A01B 63/1112
Using a non-tactile ground distance measurement
Official title: {using a non-tactile ground distance measurement, e.g. using reflection of waves}
A01B63/1112 (Using a non-tactile ground distance measurement) appears on 109 US grants and 145 published applications in this corpus.
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