A61B 1/042
Characterised by a proximal camera
Official title: {characterised by a proximal camera, e.g. a CCD camera}
A61B1/042 (Characterised by a proximal camera) appears on 1,445 US grants and 1,585 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,445
- Published applications
- 1,585
- Assignees
- 570
- Inventors
- 2,736
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 42 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 23 | 0 |
| 2001 | 14 | 11 |
| 2002 | 28 | 38 |
| 2003 | 28 | 32 |
| 2004 | 24 | 39 |
| 2005 | 26 | 64 |
| 2006 | 23 | 54 |
| 2007 | 17 | 56 |
| 2008 | 18 | 70 |
| 2009 | 21 | 76 |
| 2010 | 30 | 57 |
| 2011 | 38 | 45 |
| 2012 | 49 | 38 |
| 2013 | 40 | 40 |
| 2014 | 47 | 51 |
| 2015 | 36 | 47 |
| 2016 | 31 | 56 |
| 2017 | 40 | 55 |
| 2018 | 45 | 101 |
| 2019 | 51 | 88 |
| 2020 | 75 | 103 |
| 2021 | 85 | 119 |
| 2022 | 79 | 90 |
| 2023 | 80 | 66 |
| 2024 | 80 | 76 |
| 2025 | 61 | 66 |
| 2026 | 32 | 47 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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