Next-generation Turbine Applications$256K
Aug 2021Federal contractDefense · Award Of 3 High Strength Muzzlebrakes$509K
Jul 2021Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I.$140K
Jun 2021Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Enhanced Aluminum Conductor for Overhead Electrical Transmission Application$206K
Jun 2021Federal contractDefense · SBIR Ph III Additive Manufacturing$3.7M
Jun 2021Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$140K
May 2021Federal contractNASA · Computational Design Of Cmas-resistant Multiphase Thermal And Environmental Barrier Coatings For Cmcs$125K
May 2021Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · ICME development of a cold spray enabled corrosion resistant bimetallic structure for nuclear reactors$1.1M
Feb 2021Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Machine Learning based Software Package for Reproducible Data Analysis for Electron Microscopy$200K
Oct 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase I · ICME-based design of Magnesium alloys for additively manufactured structures and repairs$146K
Aug 2020Federal contractNASA · Improved Part-scale Modeling Of Additive Manufacturing Processes$125K
Aug 2020Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Computational Materials Design of Functionally Graded Structures for Enhanced Cooling of Plasma Facing Components via Additive Manufacturing$1.1M
Aug 2020Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II - Proposal A2-8132 - Adaptation Of Ferrium M54 For Personal Armor$1.1M
Jul 2020Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Tool Material Design for Friction Stir Welding of High Strength Materials$677K
Jul 2020Federal contractNASA · Tool Material Design For Friction Stir Welding Of High Strength Materials$927K
Jun 2020Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · ICME-based Design of HSHC Cu-alloys for Particle Accelerators$206K
Jun 2020Federal contractDefense · STTR Phase I$246K
Apr 2020Federal contractDefense · Carbonitriding Process Optimization Of High Alloy Stainless Steel For Enhanced Wear And Fatigue Performance - To Develop A Capability For The Optimization Of Carbonitriding Process In Order To Enhance Wear And Fatigue Performance Of Martensitic Steel$111K
Mar 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Adaptation of Ferrium® M54® for personal armor$596K
Feb 2020Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · ICME Development of a Cold Spray Enabled Corrosion Resistant Bimetallic Structure for Nuclear Reactors$200K
Feb 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Carbonitriding Process Optimization of High Alloy Stainless Steel for Enhanced Wear and Fatigue Performance$111K
Feb 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Carbonitriding Process Optimization of High Alloy Stainless Steel for Enhanced Wear and Fatigue Performance$111K
Jan 2020Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$1M
Aug 2019Federal contractNASA · Tool Material Design For Friction Stir Welding Of High Strength Materials$125K
Jul 2019Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Computational Materials Design of Functionally Graded Structures for Enhanced Cooling of Plasma Facing Components via Additive Manufacturing$200K
Jun 2019Federal contractDefense · Research And Development Igf::ot::igf$140K
May 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Enhanced Lower Cost Tooling for Friction Stir Technologies$2M
Feb 2019Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · magicmat¿Materials Genome and Integrated Computational Materials Engineering Toolkit$231K
Oct 2018Federal contractDefense · Progress Report$230K
Sep 2018Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Integrated Computational Material Engineering Technologies for Additive Manufacturing$750K
Jul 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Nickel Aluminum Bronze for Additive Manufacturing Alloy Development$2M
Jun 2018Federal contractDefense · Questek SBIR II R&d Effort$988K
Jun 2018Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf$225K
May 2018Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · CALPHAD in the Cloud$999K
Apr 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Computational Tools to Enable Development of Alloys and Coatings for Advanced Gas Turbine Engines$1.0M
Nov 2017Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Optimized High Performance Stainless Steel Powder for Selective Laser Melting Additive Manufacturing (AM)$750K
Nov 2017Federal contractDefense · STTR Phase II Topic N16A-T007 Igf::ot::igf$1.6M
Oct 2017Federal contractDefense · SBIR P2 Topic N093-175 Igf::ot::igf$1.0M
Sep 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Phase II SBIR For Topic A16-016.$997K
Sep 2017Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Materials Design of a High-Density Self-Sharpening Kinetic Energy Penetrator Using Integrated Computational Materials Engineering$105K
Aug 2017Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Optimize Additive Manufacturing (AM) Post-Build Heat Treatment (HT) and Hot Iso-static Pressing Processes for Fatigue Performance using an Integrated$125K
Aug 2017Federal grantDefense · Phase I · An Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) Tool for the Streamlined Development of High-Entropy Alloys for Advanced Propulsion Systems$125K
Aug 2017Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Affordable CMAS -Resistant Thermal Barrier Coatings: Materials Genome Tools to Accelerate Calcium-Magnesium Alumino-Silicate (CMAS)-resistant Thermal$1.0M
Jul 2017Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Adaptation of Ferrium® M54 for personal armor$1M
Jun 2017Federal grantDefense · Phase II · High-strength Nanostructured Silver for Shaped Charge/EFP Liner Applications$997K
Jun 2017Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Questek Innovations, A Pioneer In Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (icme) And A Tibbetts Award Recipient, Is Teaming With University Of Pittsburgh, Proposing To Expand Their Materials By Design Technology And Develop The Essential Icme Technologies That Help Optimize The Additive Manufacturing (am) Process Of Inconel ALLOY718. One Of The Biggest Hurdles To The Adoption Of Am Of Metals Is The Qualification Of Additively Manufactured Parts While Currently Available Syst$125K
Jun 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf$225K
May 2017Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Application of ICME to Optimize Processing of State-of-the-art Gear Steels in Additive Manufacturing$1.0M
Mar 2017Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Development of 7050 T-74 Aluminum Alloy Alternative for use in Additive Manufacturing (AM) Systems$750K
Mar 2017Federal contractDefense · SBIR P2 Topic N151-010 Igf::ot::igf$999K
Feb 2017Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · CALPHAD in the Cloud$155K
Dec 2016Federal contractDefense · SBIRSOL2016.2 Igf::ct::igf$120K
Aug 2016Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Design of High-Strength Silver Alloys for Shape Charge/EFP Liner Applications$155K
Jul 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Exempt Adaptation Of Ferrium M54 For Personal Armor$155K
Jul 2016Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Integrated Computational Material Engineering Tool Set for Additive Manufacturing of Stainless Steel (316L)$80K
Jul 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ct::igf SBIRSOL2016.1$80K
Jul 2016Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Adaptation of Ferrium M54 for Personal Armor$155K
Jun 2016Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Quantifying Uncertainty in the Mechanical Performance of Additively Manufactured Parts Due to Material and Process Variation$85K
Jun 2016Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Improved Models of Long Term Creep Behavior of High Performance Structural Alloys for Existing and Advanced Technologies Fossil Energy Power Plants (Crosscutting Technology Research)$155K
May 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Research&development$150K
Apr 2016Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Computational Materials Design Of Castable Sx Ni-based Superalloys For Igt Blade Components$1.0M
Apr 2016Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Exploration of High Entropy Alloys for Turbine Applications$999K
Mar 2016Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Application of ICME to Optimize Processing of State-of-the-art Gear Steels in Additive Manufacturing$149K
Feb 2016Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Integrated computational materials engineering (ICME) approach to develop base alloys suitable for covetic conversion and scale-up$155K
Sep 2015Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Computational Design of Aluminum Alloys for Use in Additive Manufacturing$1.6M
Aug 2015Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Alternative Materials to Cu-Be for Landing Gear Bushing/Bearing Applications$150K
Jun 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Description: This Effort Is To Apply Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (icme) Methodologies To Less Mature But Technologically Significant Materials Systems, In Particular Thermoelectrics.$1.7M
Jun 2015Federal contractDefense · SBIR Pi R&d. Igf::ot::igf$150K
Jun 2015Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Chloride Induced Stress Corrosion Cracking$155K
Feb 2015Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Computational Materials Assessment of High-Entropy Alloys and Entropic Stabilization of Nickel Superalloys for Turbine Applications$150K
Sep 2014Federal contractDefense · Theory-driven Protocols For Replacing Elemental Composition Of Strategic Materials$729K
Aug 2014Federal contractDefense · Detecting Malicious Circuits In Ip-core$150K
Aug 2014Federal contractDefense · Detecting Malicious Circuits In Ip-core$150K
May 2014Federal contractDefense · SBIRSOL2014.1$150K
Dec 2013Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf 6 Month SBIR Phase I$150K
Sep 2013Federal contractDefense · DOD 2012.A STTR Solicitation$750K
Aug 2013Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$750K
Jan 2013Federal contractDefense · Theory-driven Protocols For Replacing Elemental Composition Of Strategic Materials$100K
Jun 2012Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$150K
May 2012Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I Topic N121-039$80K
Apr 2012Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I Topic N121-022$150K
Apr 2012Federal contractDefense · SBIR Pi N121-031$80K
Apr 2012Federal contractDefense · Questek Llc$23K
Oct 2011Federal contractDefense · R&d Phase I$80K
Sep 2011Federal contractDefense · High-temperature Structural Material Process For Oxidation - Sibr 1$150K
Sep 2011Federal contractDefense · Phase II SBIR Fatigue Resistant Martensitic Steel For Rotorcraft Drive Train Components$730K
Jul 2011Federal contractDefense · Machinability Investigation Of Ferrium M54$99K
Jun 2011Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II.5 Topic N07-032$749K
May 2011Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II Topic N093-175$750K
Feb 2011Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$750K
Dec 2010Federal contractDefense · Progress Report$70K
Dec 2010Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II$750K
Nov 2010Federal contractDefense · Research And Development SBIR Topic N091-031$750K
Oct 2010Federal contractDefense · Second Monthly Progress Report$120K
Oct 2010Federal contractDefense · R&d Under Topic # N102-113$80K
Sep 2010Federal contractDefense · Basic$599K
Aug 2010Federal contractDefense · Questek Innovations - SBIR Phase II$730K
Jul 2010Federal contractDefense · R&d STTR Topic N10A-T010$70K
Jun 2010Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$91K
May 2010Federal contractDefense · R&d SBIR Topic N101-036$80K
Feb 2010Federal contractDefense · High Strength Alloys For Wheel & Brake Applications SBIR II$747K
Jan 2010Federal contractDefense · R&d SBIR Topic N093-175$150K
Dec 2009Federal contractDefense · (STTR 09 Phase 2) Improved Soft Magnetic Materials For High Power Density Electrial Machines$750K
Oct 2009Federal contractDefense · Progress Reports$70K
Sep 2009Federal contractDefense · Funding In Support Of Clin 0001$730K
Aug 2009Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$100K
Jul 2009Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$100K
Jun 2009Federal contractDefense · First Status Report$100K
Jun 2009Federal contractDefense · Computational Design Of Mocr Superalloys For High Temperature Service$99K
Apr 2009Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I Topic N091-031$150K
Feb 2009Federal contractDefense · 3D Tomography Assisted Mechanistic Fatigue Modeling And Life Prediction For Dual Microstructure Heat Treated Aeroturbine$100K
Feb 2009Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I - Questek Innovations$100K
Nov 2008Federal contractDefense · M52-2A Steel$51K
Nov 2008Federal contractDefense · (STTR Phase 1) Improved Soft Magnetci Materials For High Power Density Electrical Machines$100K
Oct 2008Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I$120K
Oct 2008Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I$120K
Jul 2008Federal contractDefense · R&d SBIR Phase II Topic N07-032$733K
Jun 2008Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$70K
May 2008Federal contractDefense · Software Support$8K
Apr 2007Federal contractDefense · R & D SBIR Ph 1 Topic N07-032$150K
Jan 2007Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II Topic N05-009$600K
Dec 2006Federal contractNASA · Nra - Questek Innovations.$375K
Jul 2006Federal contractDefense · 200610!464773!1700!N68335!NAVAL Air Engineering Station !N6833506C0339 !a!n! !y! ! !20060710!20080118!088176961!088176961!088176961!N!QUESTEK Innovations Llc !1820 Ridge Ave !evanston !IL!60201!24582!031!17!EVANSTON !cook !illinois !+000000350000!N!N!000000000000!AC62!RDTE/ELECTRONICS & Communication Eq-applied Resea !A7 !electronics And Communication Equip !000 !not Discernable !541710!E! !3! ! ! ! ! !999$608K
Jun 2005Federal contractDefense · 200511!004342!1700!N00014!OFFICE Of Naval Research !N0001405C0241 !a!n! !n! ! !20050627!20080626!088176961!088176961!088176961!N!QUESTEK Innovations Llc !1820 Ridge Ave !evanston !IL!60201!24582!031!17!EVANSTON !cook !illinois !+000002005320!N!N!000000000000!AD92!RDTE/OTHER Defense-applied Research !S1 !services !000 !* !541710!E! !3! ! ! ! ! !202$6.7M
Mar 2005Federal contractDefense · 200512!000139!1700!M67854!COMMANDING General !M6785405C0025 !a!n! !n! ! !20050317!20070317!088176961!088176961!088176961!N!QUESTEK Innovations Llc !1820 Ridge Ave !evanston !IL!60201!24582!031!17!EVANSTON !cook !illinois !+000000300000!N!N!000000000000!AZ12!RDTE/OTHER Research & Development-applied Researc !A4A!COMBAT Vehicles !515 !aaav !332812!E! !3! ! ! ! ! !202$750K

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Materials · Software

Federal grants#3 · top 27%
Granted patents#2 · top 18%
Linked publications#2 · top 18%

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Checked: USPTO inventors; federal award principal investigators; SEC Form D related persons · Oct 23, 2026

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What it has protected

USPTO · 18 granted of 40

Feb 18, 2025GrantedStainless Steel Powders For Additive ManufacturingUSPTOUS 12,227,825
Nov 26, 2024GrantedPrecipitation Strengthened Carburizable And Nitridable Steel AlloysUSPTOUS 12,152,295
Sep 10, 2024GrantedStainless Steel Powders For Additive ManufacturingUSPTOUS 12,084,752

Show all 40 patent records

Stainless Steel Powders For Additive ManufacturingFeb 18, 2025 · US 12,227,825Granted
Precipitation Strengthened Carburizable And Nitridable Steel AlloysNov 26, 2024 · US 12,152,295Granted
Stainless Steel Powders For Additive ManufacturingSep 10, 2024 · US 12,084,752Granted
Titanium AlloysOct 10, 2023 · US 11,780,003Granted
Auto-tempering Steels For Additive ManufacturingOct 10, 2023 · US 11,780,014Granted
Al-mg-si Alloys For Applications Such As Additive ManufacturingOct 3, 2023 · US 11,773,468Granted
Steel To Tungsten Functionally Graded Material SystemsFeb 9, 2023 · Application 17401706Pending
Complex Concentrated Alloys: Materials, Methods, And Techniques For ManufactureNov 15, 2022 · US 11,499,212Granted
Multicomponent Aluminum Alloys For Applications Such As Additive ManufacturingAug 2, 2022 · US 11,401,585Granted
Highly Processable Single Crystal Nickel AlloysSep 14, 2021 · US 11,118,247Granted
Aluminum AlloysMar 9, 2021 · US 10,941,473Granted
Beryllium-free High-strength Copper AlloysJul 14, 2020 · US 10,711,329Granted
Ductile High-temperature Molybdenum-based AlloysMar 24, 2020 · US 10,597,757Granted
Nickel-based AlloysDec 31, 2019 · US 10,519,529Granted
Titanium AlloysNov 12, 2019 · US 10,471,503Granted
Surface Hardenable Stainless SteelsJul 16, 2019 · US 10,351,922Granted
Martensitic Stainless Steel Strengthened By Copper-nucleated Nitride PrecipitatesJul 16, 2019 · US 10,351,921Granted
Martensitic Stainless Steel Strengthened by Copper-Nucleated Nitride PrecipitatesMar 13, 2018 · US 9,914,987Granted
Grain Boundary Cohesion Enhanced Sulfide Stress Cracking (ssc)-resistant Steel AlloysMay 25, 2017 · Application 15360655Pending
Cobalt AlloysApr 25, 2017 · US 9,631,262Granted
Highly Processable Single Crystal Nickel AlloysJan 19, 2017 · Application 14723074Pending
Lower-Cost, Ultra-High-Strength, High-Toughness SteelDec 29, 2016 · Application 14733635Pending
Cobalt AlloysOct 6, 2016 · Application 15030227Pending
Martensitic Stainless Steel Strengthened by Copper-Nucleated Nitride PrecipitatesMar 19, 2015 · Application 14462119Pending
Sulfide Stress Cracking (ssc)-resistant Steel AlloysApplication 62259835Pending
Aluminum Alloys For Additive ManufacturingApplication 62214056Pending
Highly Processable Single Crystal Nickel AlloysApplication PCTUS2015032673Pending
Surface Hardenable Stainless SteelsApplication PCTUS2015027073Pending
High Performance Auto-tempering Steels For Additive ManufacturingApplication 63015802Pending
Ductile High-temperature Molybdenum-based AlloysApplication PCTUS2015025687Pending
Stainless Steel Powders For Additive ManufacturingApplication 63077231Pending
Steel To Tungsten Functionally Graded Material SystemsApplication 63091410Pending
Highly Processable Single Crystal Nickel AlloysApplication 62003326Pending
Surface Hardenable Stainless SteelsApplication 61983922Pending
Ductile High-temperature Molybdenum-based AlloysApplication 61983362Pending
Cobalt AlloysApplication PCTUS2013057051Pending
Stainless Steel Powders For Additive ManufacturingApplication 63274141Pending
Aluminum-based AlloysApplication PCTUS2012057108Pending
Aluminum AlloysApplication PCTUS2012038796Pending
Lead-free, High-strength, High-lubricity Copper AlloysApplication PCTUS2010025893Pending

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Regulatory activity · Materials

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24 Apr 2026Eliminating Regulations Establishing Fellowships in Laboratory Standardization and Testing for Foreign CitizensNational Institute of Standards and Technology
19 Feb 2026Eliminating Obsolete Marking Requirements for Toy, Look-Alike, and Imitation FirearmsNational Institute of Standards and Technology
19 Feb 2026Eliminating Obsolete Regulations Related to the Advanced Technology Program and the Technology Innovation ProgramNational Institute of Standards and Technology

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Sources

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